Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, an insulating layer over the substrate, a metal oxide layer over the insulating layer, and an oxide semiconductor layer over the metal oxide layer. The insulating layer includes a first region overlapping the metal oxide layer and a second region not overlapping the metal oxide layer. A hydrogen concentration of the first region is greater than a hydrogen concentration of the second region. A nitrogen concentration of the first region is greater than a nitrogen concentration of the second region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a first insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer having a polycrystalline structure on the first insulating layer, a gate insulating layer on the oxide semiconductor layer, a gate wiring on the gate insulating layer, and a second insulating layer on the gate wiring. The oxide semiconductor layer has a first region, a second region and a third region aligned toward a first direction. The first region overlaps the gate insulating layer and the gate wiring. The third region is in contact with the second insulating layer. A distance from a top surface of the second region to a top surface of the second insulating layer is longer than a distance from a top surface of the third region to the top surface of the second insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes an oxide semiconductor layer provided above an insulating surface, a gate insulating layer provided above the oxide semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode provided above the oxide semiconductor layer via the gate insulating layer, wherein the gate electrode has a titanium-containing layer and a conductive layer in order from the gate insulating layer side, the gate insulating layer includes a first region overlapping the gate electrode and a second region not overlapping the gate electrode, and a thickness of the titanium-containing layer is 50% or less than a thickness of the gate insulating layer in the first region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a metal oxide layer above a substrate, the metal oxide layer containing aluminum as a main component; an oxide semiconductor layer above the metal oxide layer; a gate electrode facing the oxide semiconductor layer; and a gate insulating layer between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer includes two or more metals including indium, and a ratio of indium in the two or more metals is 50% or more.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a metal oxide layer over an insulating surface and an oxide semiconductor layer over the metal oxide layer. A fluorine concentration of the metal oxide semiconductor layer is greater than or equal to 1×1018 atoms/cm3. In a SIMS analysis, a secondary ion intensity of fluorine detected in the metal oxide layer may be greater than or equal to 10 times a secondary ion intensity of fluorine detected in the oxide semiconductor layer.

Abstract: An oxide semiconductor film having crystallinity over a substrate contains indium (In) and a first metal element (M1). The oxide semiconductor film includes a plurality of crystal grains. Each of the plurality of crystal grains includes at least one of a crystal orientation <001>, a crystal orientation <101>, and a crystal orientation <111> obtained by an electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) method. In occupancy rates of crystal orientations calculated based on measurement points having crystal orientations with a crystal orientation difference greater than or equal to 0 degrees and less than or equal to 15 degrees with respect to a normal direction of a surface of the substrate, an occupancy rate of the crystal orientation <111> is greater than an occupancy rate of the crystal orientation <001> and an occupancy rate of the crystal orientation <101>.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising steps of: forming a first metal oxide layer containing aluminium as a main component above an insulating surface; performing a planarization process on a surface of the first metal oxide layer; forming an oxide semiconductor layer on the insulating surface on which the planarization process is performed; forming a gate insulating layer above the oxide semiconductor layer; and forming a gate electrode facing the oxide semiconductor layer above the gate insulating layer.

Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a metal oxide layer over the substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer having crystallinity in contact with the metal oxide layer, a gate electrode overlapping the oxide semiconductor layer, and an insulating layer between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The oxide semiconductor layer includes a plurality of crystal grains. Each of the plurality of crystal grains includes at least one of a crystal orientation <001>, a crystal orientation <101>, and a crystal orientation <111> obtained by an EBSD method. In occupancy rates of crystal orientations calculated based on measurement points having crystal orientations with a crystal orientation difference greater than or equal to 0 degrees and less than or equal to 15 degrees with respect to a normal direction of a surface of the substrate, an occupancy rate of the crystal orientation <001> is less than or equal to 5%.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a metal oxide layer over an insulating surface, an oxide semiconductor layer over the metal oxide layer, and an insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor. The insulating layer includes a first region overlapping the oxide semiconductor layer. A first aluminum concentration of the first region is greater than or equal to 1×1017 atoms/cm3.

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: A thin film transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer having crystallinity over a substrate, a gate electrode overlapping the oxide semiconductor layer, and an insulating layer between the oxide semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The oxide semiconductor layer includes a plurality of crystal grains. Each of the plurality of crystal grains includes at least one of a crystal orientation <001>, a crystal orientation <101>, and a crystal orientation <111> obtained by an EBSD method. In occupancy rates of crystal orientations calculated based on measurement points having crystal orientations with a crystal orientation difference greater than or equal to 0 degrees and less than or equal to 15 degrees with respect to a normal direction of a surface of the substrate, an occupancy rate of the crystal orientation <111> is greater than an occupancy rate of the crystal orientation <001> and an occupancy rate of the crystal orientation <101>.

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: 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 having a first TFT of an oxide semiconductor and a second TFT of a polysilicon semiconductor comprising: the oxide semiconductor is covered by a first insulating film, a first drain electrode is connected to the oxide semiconductor via a first through hole formed in the first insulating film, a first source electrode is connected to the oxide semiconductor via second through hole formed in the first insulating film in the first TFT, a second insulating film is formed covering the first drain electrode and the first source electrode, a drain wiring connects to the first drain electrode via a third through hole formed in the second insulating film, a source wiring is connected to the first source electrode via a fourth through hole formed in the second 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 gate electrode, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer having a polycrystalline structure over the gate insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode over the oxide semiconductor layer, and an interlayer insulating layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, the interlayer insulating layer covering the source electrode and the drain electrode. The oxide semiconductor layer includes a first region overlapping one of the source electrode and the drain electrode and a second region in contact with the interlayer insulating layer. A difference between a thickness of the first region and a thickness of the second region is less than or equal to 1 nm.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a gate electrode; a gate insulating layer; a metal oxide layer containing aluminum as a main component above the gate insulating layer; an oxide semiconductor layer having a polycrystalline structure above the metal oxide layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting the oxide semiconductor layer from above the oxide semiconductor layer; and an insulating layer above the source electrode and the drain electrode, wherein a linear mobility of the semiconductor device is larger than 20 cm2/Vs when (Vg?Vth)×Cox=5×10?7 C/cm2, in the case where the Vg is a voltage supplied to the gate electrode, the Vth is a threshold voltage of the semiconductor device, and the Cox is an electrostatic capacitance of the gate insulating layer sandwiched by the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer.

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 semiconductor device comprises a first insulating layer; a metal oxide layer mainly composed of aluminum on the first insulating layer; an oxide semiconductor layer having a polycrystalline structure on the metal oxide layer; a gate insulating layer on the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer; and a second insulating layer on the gate electrode. The metal oxide layer and the oxide semiconductor layer are both patterned, and the oxide semiconductor layer has a first region in contact with the gate insulating layer and a second region continuous with the first region in a first direction and in contact with the gate insulating layer and the second insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer having a polycrystalline structure over the gate insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode over the oxide semiconductor layer, and an interlayer insulating layer in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer. The interlayer insulating layer covers the source electrode and the drain electrode. The oxide semiconductor layer includes a first region overlapping one of the source electrode and the drain electrode and a second region in contact with the interlayer insulating layer. A difference between a film thickness of the first region and a film thickness of the second region is less than or equal to 5 nm.