Abstract: There is provided a technique that enables a reduction in the display failure of a display device and the improvement of the yields of the display device in a display device that adopts a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor. A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor. The oxide semiconductor has a drain region, a source region, and a channel region provided between the drain region and the source region. The thin film transistor includes a gate insulating film provided on the channel region, an aluminum oxide film provided on the gate insulating film, an insulating film provided on the aluminum oxide film, and a gate electrode provided on the insulating film.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of: realizing a TFT that uses an oxide semiconductor and that is capable of maintaining stable characteristics even in the case where the TFT is miniaturized; and realizing a display device that has high-definition pixels using such a TFT. To solve this problem, the present invention has the following configuration. A semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor TFT formed using an oxide semiconductor film 109, the semiconductor device being characterized in that: the channel length of the oxide semiconductor TFT is 1.3 to 2.3 ?m; and the sheet resistance of a source region 1092 and a drain region 1091 of the oxide semiconductor film 109 is 1.4 to 20 K?/?.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a polycrystalline silicon semiconductor, an oxide semiconductor, a gate electrode located directly above the oxide semiconductor, a first conductive layer in contact with the polycrystalline silicon semiconductor via a first contact hole, and in contact with the oxide semiconductor via a second contact hole and a second conductive layer stacked on the first conductive layer between the first contact hole and the second contact hole. The first conductive layer includes an extending portion extending from the second contact hole toward the gate electrode. The second conductive layer is not stacked on the extending portion. The first conductive layer is thinner than the second conductive layer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming an oxide semiconductor layer, forming a gate insulating layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer and covering the oxide semiconductor layer, and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer so as to overlap the oxide semiconductor layer, and injecting boron through the gate electrode and the gate insulating layer after forming the gate electrode, wherein a boron concentration included in a region of the gate insulating layer overlapping the gate electrode is in a range of 1E+16 [atoms/cm3] or more.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to suppress a change in characteristics of a TFT using an oxide semiconductor film caused by that oxygen in the oxide semiconductor film is extracted by metal electrode. The main structure of the present invention is as follows. A semiconductor device having a TFT, in which a gate insulating film is formed on a gate electrode, and an oxide semiconductor film is formed on the gate insulating film; the oxide semiconductor film including a channel region, a drain region, and a source region; in which a metal nitride film is formed on a top surface of the gate electrode in an opposing portion to the channel region in a plan view; and the metal nitride film is not formed at a part of the top surface of the gate electrode.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor. The oxide semiconductor includes a first edge portion and a second edge portion intersecting a gate electrode, a first area overlapping the gate electrode, a second area along the first edge portion, a third area along the second edge portion, a fourth area the first edge portion, a fifth area along the second edge portion, a sixth area surrounded by the first area, the second area and the third area, and a seventh area surrounded by the first area, the fourth area and the fifth area. The first area, the second area and the third area, the fourth area and the fifth area have a higher resistivity than those of the sixth area and the seventh area.

Abstract: There is provided a technique that enables a reduction in the display failure of a display device and the improvement of the yields of the display device in a display device that adopts a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor. A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor. The oxide semiconductor has a drain region, a source region, and a channel region provided between the drain region and the source region. The thin film transistor includes a gate insulating film provided on the channel region, an aluminum oxide film provided on the gate insulating film, an insulating film provided on the aluminum oxide film, and a gate electrode provided on the insulating film.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first insulating layer above a polycrystalline silicon semiconductor, forming an oxide semiconductor on the first insulating layer, forming a second insulating layer on the oxide semiconductor, forming contact holes penetrating to the polycrystalline silicon semiconductor in insulating layers including the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, forming a metal film on the second insulating layer, forming a patterned resist on the metal film, etching the metal film using the resist as a mask, performing ion implantation into the oxide semiconductor without removing the resist, and removing the resist.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a thin-film transistor. The thin-film transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, a gate electrode overlapped on the oxide semiconductor layer through the gate insulating layer, a source electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, a drain electrode in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer and a first metal layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer and disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode at a distance from the source electrode and the drain electrode.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a display device, a first transistor includes a first semiconductor layer, in which a first source region includes a first region in contact a the first source electrode and a first drain region includes a second region in contact with a first drain electrode, the first source and drain regions, the first region, and the second region each include a first impurity element, and, in a region close to an interface between the first semiconductor layer and a first insulating layer, a concentration of the first impurity element included in the first and second regions is higher than a concentration of the first impurity element included in the first source region and the first drain region.

Abstract: A display device including a substrate having a first TFT of an oxide semiconductor and a second TFT of a polysilicon semiconductor comprising: the oxide semiconductor 109 is covered by a first insulating film, a first drain electrode 110 is connected to the oxide semiconductor 109 via a first through hole 132 formed in the first insulating film, a first source electrode 111 is connected to the oxide semiconductor 109 via second through hole 133 formed in the first insulating film in the first TFT, a second insulating film is formed covering the first drain electrode 110 and the first source electrode 111, a drain wiring connects 12 to the first drain electrode 110 via a third through hole 130 formed in the second insulating film, a source wiring 122 is connected to the first source electrode 111 via a fourth through hole 131 formed in the second insulating film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes thin film transistors each having an oxide semiconductor. The oxide semiconductor has a channel region, a drain region, a source region, and low concentration regions which are lower in impurity concentration than the drain region and the source region. The low concentration regions are located between the channel region and the drain region, and between the channel region and the source region. Each of the thin film transistors has a gate insulating film on the channel region and the low concentration regions, an aluminum oxide film on a first part of the gate insulating film, the first part being located on the channel region, and a gate electrode on the aluminum oxide film and a second part of the gate insulating film, the second part being located on the low concentration regions.

Abstract: A display device including: a substrate; a first thin film transistor of polysilicon semiconductor, a second thin film transistor of oxide semiconductor; a first light shading film opposing to the polysilicon semiconductor, and a second light shading film opposing to the oxide semiconductor; a first insulating film, a second insulating film which is constituted from plural insulating films, and a third insulating film superposed in this order; a first through hole penetrating the second insulating film and not penetrating the first insulating film and the third insulating film; a second through hole penetrating the first insulating film and the third insulating film; the first light shading film connects with a first conductive component, a part of the first conductive component exists on the third insulating film, through the second through hole.

Abstract: A display device including a substrate having thin film transistors (TFT) comprising: the TFT including an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode and an insulating film formed between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode, wherein a first aluminum oxide film and a second aluminum oxide film, which is formed on the first aluminum oxide film, are formed between the insulating film and the gate electrode, an oxygen concentration in the first aluminum oxide film is bigger than an oxygen concentration in the second aluminum oxide film.

Abstract: A display device including a substrate having a first TFT of an oxide semiconductor and a second TFT of a polysilicon semiconductor comprising: the oxide semiconductor 109 is covered by a first insulating film, a first drain electrode 110 is connected to the oxide semiconductor 109 via a first through hole 132 formed in the first insulating film, a first source electrode 111 is connected to the oxide semiconductor 109 via second through hole 133 formed in the first insulating film in the first TFT, a second insulating film is formed covering the first drain electrode 110 and the first source electrode 111, a drain wiring connects 12 to the first drain electrode 110 via a third through hole 130 formed in the second insulating film, a source wiring 122 is connected to the first source electrode 111 via a fourth through hole 131 formed in the second insulating film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes thin film transistors each having an oxide semiconductor. The oxide semiconductor has a channel region, a drain region, a source region, and low concentration regions which are lower in impurity concentration than the drain region and the source region. The low concentration regions are located between the channel region and the drain region, and between the channel region and the source region. Each of the thin film transistors has a gate insulating film on the channel region and the low concentration regions, an aluminum oxide film on a first part of the gate insulating film, the first part being located on the channel region, and a gate electrode on the aluminum oxide film and a second part of the gate insulating film, the second part being located on the low concentration regions.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to increase ON current of the oxide semiconductor thin film transistor. An example of the structure that attains the purpose is: a display device having a substrate and a thin film transistor of an oxide semiconductor formed on the substrate including: a thickness of a source region and a drain region is thicker than a thickness of a channel region of the oxide semiconductor, the channel region has projections at portions contacting the source region and the drain region, a thickness of the projection is thicker than a thickness of the center of the channel region, and a thickness of the projection is thicker than a thickness of the source region and the drain region.

Abstract: A display device including a substrate having thin film transistors (TFT) comprising: the TFT including an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode and an insulating film formed between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode, wherein a first aluminum oxide film and a second aluminum oxide film, which is formed on the first aluminum oxide film, are formed between the insulating film and the gate electrode, an oxygen concentration in the first aluminum oxide film is bigger than an oxygen concentration in the second aluminum oxide film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technology which realizes a reliable semiconductor device including a photosensor device by preventing pent roofs of edges of a P+ layer from being generated and a metal wiring installed over the P+ layer from coming down while securing the electrical conductivity of the P+ layer. The semiconductor device includes a photosensor including a photodiode formed on a substrate. The photodiode includes: a cathode electrode; a laminated structure that is formed on the cathode electrode and in which an N+ layer, an I layer, and a P+ layer are laminated in this order; an anode electrode formed on the P+ layer; a first insulating film formed so as to cover a portion of the anode electrode and edges of the laminated structure; and a metal wiring connected to the anode electrode. The edges of the laminated structure are formed in forward tapered shapes in a cross-sectional view.

Abstract: A high definition display device is provided. The display device includes an array substrate, and an opposing substrate. The array substrate has a substrate, and on the substrate, a first pixel having a first color filter and a second pixel having a second color filter disposed adjacent to the first pixel. Each of the first color filter and the second color filter has a first dielectric layer, a transmissive layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer disposed on the transmissive layer. The transmissive layer of the first color filter has a first film thickness, and the transmissive layer of the second color filter has a second film thickness larger than the first film thickness. On the transmissive layer of the second color filter, a first layer different from the transmissive layer is disposed on a side of the transmissive layer of the first color filter. A height of a bottom face of the first layer is equal to the first film thickness.