Oxide semiconductor film and semiconductor device
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1. An oxide semiconductor film comprising:
- a first layer comprising first nanocrystals; and
a second layer on the first layer, the second layer comprising at least two crystals whose crystal axes are aligned,wherein the crystals in the second layer form a continuous lattice.
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Abstract
It is an object to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device with good electrical characteristics and a display device including the semiconductor device as a switching element. In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a needle crystal group provided on at least one surface side of the oxide semiconductor layer grows in a c-axis direction perpendicular to the surface and includes an a-b plane parallel to the surface, and a portion except for the needle crystal group is an amorphous region or a region in which amorphousness and microcrystals are mixed. Accordingly, a highly reliable semiconductor device with good electrical characteristics can be formed.
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1. An oxide semiconductor film comprising:
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a first layer comprising first nanocrystals; and a second layer on the first layer, the second layer comprising at least two crystals whose crystal axes are aligned, wherein the crystals in the second layer form a continuous lattice. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An oxide semiconductor film comprising:
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a first layer comprising first nanocrystals; and a second layer on the first layer, the second layer comprising at least two crystals whose crystal axes are aligned, wherein the crystals in the second layer form a continuous lattice, and wherein, in the second layer, a region except for the crystals are a region in which first nanocrystals are mixed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An oxide semiconductor film comprising:
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a first layer comprising first nanocrystals; and a second layer on the first layer, the second layer comprising at least two crystals whose crystal axes are aligned, wherein the crystals in the second layer form a continuous lattice, and wherein the crystals in the second layer are c-axis-oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the second layer. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. semiconductor device comprising:
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a gate electrode layer; an oxide semiconductor layer by sputtering; a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode layer and the oxide semiconductor layer; a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer; and an oxide insulating layer over the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer and in contact with a first region of a top surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises a channel formation region, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises In, Ga and Zn, wherein a carbon concentration of the oxide semiconductor layer is lower than 1×
1021atoms/cm3,wherein at least a region of the oxide semiconductor layer includes crystals, and wherein each crystal has a structure which is c-axis-oriented in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the oxide semiconductor layer at a location of the crystal. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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