Abstract: A semiconductor device which has favorable electrical characteristics, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with high productivity, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with a high yield are provided.

Abstract: A novel display apparatus that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting device including a first electrode, a first layer, a first unit, and a second electrode and a second light-emitting device including a third electrode, a second layer, a second unit, and a fourth electrode. The first unit is between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes a first light-emitting material. The first layer is between the first unit and the first electrode and is in contact with the first electrode. The third electrode is adjacent to the first electrode. A first gap is between the third electrode and the first electrode. The second unit is between the third electrode and the fourth electrode and includes a second light-emitting material. The second layer is between the second unit and the third electrode and is in contact with the third electrode.

Abstract: The stability of a step of processing a wiring formed using copper, aluminum, gold, silver, molybdenum, or the like is increased. Moreover, the concentration of impurities in a semiconductor film is reduced. Moreover, the electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device are improved. In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, an oxide film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, and a pair of conductive films being in contact with the oxide film and including copper, aluminum, gold, silver, molybdenum, or the like, the oxide film has a plurality of crystal parts and has c-axis alignment in the crystal parts, and the c-axes are aligned in a direction parallel to a normal vector of a top surface of the oxide semiconductor film or the oxide film.

Abstract: A high-resolution display device is provided. A display device with both high display quality and high resolution is provided. The display device includes a first display element including a first pixel electrode, a first EL layer, and a common electrode; a second display element including a second pixel electrode, a second EL layer, and the common electrode; a first insulating layer covering an end portion of the first pixel electrode and an end portion of the second pixel electrode; a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer; and a third insulating layer over the second insulating layer. The first EL layer is placed over the first pixel electrode and the third insulating layer. The second EL layer is placed over the second pixel electrode and the third insulating layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. A semiconductor device having stable electrical characteristics is provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a conductive layer. The first insulating layer is in contact with part of the top surface of the semiconductor layer, the conductive layer is positioned over the first insulating layer, and the second insulating layer is positioned over the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer contains a metal oxide and includes a first region overlapping with the conductive layer and a second region not overlapping with the conductive layer. The second region is in contact with the second insulating layer. The second insulating layer contains oxygen and a first element. The first element is one or more of phosphorus, boron, magnesium, aluminum, and silicon.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film that includes a transistor with excellent electrical characteristics is provided. It is a semiconductor device including a transistor. The transistor includes a gate electrode, a first insulating film, an oxide semiconductor film, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a second insulating film. The source electrode and the drain electrode each include a first conductive film, a second conductive film over and in contact with the first conductive film, and a third conductive film over and in contact with the second conductive film. The second conductive film contains copper, the first conductive film and the third conductive film include a material that inhibits diffusion of copper, and an end portion of the second conductive film includes a region containing copper and silicon.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with favorable electrical characteristics is to be provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device is to be provided. A semiconductor device with lower power consumption is to be provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a first insulating layer over the gate electrode, a metal oxide layer over the first insulating layer, a pair of electrodes over the metal oxide layer, and a second insulating layer over the pair of electrodes. The first insulating layer includes a first region and a second region. The first region has a region being in contact with the metal oxide layer and containing more oxygen than the second region. The second region has a region containing more nitrogen than the first region. The metal oxide layer has at least a concentration gradient of oxygen in a thickness direction, and the concentration gradient becomes high on a first region side and on a second region side.

Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal element, a transistor, a scan line, and a signal line. The liquid crystal element includes a pixel electrode, a liquid crystal layer, and a common electrode. The scan line and the signal line are each electrically connected to the transistor. The scan line and the signal line each include a metal layer. The transistor is electrically connected to the pixel electrode. A semiconductor layer of the transistor includes a stack of a first metal oxide layer and a second metal oxide layer. The first metal oxide layer includes a region with lower crystallinity than the second metal oxide layer. The transistor includes a first region connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode, the common electrode, and the first region are each configured to transmit visible light. Visible light passes through the first region and the liquid crystal element and exits from the display device.

Abstract: A high-resolution or high-definition display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device. The first light-emitting device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer over the first conductive layer, a first light-emitting layer over the second conductive layer, and a common electrode over the first light-emitting layer. The second light-emitting device includes a third conductive layer, a fourth conductive layer over the third conductive layer, a second light-emitting layer over the fourth conductive layer, and the common electrode over the second light-emitting layer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a display device that easily achieves higher resolution is provided. A display device having both high display quality and high resolution is provided. A first EL film is formed over a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode; a first sacrificial film is formed to cover the first EL film; the first sacrificial film and the first EL film are etched to expose the second pixel electrode and to form a first EL layer over the first pixel electrode and a first sacrificial layer over the first EL layer; and the first sacrificial layer is removed. The first EL film and the second EL film are etched by dry etching, and the first sacrificial layer is removed by wet etching.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a metal oxide layer, and a conductive layer; the first insulating layer, the metal oxide layer, and the conductive layer are stacked in this order over the semiconductor layer; an end portion of the first insulating layer is located inward from an end portion of the semiconductor layer; an end portion of the metal oxide layer is located inward from the end portion of the first insulating layer; and an end portion of the conductive layer is located inward from the end portion of the metal oxide layer. The second insulating layer is preferably provided to cover the semiconductor layer, the first insulating layer, the metal oxide layer, and the conductive layer.

Abstract: A display device with high resolution is provided. A display device with a high aperture ratio is provided. The display device includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a first EL layer, a second EL layer, and a common electrode. The first insulating layer covers end portions of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The second insulating layer is provided over the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the first insulating layer and covers an end portion of the first insulating layer. The first EL layer is provided over the first pixel electrode and the second EL layer is provided over the second pixel electrode. An end portion of the first EL layer and an end portion of the second EL layer face each other and overlap with the first insulating layer. The common electrode includes a portion overlapping with the first EL layer and a portion overlapping with the second EL layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a transistor with high on-state current and a fabrication method thereof are provided. A semiconductor device having favorable electrical characteristics and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an island-shaped insulating layer over the substrate, and a transistor over the substrate and the insulating layer. The transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and a pair of conductive layers. One of the pair of the conductive layers includes a region overlapping with the insulating layer, and the other of the pair of the conductive layers includes a region not overlapping with the insulating layer. The level of a top surface of the other of the pair of the conductive layers is lower than the level of a top surface of the one of the pair of the conductive layers. Each of the pair of the conductive layers is in contact with the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: The field-effect mobility and reliability of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film are improved. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device which includes a gate electrode, an insulating film over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film over the insulating film, and a pair of electrodes over the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a first oxide semiconductor film, a second oxide semiconductor film over the first oxide semiconductor film, and a third oxide semiconductor film over the second oxide semiconductor film. The first oxide semiconductor film, the second oxide semiconductor film, and the third oxide semiconductor film include the same element. The second oxide semiconductor film includes a region having lower crystallinity than one or both of the first oxide semiconductor film and the third oxide semiconductor film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a first insulating film, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a second insulating film is provided. Each of a top surface of the gate electrode, a top surface of the source electrode, and a top surface of the drain electrode comprises a region in contact with the second insulating film. A top surface of the first insulating film comprises a region in contact with the gate electrode and a region in contact with the second insulating film and overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film in a cross-sectional view of the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film comprises a region in contact with the first insulating film and a region in contact with the second insulating film and adjacent to the region in contact with the first insulating film in the cross-sectional view.

Abstract: The stability of a step of processing a wiring formed using copper, aluminum, gold, silver, molybdenum, or the like is increased. Moreover, the concentration of impurities in a semiconductor film is reduced. Moreover, the electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device are improved. In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, an oxide film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, and a pair of conductive films being in contact with the oxide film and including copper, aluminum, gold, silver, molybdenum, or the like, the oxide film has a plurality of crystal parts and has c-axis alignment in the crystal parts, and the c-axes are aligned in a direction parallel to a normal vector of a top surface of the oxide semiconductor film or the oxide film.

Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal element, a transistor, a scan line, and a signal line. The liquid crystal element includes a pixel electrode, a liquid crystal layer, and a common electrode. The scan line and the signal line are each electrically connected to the transistor. The scan line and the signal line each include a metal layer. The transistor is electrically connected to the pixel electrode. A semiconductor layer of the transistor includes a stack of a first metal oxide layer and a second metal oxide layer. The first metal oxide layer includes a region with lower crystallinity than the second metal oxide layer. The transistor includes a first region connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode, the common electrode, and the first region are each configured to transmit visible light. Visible light passes through the first region and the liquid crystal element and exits from the display device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film that includes a transistor with excellent electrical characteristics is provided. It is a semiconductor device including a transistor. The transistor includes a gate electrode, a first insulating film, an oxide semiconductor film, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a second insulating film. The source electrode and the drain electrode each include a first conductive film, a second conductive film over and in contact with the first conductive film, and a third conductive film over and in contact with the second conductive film. The second conductive film contains copper, the first conductive film and the third conductive film include a material that inhibits diffusion of copper, and an end portion of the second conductive film includes a region containing copper and silicon.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with favorable electrical characteristics is to be provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device is to be provided. A semiconductor device with lower power consumption is to be provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode, a first insulating layer over the gate electrode, a metal oxide layer over the first insulating layer, a pair of electrodes over the metal oxide layer, and a second insulating layer over the pair of electrodes. The first insulating layer includes a first region and a second region. The first region has a region being in contact with the metal oxide layer and containing more oxygen than the second region. The second region has a region containing more nitrogen than the first region. The metal oxide layer has at least a concentration gradient of oxygen in a thickness direction, and the concentration gradient becomes high on a first region side and on a second region side.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device in which an increase in driving voltage is inhibited is provided. The photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic compound layer; the organic compound layer is positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode; the organic compound layer includes a first layer; a structure body including projections is included between the first layer and the second electrode; and the structure body contains a first organic compound.