Abstract: A semiconductor device with improved reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide, a second oxide over the first oxide, a third oxide over the second oxide, and an insulator over the third oxide. The second oxide contains In, an element M (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn), and Zn. The first oxide and the third oxide each include a region whose In concentration is lower than that in the second oxide.

Abstract: A semiconductor material is an oxide including a metal element and nitrogen, in which the metal element is indium (In), an element M (M is aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), yttrium (Y), or tin (Sn)), and zinc (Zn) and nitrogen is taken into an oxygen vacancy or bonded to an atom of the metal element.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with high reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator, a second insulator, and a transistor; the transistor includes an oxide in a channel formation region; the oxide is surrounded by the first insulator; and the first insulator is surrounded by the second insulator. The first insulator includes a region with a lower hydrogen concentration than the second insulator. Alternatively, the first insulator includes a region with a lower hydrogen concentration than the second insulator and with a lower nitrogen concentration than the second insulator.

Abstract: To provide a novel oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes In, M, and Zn. The M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn. In the case where the proportion of In in the oxide semiconductor film is 4, the proportion of M is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal 2.5 and the proportion of Zn is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 4.

Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device with less variations in characteristics. The semiconductor device includes a first circuit region and a second circuit region over a substrate, where the first circuit region includes a plurality of first transistors and a first insulator over the plurality of first transistors; the second circuit region includes a plurality of second transistors and a second insulator over the plurality of second transistors; the second insulator includes an opening portion; the first transistors and the second transistors each include an oxide semiconductor; a third insulator is positioned over and in contact with the first insulator and the second insulator; the first insulator, the second insulator, and the third insulator inhibit oxygen diffusion; and the density of the plurality of first transistors arranged in the first circuit region is higher than the density of the plurality of second transistors arranged in the second circuit region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device in which variation of characteristics is small is provided. A second insulator, an oxide, a conductive layer, and an insulating layer are formed over a first insulator; a third insulator and fourth insulator are deposited to be in contact with the first insulator; a first opening reaching the oxide is formed in the conductive layer, the insulating layer, the third insulator, and the fourth insulator; a fifth insulator, a sixth insulator, and a conductor are formed in the first opening; a seventh insulator is deposited over the fourth insulator, the fifth insulator, and the sixth insulator; a mask is formed in a first region over the seventh insulator in a top view; oxygen is implanted into a second region not overlapping the first region in the top view; heat treatment is performed; a second opening reaching the fourth insulator is formed in the seventh insulator; and heat treatment is performed.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device in which the threshold is adjusted to an appropriate value is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor, a source or drain electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode between which the semiconductor is sandwiched, an electron trap layer between the first gate electrode and the semiconductor, and a gate insulating layer between the second gate electrode and the semiconductor. By keeping a potential of the first gate electrode higher than a potential of the source or drain electrode for 1 second or more while heating, electrons are trapped in the electron trap layer. Consequently, threshold is increased and Icut is reduced.

Abstract: A novel display panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable can be provided. The display panel includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, a first insulating film, and a conductive film. The first light-emitting device includes a first electrode and a second electrode; the first electrode includes a first region overlapping with the second electrode and a second region outside the first region. The second light-emitting device includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode, and the third electrode includes a third region overlapping with the fourth electrode and a fourth region outside the third region. The first insulating film is in contact with the second region and the fourth region, and the first insulating film includes a first opening and a second opening. The first opening overlaps with the second electrode and the second opening overlaps with the fourth electrode.

Abstract: To provide a novel oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes In, M, and Zn. The M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn. In the case where the proportion of In in the oxide semiconductor film is 4, the proportion of M is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 2.5 and the proportion of Zn is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 4.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes an insulator including an excess-oxygen region, a metal oxide over the insulator, a first oxide semiconductor over the metal oxide, a first conductor in contact with the first oxide semiconductor, a second conductor in contact with the first oxide semiconductor, and a second oxide semiconductor in contact with the first oxide semiconductor and the insulator. The metal oxide contains an element having lower Gibbs energy of formation in an Ellingham diagram than a metal element contained in the first oxide semiconductor, and a region where the first oxide semiconductor and the second oxide semiconductor are in contact with each other is positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor, a first insulator in contact with the oxide semiconductor, and a second insulator in contact with the first insulator. The first insulator includes excess oxygen. The second insulator has a function of trapping or fixing hydrogen. Hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor is bonded to the excess oxygen. The hydrogen bonded to the excess oxygen passes through the first insulator and is trapped or fixed in the second insulator. The excess oxygen bonded to the hydrogen remains in the first insulator as the excess oxygen.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor, a first insulator in contact with the oxide semiconductor, and a second insulator in contact with the first insulator. The first insulator includes excess oxygen. The second insulator has a function of trapping or fixing hydrogen. Hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor is bonded to the excess oxygen. The hydrogen bonded to the excess oxygen passes through the first insulator and is trapped or fixed in the second insulator. The excess oxygen bonded to the hydrogen remains in the first insulator as the excess oxygen.

Abstract: A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator; a first oxide provided over the first insulator; a second oxide provided over the first oxide; a first conductor and a second conductor provided apart from each other over the second oxide; a third oxide provided over the second oxide, the first conductor, and the second conductor; a second insulating film provided over the third oxide; and a third conductor provided over the second oxide with the third oxide and the second insulating film positioned therebetween. The third oxide contains a metal element and nitrogen, and the metal element is bonded to nitrogen.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a reduced amount of oxygen vacancy in a channel formation region of an oxide semiconductor is provided. Further, a semiconductor device which includes an oxide semiconductor and has improved electric characteristics is provided. Furthermore, a methods for manufacturing the semiconductor device is provided. An oxide semiconductor film is formed; a conductive film is formed over the oxide semiconductor film at the same time as forming a low-resistance region between the oxide semiconductor film and the conductive film; the conductive film is processed to form a source electrode and a drain electrode; and oxygen is added to the low-resistance region between the source electrode and the drain electrode, so that a channel formation region having a higher resistance than the low-resistance region is formed and a first low-resistance region and a second low-resistance region between which the channel formation region is positioned are formed.

Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor layer with high and stable electrical characteristics, the semiconductor device is manufactured by forming a first insulating layer, forming oxide over the first insulating layer and then removing the oxide n times (n is a natural number), forming an oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer, forming a second insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer, and forming a conductive layer over the second insulating layer. Alternatively, the semiconductor device is manufactured by forming the oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer, forming the second insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer, forming the oxide over the second insulating layer and then removing the oxide n times (n is a natural number), and forming the conductive layer over the second insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having a reduced amount of oxygen vacancy in a channel formation region of an oxide semiconductor is provided. Further, a semiconductor device which includes an oxide semiconductor and has improved electric characteristics is provided. Furthermore, a methods for manufacturing the semiconductor device is provided. An oxide semiconductor film is formed; a conductive film is formed over the oxide semiconductor film at the same time as forming a low-resistance region between the oxide semiconductor film and the conductive film; the conductive film is processed to form a source electrode and a drain electrode; and oxygen is added to the low-resistance region between the source electrode and the drain electrode, so that a channel formation region having a higher resistance than the low-resistance region is formed and a first low-resistance region and a second low-resistance region between which the channel formation region is positioned are formed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with improved reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first oxide, a second oxide over the first oxide, a third oxide over the second oxide, and an insulator over the third oxide. The second oxide contains In, an element M (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn), and Zn. The first oxide and the third oxide each include a region whose In concentration is lower than that in the second oxide.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with high reliability is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulator, a second insulator, and a transistor; the transistor includes an oxide in a channel formation region; the oxide is surrounded by the first insulator; and the first insulator is surrounded by the second insulator. The first insulator includes a region with a lower hydrogen concentration than the second insulator. Alternatively, the first insulator includes a region with a lower hydrogen concentration than the second insulator and with a lower nitrogen concentration than the second insulator.

Abstract: A semiconductor material is an oxide including a metal element and nitrogen, in which the metal element is indium (In), an element M (M is aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), yttrium (Y), or tin (Sn)), and zinc (Zn) and nitrogen is taken into an oxygen vacancy or bonded to an atom of the metal element.

Abstract: To provide a novel oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes In, M, and Zn. The M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn. In the case where the proportion of In in the oxide semiconductor film is 4, the proportion of M is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal 2.5 and the proportion of Zn is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 4.