Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for an improved protection from charge injection into layers of a device using resistive structures are described. Such resistive structures, named s-contacts, can be made using simpler fabrication methods and less fabrication steps. In a case of metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) field effect transistors (FETs), s-contacts can be made with direct connection, or resistive connection, to all regions of the transistors, including the source region, the drain region and the gate.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices having necked semiconductor bodies and methods of forming semiconductor bodies of varying width are described. For example, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body disposed above a substrate. A gate electrode stack is disposed over a portion of the semiconductor body to define a channel region in the semiconductor body under the gate electrode stack. Source and drain regions are defined in the semiconductor body on either side of the gate electrode stack. Sidewall spacers are disposed adjacent to the gate electrode stack and over only a portion of the source and drain regions. The portion of the source and drain regions under the sidewall spacers has a height and a width greater than a height and a width of the channel region of the semiconductor body.

Abstract: An integrated circuit chip includes an SOI substrate having a structure in which a bulk substrate, a buried insulating film, and a semiconductor body layer are sequentially stacked, a conductive ion implantation region formed at a position adjacent to the buried insulating film in the bulk substrate, an integrated circuit portion formed on an active surface of the semiconductor body layer, and a penetrating electrode portion arranged at a position spaced apart from the integrated circuit portion in a horizontal direction, the penetrating electrode portion penetrating the semiconductor body layer and the buried insulating layer in a vertical direction, and the penetrating electrode portion connected to the conductive ion implantation region. An integrated circuit package and a display device include the integrated circuit chip.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first silicon layer including a first single crystal silicon; a first metal layer disposed over the first single crystal silicon layer; a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer; a first level including a plurality of transistors, the first level disposed over the second metal layer, where the plurality of transistors include a second single crystal silicon; a third metal layer disposed over the first level; a fourth metal layer disposed over the third metal layer, where the fourth metal layer is aligned to the first metal layer with a less than 40 nm alignment error; and a via disposed through the first level, where the fourth metal layer provides a global power distribution, and where a typical thickness of the fourth metal layer is at least 50% greater than a typical thickness of the third metal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of fabricating a semiconductor device involves formation of a trench above a fin (e.g. a fin of a FinFET device) of the semiconductor device and formation of a multi-layer dielectric structure within the trench. The profile of the multi-layer dielectric structure can be controlled depending on the application to reduce shadowing effects and reduce cut failure risk, among other possible benefits. The multi-layer dielectric structure can include two layers, three layers, or any number of layers and can have a stepped profile, a linear profile, or any other type of profile.

Abstract: A high voltage logic circuit for high voltage system application comprises a first device layer formed from a first semiconductor material and comprises a low voltage logic circuit; and a second device layer formed from a second different semiconductor material and comprising one or more components of an additional circuit for generating a high voltage logic output from a low voltage logic input from the low voltage logic circuit; wherein the first and second device layers are integrally formed.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and their manufacturing methods are disclosed herein, and more particularly to semiconductor devices including a transistor having gate all around (GAA) transistor structures and manufacturing methods thereof. Different thickness in an epi-growth scheme is adopted to create different sheet thicknesses within the same device channel regions for use in manufacturing vertically stacked nanostructure (e.g., nanosheet, nanowire, or the like) GAA devices. A GAA device may be formed with a vertical stack of nanostructures in a channel region with a topmost nanostructure of the vertical stack being thicker than the other nanostructures of the vertical stack. Furthermore, an LDD portion of the topmost nanostructure may be formed as the thickest of the nanostructures in the vertical stack.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a method for improving display quality of the display panel. The display panel includes a temperature control apparatus. Specifically, the temperature control apparatus includes a temperature sensor in a non-display area of the display panel for detecting a temperature of the display panel, a change-temperature component in a display area of the display panel for performing a change-temperature treatment on the display panel, and a controller electrically connected to the temperature sensor and the change-temperature component for controlling the change-temperature component to operate according to the temperature of the display panel.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and methods of formation are provided. The semiconductor device includes a gate over a channel portion of a fin. The fin includes a first active area of the fin having a first active area top surface coplanar with a first shallow trench isolation (STI) top surface of a first STI portion of STI, and a second active area of the fin having a second active area top surface coplanar with a second STI top surface of a second STI portion of the STI. The method herein negates a need to recess at least one of the fin, the first STI portion or the second STI portion during device formation. Negating a need to recess at least one of the fin, the first STI portion or the second STI portion enhances the semiconductor device formation and is more efficient than a semiconductor device formation that requires the recessing of at least one of a fin, a first STI portion or a second STI portion.

Abstract: A transistor carried by a substrate comprising an active layer, the transistor comprising: at least one source area and at least one drain area; at least one electrical contact area; at least one conduction channel; at least one gate; wherein the gate comprises: a longitudinal portion; a transverse portion extending on either side of a portion of the active layer and comprising: at least a first portion extending beyond a portion of a first side of the portion of the active layer on a first extension dimension I2; at least a second portion extending beyond a portion of a second side of the portion of the active layer on a second extension dimension I3; and in that: I2>I3 with I3?0.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a transistor having a self-aligned drift region and asymmetric spacers. One example transistor generally includes a channel region; a gate region disposed above the channel region; a first implant region; a second implant region having a same doping type as the first implant region, but a different doping type than the channel region; a first spacer disposed adjacent to a first side of the gate region; a second spacer disposed adjacent to a second side of the gate region and having a wider width than the first spacer; and a drift region having an edge vertically aligned with an edge of the second spacer and disposed between the channel region and the second implant region. The channel region may be disposed between the first implant region and the drift region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first transistor having a first threshold voltage, and including first channels, first source/drain layers connected to opposite sidewalls of the first channels, and a first gate structure surrounding the first channels and including a first gate insulation pattern, a first threshold voltage control pattern, and a first workfunction metal pattern sequentially stacked. The semiconductor device includes a second transistor having a second threshold voltage greater than the first threshold voltage, and including second channels, second source/drain layers connected to opposite sidewalls of the second channels, and a second gate structure surrounding the second channels and including a second gate insulation pattern, a second threshold voltage control pattern, and a second workfunction metal pattern sequentially stacked. A thickness of the second threshold voltage control pattern is equal to or less than a thickness of the first threshold voltage control pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an active pattern provided on a substrate and a gate electrode crossing over the active pattern. The active pattern includes a first buffer pattern on the substrate, a channel pattern on the first buffer pattern, a doped pattern between the first buffer pattern and the channel pattern, and a second buffer pattern between the doped pattern and the channel pattern. The doped pattern includes graphene injected with an impurity.

Abstract: A meta device may include: a substrate; a mirror disposed on the substrate; a refractive index modulation layer disposed on the mirror; a nanoantenna facing the mirror with the refractive index modulation layer, the refractive index modulation layer being disposed between the nanoantenna and the mirror; and an insulating layer disposed between the nanoantenna and the refractive index modulation layer and having a non-uniform thickness. Since the thickness of the insulating layer is not uniform, a withstanding voltage characteristic of the meta device is improved.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: a lower layer including first and second lower patterns extending in a first direction; a first via arranged on the first lower pattern, and a second via arranged on the second lower pattern; a first upper pattern arranged on the first via; and a second upper pattern arranged on the second via, a first color is assigned to the first upper pattern, a second color is assigned to the second upper pattern, the first and second upper patterns are adjacent to each other in a second direction, and the first via is arranged in a first edge region of the first lower pattern, the first edge region being farther away from the second lower pattern than a second edge region of the first lower pattern, the second edge region being opposite to the first edge region.

Abstract: Structures that include a field effect-transistor and methods of forming a structure that includes a field-effect transistor. A semiconductor fin has an upper portion and a lower portion, and a trench isolation region surrounds the lower portion of the semiconductor fin. The trench isolation region has a top surface arranged above the lower portion of the semiconductor fin and arranged below the upper portion of the semiconductor fin. A dielectric layer arranged over the top surface of the trench isolation region. The dielectric layer is composed of a low-k dielectric material.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of an array substrate, including: forming a gate layer on a substrate; forming a gate insulating material layer on the gate layer; forming a polysilicon material layer on the gate insulating material layer; depositing an etch stop material layer on the polysilicon material layer; channel doping the polysilicon material layer; etching the polysilicon material layer, the etch stop material layer and the gate insulating material layer to form an active layer, an etch stop layer and a gate insulating layer; forming a source/drain layer on the active layer and the gate insulating layer, the active layer being electrically connected to the source/drain layer; and forming a through hole on the source/drain layer to form a source and a drain, the through hole being corresponding to the active layer, and both of the source and the drain being electrically connected to the active layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a fin field effect transistor (FinFET). The FinFET includes a channel disposed on a fin, a gate disposed over the channel and a source and drain. The channel includes at least two pairs of a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer has a different lattice constant than the second semiconductor layer. A thickness of the first semiconductor layer is three to ten times a thickness of the second semiconductor layer at least in one pair.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device having first and second fin structures on a substrate includes forming a first epitaxial region of the first fin structure and forming a second epitaxial region of the second fin structure. The method further includes forming a buffer region on the first epitaxial region of the first fin structure and performing an etch process to etch back a portion of the second epitaxial region. The buffer region helps to prevents etch back of a top surface of the first epitaxial region during the etch process. Further, a capping region is formed on the buffer region and the etched second epitaxial region.

Abstract: A low leakage current switch device (110) is provided which includes a GaN-on-Si substrate (11, 13) with one or more device mesas (41) in which isolation regions (92, 93) are formed using an implant mask (81) to implant ions (91) into an upper portion of the mesa sidewalls and the peripheral region around each elevated surface of the mesa structures exposed by the implant mask, thereby preventing the subsequently formed gate electrode (111) from contacting the peripheral edge and sidewalls of the mesa structures.

Abstract: A vertical bipolar transistor including a substrate including a first well of a first conductivity type and a second well of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, the first well adjoining the second well, a first fin extending, from the first well, a second fin extending from the first well, a third fin extending from the second well, a first conductive region on the first fin, having the second conductivity type and configured to serve as an emitter of the vertical bipolar transistor, a second conductive region on the second fin, having the first conductivity type, and configured to serve as a base of the vertical bipolar transistor, and a third conductive region on the third fin, having the second conductivity type, and configured to serve as a collector of the vertical bipolar transistor may be provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of an array substrate, including: forming a gate layer on a substrate; forming a gate insulating material layer on the gate layer; forming a polysilicon material layer on the gate insulating material layer; depositing an etch stop material layer on the polysilicon material layer; channel doping the polysilicon material layer; etching the polysilicon material layer, the etch stop material layer and the gate insulating material layer to form an active layer, an etch stop layer and a gate insulating layer; forming a source/drain layer on the active layer and the gate insulating layer, the active layer being electrically connected to the source/drain layer, and forming a through hole on the source/drain layer to form a source and a drain, the through hole being corresponding to the active layer, and both of the source and the drain being electrically connected to the active layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a stained fin, a gate upon the strain fin, and a spacer upon a sidewall of the gate and upon an end surface of the strained fin. The end surface of the strained fin is coplanar with a sidewall of the gate. The spacer limits relaxation of the strained fin.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device may include providing a transistor structure. The transistor structure may include a set of semiconductor fins and a set of gate structures, disposed on the set of semiconductor fins, wherein an isolation layer is disposed between the set of semiconductor fins and between the set of gate structures. The method may include implanting ions into an exposed area of the isolation layer, wherein an altered portion of the isolation layer is formed in the exposed area, wherein an altered region of the set of semiconductor fins is formed in an exposed portion of the set of semiconductor fins. The altered portion of the isolation layer may have a first etch rate, wherein an unaltered portion of the isolation layer, not exposed to the ions, has a second etch rate, greater than the first etch rate.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductors, and discloses a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method therefor. The semiconductor device may include a substrate; a first fin on the substrate for forming a first electronic component; a first gate structure on a portion of the first fin including a first gate dielectric layer on a portion of the first fin and a first gate on the first gate dielectric layer; and a first source region and a first drain region that each at one of two sides of the first gate structure and at least partially located in the first fin, where the first gate dielectric layer comprises a first region abutting against the first drain region, a second region abutting against the first source region, and a third region between the first region and the second region, and wherein thickness of the first region is greater than that of the third region.

Abstract: An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: a fin structure on a substrate, the fin structure including fin top and bottom portions, a channel including a majority carrier, and an epitaxial (EPI) layer; an insulation layer including insulation layer top and bottom portions adjacent the fin top and bottom portions; wherein (a) the EPI layer comprises one or more of group IV and lll-V materials, (b) the fin bottom portion includes a fin bottom portion concentration of dopants of opposite polarity to the majority carrier, (c) the fin top portion includes a fin top portion concentration of the dopants less than the fin bottom portion concentration, (d) the insulation layer bottom portion includes an insulation layer bottom portion concentration of the dopants, and (e) the insulation layer top portion includes an insulation top layer portion concentration greater than the insulation bottom portion concentration. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to a semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same, the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a gate stack disposed over a channel region of the semiconductor device, the gate stack includes an oxidation layer, a gate dielectric and a gate electrode, the oxidation layer at least covers a portion of the channel region of the semiconductor device and may act as a barrier to prevent damage to the underlying features, such as the source and drain regions, during removal of a dummy gate in a gate last process.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for enabling multi-sided condensation of semiconductor fins. The techniques can be employed, for instance, in fabricating fin-based transistors. In one example case, a strain layer is provided on a bulk substrate. The strain layer is associated with a critical thickness that is dependent on a component of the strain layer, and the strain layer has a thickness lower than or equal to the critical thickness. A fin is formed in the substrate and strain layer, such that the fin includes a substrate portion and a strain layer portion. The fin is oxidized to condense the strain layer portion of the fin, so that a concentration of the component in the strain layer changes from a pre-condensation concentration to a higher post-condensation concentration, thereby causing the critical thickness to be exceeded.

Abstract: A transistor having favorable electrical characteristics. A transistor suitable for miniaturization. A transistor having a high switching speed. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device that includes a transistor. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor, a gate electrode, and a gate insulator. The oxide semiconductor includes a first region in which the oxide semiconductor and the gate electrode overlap with each other with the gate insulator positioned therebetween. The transistor has a threshold voltage higher than 0 V and a switching speed lower than 100 nanoseconds.

Abstract: A vertical field effect transistor includes a first source/drain region formed on or in a substrate. A tapered fin is formed a vertical device channel and has a first end portion attached to the first source/drain region. A second source/drain region is formed on a second end portion of the tapered fin. A gate structure surrounds the tapered fin.

Abstract: A method for forming a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device includes growing a SiGe layer on a Si semiconductor layer, and etching fins through the SiGe layer and the Si semiconductor layer down to a buried dielectric layer. Spacers are formed on sidewalls of the fins, and a dielectric material is formed on top of the buried dielectric layer between the fins. The SiGe layer is replaced with a dielectric cap for an n-type device to form a Si fin. The Si semiconductor layer is converted to a SiGe fin for a p-type device by oxidizing the SiGe layer to condense Ge. The dielectric material is recessed to below the spacers, and the dielectric cap and the spacers are removed to expose the Si fin and the SiGe fin.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one active semiconductor fin, at least one first dummy semiconductor fin, and at least one second dummy semiconductor fin. The active semiconductor fin is disposed on the substrate. The first dummy semiconductor fin is disposed on the substrate. The second dummy semiconductor fin is disposed on the substrate and between the active semiconductor fin and the first dummy semiconductor fin. A top surface of the first dummy semiconductor fin and a top surface of the second dummy semiconductor fin are curved in different directions.

Abstract: A vertical field effect transistor includes a first source/drain region formed on or in a substrate. A tapered fin is formed a vertical device channel and has a first end portion attached to the first source/drain region. A second source/drain region is formed on a second end portion of the tapered fin. A gate structure surrounds the tapered fin.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes etching a substrate to form two first trenches separated by a fin; filling the two first trenches with an isolation layer; and depositing a dielectric layer over the fin and the isolation layer. The method further includes forming a second trench in the dielectric layer over a channel region of the semiconductor device, the second trench exposing the isolation layer. The method further includes etching the isolation layer through the second trench to expose an upper portion of the fin in the channel region of the semiconductor device, and forming a dummy gate in the second trench over the isolation layer and engaging the upper portion of the fin.

Abstract: A compact three-dimensional mask-programmed read-only memory (3D-MPROMC) is disclosed. Its memory array and a decoding stage thereof are formed on a same memory level above the substrate. The memory layers of the memory devices in the memory array have at least two different thicknesses, while the middle layer of the decoding device in the decoding stage has the same thickness as the thinnest memory layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a fin field effect transistor (FinFET). The FinFET includes a channel disposed on a fin, a gate disposed over the channel and a source and drain. The channel includes at least two pairs of a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer has a different lattice constant than the second semiconductor layer. A thickness of the first semiconductor layer is three to ten times a thickness of the second semiconductor layer at least in one pair.

Abstract: Presented herein are an interconnect structure and method for forming the same. The interconnect structure includes a contact pad disposed over a substrate and a connector disposed over the substrate and spaced apart from the contact pad. A passivation layer is disposed over the contact pad and over connector, the passivation layer having a contact pad opening, a connector opening, and a mounting pad opening. A post passivation layer including a trace and a mounting pad is disposed over the passivation layer. The trace may be disposed in the contact pad opening and contacting the mounting pad, and further disposed in the connector opening and contacting the connector. The mounting pad may be disposed in the mounting pad opening and contacting the opening. The mounting pad may be separated from the trace by a trace gap, which may optionally be at least 10 ?m.

Abstract: A circuit board includes a laminated body including a laminate of a plurality of insulating-material layers made of a flexible material. External electrodes are provided on the top surface of the laminated body. An electronic component is mounted on the external electrodes. A plurality of internal conductors, when viewed in plan in the z-axis direction, are overlaid on the external electrodes and are not connected to one another in regions in which the internal conductors are overlaid on the external electrodes.

Abstract: Methods form transistor structures that include, among other components, a substrate having an active region bordered by an isolation region, a gate insulator on the substrate, and a gate conductor on the gate insulator. First and second sections of the gate conductor are within the active region of the substrate, while a third section is in the isolation region of the substrate. The second section of the gate conductor tapers from the width of the first section to the width of the wider third section. The first section and the second section of the gate conductor have undercut regions where the corner of the gate conductor contacts the substrate. The third section of the gate conductor lacks the undercut regions. The gate insulator is relatively thicker in the undercut regions and is relatively thinner where the corner of the gate conductor lacks the undercut regions in the isolation region.

Abstract: A RF transistor stack is described. The RF transistor stack comprises a first transistor having a T-gate layout configuration. The first transistor has a body region; a plurality of drain regions; and a plurality of source regions. A second transistor is provided which has a T-gate layout configuration. The second transistor has a body region; a plurality of drain regions; and a plurality of source regions. An interconnect operably couples the source regions of the first transistor with the source regions of the second transistor such that the distortion due to asymmetry in the division of RF voltage between the drain to source and the source to body terminals of first transistor is cancelled by reversing the asymmetry in the division of the RF voltage in the second transistor.

Abstract: A method for doping fins includes depositing a first dopant layer at a base of fins formed in a substrate, depositing a dielectric layer on the first dopant layer and etching the dielectric layer and the first dopant layer in a first region to expose the substrate and the fins. A second dopant layer is conformally deposited over the fins and the substrate in the first region. The second dopant layer is recessed to a height on the fins in the first region. An anneal is performed to drive dopants into the fins from the first dopant layer in a second region and from the second dopant layer in the first region to concurrently form punch through stoppers in the fins and wells in the substrate.

Abstract: A method includes forming a gate stack on a middle portion of s semiconductor fin, and forming a first gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate stack. After the first gate spacer is formed, a template dielectric region is formed to cover the semiconductor fin. The method further includes recessing the template dielectric region. After the recessing, a second gate spacer is formed on the sidewall of the gate stack. The end portion of the semiconductor fin is etched to form a recess in the template dielectric region. A source/drain region is epitaxially grown in the recess.

Abstract: A vertical field effect transistor includes a first source/drain region formed on or in a substrate. A tapered fin is formed a vertical device channel and has a first end portion attached to the first source/drain region. A second source/drain region is formed on a second end portion of the tapered fin. A gate structure surrounds the tapered fin.

Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a source/drain region on a substrate; disposing a gate stack on the substrate and adjacent to the source/drain region, the gate stack including a gate spacer along a sidewall of the gate stack; disposing an inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer on the source/drain region and the gate stack; removing a portion of the ILD layer on the source/drain region to form a source/drain contact pattern; filling the source/drain contact pattern with a layer of silicon material, the layer of silicon material being in contact with the source/drain region and in contact with the gate spacer; depositing a metallic layer over the first layer of silicon material; and performing a silicidation process to form a source/drain contact including a silicide.

Abstract: Metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistors with reduced subthreshold conduction, and methods of fabricating the same. Transistor gate structures are fabricated in these transistors of a shape and dimension as to overlap onto the active region from the interface between isolation dielectric structures and the transistor active areas. Minimum channel length conduction is therefore not available at the isolation-to-active interface, but rather the channel length along that interface is substantially lengthened, reducing off-state conduction.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bio-field effect transistor (BioFET) and a method of fabricating a BioFET device. The method includes forming a BioFET using one or more process steps compatible with or typical to a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process. The BioFET device may include a substrate; a gate structure disposed on a first surface of the substrate and an interface layer formed on the second surface of the substrate. The interface layer may allow for a receptor to be placed on the interface layer to detect the presence of a biomolecule or bio-entity. An amplification factor of the BioFET device may be provided by a difference in capacitances associated with the gate structure on the first surface and with the interface layer formed on the second surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for array assembly and detection. The methods can use an incubation chamber containing a suspension of nucleic acid targets, polymerase and a set of oligonucleotide probes bound to magnetic beads in a randomly dispersed state. Each probe can have a target binding domain that is complementary to a target nucleic acid, a closing domain with a sequence that is complementary to the sequence of the target binding domain, and a joining region between the binding domain and the closing domain, which is not complementary to the target nucleic acid. Method steps can include providing the incubation chamber, placing the incubation chamber in a magnetic trap, generating a magnetic field that induces the magnetic beads to migrate towards a substrate and, once in proximity to the substrate, to interact with each other repulsively and reorganize into arrays, and imaging the array.

Abstract: A transistor having favorable electrical characteristics. A transistor suitable for miniaturization. A transistor having a high switching speed. One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device that includes a transistor. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor, a gate electrode, and a gate insulator. The oxide semiconductor includes a first region in which the oxide semiconductor and the gate electrode overlap with each other with the gate insulator positioned therebetween. The transistor has a threshold voltage higher than 0 V and a switching speed lower than 100 nanoseconds.

Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate includes the following elements: a base substrate, a data line disposed on the base substrate, a source electrode contacting the data line, a drain electrode spaced from the source electrode, a channel disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode, a gate insulation pattern disposed on the channel, and a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulation pattern.

Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device which occupies a small area and is highly integrated. The semiconductor device includes an oxide semiconductor layer, an electrode layer, and a contact plug. The electrode layer includes one end portion in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer and the other end portion facing the one end portion. The other end portion includes a semicircle notch portion when seen from the above. The contact plug is in contact with the semicircle notch portion.