Patents Examined by D. E. P.
  • Patent number: 9818880
    Abstract: To reduce parasitic capacitance in a semiconductor device having a transistor including an oxide semiconductor. The transistor includes a first gate electrode, a first gate insulating film over the first gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film over the first gate insulating film, and source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a first oxide semiconductor film on the first gate electrode side and a second oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide semiconductor film. The atomic proportion of In is larger than the atomic proportion of M (M is Ti, Ga, Sn, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, or Hf) in the first oxide semiconductor film, and the atomic proportion of In in the second oxide semiconductor film is smaller than that in the first oxide semiconductor film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake, Junichi Koezuka, Kenichi Okazaki, Daisuke Kurosaki, Yukinori Shima, Satoru Saito