WO2020084399A1 - 単極性レベルシフト回路、および、半導体装置 - Google Patents
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- One embodiment of the present invention relates to a level shift circuit including a unipolar transistor.
- a semiconductor device generally means a device that can function by utilizing semiconductor characteristics.
- an integrated circuit, a chip including the integrated circuit, an electronic component including the chip in a package, and an electronic device including the integrated circuit are examples of semiconductor devices.
- one embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above technical field.
- the technical field of the invention disclosed in this specification and the like relates to an object, a method, or a manufacturing method.
- one embodiment of the present invention relates to a process, a machine, a manufacture, or a composition (composition of matter).
- a circuit that handles a digital signal (also referred to as a digital circuit), which is represented by a high level or a low level (may be represented as High or Low, H or L, 1 or 0, or the like) is widely used.
- a high power supply potential and a low power supply potential are supplied to a digital circuit, a high level is represented by a high power supply potential, and a low level is represented by a low power supply potential.
- the high level is set. It is necessary to change the potential that is represented, or the potential that represents a low level (or both).
- a level shift circuit also called a level shifter or a level conversion circuit
- a transistor including a metal oxide in a channel formation region (also referred to as an oxide semiconductor transistor or an OS transistor) has been receiving attention in recent years.
- an OS transistor an n-channel transistor has been put into practical use, an off current is very small, a high voltage (also referred to as a potential difference) can be applied between a source and a drain (also referred to as a high withstand voltage), and a thin film transistor Therefore, it has a feature that it can be provided by stacking.
- the OS transistor has characteristics that the off current is unlikely to increase even in a high temperature environment and the ratio of the on current to the off current is large even in a high temperature environment. Therefore, a semiconductor device including an OS transistor has high reliability. high.
- OS transistors on a semiconductor substrate on which peripheral circuits such as a drive circuit and a control circuit are formed
- a memory of a DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
- a peripheral circuit can be formed using a Si transistor formed over a single crystal silicon substrate, and a memory cell including an OS transistor can be stacked and provided thereover.
- oxide semiconductors also referred to as oxide semiconductors
- oxides of multi-component metals such as indium oxide and zinc oxide are known, as well as oxides of multi-component metals.
- oxides of multi-component metals particularly, research on In-Ga-Zn oxide (also referred to as IGZO) has been actively conducted.
- Non-Patent Document 1 a CAAC (c-axis aligned crystalline) structure and an nc (nanocrystalline) structure, which are neither single crystal nor amorphous, have been found in oxide semiconductors (Non-Patent Document 1 to Non-Patent Document 1). 3).
- Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2 disclose a technique for manufacturing a transistor using an oxide semiconductor having a CAAC structure. Furthermore, Non-Patent Document 4 and Non-Patent Document 5 show that even oxide semiconductors having lower crystallinity than the CAAC structure and the nc structure have minute crystals.
- Non-Patent Document 6 reports that the off-state current of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor is very small, and Non-Patent Document 7 and Non-Patent Document 8 use an LSI ( Large Scale Integration) and displays have been reported.
- LSI Large Scale Integration
- the n-channel transistor has a source or a drain whose potential is lower. Since the operation is based on the reference, there is a problem that it is particularly difficult to shift the level in the negative potential direction.
- a level shift circuit in the negative potential direction using an n-channel transistor can be realized by using capacitive coupling, it is vulnerable to noise and cannot cope with a change in the potential to be level-shifted after the level shift. There was a problem.
- An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device in which level shifting is possible using a unipolar transistor. Another object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device in which a level shift to a negative potential direction is possible by using an n-channel transistor.
- one embodiment of the present invention does not necessarily need to solve all of the above problems and may be at least one that can be solved. Further, the above description of the problems does not prevent the existence of other problems. Problems other than these are obvious from the description of the specification, claims, drawings, etc., and problems other than these can be extracted from the description of the specification, claims, drawings, etc. It is possible.
- One embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a first source follower, a second source follower, and a comparator.
- a second high power supply potential and a low power supply potential are supplied to the first source follower, a first high power supply potential and a low power supply potential are supplied to the second source follower, and a first high power supply potential and a low power supply potential are supplied to the comparator.
- a low power supply potential is supplied.
- the first high power supply potential is higher than the low power supply potential
- the second high power supply potential is higher than the first high power supply potential
- the first source follower has the second high power supply potential and the first high power supply potential.
- a digital signal representing a high level or a low level is input using the power supply potential.
- the comparator compares the output potential of the first source follower with the output potential of the second source follower, and outputs a digital signal representing a high level or a low level using the first high power supply potential and the low power supply potential. .
- one embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a first source follower, a second source follower, and a comparator.
- a second high power supply potential and a low power supply potential are supplied to the first source follower, a first high power supply potential and a low power supply potential are supplied to the second source follower, and a first high power supply potential and a low power supply potential are supplied to the comparator.
- a low power supply potential is supplied.
- the first high power supply potential is higher than the low power supply potential
- the second high power supply potential is higher than the first high power supply potential
- the first source follower has the second high power supply potential and the first high power supply potential.
- a digital signal representing a high level or a low level is input using the power supply potential.
- the comparator When the output potential of the first source follower is higher than the output potential of the second source follower, the comparator outputs the first high power supply potential, and the output potential of the first source follower is lower than the output potential of the second source follower. , The comparator outputs a low power supply potential.
- one embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a first source follower, a second source follower, and a comparator.
- a second high power supply potential and a low power supply potential are supplied to the first source follower, a first high power supply potential and a low power supply potential are supplied to the second source follower, and a first high power supply potential and a low power supply potential are supplied to the comparator.
- a low power supply potential is supplied.
- the first high power supply potential is higher than the low power supply potential
- the second high power supply potential is higher than the first high power supply potential
- the first source follower has the second high power supply potential and the first high power supply potential.
- a digital signal representing a high level or a low level is input using the power supply potential.
- the comparator When a predetermined potential is input to the second source follower and the output potential of the first source follower is higher than the output potential of the second source follower, the comparator outputs the first high power supply potential and the output of the first source follower. When the potential is lower than the output potential of the second source follower, the comparator outputs the low power supply potential.
- the transistor forming the first source follower, the transistor forming the second source follower, and the transistor forming the comparator are n-channel type.
- the transistor included in the first source follower, the transistor included in the second source follower, and the transistor included in the comparator each include a metal oxide in a channel formation region.
- a semiconductor device in which level shift is possible using a unipolar transistor can be provided.
- a semiconductor device in which an n-channel transistor is used and the level of which can be shifted in the negative potential direction can be provided.
- FIG. 1A is a circuit diagram showing a configuration example of a semiconductor device.
- FIG. 1B is a diagram showing a symbol of the comparator.
- FIG. 1C is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a comparator.
- FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a symbol of an amplifier. 2B and 2C are circuit diagrams showing configuration examples of the amplifier.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a potential relationship between the input terminal, the node, and the output terminal.
- FIG. 4A is a diagram showing a configuration example of a secondary battery and an abnormality detection circuit.
- FIG. 4B is a diagram showing an example in which the abnormality detection circuit is connected to the semiconductor device.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration example of a semiconductor device.
- FIG. 6A, 6B, and 6C are cross-sectional views illustrating structural examples of transistors.
- FIG. 7A is a top view illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- 7B and 7C are cross-sectional views illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- FIG. 8A is a top view illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- 8B and 8C are cross-sectional views illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- FIG. 9A is a top view illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- 9B and 9C are cross-sectional views illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- FIG. 10A is a top view illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- 10B and 10C are cross-sectional views illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- FIG. 11A is a top view illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- 11B and 11C are cross-sectional views illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- FIG. 12A is a top view illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- 12B and 12C are cross-sectional views illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- FIG. 13A is a top view illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- FIG. 13B is a perspective view showing a structural example of a transistor.
- 14A and 14B are cross-sectional views illustrating a structural example of a transistor.
- 15A and 15C are cross-sectional views of transistors.
- 15B and 15D are diagrams showing electric characteristics of the transistor.
- film and the term “layer” can be interchanged with each other.
- conductive layer to the term “conductive film”.
- insulating film to the term “insulating layer”.
- gate electrode on the gate insulating layer does not exclude one including another component between the gate insulating layer and the gate electrode.
- the term “electrically connected” includes the case where they are connected to each other through “an object having some electrical action”.
- the “object having some kind of electrical action” is not particularly limited as long as it can transfer an electric signal between the connection targets.
- “things having some kind of electrical action” include electrodes and wirings, switching elements such as transistors, resistance elements, inductors, capacitance elements, and elements having various other functions.
- the term “voltage” often refers to a potential difference between a certain potential and a reference potential (eg, a ground potential). Therefore, the voltage and the potential difference can be rephrased.
- a transistor is an element having at least three terminals including a gate, a drain, and a source.
- a channel formation region is provided between the drain (drain terminal, drain region, or drain electrode) and the source (source terminal, source region, or source electrode), and the source and drain are connected via the channel formation region. A current can be passed between them.
- a channel formation region refers to a region in which a current mainly flows.
- the functions of the source and the drain may be switched when a transistor of different polarity is used or when the direction of current changes in circuit operation. Therefore, in this specification and the like, the terms source and drain can be interchanged.
- off-state current refers to drain current when a transistor is in an off state (also referred to as a non-conducting state or a blocking state).
- the off state is a state in which the gate voltage Vgs with respect to the source is lower than the threshold voltage Vth in the n-channel type transistor, and the gate voltage Vgs with respect to the source in the p-channel type transistor is the threshold value.
- the drain may be read as the source. That is, the off-state current may refer to a source current when the transistor is off. Further, it may be referred to as a leak current in the same meaning as the off current. In this specification and the like, off-state current may refer to current flowing between a source and a drain when a transistor is off.
- a metal oxide is a metal oxide in a broad sense. Metal oxides are classified into oxide insulators, oxide conductors (including transparent oxide conductors), oxide semiconductors, and the like.
- the metal oxide when a metal oxide is used for a channel formation region of a transistor, the metal oxide may be referred to as an oxide semiconductor. That is, when the metal oxide has at least one of an amplifying action, a rectifying action, and a switching action, the metal oxide can be called a metal oxide semiconductor. That is, a transistor including a metal oxide in a channel formation region can be referred to as an “oxide semiconductor transistor” or an “OS transistor”. Similarly, the above-described "transistor using an oxide semiconductor” is a transistor including a metal oxide in a channel formation region.
- a metal oxide containing nitrogen may be referred to as a metal oxide. Further, the metal oxide containing nitrogen may be referred to as a metal oxynitride. Details of the metal oxide will be described later.
- a semiconductor device according to one embodiment of the present invention is formed using an n-channel transistor and changes a potential indicating a high level of an input digital signal or a potential indicating a low level (or both). It has a function as a level shift circuit. Further, the semiconductor device according to one embodiment of the present invention has a function of level-shifting the potential of the input digital signal in the negative potential direction (to the lower potential direction).
- FIG. 1A is a circuit diagram showing a configuration example of the semiconductor device 100.
- the semiconductor device 100 has transistors 11 to 15 and a comparator 50.
- the transistors 11 to 15 are n-channel transistors, and the comparator 50 is also configured using n-channel transistors. Note that in the drawings described in this specification and the like, main signal flows are indicated by arrows or lines, and power supply lines and the like may be omitted.
- the wiring VSS_IN to which the low power supply potential VSS is supplied, the wiring VD1_IN to which the first high power supply potential VD1 is supplied, the wiring VD2_IN to which the second high power supply potential VD2 is supplied, and a predetermined potential are supplied.
- the first high power supply potential VD1 is higher than the low power supply potential VSS
- the second high power supply potential VD2 is higher than the first high power supply potential VD1.
- the low power supply potential VSS may be a reference potential in the semiconductor device 100.
- a digital signal is input to the input terminal S_IN, a potential indicating a high level of the digital signal input to the input terminal S_IN is the second high power supply potential VD2, and a potential indicating a low level is the first high power supply potential VD1. Is.
- one of a source and a drain of the transistor 11 is electrically connected to the wiring VSS_IN, and the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 11 is one of the source and the drain of the transistor 12 and the non-inversion of the comparator 50.
- the gate of the transistor 11 is electrically connected to the input terminal (denoted as “+” in FIG. 1A), and the gate of the transistor 11 is electrically connected to the wiring VB1_IN and the gate of the transistor 14.
- the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 12 is electrically connected to the gate of the transistor 12 and one of the source and the drain of the transistor 13, and the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 13 is electrically connected to the wiring VD2_IN.
- the gate of the transistor 13 is electrically connected to the input terminal S_IN.
- One of a source and a drain of the transistor 14 is electrically connected to the wiring VSS_IN, and the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 14 is one of the source and the drain of the transistor 15 and the inverting input terminal of the comparator 50 (in FIG. , "-").
- the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 15 and the gate of the transistor 15 are electrically connected to the wiring VD1_IN.
- the output terminal of the comparator 50 is electrically connected to the output terminal S_OUT.
- the transistors 11 to 13 form a first source follower, and the transistors 14 and 15 form a second source follower.
- connection portion between the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 11, one of the source and the drain of the transistor 12, and the non-inverting input terminal of the comparator 50 is referred to as a node N11, and the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 12 is called.
- a gate of the transistor 12 and one of a source and a drain of the transistor 13 are referred to as a node N12, and the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 14, one of the source and the drain of the transistor 15, and the comparator.
- the connection portion of the inverting input terminal 50 is referred to as a node N13.
- the comparator 50 has a non-inverting input terminal, an inverting input terminal, and an output terminal.
- the comparator 50 included in the semiconductor device 100 is formed using an n-channel transistor and has a function of amplifying a potential difference input to the non-inverting input terminal and the inverting input terminal.
- the comparator 50 amplifies and outputs in the direction of the high power supply potential, and the potential input to the non-inverting input terminal is inverted. If it is smaller than the potential input to the input terminal, it is amplified in the low power supply potential direction and output.
- the symbol of the comparator 50 is shown in FIG. 1B.
- the non-inverting input terminal of the comparator 50 is called an input terminal CP0_IN
- the inverting input terminal is called an input terminal CM0_IN
- the output terminal is called an output terminal CP0_OUT.
- the comparator 50 has one or a plurality of amplifiers 51 connected in series. A configuration example in which the comparator 50 has a plurality of amplifiers 51 is shown in FIG. 1C.
- the amplifier 51 has a non-inverting input terminal, an inverting input terminal, a non-inverting output terminal, and an inverting output terminal.
- the symbol of the amplifier 51 is shown in FIG. 2A.
- the non-inverting input terminal of the amplifier 51 is called an input terminal CP1_IN
- the inverting input terminal is called an input terminal CM1_IN
- the non-inverting output terminal is called an output terminal CP1_OUT
- the inverting output terminal is an output. Called terminal CM1_OUT.
- the input terminal CP0_IN is electrically connected to the input terminal CP1_IN of the first amplifier 51
- the input terminal CM0_IN is electrically connected to the input terminal CM1_IN of the first amplifier 51
- the first The output terminal CP1_OUT of the amplifier 51 is electrically connected to the input terminal CP1_IN of the second amplifier 51
- the output terminal CM1_OUT of the first amplifier 51 is electrically connected to the input terminal CM1_IN of the second amplifier 51. Is shown.
- the output terminal CP1_OUT of the last amplifier 51 among the plurality of amplifiers 51 is electrically connected to the output terminal CP0_OUT.
- the number of the amplifiers 51 can be determined by comparing the amplification factor required for the comparator 50 with the amplification factor of one amplifier 51.
- FIG. 2B is a circuit diagram showing a configuration example of the amplifier 51.
- the amplifier 51 includes transistors 21 to 25.
- the transistors 21 to 25 are n-channel transistors.
- the amplifier 51 includes a wiring VSS_IN to which the low power supply potential VSS is supplied, a wiring VD1_IN to which the first high power supply potential VD1 is supplied, a wiring VB2_IN to which a predetermined potential is supplied, an input terminal CP1_IN, an input terminal CM1_IN, an output terminal. It has CP1_OUT and an output terminal CM1_OUT.
- one of a source and a drain of the transistor 21 is electrically connected to the wiring VSS_IN, and the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 21 is one of the source and the drain of the transistor 22 and the source or the drain of the transistor 24.
- the gate of the transistor 21 is electrically connected to the wiring VB2_IN.
- the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 22 is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the transistor 23 and the output terminal CM1_OUT, and the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 23 and the gate of the transistor 23 are connected to the wiring VD1_IN.
- the gate of the transistor 22 is electrically connected to the input terminal CP1_IN.
- the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 24 is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the transistor 25 and the output terminal CP1_OUT, and the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 25 and the gate of the transistor 25 are connected to the wiring VD1_IN. , And the gate of the transistor 24 is electrically connected to the input terminal CM1_IN.
- FIG. 2C is a circuit diagram showing a configuration example of the amplifier 51 different from that in FIG. 2B.
- the amplifier 51 illustrated in FIG. 2C includes a resistance element R11, a resistance element R12, a transistor 21, a transistor 22, a transistor 24, and transistors 26 to 29.
- the transistor 21, the transistor 22, the transistor 24, and the transistors 26 to 29 are n-channel transistors.
- one of a source and a drain of the transistor 21 is electrically connected to the wiring VSS_IN, and the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 21 is the source and the drain of the transistor 22 and the transistor 24.
- the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 22 is electrically connected to one terminal of the resistance element R11 and the gate of the transistor 29, and the other terminal of the resistance element R11 is electrically connected to the wiring VD1_IN.
- the gate of 22 is electrically connected to the input terminal CP1_IN.
- the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 24 is electrically connected to one terminal of the resistance element R12 and the gate of the transistor 27, and the other terminal of the resistance element R12 is electrically connected to the wiring VD1_IN.
- the gate of 24 is electrically connected to the input terminal CM1_IN.
- one of a source and a drain of the transistor 26 is electrically connected to the wiring VSS_IN, and the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 26 is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the transistor 27 and the output terminal CP1_OUT.
- the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 27 is electrically connected to the wiring VD1_IN.
- One of a source and a drain of the transistor 28 is electrically connected to the wiring VSS_IN, and the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 28 is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the transistor 29 and the output terminal CM1_OUT.
- the other of the source and the drain of the transistor 29 is electrically connected to the wiring VD1_IN.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a potential relationship between the input terminal S_IN, the nodes N11 to N13, and the output terminal S_OUT.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a period D11 in which the second high power supply potential VD2 indicating a high level is input and a period D12 in which the first high power supply potential VD1 indicating a low level is input to the input terminal S_IN.
- the threshold voltage of the transistors 11 to 15 is the threshold voltage Vth, which is between the second high power supply potential VD2 and the first high power supply potential VD1, and between the first high power supply potential VD1 and the low power supply potential. It is assumed that a potential difference larger than 2 ⁇ threshold voltage Vth is applied to the potential VSS.
- a predetermined potential is supplied to the gates of the transistor 11 and the transistor 14 by a wiring VB1_IN, the transistors 11 to 13 pass a minute current between the wiring VD2_IN and the wiring VSS_IN, and the transistor 14 and the transistor 15 A minute current is allowed to flow between the wiring VD1_IN and the wiring VSS_IN.
- the node N12 When the second high power supply potential VD2 is applied to the gate of the transistor 13 in the period D11, the node N12 has a potential which is substantially lower than the second high power supply potential VD2 by the threshold voltage Vth of the transistor 13. That is, the potential of the node N12 is the second high power supply potential VD2-the threshold voltage Vth.
- the node N11 has a potential that is substantially lower than the potential of the node N12 by the threshold voltage Vth of the transistor 12. That is, the potential of the node N11 is the second high power supply potential VD2-2 ⁇ the threshold voltage Vth.
- the node N13 has a potential that is substantially the same as the first high power supply potential VD1 lowered by the threshold voltage Vth of the transistor 15.
- the potential of the node N13 is the first high power supply potential VD1 ⁇ threshold voltage Vth.
- the comparator 50 compares the potential of the node N11 input to the non-inverting input terminal with the potential of the node N13 input to the inverting input terminal, and the node N11 has a higher potential.
- the power supply potential VD1 is output. That is, the potential of the output terminal S_OUT is the first high power supply potential VD1.
- the node N12 has a potential that is substantially the same as the potential dropped from the first high power supply potential VD1 by the threshold voltage Vth of the transistor 13. Becomes That is, the potential of the node N12 is the first high power supply potential VD1 ⁇ the threshold voltage Vth.
- the node N11 has a potential that is substantially lower than the potential of the node N12 by the threshold voltage Vth of the transistor 12. That is, the potential of the node N11 is the first high power supply potential VD1-2 ⁇ threshold voltage Vth.
- the node N13 has a potential that is substantially the same as the first high power supply potential VD1 lowered by the threshold voltage Vth of the transistor 15.
- the potential of the node N13 is the first high power supply potential VD1 ⁇ threshold voltage Vth.
- the comparator 50 compares the potential of the node N11 input to the non-inverting input terminal with the potential of the node N13 input to the inverting input terminal, and the node N13 has a higher potential.
- Output VSS That is, the potential of the output terminal S_OUT is the low power supply potential VSS.
- the semiconductor device 100 outputs the first high power supply potential VD1 from the output terminal S_OUT when the second high power supply potential VD2 indicating the high level is input to the input terminal S_IN, and outputs the first high power supply potential VD1 from the output terminal S_IN to the low level.
- the low power supply potential VSS is output from the output terminal S_OUT.
- the semiconductor device 100 is a level shift circuit that changes the second high power supply potential VD2 representing a high level to the first high power supply potential VD1 and changes the first high power supply potential VD1 representing a low level to the low power supply potential VSS. Have a function.
- the number of transistors 12 May be increased and connected in series.
- the potential difference between the node N11 and the node N13 compared by the comparator 50 can be widened, and the amplification factor required for the comparator 50 can be reduced.
- Transistor configuring semiconductor device As the transistors 11 to 15 included in the semiconductor device 100 and the transistor included in the comparator 50, a transistor including a metal oxide in a channel formation region (OS transistor) can be used.
- OS transistor a transistor including a metal oxide in a channel formation region
- the OS transistor has features such that the off-state current is extremely small, a high voltage can be applied between the source and the drain, and the OS transistor is a thin film transistor and can be stacked.
- off-state current is a drain current when the transistor is off, and the band gap of the oxide semiconductor is 2.5 eV or higher, preferably 3.0 eV or higher; therefore, the OS transistor is thermally excited.
- the OS transistor can have an off-state current per channel width of 1 ⁇ m of 100 zA / ⁇ m or less, 10 zA / ⁇ m or less, 1 zA / ⁇ m or less, or 10 yA / ⁇ m or less, for example.
- the OS transistor is characterized in that the off current is unlikely to increase even in a high temperature environment and the ratio of on current to off current is large even in a high temperature environment.
- the reliability of the semiconductor device 100 can be improved by forming the semiconductor device 100 using an OS transistor.
- the metal oxide used for the channel formation region of the OS transistor is preferably an oxide semiconductor containing at least one of indium (In) and zinc (Zn).
- an oxide semiconductor an In-M-Zn oxide (the element M is, for example, Al, Ga, Y, or Sn) is typical.
- the oxide semiconductor can be i-type (intrinsic) or substantially i-type.
- Such an oxide semiconductor can be referred to as a highly purified oxide semiconductor. Note that details of the OS transistor will be described in Embodiments 2 and 3.
- the OS transistor is a thin film transistor, it can be stacked.
- the OS transistor can be provided over a circuit including a Si transistor formed over a single crystal silicon substrate. Therefore, the chip area of the semiconductor device 100 can be reduced.
- transistors other than the OS transistors may be used as the transistors 11 to 15 included in the semiconductor device 100 and the transistors included in the comparator 50.
- a transistor including a semiconductor with a wide bandgap in a channel formation region may be used.
- the semiconductor with a large band gap may refer to a semiconductor with a band gap of 2.2 eV or more, and examples thereof include silicon carbide, gallium nitride, and diamond.
- the semiconductor device 100 can be used, for example, in an assembled battery in which secondary batteries are connected in series to configure an abnormality detection circuit.
- FIG. 4A is a diagram showing a configuration example of the secondary battery B11 and the abnormality detection circuit 110. Note that FIG. 4A shows an example in which two secondary batteries B11 are connected in series, and the secondary battery B11 uses symbols such as “_1” or [_2] to distinguish a plurality of elements. expressed. In addition, when referring to an arbitrary secondary battery, description is given using the reference numeral of the secondary battery B11. The same applies to the abnormality detection circuit 110.
- FIG. 4A shows the secondary battery B11_1, the secondary battery B11_2, the abnormality detection circuit 110_1, and the abnormality detection circuit 110_2.
- the secondary battery B11_1 is electrically connected to the abnormality detection circuit 110_1
- the secondary battery B11_2 is electrically connected to the abnormality detection circuit 110_2.
- a lithium ion secondary battery for example, a lithium ion secondary battery, a nickel hydrogen battery, an all-solid-state battery, or the like can be given.
- the abnormality detection circuit 110 has a function of monitoring the potential difference between the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the secondary battery B11 and issuing an abnormality detection signal when the potential difference between the positive electrode and the negative electrode exceeds a predetermined potential difference.
- the abnormality detection circuit 110 has a resistance element R21, a resistance element R22, a comparator 50, and an output terminal D_OUT.
- One terminal of the resistance element R21 is electrically connected to the negative electrode of the secondary battery B11, and the other terminal of the resistance element R21 is one terminal of the resistance element R22 and the non-inverting input terminal of the comparator 50 (see FIG. 4A, it is electrically connected to "+"), and the other terminal of the resistance element R22 is electrically connected to the positive electrode of the secondary battery B11. Further, the inverting input terminal (indicated by “ ⁇ ” in FIG. 4A) of the comparator 50 is electrically connected to the wiring VREF_IN to which the predetermined potential VREF is supplied.
- the value of VC ⁇ R21 ⁇ (R21 + R22) is a predetermined value.
- the comparator 50 outputs a potential representing a high level. That is, the abnormality detection circuit 110 issues an abnormality detection signal from the output terminal D_OUT.
- the negative electrode potential of the secondary battery B11_1 is the low power supply potential VSS
- the positive electrode potential of the secondary battery B11_1 and the negative electrode potential of the secondary battery B11_2 are VSS + VC
- the secondary battery B11_2 The positive electrode has a potential of VSS + 2 ⁇ VC.
- the comparator 50 included in the abnormality detection circuit 110_1 operates using the low power supply potential VSS and the potential (VSS + VC) as a power source
- the comparator 50 included in the abnormality detection circuit 110_2 serves as a power source (VSS + VC) and the potential (VSS + VC).
- VSS + 2 ⁇ VC VSS + 2 ⁇ VC
- the high-level potential of the comparator 50 included in the abnormality detection circuit 110_1 is the potential (VSS + VC)
- the high-level potential of the comparator 50 included in the abnormality detection circuit 110_2 is the potential (VSS + 2 ⁇ VC).
- FIG. 4B shows an example in which the output terminal D_OUT of the abnormality detection circuit 110_2 is electrically connected to the input terminal S_IN of the semiconductor device 100.
- the abnormality detection circuit 110_1 is omitted.
- the output terminal D_OUT of the abnormality detection circuit 110_2 is electrically connected to the input terminal S_IN of the semiconductor device 100.
- the negative electrode of the secondary battery B11_1 is electrically connected to the wiring VSS_IN of the semiconductor device 100, and the positive electrode of the secondary battery B11_1 and the negative electrode of the secondary battery B11_2 are electrically connected to the wiring VD1_IN.
- the positive electrode of the secondary battery B11_2 is electrically connected to VD2_IN.
- the low power supply potential VSS is supplied to the wiring VSS_IN of the semiconductor device 100, the potential (VSS + VC) is supplied to the wiring VD1_IN, and the potential (VSS + 2 ⁇ VC) is supplied to the wiring VD2_IN.
- the semiconductor device 100 outputs the potential (VSS + VC) from the output terminal S_OUT.
- the semiconductor device 100 outputs the low power supply potential VSS from the output terminal S_OUT.
- the semiconductor device 100 has a function of changing the high level and the low level of the signal output from the abnormality detection circuit 110_2 from the output terminal D_OUT to the potential (VSS + VC) and the low power supply potential VSS, respectively.
- the potential (VSS + VC) and the low power supply potential VSS are the same as the high level and the low level of the signal output from the abnormality detection circuit 110_1 from the output terminal D_OUT, and the abnormality detection circuit 110_2 and the abnormality detection circuit 110_1 output terminals.
- the signal output from D_OUT can be processed by a logic circuit supplied with the same power supply potential.
- the semiconductor device 100 can be a highly reliable semiconductor device even in a high temperature environment.
- Embodiment 2 In this embodiment, an example of a structure of an OS transistor which can be used for the semiconductor device 100 described in any of the above embodiments will be described.
- the OS transistor is a thin film transistor and can be provided in a stacked manner; therefore, in this embodiment, a structural example of a semiconductor device in which an OS transistor is provided above a Si transistor formed over a single crystal silicon substrate is described. To do.
- the semiconductor device illustrated in FIG. 5 includes a transistor 300, a transistor 500, and a capacitor 600.
- 6A is a cross-sectional view of the transistor 500 in the channel length direction
- FIG. 6B is a cross-sectional view of the transistor 500 in the channel width direction
- FIG. 6C is a cross-sectional view of the transistor 300 in the channel width direction.
- the transistor 500 is a transistor including a metal oxide in a channel formation region (OS transistor).
- the transistor 500 has features that a high voltage can be applied between a source and a drain, off current is unlikely to increase even in a high temperature environment, and a ratio of on current to off current is high even in a high temperature environment. In the mode, by using this in the semiconductor device 100, the semiconductor device 100 can be a highly reliable semiconductor device.
- the semiconductor device described in this embodiment includes a transistor 300, a transistor 500, and a capacitor 600 as illustrated in FIG.
- the transistor 500 is provided above the transistor 300
- the capacitor 600 is provided above the transistor 300 and the transistor 500.
- the transistor 300 is provided over the substrate 311, and includes a conductor 316, an insulator 315, a semiconductor region 313 formed of part of the substrate 311, a low resistance region 314a functioning as a source region or a drain region, and a low resistance region 314b.
- a conductor 316 includes a conductor 316, an insulator 315, a semiconductor region 313 formed of part of the substrate 311, a low resistance region 314a functioning as a source region or a drain region, and a low resistance region 314b.
- the transistor 300 As illustrated in FIG. 6C, in the transistor 300, the upper surface and the side surface in the channel width direction of the semiconductor region 313 are covered with the conductor 316 with the insulator 315 interposed therebetween. As described above, when the transistor 300 is a Fin type, the effective channel width is increased, so that the on-state characteristics of the transistor 300 can be improved. In addition, since the electric field contribution of the gate electrode can be increased, the off characteristics of the transistor 300 can be improved.
- the transistor 300 may be either a p-channel type or an n-channel type.
- a region of the semiconductor region 313 in which a channel is formed, a region in the vicinity thereof, a low-resistance region 314a serving as a source region, a drain region, a low-resistance region 314b, or the like preferably contains a semiconductor such as a silicon-based semiconductor. It preferably includes crystalline silicon. Alternatively, a material containing Ge (germanium), SiGe (silicon germanium), GaAs (gallium arsenide), GaAlAs (gallium aluminum arsenide), or the like may be used. It is also possible to adopt a configuration using silicon in which the effective mass is controlled by applying stress to the crystal lattice and changing the lattice spacing. Alternatively, the transistor 300 may be a HEMT (High Electron Mobility Transistor) by using GaAs and GaAlAs.
- HEMT High Electron Mobility Transistor
- the low-resistance region 314a and the low-resistance region 314b impart an n-type conductivity imparting element such as arsenic or phosphorus, or a p-type conductivity imparting boron, in addition to the semiconductor material applied to the semiconductor region 313. Including the element to do.
- the conductor 316 functioning as a gate electrode is a semiconductor material such as silicon, a metal material, or an alloy containing an element imparting n-type conductivity such as arsenic or phosphorus, or an element imparting p-type conductivity such as boron. Materials or conductive materials such as metal oxide materials can be used.
- Vth of the transistor can be adjusted by changing the material of the conductor. Specifically, it is preferable to use a material such as titanium nitride or tantalum nitride for the conductor. Further, in order to achieve both conductivity and embedding properties, it is preferable to stack and use a metal material such as tungsten or aluminum, and it is particularly preferable to use tungsten in terms of heat resistance.
- transistor 300 illustrated in FIGS. 5A and 5B is an example, and the structure thereof is not limited, and an appropriate transistor may be used depending on a circuit configuration or a driving method.
- An insulator 320, an insulator 322, an insulator 324, and an insulator 326 are sequentially stacked to cover the transistor 300.
- the insulator 320, the insulator 322, the insulator 324, and the insulator 326 for example, silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, silicon nitride oxide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, aluminum oxynitride, aluminum nitride oxide, aluminum nitride, or the like is used. Good.
- the insulator 322 may have a function as a planarization film which planarizes a step generated by the transistor 300 or the like provided below the insulator 322.
- the upper surface of the insulator 322 may be planarized by a planarization treatment using a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method or the like in order to enhance planarity.
- CMP chemical mechanical polishing
- the insulator 324 it is preferable to use a film having a barrier property such that hydrogen and impurities do not diffuse from the substrate 311, the transistor 300, or the like to a region where the transistor 500 is provided.
- a film having a barrier property against hydrogen for example, silicon nitride formed by a CVD method can be used.
- silicon nitride formed by a CVD method when hydrogen is diffused into a semiconductor element including an oxide semiconductor, such as the transistor 500, characteristics of the semiconductor element might be deteriorated in some cases. Therefore, it is preferable to use a film which suppresses diffusion of hydrogen between the transistor 500 and the transistor 300.
- the film that suppresses the diffusion of hydrogen is a film in which the amount of released hydrogen is small.
- the desorption amount of hydrogen can be analyzed using, for example, a thermal desorption gas analysis (TDS analysis) method.
- TDS analysis thermal desorption gas analysis
- the desorption amount of hydrogen in the insulator 324 is calculated as the desorption amount converted into hydrogen atoms per area of the insulator 324 when the surface temperature of the film is in the range of 50 ° C to 500 ° C. 10 ⁇ 10 15 atoms / cm 2 or less, preferably 5 ⁇ 10 15 atoms / cm 2 or less.
- the insulator 326 preferably has a lower dielectric constant than the insulator 324.
- the dielectric constant of the insulator 326 is preferably less than 4, and more preferably less than 3.
- the relative permittivity of the insulator 326 is preferably 0.7 times or less, and more preferably 0.6 times or less that of the insulator 324.
- a conductor 328, a conductor 330, and the like which are connected to the capacitor 600 or the transistor 500 are embedded.
- the conductor 328 and the conductor 330 have a function as a plug or a wiring.
- a conductor having a function as a plug or a wiring may have a plurality of structures collectively given the same reference numeral. In this specification and the like, the wiring and the plug connected to the wiring may be integrated. That is, part of the conductor may function as a wiring, and part of the conductor may function as a plug.
- a conductive material such as a metal material, an alloy material, a metal nitride material, or a metal oxide material is formed in a single layer or stacked layers.
- a high melting point material such as tungsten or molybdenum, which has both heat resistance and conductivity, and it is preferable to use tungsten.
- tungsten it is preferably formed of a low resistance conductive material such as aluminum or copper. Wiring resistance can be reduced by using a low-resistance conductive material.
- a wiring layer may be provided over the insulator 326 and the conductor 330.
- an insulator 350, an insulator 352, and an insulator 354 are sequentially stacked and provided.
- a conductor 356 is formed over the insulator 350, the insulator 352, and the insulator 354.
- the conductor 356 has a function of a plug connected to the transistor 300 or a wiring. Note that the conductor 356 can be provided using a material similar to that of the conductor 328 and the conductor 330.
- the insulator 350 like the insulator 324, an insulator having a barrier property against hydrogen is preferably used.
- the conductor 356 preferably contains a conductor having a barrier property against hydrogen.
- a conductor having a hydrogen barrier property is formed in the opening of the insulator 350 having a hydrogen barrier property.
- tantalum nitride or the like is preferably used as the conductor having a barrier property against hydrogen. Further, by stacking tantalum nitride and tungsten having high conductivity, diffusion of hydrogen from the transistor 300 can be suppressed while maintaining conductivity as a wiring. In this case, it is preferable that the tantalum nitride layer having a hydrogen barrier property is in contact with the insulator 350 having a hydrogen barrier property.
- a wiring layer may be provided over the insulator 354 and the conductor 356.
- an insulator 360, an insulator 362, and an insulator 364 are sequentially stacked and provided.
- a conductor 366 is formed over the insulator 360, the insulator 362, and the insulator 364.
- the conductor 366 functions as a plug or a wiring. Note that the conductor 366 can be provided using a material similar to that of the conductor 328 and the conductor 330.
- the insulator 360 like the insulator 324, an insulator having a barrier property against hydrogen is preferably used.
- the conductor 366 preferably contains a conductor having a barrier property against hydrogen.
- a conductor having a barrier property against hydrogen is formed in the opening portion of the insulator 360 having a barrier property against hydrogen.
- a wiring layer may be provided over the insulator 364 and the conductor 366.
- an insulator 370, an insulator 372, and an insulator 374 are sequentially stacked and provided.
- a conductor 376 is formed over the insulator 370, the insulator 372, and the insulator 374.
- the conductor 376 has a function as a plug or a wiring. Note that the conductor 376 can be provided using a material similar to that of the conductor 328 and the conductor 330.
- the conductor 376 preferably includes a conductor having a barrier property against hydrogen.
- a conductor having a hydrogen barrier property is formed in the opening of the insulator 370 having a hydrogen barrier property.
- a wiring layer may be provided over the insulator 374 and the conductor 376.
- an insulator 380, an insulator 382, and an insulator 384 are sequentially stacked and provided.
- a conductor 386 is formed in the insulator 380, the insulator 382, and the insulator 384.
- the conductor 386 has a function as a plug or a wiring. Note that the conductor 386 can be provided using a material similar to that of the conductor 328 and the conductor 330.
- the insulator 380 is preferably an insulator having a barrier property against hydrogen, like the insulator 324.
- the conductor 386 preferably contains a conductor having a barrier property against hydrogen.
- a conductor having a hydrogen barrier property is formed in the opening of the insulator 380 having a hydrogen barrier property.
- the semiconductor device has been described above, the semiconductor device according to this embodiment It is not limited to this.
- the number of wiring layers similar to the wiring layer including the conductor 356 may be three or less, or the number of wiring layers similar to the wiring layer including the conductor 356 may be five or more.
- An insulator 510, an insulator 512, an insulator 514, and an insulator 516 are sequentially stacked over the insulator 384.
- Any of the insulator 510, the insulator 512, the insulator 514, and the insulator 516 is preferably formed using a substance having a barrier property against oxygen and hydrogen.
- insulator 510 and the insulator 514 for example, a film having a barrier property such that hydrogen and impurities do not diffuse from the substrate 311 or a region where the transistor 300 is provided to a region where the transistor 500 is provided is used. Is preferred. Therefore, a material similar to that of the insulator 324 can be used.
- silicon nitride formed by a CVD method can be used as an example of a film having a barrier property against hydrogen.
- silicon nitride formed by a CVD method when hydrogen is diffused into a semiconductor element including an oxide semiconductor, such as the transistor 500, characteristics of the semiconductor element might be deteriorated in some cases. Therefore, it is preferable to use a film which suppresses diffusion of hydrogen between the transistor 500 and the transistor 300.
- the film that suppresses the diffusion of hydrogen is a film in which the amount of released hydrogen is small.
- a metal oxide such as aluminum oxide, hafnium oxide, or tantalum oxide is preferably used for the insulator 510 and the insulator 514.
- aluminum oxide has a high blocking effect of not permeating the film with respect to both oxygen and impurities such as hydrogen and moisture which cause variation in electric characteristics of a transistor. Therefore, aluminum oxide can prevent impurities such as hydrogen and moisture from entering the transistor 500 during and after the manufacturing process of the transistor. In addition, release of oxygen from the oxide included in the transistor 500 can be suppressed. Therefore, it is suitable to be used as a protective film for the transistor 500.
- the same material as that of the insulator 320 can be used for the insulator 512 and the insulator 516. Further, by using a material having a relatively low dielectric constant as the interlayer film, it is possible to reduce the parasitic capacitance generated between the wirings.
- a silicon oxide film, a silicon oxynitride film, or the like can be used as the insulator 512 and the insulator 516.
- a conductor 518, a conductor (conductor 503) included in the transistor 500, and the like are embedded in the insulator 510, the insulator 512, the insulator 514, and the insulator 516.
- the conductor 518 has a function of a plug connected to the capacitor 600 or the transistor 300, or a wiring.
- the conductor 518 can be provided using a material similar to that of the conductor 328 and the conductor 330.
- the conductor 510 in a region in contact with the insulator 510 and the insulator 514 is preferably a conductor having a barrier property against oxygen, hydrogen, and water.
- the transistor 300 and the transistor 500 can be separated by a layer having a barrier property against oxygen, hydrogen, and water, and diffusion of hydrogen from the transistor 300 to the transistor 500 can be suppressed.
- the transistor 500 is provided above the insulator 516.
- a transistor 500 includes a conductor 503 arranged so as to be embedded in an insulator 514 and an insulator 516, and an insulator 520 arranged over the insulator 516 and the conductor 503.
- An insulator 580 having an opening formed so as to overlap with each other, a conductor 560 arranged in the opening, an oxide 530b, a conductor 542a, a conductor 542b, and an insulating material.
- An insulator 550 provided between the insulator 550 and the conductor 560; and an oxide 530b, the conductor 542a, the conductor 542b, and the insulator 580, and the insulator 550.
- 530c
- the insulator 544 is preferably provided between the oxide 530a, the oxide 530b, the conductor 542a, and the conductor 542b, and the insulator 580.
- the conductor 560 includes a conductor 560a provided inside the insulator 550 and a conductor 560b provided so as to be embedded inside the conductor 560a. It is preferable to have.
- an insulator 574 is preferably provided over the insulator 580, the conductor 560, and the insulator 550.
- the oxide 530a, the oxide 530b, and the oxide 530c may be collectively referred to as the oxide 530.
- the conductor 542a and the conductor 542b may be collectively referred to as a conductor 542.
- the transistor 500 has a structure in which three layers of the oxide 530a, the oxide 530b, and the oxide 530c are stacked in the region where the channel is formed and in the vicinity thereof, the present invention is not limited to this. Not a thing. For example, a single layer of the oxide 530b, a two-layer structure of the oxide 530b and the oxide 530a, a two-layer structure of the oxide 530b and the oxide 530c, or a stacked structure of four or more layers may be provided. Further, in the transistor 500, the conductor 560 is shown as a stacked structure of two layers, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the conductor 560 may have a single-layer structure or a stacked structure including three or more layers. Further, the transistor 500 illustrated in FIGS. 5, 6A, and 6B is an example, and the structure thereof is not limited, and an appropriate transistor may be used depending on a circuit configuration or a driving method.
- the conductor 560 functions as a gate electrode of the transistor, and the conductors 542a and 542b function as a source electrode and a drain electrode, respectively.
- the conductor 560 is formed so as to be embedded in the opening of the insulator 580 and the region between the conductor 542a and the conductor 542b.
- the arrangement of the conductor 560, the conductor 542a, and the conductor 542b is selected in a self-aligned manner with respect to the opening of the insulator 580. That is, in the transistor 500, the gate electrode can be arranged in a self-aligned manner between the source electrode and the drain electrode. Therefore, the conductor 560 can be formed without providing a positioning margin, so that the area occupied by the transistor 500 can be reduced. Thereby, miniaturization and high integration of the semiconductor device can be achieved.
- the conductor 560 is formed in a region between the conductor 542a and the conductor 542b in a self-aligned manner, the conductor 560 does not have a region overlapping with the conductor 542a or the conductor 542b. Accordingly, the parasitic capacitance formed between the conductor 560 and the conductors 542a and 542b can be reduced. Therefore, the switching speed of the transistor 500 can be improved and high frequency characteristics can be provided.
- the conductor 560 may function as a first gate (also referred to as a top gate) electrode.
- the conductor 503 may function as a second gate (also referred to as a bottom gate) electrode.
- the Vth of the transistor 500 can be controlled by changing the potential applied to the conductor 503 independently of the potential applied to the conductor 560 and without changing the potential.
- Vth of the transistor 500 can be higher than 0 V and off-state current can be reduced. Therefore, applying a negative potential to the conductor 503 can reduce the drain current when the potential applied to the conductor 560 is 0 V, as compared to the case where no potential is applied.
- the conductor 503 is arranged so as to overlap with the oxide 530 and the conductor 560. Thus, when a potential is applied to the conductor 560 and the conductor 503, the electric field generated from the conductor 560 and the electric field generated from the conductor 503 are connected to cover a channel formation region formed in the oxide 530.
- a structure of a transistor which electrically surrounds a channel formation region by an electric field of the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode is referred to as a surrounded channel (S-channel) structure.
- the side surface and the periphery of the oxide 530 which is in contact with the conductors 542a and 542b functioning as a source electrode and a drain electrode are i-type like the channel formation region. It has characteristics.
- the side surface and the periphery of the oxide 530 which are in contact with the conductors 542a and 542b are in contact with the insulator 544 and thus can be i-type as in the channel formation region.
- type I can be treated as the same as high-purity intrinsic, which is described later.
- the S-channel structure disclosed in this specification and the like is different from the Fin-type structure and the planar-type structure.
- the conductor 503 has a structure similar to that of the conductor 518.
- the conductor 503a is formed in contact with the inner walls of the openings of the insulator 514 and the insulator 516, and the conductor 503b is formed further inside.
- the insulator 520, the insulator 522, the insulator 524, and the insulator 550 have a function as a gate insulating film.
- the insulator 524 which is in contact with the oxide 530, an insulator containing more oxygen than oxygen which satisfies the stoichiometric composition is preferably used. That is, it is preferable that the insulator 524 be formed with an excess oxygen region. By providing such an insulator containing excess oxygen in contact with the oxide 530, oxygen vacancies in the oxide 530 can be reduced and the reliability of the transistor 500 can be improved.
- an oxide material from which part of oxygen is released by heating is preferably used.
- the oxide that desorbs oxygen by heating means that the amount of desorbed oxygen in terms of oxygen atoms is 1.0 ⁇ 10 18 atoms / cm 3 or more, preferably 1 or more in TDS (Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy) analysis.
- the oxide film has a density of 0.0 ⁇ 10 19 atoms / cm 3 or more, more preferably 2.0 ⁇ 10 19 atoms / cm 3 or more, or 3.0 ⁇ 10 20 atoms / cm 3 or more.
- the surface temperature of the film during the TDS analysis is preferably 100 ° C. or higher and 700 ° C. or lower, or 100 ° C. or higher and 400 ° C. or lower.
- the insulator 522 preferably has a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen (e.g., oxygen atoms, oxygen molecules, and the like) (oxygen is difficult to permeate).
- oxygen e.g., oxygen atoms, oxygen molecules, and the like
- the insulator 522 has a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen and impurities, oxygen included in the oxide 530 does not diffuse to the insulator 520 side, which is preferable. Further, the conductor 503 can be prevented from reacting with the insulator 524 and oxygen contained in the oxide 530.
- the insulator 522 is, for example, so-called high such as aluminum oxide, hafnium oxide, tantalum oxide, zirconium oxide, lead zirconate titanate (PZT), strontium titanate (SrTiO 3 ) or (Ba, Sr) TiO 3 (BST). It is preferable to use an insulator containing a -k material in a single layer or a laminated layer. As miniaturization and higher integration of transistors progress, thinning of the gate insulating film may cause problems such as leakage current. By using a high-k material for the insulator functioning as a gate insulating film, it is possible to reduce the gate potential during transistor operation while maintaining the physical film thickness.
- an insulator containing an oxide of one or both of aluminum and hafnium which is an insulating material having a function of suppressing diffusion of impurities, oxygen, and the like (oxygen does not easily permeate) is preferably used.
- the insulator containing one or both oxides of aluminum and hafnium it is preferable to use aluminum oxide, hafnium oxide, an oxide containing aluminum and hafnium (hafnium aluminate), or the like.
- the insulator 522 is formed using such a material, the insulator 522 suppresses release of oxygen from the oxide 530 and entry of impurities such as hydrogen from the peripheral portion of the transistor 500 into the oxide 530. Functions as a layer.
- aluminum oxide, bismuth oxide, germanium oxide, niobium oxide, silicon oxide, titanium oxide, tungsten oxide, yttrium oxide, or zirconium oxide may be added to these insulators.
- these insulators may be nitrided. Silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, or silicon nitride may be stacked over the above insulator and used.
- the insulator 520 is preferably thermally stable.
- silicon oxide and silicon oxynitride are preferable because they are thermally stable.
- an insulator of a high-k material by combining an insulator of a high-k material with silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride, an insulator 520 having a stacked structure which is thermally stable and has a high relative dielectric constant can be obtained.
- the insulator 520, the insulator 522, and the insulator 524 may have a stacked structure of two or more layers.
- the laminated structure is not limited to the same material, and may be a laminated structure made of different materials.
- the oxide 530 including a channel formation region is preferably formed using a metal oxide which functions as an oxide semiconductor.
- a metal oxide which functions as an oxide semiconductor.
- an In-M-Zn oxide the element M is aluminum, gallium, yttrium, copper, vanadium, beryllium, boron, titanium, iron, nickel, germanium, zirconium, molybdenum, lanthanum, cerium, neodymium). , Or one or more selected from hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, magnesium, and the like).
- an In—Ga oxide or an In—Zn oxide may be used.
- a metal oxide having a low carrier density is preferably used.
- the concentration of impurities in the metal oxide may be lowered and the density of defect states may be lowered.
- low impurity concentration and low defect level density are referred to as high-purity intrinsic or substantially high-purity intrinsic.
- the impurities in the metal oxide include, for example, hydrogen, nitrogen, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, iron, nickel, silicon and the like.
- hydrogen contained in a metal oxide reacts with oxygen bonded to a metal atom to be water, which may cause oxygen vacancies in the metal oxide. If the channel formation region in the metal oxide contains oxygen vacancies, the transistor might have normally-on characteristics. Further, a defect in which hydrogen is contained in an oxygen vacancy may function as a donor and an electron which is a carrier may be generated. In addition, part of hydrogen may be bonded to oxygen which is bonded to a metal atom to generate an electron which is a carrier. Therefore, a transistor including a metal oxide containing a large amount of hydrogen is likely to have normally-on characteristics.
- a defect in which hydrogen is included in oxygen vacancies can function as a metal oxide donor.
- the metal oxide may be evaluated by the carrier density instead of the donor concentration. Therefore, in this specification and the like, a carrier density that assumes a state in which an electric field is not applied is sometimes used as a parameter of a metal oxide, instead of a donor concentration. That is, the “carrier density” described in this specification and the like can be called the “donor concentration” in some cases.
- the hydrogen concentration obtained by secondary ion mass spectrometry is less than 1 ⁇ 10 20 atoms / cm 3 , preferably 1 ⁇ 10 19 atoms / cm 3. It is less than 3 , more preferably less than 5 ⁇ 10 18 atoms / cm 3 , and even more preferably less than 1 ⁇ 10 18 atoms / cm 3 .
- the carrier density of the metal oxide in the channel formation region is preferably 1 ⁇ 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 or lower, and less than 1 ⁇ 10 17 cm ⁇ 3. Is more preferable, less than 1 ⁇ 10 16 cm ⁇ 3 is more preferable, less than 1 ⁇ 10 13 cm ⁇ 3 is still more preferable, and less than 1 ⁇ 10 12 cm ⁇ 3 is further preferable.
- the lower limit value of the carrier density of the metal oxide in the channel formation region is not particularly limited, but can be set to, for example, 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 9 cm ⁇ 3 .
- the conductor 542 (the conductor 542a and the conductor 542b) and the oxide 530 are in contact with each other, so that oxygen in the oxide 530 diffuses into the conductor 542,
- the conductor 542 may be oxidized. Oxidation of the conductor 542 is likely to reduce the conductivity of the conductor 542. Note that diffusion of oxygen in the oxide 530 to the conductor 542 can be restated as absorption of oxygen in the oxide 530 by the conductor 542.
- oxygen in the oxide 530 diffuses into the conductor 542 (the conductor 542a and the conductor 542b), so that the conductor 542a and the oxide 530b are separated from each other and the conductor 542b and the oxide 530b are separated from each other.
- Different layers may be formed between them. Since the different layer contains more oxygen than the conductor 542, it is estimated that the different layer has an insulating property.
- the three-layer structure of the conductor 542, the different layer, and the oxide 530b can be regarded as a three-layer structure including a metal-insulator-semiconductor and a MIS (Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor) structure. It may be referred to as a diode junction structure mainly including the MIS structure.
- the different layer is not limited to being formed between the conductor 542 and the oxide 530b, and, for example, when the different layer is formed between the conductor 542 and the oxide 530c, and It may be formed between the body 542 and the oxide 530b and between the conductor 542 and the oxide 530c.
- the metal oxide which functions as a channel formation region in the oxide 530 it is preferable to use a metal oxide having a bandgap of 2 eV or more, preferably 2.5 eV or more. By using a metal oxide having a wide band gap in this manner, off-state current of the transistor can be reduced.
- the oxide 530 includes the oxide 530a below the oxide 530b, so that diffusion of impurities from the structure formed below the oxide 530a into the oxide 530b can be suppressed. Further, by including the oxide 530c over the oxide 530b, diffusion of impurities from the structure formed above the oxide 530c into the oxide 530b can be suppressed.
- the oxide 530 preferably has a stacked structure including oxides in which the atomic ratio of each metal atom is different.
- the atomic ratio of the element M in the constituent elements is higher than the atomic ratio of the element M in the constituent elements in the metal oxide used for the oxide 530b. It is preferable.
- the atomic ratio of the element M to In is preferably higher than the atomic ratio of the element M to In in the metal oxide used for the oxide 530b.
- the atomic ratio of In to the element M is preferably higher than the atomic ratio of In to the element M in the metal oxide used for the oxide 530a.
- a metal oxide that can be used for the oxide 530a or the oxide 530b can be used.
- the energy of the bottom of the conduction band of the oxide 530a and the oxide 530c be higher than the energy of the bottom of the conduction band of the oxide 530b.
- the electron affinity of the oxide 530a and the oxide 530c be smaller than the electron affinity of the oxide 530b.
- the energy level at the bottom of the conduction band changes gently.
- the energy level at the bottom of the conduction band at the junction of the oxide 530a, the oxide 530b, and the oxide 530c is continuously changed or continuously joined.
- the oxide 530a and the oxide 530b, and the oxide 530b and the oxide 530c have a common element other than oxygen (as a main component), so that a mixed layer with low density of defect states is formed.
- the oxide 530b is an In-Ga-Zn oxide
- In-Ga-Zn oxide, Ga-Zn oxide, gallium oxide, or the like may be used as the oxide 530a and the oxide 530c.
- the main path of carriers is the oxide 530b.
- the oxide 530a and the oxide 530c having the above structure, the density of defect states in the interface between the oxide 530a and the oxide 530b and the interface between the oxide 530b and the oxide 530c can be reduced. Therefore, the influence of interface scattering on carrier conduction is reduced, and the transistor 500 can obtain high on-state current.
- the conductor 542 (the conductor 542a and the conductor 542b) which functions as a source electrode and a drain electrode is provided over the oxide 530b.
- the conductor 542 aluminum, chromium, copper, silver, gold, platinum, tantalum, nickel, titanium, molybdenum, tungsten, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, manganese, magnesium, zirconium, beryllium, indium, ruthenium, iridium, strontium, It is preferable to use a metal element selected from lanthanum, an alloy containing the above metal element as a component, an alloy in which the above metal elements are combined, or the like.
- tantalum nitride, titanium nitride, tungsten, nitride containing titanium and aluminum, nitride containing tantalum and aluminum, ruthenium oxide, ruthenium nitride, oxide containing strontium and ruthenium, oxide containing lanthanum and nickel, or the like is used. It is preferable. Further, tantalum nitride, titanium nitride, nitride containing titanium and aluminum, nitride containing tantalum and aluminum, ruthenium oxide, ruthenium nitride, oxide containing strontium and ruthenium, and oxide containing lanthanum and nickel are difficult to oxidize. A conductive material or a material that maintains conductivity even when absorbing oxygen is preferable.
- a region 543 (a region 543a and a region 543b) may be formed as a low-resistance region at the interface between the oxide 530 and the conductor 542 and in the vicinity thereof.
- the region 543a functions as one of the source region and the drain region
- the region 543b functions as the other of the source region and the drain region.
- a channel formation region is formed in a region between the region 543a and the region 543b.
- the oxygen concentration in the region 543 may be reduced.
- a metal compound layer containing a metal contained in the conductor 542 and a component of the oxide 530 may be formed in the region 543. In such a case, the carrier density of the region 543 increases, and the region 543 becomes a low resistance region.
- the insulator 544 is provided so as to cover the conductor 542 and suppresses oxidation of the conductor 542. At this time, the insulator 544 may be provided so as to cover a side surface of the oxide 530 and be in contact with the insulator 524.
- a metal oxide containing one kind or two or more kinds selected from hafnium, aluminum, gallium, yttrium, zirconium, tungsten, titanium, tantalum, nickel, germanium, magnesium, or the like can be used. it can.
- hafnium oxide an oxide containing hafnium (aluminum), or an oxide containing hafnium (hafnium aluminate), which is an insulator containing an oxide of one or both of aluminum and hafnium, as the insulator 544.
- hafnium aluminate has higher heat resistance than a hafnium oxide film. Therefore, crystallization is less likely to occur in heat treatment in a later step, which is preferable.
- the insulator 544 is not an essential component if the conductor 542 is a material having an oxidation resistance or if the conductivity does not significantly decrease even when oxygen is absorbed. It may be appropriately designed depending on the desired transistor characteristics.
- the insulator 550 functions as a gate insulating film.
- the insulator 550 is preferably arranged in contact with the inside (top surface and side surface) of the oxide 530c.
- the insulator 550 is preferably formed using an insulator from which oxygen is released by heating.
- the amount of released oxygen in terms of oxygen atoms is 1.0 ⁇ 10 18 atoms / cm 3 or more, preferably 1.0 ⁇ 10 19 atoms / cm 3 or more, more preferably 2
- the surface temperature of the film during the TDS analysis is preferably 100 ° C. or higher and 700 ° C. or lower.
- silicon oxide containing excess oxygen, silicon oxynitride, silicon nitride oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxide containing fluorine, silicon oxide containing carbon, silicon oxide containing carbon and nitrogen, and voids are included. Silicon oxide can be used. In particular, silicon oxide and silicon oxynitride are preferable because they are stable to heat.
- oxygen is effectively supplied from the insulator 550 to the channel formation region of the oxide 530b through the oxide 530c. Can be supplied. Further, like the insulator 524, the concentration of impurities such as water or hydrogen in the insulator 550 is preferably reduced.
- the thickness of the insulator 550 is preferably 1 nm or more and 20 nm or less.
- a metal oxide may be provided between the insulator 550 and the conductor 560 in order to efficiently supply excess oxygen included in the insulator 550 to the oxide 530.
- the metal oxide preferably suppresses oxygen diffusion from the insulator 550 to the conductor 560.
- diffusion of excess oxygen from the insulator 550 to the conductor 560 is suppressed. That is, a decrease in the excess oxygen amount supplied to the oxide 530 can be suppressed.
- oxidation of the conductor 560 due to excess oxygen can be suppressed.
- a material that can be used for the insulator 544 may be used.
- the conductor 560 functioning as the first gate electrode is shown as a two-layer structure in FIGS. 6A and 6B, it may have a single-layer structure or a stacked structure of three or more layers.
- the conductor 560a has a function of suppressing diffusion of impurities such as hydrogen atoms, hydrogen molecules, water molecules, nitrogen atoms, nitrogen molecules, nitric oxide molecules (N 2 O, NO, NO 2, etc.), and copper atoms. It is preferable to use materials. Alternatively, a conductive material having a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen (eg, at least one of oxygen atoms and oxygen molecules) is preferably used. Since the conductor 560a has a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen, oxygen contained in the insulator 550 can prevent the conductor 560b from being oxidized and decreasing in conductivity. As a conductive material having a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen, for example, tantalum, tantalum nitride, ruthenium, ruthenium oxide, or the like is preferably used.
- the conductor 560b is preferably formed using a conductive material containing tungsten, copper, or aluminum as its main component. Since the conductor 560b also functions as a wiring, it is preferable to use a conductor having high conductivity. For example, a conductive material containing tungsten, copper, or aluminum as its main component can be used.
- the conductor 560b may have a stacked structure, for example, a stacked structure of titanium or titanium nitride and the above conductive material.
- the insulator 580 is provided over the conductor 542 through the insulator 544.
- the insulator 580 preferably has an excess oxygen region.
- silicon oxide and silicon oxynitride are preferable because they are thermally stable.
- silicon oxide and silicon oxide having vacancies are preferable because an excess oxygen region can be easily formed in a later step.
- the insulator 580 preferably has an excess oxygen region. By providing the insulator 580 from which oxygen is released by heating in contact with the oxide 530c, oxygen in the insulator 580 can be efficiently supplied to the oxide 530 through the oxide 530c. Note that the concentration of impurities such as water or hydrogen in the insulator 580 is preferably reduced.
- the opening of the insulator 580 is formed so as to overlap with a region between the conductor 542a and the conductor 542b. Accordingly, the conductor 560 is formed so as to be embedded in the opening of the insulator 580 and the region between the conductor 542a and the conductor 542b.
- the conductor 560 When miniaturizing the semiconductor device, it is required to shorten the gate length, but it is necessary to prevent the conductivity of the conductor 560 from being lowered. Therefore, when the thickness of the conductor 560 is increased, the conductor 560 can have a shape with a high aspect ratio. In this embodiment mode, the conductor 560 is provided so as to be embedded in the opening of the insulator 580; therefore, even if the conductor 560 has a high aspect ratio, the conductor 560 can be formed without being destroyed during the process. You can
- the insulator 574 is preferably provided in contact with the top surface of the insulator 580, the top surface of the conductor 560, and the top surface of the insulator 550.
- an excess oxygen region can be provided in the insulator 550 and the insulator 580. Accordingly, oxygen can be supplied into the oxide 530 from the excess oxygen region.
- insulator 574 a metal oxide containing one kind or two or more kinds selected from hafnium, aluminum, gallium, yttrium, zirconium, tungsten, titanium, tantalum, nickel, germanium, magnesium, or the like is used. You can
- aluminum oxide has a high barrier property and can suppress the diffusion of hydrogen and nitrogen even in a thin film having a thickness of 0.5 nm to 3.0 nm. Therefore, aluminum oxide formed by a sputtering method can have a function as a barrier film against impurities such as hydrogen as well as an oxygen supply source.
- an insulator 581 which functions as an interlayer film is preferably provided over the insulator 574.
- the insulator 581 preferably has a reduced concentration of impurities such as water or hydrogen in the film.
- the conductors 540a and 540b are provided in the openings formed in the insulator 581, the insulator 574, the insulator 580, and the insulator 544.
- the conductor 540a and the conductor 540b are provided to face each other with the conductor 560 interposed therebetween.
- the conductors 540a and 540b have the same configurations as the conductors 546 and 548 described later.
- An insulator 582 is provided over the insulator 581.
- the insulator 582 it is preferable to use a substance having a barrier property against oxygen and hydrogen. Therefore, a material similar to that of the insulator 514 can be used for the insulator 582.
- the insulator 582 is preferably formed using a metal oxide such as aluminum oxide, hafnium oxide, or tantalum oxide.
- aluminum oxide has a high blocking effect of not permeating the film with respect to both oxygen and impurities such as hydrogen and moisture which cause variation in electric characteristics of a transistor. Therefore, aluminum oxide can prevent impurities such as hydrogen and moisture from entering the transistor 500 during and after the manufacturing process of the transistor. In addition, release of oxygen from the oxide included in the transistor 500 can be suppressed. Therefore, it is suitable to be used as a protective film for the transistor 500.
- an insulator 586 is provided over the insulator 582.
- a material similar to that of the insulator 320 can be used.
- a material having a relatively low dielectric constant as the interlayer film it is possible to reduce the parasitic capacitance generated between the wirings.
- a silicon oxide film, a silicon oxynitride film, or the like can be used as the insulator 586.
- the insulator 520, the insulator 522, the insulator 524, the insulator 544, the insulator 580, the insulator 574, the insulator 581, the insulator 582, and the insulator 586 include the conductor 546, the conductor 548, and the like. Is embedded.
- the conductor 546 and the conductor 548 have a function of a plug connected to the capacitor 600, the transistor 500, or the transistor 300, or a wiring.
- the conductor 546 and the conductor 548 can be provided using a material similar to that of the conductor 328 and the conductor 330.
- the capacitor 600 is provided above the transistor 500.
- the capacitor 600 includes a conductor 610, a conductor 620, and an insulator 630.
- the conductor 612 may be provided over the conductor 546 and the conductor 548.
- the conductor 612 has a function as a plug connected to the transistor 500 or a wiring.
- the conductor 610 has a function as an electrode of the capacitor 600. Note that the conductor 612 and the conductor 610 can be formed at the same time.
- a metal film containing an element selected from molybdenum, titanium, tantalum, tungsten, aluminum, copper, chromium, neodymium, and scandium, or a metal nitride film containing the above element as a component (Tantalum nitride film, titanium nitride film, molybdenum nitride film, tungsten nitride film) or the like can be used.
- indium tin oxide, indium oxide containing tungsten oxide, indium zinc oxide containing tungsten oxide, indium oxide containing titanium oxide, indium tin oxide containing titanium oxide, indium zinc oxide, or silicon oxide is added. It is also possible to apply a conductive material such as indium tin oxide.
- the conductor 612 and the conductor 610 are illustrated as a single-layer structure in FIG. 5, the invention is not limited to this structure and may have a stacked structure of two or more layers.
- a conductor having a barrier property and a conductor having high adhesion to the conductor having high conductivity may be formed between the conductor having barrier property and the conductor having high conductivity.
- the conductor 620 is provided so as to overlap with the conductor 610 with the insulator 630 interposed therebetween.
- the conductor 620 can be formed using a conductive material such as a metal material, an alloy material, or a metal oxide material. It is preferable to use a high melting point material such as tungsten or molybdenum, which has both heat resistance and conductivity, and it is particularly preferable to use tungsten.
- a low resistance metal material such as Cu (copper) or Al (aluminum) may be used.
- An insulator 650 is provided over the conductor 620 and the insulator 630.
- the insulator 650 can be provided using a material similar to that of the insulator 320. Further, the insulator 650 may function as a flattening film that covers the uneven shape below the insulator 650.
- a transistor including an oxide semiconductor variation in electric characteristics can be suppressed and reliability can be improved.
- a transistor including an oxide semiconductor with high on-state current can be provided.
- a transistor including an oxide semiconductor with low off-state current can be provided.
- a semiconductor device with reduced power consumption can be provided.
- miniaturization or high integration can be achieved in a semiconductor device including a transistor including an oxide semiconductor.
- transistor 500 in the semiconductor device described in this embodiment is not limited to the above structure.
- structural examples that can be used for the transistor 500 will be described.
- FIG. 7A is a top view of the transistor 510A.
- 7B is a cross-sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line L1-L2 in FIG. 7A.
- FIG. 7C is a sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line W1-W2 in FIG. 7A. Note that in the top view of FIG. 7A, some elements are omitted for clarity.
- the transistor 510A and the insulator 511, the insulator 512, the insulator 514, the insulator 516, the insulator 580, the insulator 582, and the insulator 584 which function as interlayer films are shown.
- a conductor 546 (a conductor 546a and a conductor 546b) which is electrically connected to the transistor 510A and functions as a contact plug and a conductor 503 which functions as a wiring are shown.
- the transistor 510A includes a conductor 560 (a conductor 560a and a conductor 560b) functioning as a first gate electrode, a conductor 505 (a conductor 505a, and a conductor 505b) functioning as a second gate electrode, An insulator 550 which functions as a first gate insulating film, an insulator 521 which functions as a second gate insulating film, an insulator 522, and an insulator 524, and an oxide 530 which has a region where a channel is formed (oxidation Object 530a, oxide 530b, and oxide 530c), a conductor 542a which functions as one of a source and a drain, a conductor 542b which functions as the other of a source and a drain, and an insulator 574.
- a conductor 560 a conductor 560a and a conductor 560b
- An insulator 550 which functions as a first gate insulating film
- an insulator 521 which
- the oxide 530c, the insulator 550, and the conductor 560 are arranged in the opening provided in the insulator 580 with the insulator 574 interposed therebetween.
- the oxide 530c, the insulator 550, and the conductor 560 are provided between the conductor 542a and the conductor 542b.
- the insulator 511 and the insulator 512 function as an interlayer film.
- An insulator such as TiO 3 (BST) can be used as a single layer or a stacked layer.
- aluminum oxide, bismuth oxide, germanium oxide, niobium oxide, silicon oxide, titanium oxide, tungsten oxide, yttrium oxide, or zirconium oxide may be added to these insulators.
- these insulators may be nitrided. Silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, or silicon nitride may be stacked over the above insulator and used.
- the insulator 511 preferably functions as a barrier film which suppresses impurities such as water or hydrogen from entering the transistor 510A from the substrate side. Therefore, the insulator 511 is preferably formed using an insulating material having a function of suppressing diffusion of impurities such as hydrogen atoms, hydrogen molecules, water molecules, and copper atoms (the above impurities are less likely to penetrate). Alternatively, it is preferable to use an insulating material having a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen (eg, at least one of oxygen atoms and oxygen molecules) (the above oxygen is less likely to permeate). Alternatively, for example, aluminum oxide, silicon nitride, or the like may be used as the insulator 511. With such a structure, diffusion of impurities such as hydrogen and water from the substrate side of the insulator 511 to the transistor 510A side can be suppressed.
- an insulating material having a function of suppressing diffusion of impurities such as hydrogen atoms, hydrogen molecules, water molecules, and copper
- the insulator 512 preferably has a lower dielectric constant than the insulator 511.
- a material having a low dielectric constant as the interlayer film, it is possible to reduce the parasitic capacitance generated between the wirings.
- the conductor 503 is formed so as to be embedded in the insulator 512.
- the height of the upper surface of the conductor 503 and the height of the upper surface of the insulator 512 can be approximately the same.
- the conductor 503 is illustrated as having a single layer structure, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the conductor 503 may have a multilayer film structure including two or more layers.
- the conductor 503 is preferably formed using a conductive material containing tungsten, copper, or aluminum as its main component and having high conductivity.
- the conductor 560 may function as a first gate (also referred to as a top gate) electrode. Further, the conductor 505 may function as a second gate (also referred to as a bottom gate) electrode.
- the threshold voltage of the transistor 510A can be controlled by changing the potential applied to the conductor 505 independently of the potential applied to the conductor 560 and independently. In particular, by applying a negative potential to the conductor 505, the threshold voltage of the transistor 510A can be higher than 0 V and the off-state current can be reduced. Therefore, applying a negative potential to the conductor 505 can reduce the drain current when the potential applied to the conductor 560 is 0 V, as compared to the case where no potential is applied.
- an electric field generated from the conductor 560 and an electric field generated from the conductor 505. can cover the channel formation region formed in the oxide 530.
- the channel formation region can be electrically surrounded by the electric field of the conductor 560 having a function as the first gate electrode and the electric field of the conductor 505 having a function as the second gate electrode. That is, similarly to the transistor 500 described above, it has a surrounded channel (S-channel) structure.
- the insulator 514 and the insulator 516 function as an interlayer film similarly to the insulator 511 or the insulator 512.
- the insulator 514 preferably functions as a barrier film which suppresses impurities such as water or hydrogen from entering the transistor 510A from the substrate side. With this structure, impurities such as hydrogen and water can be suppressed from diffusing from the substrate side of the insulator 514 to the transistor 510A side.
- the insulator 516 preferably has a lower dielectric constant than the insulator 514. By using a material having a low dielectric constant as the interlayer film, it is possible to reduce the parasitic capacitance generated between the wirings.
- the conductor 505 functioning as the second gate, the conductor 505a is formed in contact with the inner walls of the openings of the insulator 514 and the insulator 516, and the conductor 505b is further formed inside.
- the height of the top surfaces of the conductors 505a and 505b and the height of the top surface of the insulator 516 can be approximately the same.
- the transistor 510A has a structure in which the conductor 505a and the conductor 505b are stacked; however, the present invention is not limited to this.
- the conductor 505 may have a single-layer structure or a stacked structure including three or more layers.
- the conductor 505a is preferably formed using a conductive material having a function of suppressing diffusion of impurities such as hydrogen atoms, hydrogen molecules, water molecules, and copper atoms (the above impurities are less likely to pass through).
- a conductive material having a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen eg, at least one of oxygen atoms and oxygen molecules
- the function of suppressing the diffusion of impurities or oxygen means the function of suppressing the diffusion of any one or all of the impurities or oxygen.
- the conductor 505a since the conductor 505a has a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen, it is possible to prevent the conductor 505b from being oxidized and being reduced in conductivity.
- the conductor 505b is preferably formed using a conductive material having high conductivity, which contains tungsten, copper, or aluminum as its main component. In that case, the conductor 503 is not necessarily provided.
- the conductor 505b is illustrated as a single layer, it may have a laminated structure, for example, a laminate of titanium or titanium nitride and the above conductive material.
- the insulator 521, the insulator 522, and the insulator 524 have a function as a second gate insulating film.
- the insulator 522 preferably has a barrier property.
- the insulator 522 having a barrier function functions as a layer for suppressing entry of impurities such as hydrogen from the peripheral portion of the transistor 510A into the transistor 510A.
- the insulator 522 is, for example, aluminum oxide, hafnium oxide, an oxide containing aluminum and hafnium (hafnium aluminate), tantalum oxide, zirconium oxide, lead zirconate titanate (PZT), strontium titanate (SrTiO 3 ) or ( It is preferable to use an insulator containing a so-called high-k material such as Ba, Sr) TiO 3 (BST) in a single layer or a laminated layer. As miniaturization and higher integration of transistors progress, thinning of the gate insulating film may cause problems such as leakage current. By using a high-k material for the insulator functioning as a gate insulating film, it is possible to reduce the gate potential during transistor operation while maintaining the physical film thickness.
- the insulator 521 is preferably thermally stable.
- silicon oxide and silicon oxynitride are preferable because they are thermally stable.
- an insulator made of a high-k material with silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride, an insulator 521 having a laminated structure which is thermally stable and has a high relative dielectric constant can be obtained.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a stacked structure of three layers as the second gate insulating film, but a stacked structure of two layers or less, or four layers or more may be used.
- the laminated structure is not limited to the same material, and may be a laminated structure made of different materials.
- the oxide 530 having a region functioning as a channel formation region includes the oxide 530a, the oxide 530b over the oxide 530a, and the oxide 530c over the oxide 530b.
- the oxide 530a under the oxide 530b diffusion of impurities into the oxide 530b from a structure formed below the oxide 530a can be suppressed.
- the oxide 530c over the oxide 530b diffusion of impurities from the structure formed above the oxide 530c into the oxide 530b can be suppressed.
- an oxide semiconductor which is one of the above metal oxides can be used.
- the oxide 530c is preferably provided in the opening provided in the insulator 580 with the insulator 574 provided therebetween.
- the insulator 574 has a barrier property, diffusion of impurities from the insulator 580 into the oxide 530 can be suppressed.
- One of the conductors 542 functions as a source electrode and the other functions as a drain electrode.
- a metal such as aluminum, titanium, chromium, nickel, copper, yttrium, zirconium, molybdenum, silver, tantalum, or tungsten, or an alloy containing any of these as a main component can be used.
- a metal nitride film such as tantalum nitride is preferable because it has a barrier property against hydrogen or oxygen and has high oxidation resistance.
- a stacked structure of two or more layers may be used.
- a tantalum nitride film and a tungsten film may be stacked.
- a titanium film and an aluminum film may be stacked.
- a two-layer structure in which an aluminum film is stacked over a tungsten film a two-layer structure in which a copper film is stacked over a copper-magnesium-aluminum alloy film, a two-layer structure in which a copper film is stacked over a titanium film, and a tungsten film is formed over the tungsten film.
- a two-layer structure in which copper films are laminated may be used.
- a titanium film or a titanium nitride film a three-layer structure in which an aluminum film or a copper film is stacked over the titanium film or the titanium nitride film, and a titanium film or a titanium nitride film is further formed thereover, a molybdenum film, or
- a molybdenum nitride film and an aluminum film or a copper film are stacked over the molybdenum film or the molybdenum nitride film and a molybdenum film or a molybdenum nitride film is formed thereover.
- a transparent conductive material containing indium oxide, tin oxide, or zinc oxide may be used.
- a barrier layer may be provided over the conductor 542.
- the barrier layer it is preferable to use a substance having a barrier property against oxygen or hydrogen. With this structure, the conductor 542 can be prevented from being oxidized when the insulator 574 is formed.
- a metal oxide can be used for the barrier layer.
- an insulating film having a barrier property against oxygen or hydrogen such as aluminum oxide, hafnium oxide, or gallium oxide.
- silicon nitride formed by a CVD method may be used.
- the material selection range for the conductor 542 can be widened.
- the conductor 542 can be formed using a material such as tungsten or aluminum that has low oxidation resistance and high conductivity. Further, for example, a conductor which can be easily formed or processed can be used.
- the insulator 550 functions as a first gate insulating film.
- the insulator 550 is preferably provided in the opening provided in the insulator 580 with the oxide 530c and the insulator 574 provided therebetween.
- the insulator 550 may have a stacked-layer structure like the second gate insulating film.
- the insulator that functions as a gate insulating film has a laminated structure of a high-k material and a thermally stable material, so that the gate potential during transistor operation can be reduced while maintaining the physical film thickness. Becomes Further, it is possible to form a laminated structure that is thermally stable and has a high relative dielectric constant.
- the conductor 560 functioning as the first gate electrode has a conductor 560a and a conductor 560b over the conductor 560a.
- the conductor 560a is preferably formed using a conductive material having a function of suppressing diffusion of impurities such as hydrogen atoms, hydrogen molecules, water molecules, and copper atoms.
- a conductive material having a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen eg, at least one of oxygen atoms and oxygen molecules is preferably used.
- the conductor 560a has a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen, the material selectivity of the conductor 560b can be improved. That is, by having the conductor 560a, oxidation of the conductor 560b can be suppressed and the conductivity can be prevented from being lowered.
- the conductive material having a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen for example, tantalum, tantalum nitride, ruthenium, ruthenium oxide, or the like is preferably used.
- the conductor 560a an oxide semiconductor which can be used as the oxide 530 can be used. In that case, by forming a film of the conductor 560b by a sputtering method, the electric resistance value of the conductor 560a can be reduced and the conductor can be formed. This can be called an OC (Oxide Conductor) electrode.
- a conductive material containing tungsten, copper, or aluminum as its main component is preferably used. Since the conductor 560 functions as a wiring, it is preferable to use a conductor having high conductivity. For example, a conductive material containing tungsten, copper, or aluminum as its main component can be used.
- the conductor 560b may have a stacked structure, for example, a stack of titanium or titanium nitride and the above conductive material.
- An insulator 574 is provided between the insulator 580 and the transistor 510A.
- an insulating material having a function of suppressing diffusion of impurities such as water or hydrogen and oxygen is preferable.
- impurities such as water or hydrogen and oxygen
- metal oxide such as magnesium oxide, gallium oxide, germanium oxide, yttrium oxide, zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide, neodymium oxide, or tantalum oxide, silicon nitride oxide, or silicon nitride can be used.
- impurities such as water and hydrogen included in the insulator 580 can be suppressed from diffusing into the oxide 530b through the oxide 530c and the insulator 550.
- the insulator 580, the insulator 582, and the insulator 584 function as an interlayer film.
- the insulator 582 preferably functions as a barrier insulating film which suppresses impurities such as water or hydrogen from entering the transistor 510A from the outside.
- the insulators 580 and 584 preferably have a lower dielectric constant than the insulator 582, like the insulator 516.
- a material having a low dielectric constant as the interlayer film it is possible to reduce the parasitic capacitance generated between the wirings.
- the transistor 510A may be electrically connected to another structure through a plug or a wiring such as the insulator 580, the insulator 582, and the conductor 546 embedded in the insulator 584.
- a conductive material such as a metal material, an alloy material, a metal nitride material, or a metal oxide material can be used as a single layer or a stacked layer.
- a high melting point material such as tungsten or molybdenum, which has both heat resistance and conductivity.
- a low resistance conductive material such as aluminum or copper. Wiring resistance can be reduced by using a low-resistance conductive material.
- the conductor 546 a stacked structure of tantalum nitride or the like, which has a barrier property against hydrogen and oxygen, and tungsten, which has high conductivity, is used, so that the conductivity of the wiring is maintained. The diffusion of impurities from the outside can be suppressed.
- a semiconductor device including a transistor including an oxide semiconductor with high on-state current can be provided.
- a semiconductor device including a transistor including an oxide semiconductor with low off-state current can be provided.
- FIG. 8A is a top view of the transistor 510B.
- 8B is a cross-sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line L1-L2 in FIG. 8A.
- FIG. 8C is a sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line W1-W2 in FIG. 8A. Note that in the top view of FIG. 8A, some elements are omitted for clarity.
- the transistor 510B is a modified example of the transistor 510A. Therefore, in order to prevent repetition of description, points different from the transistor 510A will be mainly described.
- the transistor 510B has a region where the conductor 542 (the conductor 542a and the conductor 542b) and the oxide 530c, the insulator 550, and the conductor 560 overlap with each other. With such a structure, a transistor with high on-state current can be provided. In addition, a transistor with high controllability can be provided.
- the conductor 560 functioning as the first gate electrode has a conductor 560a and a conductor 560b over the conductor 560a.
- the conductor 560a is preferably formed using a conductive material having a function of suppressing diffusion of impurities such as hydrogen atoms, hydrogen molecules, water molecules, and copper atoms.
- a conductive material having a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen eg, at least one of oxygen atoms and oxygen molecules is preferably used.
- the conductor 560a has a function of suppressing diffusion of oxygen, the material selectivity of the conductor 560b can be improved. That is, by having the conductor 560a, oxidation of the conductor 560b can be suppressed and the conductivity can be prevented from being lowered.
- the insulator 574 is preferably provided so as to cover the top surface and the side surface of the conductor 560, the side surface of the insulator 550, and the side surface of the oxide 530c.
- the insulator 574 may be formed using an insulating material having a function of suppressing diffusion of impurities such as water or hydrogen and oxygen.
- impurities such as water or hydrogen and oxygen.
- metal oxide such as magnesium oxide, gallium oxide, germanium oxide, yttrium oxide, zirconium oxide, lanthanum oxide, neodymium oxide, or tantalum oxide, silicon nitride oxide, or silicon nitride can be used.
- oxidation of the conductor 560 can be suppressed. Further, with the insulator 574, impurities such as water and hydrogen included in the insulator 580 can be suppressed from diffusing into the transistor 510B.
- the insulator 576 having a barrier property may be provided between the conductor 546 and the insulator 580.
- oxygen in the insulator 580 can be prevented from reacting with the conductor 546 and oxidizing the conductor 546.
- the insulator 576 having a barrier property it is possible to widen the selection range of the material of the conductor used for the plug and the wiring.
- a metal material having high conductivity while having a property of absorbing oxygen for the conductor 546 a semiconductor device with low power consumption can be provided.
- a material such as tungsten or aluminum, which has low oxidation resistance and high conductivity can be used.
- a conductor which can be easily formed or processed can be used.
- FIG. 9A is a top view of the transistor 510C.
- 9B is a cross-sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line L1-L2 in FIG. 9A.
- FIG. 9C is a sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line W1-W2 in FIG. 9A. In the top view of FIG. 9A, some elements are omitted for clarity.
- the transistor 510C is a modification of the transistor 510A. Therefore, in order to prevent repetition of description, points different from the transistor 510A will be mainly described.
- the conductor 547a is provided between the conductor 542a and the oxide 530b
- the conductor 547b is provided between the conductor 542b and the oxide 530b.
- the conductor 542a extends over the top surface of the conductor 547a (conductor 547b) and the side surface on the conductor 560 side and has a region in contact with the top surface of the oxide 530b.
- the conductor 547 a conductor that can be used for the conductor 542 may be used.
- the film thickness of the conductor 547 is preferably thicker than at least the conductor 542.
- the transistor 510C in FIG. 9 can bring the conductor 542 closer to the conductor 560 than the transistor 510A.
- the conductor 560 can overlap with the end of the conductor 542a and the end of the conductor 542b. Accordingly, the substantial channel length of the transistor 510C can be shortened, and the on-current and frequency characteristics can be improved.
- the conductor 547a (conductor 547b) is preferably provided so as to overlap with the conductor 542a (conductor 542b). With such a structure, the conductor 547a (conductor 547b) functions as a stopper and the oxide 530b is over-etched in the etching for forming the opening in which the conductor 546a (conductor 546b) is embedded. Can be prevented.
- the transistor 510C illustrated in FIG. 9 may have a structure in which the insulator 545 is provided in contact with the insulator 544.
- the insulator 544 preferably functions as a barrier insulating film which suppresses impurities such as water or hydrogen and excess oxygen from entering the transistor 510C from the insulator 580 side.
- an insulator that can be used for the insulator 544 can be used.
- a nitride insulator such as aluminum nitride, aluminum titanium nitride, titanium nitride, silicon nitride, or silicon nitride oxide may be used.
- the conductor 505 may have a single-layer structure, unlike the transistor 510A illustrated in FIG.
- an insulating film to be the insulator 516 is formed over the patterned conductor 505, and the upper portion of the insulating film is removed by a CMP method or the like until the upper surface of the conductor 505 is exposed.
- the top surface of the conductor 505 be flat.
- the average surface roughness (Ra) of the top surface of the conductor 505 may be 1 nm or less, preferably 0.5 nm or less, more preferably 0.3 nm or less. Accordingly, the flatness of the insulating layer formed over the conductor 505 can be improved and the crystallinity of the oxide 530b and the oxide 530c can be improved.
- FIG. 10A is a top view of the transistor 510D.
- 10B is a cross-sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line L1-L2 in FIG. 10A.
- FIG. 10C is a sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line W1-W2 in FIG. 10A.
- some elements are omitted for clarity.
- the transistor 510D is a modification of the above transistor. Therefore, in order to prevent the description from being repeated, differences from the above transistor will be mainly described.
- the conductor 503 is not provided and the conductor 505 functioning as a second gate is also functioned as a wiring.
- the insulator 550 is provided over the oxide 530c, and the metal oxide 552 is provided over the insulator 550.
- the conductor 560 is provided over the metal oxide 552, and the insulator 570 is provided over the conductor 560.
- the insulator 571 is provided over the insulator 570.
- the metal oxide 552 preferably has a function of suppressing oxygen diffusion.
- the metal oxide 552 which suppresses diffusion of oxygen between the insulator 550 and the conductor 560, diffusion of oxygen into the conductor 560 is suppressed. That is, a decrease in the amount of oxygen supplied to the oxide 530 can be suppressed. In addition, oxidation of the conductor 560 due to oxygen can be suppressed.
- the metal oxide 552 may have a function as a part of the first gate.
- an oxide semiconductor that can be used as the oxide 530 can be used as the metal oxide 552.
- the conductor 560 by forming the conductor 560 by a sputtering method, the electric resistance value of the metal oxide 552 can be reduced to form a conductive layer. This can be called an OC (Oxide Conductor) electrode.
- the metal oxide 552 may have a function as a part of the gate insulating film. Therefore, when silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, or the like is used for the insulator 550, the metal oxide 552 is preferably a high-k material which has a high relative dielectric constant. With such a laminated structure, a laminated structure which is stable to heat and has a high relative dielectric constant can be obtained. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the gate potential applied during the operation of the transistor while maintaining the physical film thickness. Further, the equivalent oxide film thickness (EOT) of the insulating layer functioning as the gate insulating film can be reduced.
- EOT equivalent oxide film thickness
- the metal oxide 552 is shown as a single layer in the transistor 510D, a stacked structure of two or more layers may be used. For example, a metal oxide functioning as part of the gate electrode and a metal oxide functioning as part of the gate insulating film may be stacked.
- the on-state current of the transistor 510D can be improved without reducing the influence of the electric field from the conductor 560.
- the distance between the conductor 560 and the oxide 530 is kept by the physical thickness of the insulator 550 and the metal oxide 552, so that Leakage current with the oxide 530 can be suppressed. Therefore, by providing a stacked structure of the insulator 550 and the metal oxide 552, the physical distance between the conductor 560 and the oxide 530 and the electric field strength applied from the conductor 560 to the oxide 530 can be obtained. It can be easily adjusted appropriately.
- the metal oxide 552 can be used as the metal oxide 552 by reducing the resistance of an oxide semiconductor that can be used for the oxide 530.
- a metal oxide containing one kind or two or more kinds selected from hafnium, aluminum, gallium, yttrium, zirconium, tungsten, titanium, tantalum, nickel, germanium, magnesium, or the like can be used.
- hafnium oxide an oxide containing aluminum and hafnium (hafnium aluminate), which is an insulating layer containing an oxide of one or both of aluminum and hafnium.
- hafnium aluminate has higher heat resistance than a hafnium oxide film. Therefore, crystallization is less likely to occur in heat treatment in a later step, which is preferable.
- the metal oxide 552 is not an essential component. It may be appropriately designed depending on the desired transistor characteristics.
- an insulating material having a function of suppressing permeation of impurities such as water or hydrogen and oxygen is preferably used.
- impurities such as water or hydrogen and oxygen
- the insulator 571 functions as a hard mask.
- the side surface of the conductor 560 is substantially vertical when the conductor 560 is processed, and more specifically, the angle between the side surface of the conductor 560 and the substrate surface is 75 degrees or more and 100 degrees or less, It is preferably 80 degrees or more and 95 degrees or less.
- the insulator 571 may also have a function as a barrier layer by using an insulating material having a function of suppressing permeation of impurities such as water or hydrogen and oxygen. In that case, the insulator 570 may not be provided.
- the insulator 571 As a hard mask and selectively removing a part of the insulator 570, the conductor 560, the metal oxide 552, the insulator 550, and the oxide 530c, these side surfaces are substantially aligned with each other. In addition, a part of the surface of the oxide 530b can be exposed.
- the transistor 510D has a region 531a and a region 531b in part of the exposed surface of the oxide 530b.
- One of the region 531a and the region 531b functions as a source region and the other functions as a drain region.
- the regions 531a and 531b are formed by, for example, an ion implantation method, an ion doping method, a plasma immersion ion implantation method, or a plasma treatment, in which an impurity element such as phosphorus or boron is introduced into the exposed surface of the oxide 530b. It can be realized. Note that in this embodiment and the like, an “impurity element” refers to an element other than a main component element.
- a metal film is formed after exposing a part of the surface of the oxide 530b and then heat treatment is performed, so that an element contained in the metal film is diffused into the oxide 530b to form a region 531a and a region 531b. You can also do it.
- the regions 531a and 531b may be referred to as “impurity regions” or "low resistance regions”.
- the region 531a and the region 531b can be formed in a self-aligned manner. Therefore, the conductor 560 does not overlap with the region 531a and / or the region 531b, so that parasitic capacitance can be reduced. Further, no offset region is formed between the channel formation region and the source / drain region (region 531a or region 531b).
- a self-aligned manner self-alignment
- an increase in on-current, a reduction in threshold voltage, an improvement in operating frequency, etc. can be realized.
- an offset region may be provided between the channel formation region and the source / drain region in order to further reduce off-state current.
- the offset region is a region having a high electric resistivity and is a region in which the above-mentioned impurity element is not introduced.
- the offset region can be formed by introducing the above-described impurity element after forming the insulator 575.
- the insulator 575 also functions as a mask similarly to the insulator 571 and the like. Therefore, an impurity element is not introduced into a region of the oxide 530b which overlaps with the insulator 575, so that the electric resistivity of the region can be kept high.
- the transistor 510D includes the insulator 570, the conductor 560, the metal oxide 552, the insulator 550, and the insulator 575 on the side surface of the oxide 530c.
- the insulator 575 is preferably an insulator having a low relative dielectric constant.
- silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, silicon nitride oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxide with fluorine added, silicon oxide with carbon added, silicon oxide with carbon and nitrogen added, silicon oxide with holes, or resin Preferably there is.
- silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, silicon nitride oxide, or silicon oxide having holes for the insulator 575 because an excess oxygen region can be easily formed in the insulator 575 in a later step.
- silicon oxide and silicon oxynitride are preferable because they are thermally stable.
- the insulator 575 preferably has a function of diffusing oxygen.
- the transistor 510D includes the insulator 575 and the insulator 574 over the oxide 530.
- the insulator 574 is preferably formed by a sputtering method. By using the sputtering method, an insulator containing few impurities such as water or hydrogen can be formed. For example, aluminum oxide is preferably used as the insulator 574.
- an oxide film formed by a sputtering method may extract hydrogen from a structure to be formed. Therefore, the insulator 574 absorbs hydrogen and water from the oxide 530 and the insulator 575, whereby the hydrogen concentration of the oxide 530 and the insulator 575 can be reduced.
- FIG. 11A is a top view of the transistor 510E.
- 11B is a cross-sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line L1-L2 in FIG. 11A.
- FIG. 11C is a sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line W1-W2 in FIG. 11A.
- some elements are omitted for the sake of clarity.
- the transistor 510E is a modification of the above transistor. Therefore, in order to prevent the description from being repeated, differences from the above transistor will be mainly described.
- the conductor 542 is not provided and the region 531a and the region 531b are provided in part of the exposed surface of the oxide 530b.
- One of the region 531a and the region 531b functions as a source region and the other functions as a drain region.
- the insulator 573 is provided between the oxide 530b and the insulator 574.
- Regions 531 are regions in which the following elements are added to the oxide 530b.
- the region 531 can be formed by using a dummy gate, for example.
- a dummy gate is preferably provided over the oxide 530b, the dummy gate is used as a mask, and an element that reduces the resistance of the oxide 530b is added. That is, the element is added to a region where the oxide 530 does not overlap with the dummy gate, so that the region 531 is formed.
- an ion implantation method in which the ionized raw material gas is added by mass separation an ion doping method in which the ionized raw material gas is added without mass separation, a plasma immersion ion implantation method, etc. Can be used.
- boron or phosphorus can be given as an element which reduces the resistance of the oxide 530.
- hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, fluorine, sulfur, chlorine, titanium, a rare gas, or the like may be used as an element which reduces the resistance of the oxide 530.
- rare gases include helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and the like.
- concentration of the element may be measured by using secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS: Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) or the like.
- boron and phosphorus are preferable because amorphous silicon or low-temperature polysilicon production line equipment can be used. Existing equipment can be converted and equipment investment can be suppressed.
- an insulating film to be the insulator 573 and an insulating film to be the insulator 574 may be formed over the oxide 530b and the dummy gate.
- the insulating film to be the insulator 580 is subjected to a CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) process to form the insulator 580.
- CMP Chemical Mechanical Polishing
- a part of the insulating film is removed to expose the dummy gate.
- part of the insulator 573 which is in contact with the dummy gate may be removed. Therefore, the insulator 574 and the insulator 573 are exposed on the side surface of the opening provided in the insulator 580, and part of the region 531 provided in the oxide 530b is exposed on the bottom surface of the opening.
- an oxide film to be the oxide 530c, an insulating film to be the insulator 550, and a conductive film to be the conductor 560 are sequentially formed in the opening, and then CMP treatment or the like is performed until the insulator 580 is exposed.
- CMP treatment or the like is performed until the insulator 580 is exposed.
- the insulator 573 and the insulator 574 are not essential components. It may be appropriately designed depending on the desired transistor characteristics.
- the transistor illustrated in FIG. 11 can be converted from an existing device, and further, since the conductor 542 is not provided, cost can be reduced.
- FIG. 12A is a top view of the transistor 510F.
- 12B is a cross-sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line L1-L2 in FIG. 12A.
- FIG. 12C is a sectional view of a portion indicated by alternate long and short dash line W1-W2 in FIG. 12A. In the top view of FIG. 12A, some elements are omitted for clarity.
- the transistor 510F is a modification of the transistor 510A. Therefore, in order to prevent the description from being repeated, differences from the above transistor will be mainly described.
- part of the insulator 574 is provided in an opening provided in the insulator 580 and covers a side surface of the conductor 560.
- an opening is formed by removing part of the insulator 580 and the insulator 574.
- the insulator 576 having a barrier property may be provided between the conductor 546 and the insulator 580.
- oxygen in the insulator 580 can be prevented from reacting with the conductor 546 and oxidizing the conductor 546.
- the oxide 530 when an oxide semiconductor is used as the oxide 530, it is preferable that the oxide 530 have a stacked-layer structure with oxides having different atomic ratios of metal atoms.
- the atomic ratio of the element M in the constituent elements is higher than the atomic ratio of the element M in the constituent elements in the metal oxide used for the oxide 530b. Is preferred.
- the atomic ratio of the element M to In is preferably higher than the atomic ratio of the element M to In in the metal oxide used for the oxide 530b.
- the atomic ratio of In to the element M is preferably higher than the atomic ratio of In to the element M in the metal oxide used for the oxide 530a.
- the oxide 530c a metal oxide that can be used for the oxide 530a or the oxide 530b can be used.
- the oxides 530a, 530b, and 530c preferably have crystallinity, and CAAC-OS is particularly preferably used.
- An oxide having crystallinity such as CAAC-OS has few impurities and defects (oxygen vacancies and the like), has high crystallinity, and has a dense structure. Therefore, extraction of oxygen from the oxide 530b by the source electrode or the drain electrode can be suppressed. Accordingly, even if heat treatment is performed, oxygen extraction from the oxide 530b can be reduced, so that the transistor 510F is stable against a high temperature (so-called thermal budget) in a manufacturing process.
- the oxide 530 may be a single layer of the oxide 530b.
- the oxide 530 is a stack of the oxide 530a, the oxide 530b, and the oxide 530c
- the energy of the bottom of the conduction band of the oxide 530a and the oxide 530c is higher than the energy of the bottom of the conduction band of the oxide 530b.
- the electron affinity of the oxide 530a and the oxide 530c be smaller than the electron affinity of the oxide 530b.
- the oxide 530c is preferably a metal oxide that can be used for the oxide 530a.
- the atomic ratio of the element M in the constituent elements is higher than the atomic ratio of the element M in the constituent elements in the metal oxide used for the oxide 530b. Is preferred.
- the atomic ratio of the element M to In is preferably higher than the atomic ratio of the element M to In in the metal oxide used for the oxide 530b.
- the atomic ratio of In to the element M is preferably higher than the atomic ratio of In to the element M in the metal oxide used for the oxide 530c.
- the energy level at the bottom of the conduction band changes gently.
- the energy level at the bottom of the conduction band at the junction of the oxide 530a, the oxide 530b, and the oxide 530c is continuously changed or continuously joined.
- the oxide 530a and the oxide 530b, and the oxide 530b and the oxide 530c have a common element other than oxygen (as a main component), so that a mixed layer with low density of defect states is formed.
- the oxide 530b is an In—Ga—Zn oxide
- an In—Ga—Zn oxide, a Ga—Zn oxide, gallium oxide, or the like may be used as the oxide 530a and the oxide 530c.
- the oxide 530c may have a stacked structure.
- a laminated structure with gallium oxide can be used.
- a stacked structure of an In—Ga—Zn oxide and an oxide that does not contain In may be used as the oxide 530c.
- the oxide 530c has a stacked-layer structure
- the main path of carriers is the oxide 530b.
- the oxide 530a and the oxide 530c having the above structure, the density of defect states in the interface between the oxide 530a and the oxide 530b and the interface between the oxide 530b and the oxide 530c can be reduced. Therefore, the influence of interface scattering on carrier conduction is reduced, and the transistor 510F can have high on-state current and high frequency characteristics.
- the constituent element of the oxide 530c is closer to the insulator 550 side. It is expected to suppress the spread to the.
- the oxide 530c has a stacked-layer structure and the oxide containing no In is positioned above the stacked-layer structure, In that can diffuse to the insulator 550 side can be suppressed. Since the insulator 550 functions as a gate insulator, when In diffuses, the characteristics of the transistor are deteriorated. Therefore, with the oxide 530c having a stacked-layer structure, a highly reliable semiconductor device can be provided.
- a metal oxide which functions as an oxide semiconductor is preferably used.
- a metal oxide which serves as a channel formation region of the oxide 530 a metal oxide having a bandgap of 2 eV or more, preferably 2.5 eV or more is preferably used.
- a metal oxide having a wide band gap in this manner, off-state current of the transistor can be reduced.
- a semiconductor device with low power consumption can be provided.
- ⁇ Structure example 7 of transistor> 5 and 6 the structure example in which the conductor 560 having a function as a gate is formed inside the opening of the insulator 580 has been described.
- the insulator 580 may be provided above the conductor.
- a body-provided structure can also be used. An example of the structure of such a transistor is shown in FIGS.
- FIG. 13A is a top view of the transistor
- FIG. 13B is a perspective view of the transistor.
- 14A shows a cross-sectional view taken along line X1-X2 in FIG. 13A
- FIG. 14B shows a cross-sectional view taken along Y1-Y2.
- the transistors illustrated in FIGS. 13 and 14 each include a conductor BGE having a function as a back gate, an insulator BGI having a function as a gate insulating film, an oxide semiconductor S, and an insulating material having a function as a gate insulating film. It has a body TGI, a conductor TGE having a function as a front gate, and a conductor WE having a function as a wiring. Further, the conductor PE has a function as a plug for connecting the conductor WE to the oxide S, the conductor BGE, or the conductor TGE. Note that here, an example is shown in which the oxide semiconductor S is formed of three layers of oxides S1, S2, and S3.
- a threshold voltage of a transistor having a first gate and a second gate can be controlled by applying different potentials to the first gate and the second gate. For example, by applying a negative potential to the second gate, the threshold voltage of the transistor can be higher than 0 V and the off-state current can be reduced. That is, by applying a negative potential to the second gate, the drain current can be reduced when the potential applied to the first electrode is 0V.
- the carrier density of an oxide semiconductor may increase when impurities such as hydrogen are added.
- an oxide semiconductor might react with oxygen which is bonded to a metal atom to be water, so that oxygen deficiency is formed. The entry of hydrogen into the oxygen deficiency increases the carrier density.
- part of hydrogen may be bonded to oxygen which is bonded to a metal atom to generate an electron which is a carrier. That is, the oxide semiconductor to which impurities such as hydrogen are added becomes n-type and has low resistance.
- an oxide semiconductor is provided with a region having a low carrier density and functioning as a semiconductor functioning as a channel formation region and a region having a high carrier density and functioning as a source region or a drain region with low resistance. it can.
- Transistor structure 15A and 15C are cross-sectional views of transistors used for evaluation of electric characteristics. Note that in FIGS. 15A and 15C, some elements are omitted for clarity.
- the transistor illustrated in FIGS. 15A and 15C functions as a conductor TGE functioning as a first gate, an insulator TGI functioning as a first gate insulating film, and a sidewall provided on a side surface of the first gate.
- the insulator BGI has a three-layer structure including a first layer in contact with the conductor BGE, a second layer on the first layer, and a third layer on the second layer. Note that the third layer is in contact with the oxide semiconductor S.
- the oxide semiconductor S included in the transistor illustrated in FIG. 15A includes an n + region and an i region which overlaps with the conductor TGE.
- the oxide semiconductor S included in the transistor illustrated in FIG. 15C includes an n + region, an i region overlapping with the conductor TGE, and an n ⁇ region between the n + region and the i region.
- the n + region functions as a source region or a drain region, has a high carrier density, and has a low resistance.
- the i region is a high resistance region that functions as a channel formation region and has a lower carrier density than the n + region.
- the n ⁇ region has a lower carrier density than the n + region and a higher carrier density than the i region.
- the n + region of the oxide semiconductor S has a structure in contact with the S / D electrode functioning as a source or a drain.
- Vsh the amount of change in the threshold voltage (hereinafter, also referred to as Vsh) of the transistor (hereinafter, also referred to as ⁇ Vsh) was used as an index of the electrical characteristics of the transistor.
- the Id-Vg characteristic means that a potential (hereinafter also referred to as a gate potential (Vg)) applied to the conductor TGE which functions as a first gate of a transistor is changed from a first value to a second value.
- Vg gate potential
- Id drain current
- drain potential Vd the potential between the source and the drain
- TGE the potential between the source and the conductor TGE which functions as the first gate
- the device simulator ATLAS of Silvaco was used for the calculation.
- the table below shows the parameters used in the calculation.
- Eg is an energy gap
- Nc is an effective density of states in the conduction band
- Nv is an effective density of states in the valence band.
- the n + region on one side was set to 700 nm and the n ⁇ region on one side was set to 0 nm. Further, in the transistor illustrated in FIG. 15C, the n + region on one side was set to 655 nm, and the n ⁇ region on one side was set to 45 nm.
- the second gate has a structure larger than the i region. Note that in this evaluation, the potential of the conductor BGE functioning as the second gate (hereinafter also referred to as a back gate potential (Vbg)) was set to 0.00V, ⁇ 3.00V, or ⁇ 6.00V. .
- FIG. 15B shows results of Id-Vg characteristics obtained by calculation of the transistor illustrated in FIG. 15A.
- the back gate potential was ⁇ 3.00 V
- the amount of fluctuation ( ⁇ Vsh) in the threshold voltage of the transistor was +1.2 V, compared with when the back gate potential was set to 0.00 V.
- the back gate potential was ⁇ 6.00 V
- the variation amount ( ⁇ Vsh) of the threshold voltage of the transistor was +2.3 V, as compared with the case where the back gate potential was 0.00 V. That is, when the back gate potential was ⁇ 6.00 V, the variation amount ( ⁇ Vsh) of the threshold voltage of the transistor was +1.1 V, compared with when the back gate potential was ⁇ 3.00 V.
- FIG. 15D shows results of Id-Vg characteristics obtained by calculation of the transistor illustrated in FIG. 15C.
- the back gate potential was ⁇ 3.00 V
- the amount of fluctuation ( ⁇ Vsh) in the threshold voltage of the transistor was +1.2 V, compared with when the back gate potential was set to 0.00 V.
- the back gate potential was ⁇ 6.00 V
- the variation amount ( ⁇ Vsh) of the threshold voltage of the transistor was +3.5 V, compared with the case where the back gate potential was 0.00 V. That is, when the back gate potential was ⁇ 6.00 V, the variation amount ( ⁇ Vsh) of the threshold voltage of the transistor was +2.3 V, compared with when the back gate potential was ⁇ 3.00 V. Therefore, the larger the potential (absolute value) of the conductor BGE functioning as the second gate, the larger the variation amount of the threshold voltage of the transistor. On the other hand, the larger the back gate potential (absolute value), the worse the rising characteristics.
- CAAC c-axis aligned crystal
- CAC Cloud-Aligned Composite
- the CAC-OS or the CAC-metal oxide has a conductive function in a part of the material and an insulating function in a part of the material, and the whole material has a function as a semiconductor.
- a conductive function is a function of flowing electrons (or holes) which are carriers
- an insulating function is a carrier. It is a function that does not flow electrons.
- a function of switching (a function of turning on / off) can be imparted to the CAC-OS or the CAC-metal oxide by causing the conductive function and the insulating function to act in a complementary manner. By separating the respective functions in the CAC-OS or CAC-metal oxide, both functions can be maximized.
- the CAC-OS or the CAC-metal oxide has a conductive region and an insulating region.
- the conductive region has the above-mentioned conductive function
- the insulating region has the above-mentioned insulating function.
- the conductive region and the insulating region may be separated at the nanoparticle level.
- the conductive region and the insulating region may be unevenly distributed in the material.
- the conductive region may be observed by blurring the periphery and connecting in a cloud shape.
- the conductive region and the insulating region are dispersed in the material in a size of 0.5 nm to 10 nm, preferably 0.5 nm to 3 nm. There is.
- the CAC-OS or CAC-metal oxide is composed of components having different band gaps.
- the CAC-OS or the CAC-metal oxide is composed of a component having a wide gap due to the insulating region and a component having a narrow gap due to the conductive region.
- a carrier when flowing a carrier, a carrier mainly flows in the component which has a narrow gap.
- the component having the narrow gap acts complementarily to the component having the wide gap, and the carrier also flows to the component having the wide gap in conjunction with the component having the narrow gap. Therefore, when the CAC-OS or CAC-metal oxide is used in the channel formation region of a transistor, a high current driving force, that is, a large on-current and a high field-effect mobility can be obtained in the on state of the transistor.
- the CAC-OS or the CAC-metal oxide can also be referred to as a matrix composite material or a metal matrix composite material.
- Oxide semiconductors are classified into single crystal oxide semiconductors and other non-single crystal oxide semiconductors.
- the non-single-crystal oxide semiconductor include a CAAC-OS (c-axis aligned crystal oxide semiconductor), a polycrystalline oxide semiconductor, an nc-OS (nanocrystal oxide semiconductor), and a pseudo-amorphous oxide semiconductor (a-like oxide).
- OS amorphous-like oxide semiconductor
- amorphous oxide semiconductors amorphous oxide semiconductors.
- a thin film with high crystallinity is preferably used as an oxide semiconductor used for a semiconductor of a transistor.
- the thin film By using the thin film, stability or reliability of the transistor can be improved.
- the thin film include a single crystal oxide semiconductor thin film and a polycrystalline oxide semiconductor thin film.
- a high temperature or laser heating process is required to form a single crystal oxide semiconductor thin film or a polycrystalline oxide semiconductor thin film on a substrate. Therefore, the cost of the manufacturing process increases, and the throughput also decreases.
- Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2 report that an In-Ga-Zn oxide having a CAAC structure (referred to as CAAC-IGZO) was discovered in 2009. Here, it is reported that CAAC-IGZO has c-axis orientation, crystal grain boundaries are not clearly confirmed, and can be formed on a substrate at low temperature. Further, it is reported that a transistor including CAAC-IGZO has excellent electrical characteristics and reliability.
- CAAC-IGZO In-Ga-Zn oxide having a CAAC structure
- nc-IGZO In-Ga-Zn oxide having an nc structure
- Non-Patent Document 3 it has been reported that nc-IGZO has a periodic atomic arrangement in a minute region (for example, a region of 1 nm or more and 3 nm or less), and no regularity is observed in crystal orientation between different regions. There is.
- Non-Patent Document 4 and Non-Patent Document 5 show the transition of the average crystal size due to the irradiation of electron beams on the respective thin films of CAAC-IGZO, nc-IGZO, and IGZO having low crystallinity.
- IGZO having low crystallinity
- crystalline IGZO having a crystal size of about 1 nm is observed even before being irradiated with an electron beam. Therefore, it is reported here that the presence of a completely amorphous structure (complementary amorphous structure) could not be confirmed in IGZO.
- the CAAC-IGZO thin film and the nc-IGZO thin film have higher stability against electron beam irradiation than the IGZO thin film having low crystallinity. Therefore, it is preferable to use a thin film of CAAC-IGZO or a thin film of nc-IGZO as a semiconductor of the transistor.
- the CAAC-OS has a crystal structure having c-axis orientation and a plurality of nanocrystals connected in the ab plane direction and having strain.
- the strain refers to a portion in which the orientation of the lattice arrangement is changed between a region where the lattice arrangement is uniform and another region where the lattice arrangement is uniform in the region where a plurality of nanocrystals are connected.
- the nanocrystal is basically a hexagon, but is not limited to a regular hexagon, and may be a non-regular hexagon.
- the strain may have a lattice arrangement such as a pentagon and a heptagon.
- a clear crystal grain boundary also referred to as a grain boundary
- the formation of crystal grain boundaries is suppressed by the distortion of the lattice arrangement. This is because the CAAC-OS can tolerate strain due to a non-dense arrangement of oxygen atoms in the ab plane direction, a change in bond distance between atoms due to substitution with a metal element, or the like. It is thought to be because.
- the CAAC-OS is a layered crystal in which a layer containing indium and oxygen (hereinafter, an In layer) and a layer containing elements M, zinc, and oxygen (hereinafter, a (M, Zn) layer) are stacked. It tends to have a structure (also referred to as a layered structure).
- indium and the element M can be replaced with each other, and when the element M of the (M, Zn) layer is replaced with indium, it can be expressed as an (In, M, Zn) layer.
- the indium in the In layer is replaced with the element M, it can be expressed as an (In, M) layer.
- CAAC-OS is an oxide semiconductor with high crystallinity.
- the CAAC-OS a clear crystal grain boundary cannot be confirmed, so that it can be said that a decrease in electron mobility due to the crystal grain boundary is unlikely to occur.
- the crystallinity of an oxide semiconductor might be lowered due to entry of impurities, generation of defects, and the like; therefore, the CAAC-OS can be referred to as an oxide semiconductor with few impurities and defects (such as oxygen vacancies). Therefore, the oxide semiconductor including the CAAC-OS has stable physical properties. Therefore, the oxide semiconductor including the CAAC-OS is highly heat resistant and highly reliable. Further, the CAAC-OS is stable even at a high temperature (so-called thermal budget) in the manufacturing process. Therefore, when the CAAC-OS is used for the OS transistor, the degree of freedom in the manufacturing process can be increased.
- the nc-OS has a periodic atomic arrangement in a minute region (for example, a region of 1 nm or more and 10 nm or less, particularly a region of 1 nm or more and 3 nm or less). Moreover, in the nc-OS, no regularity is found in the crystal orientation between different nanocrystals. Therefore, no orientation is seen in the entire film. Therefore, the nc-OS may be indistinguishable from the a-like OS or the amorphous oxide semiconductor depending on the analysis method.
- the a-like OS is an oxide semiconductor having a structure between the nc-OS and the amorphous oxide semiconductor.
- the a-like OS has a void or a low density region. That is, the crystallinity of the a-like OS is lower than that of the nc-OS and the CAAC-OS.
- Oxide semiconductors have various structures and have different characteristics.
- the oxide semiconductor of one embodiment of the present invention may include two or more of an amorphous oxide semiconductor, a polycrystalline oxide semiconductor, an a-like OS, an nc-OS, and a CAAC-OS.
- a transistor including the above oxide semiconductor has extremely small leakage current in a non-conducting state.
- the off-state current per 1 ⁇ m of the channel width of the transistor is on the order of yA / ⁇ m (10 ⁇ 24 A / ⁇ m). That is shown in Non-Patent Document 6.
- a low-power-consumption CPU or the like which applies the characteristic that a transistor including an oxide semiconductor has a low leak current, is disclosed (see Non-Patent Document 7).
- Non-Patent Document 8 an application of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor to a display device, which takes advantage of the low leakage current of the transistor, has been reported (see Non-Patent Document 8).
- the display device On the display device, the displayed image is switched several tens of times per second. The number of image switchings per second is called the refresh rate. The refresh rate may also be called the drive frequency.
- Such high-speed screen switching which is difficult for human eyes to perceive, is considered as a cause of eye fatigue. Therefore, it has been proposed to reduce the refresh rate of the display device to reduce the number of image rewrites. Further, driving with a reduced refresh rate can reduce power consumption of the display device.
- IDS idling stop
- an oxide semiconductor having a low carrier density is preferably used for the transistor.
- the concentration of impurities in the oxide semiconductor film may be lowered and the density of defect states may be lowered.
- low impurity concentration and low defect level density are referred to as high-purity intrinsic or substantially high-purity intrinsic.
- a highly purified intrinsic or substantially highly purified intrinsic oxide semiconductor film has a low density of defect states and thus has a low density of trap states in some cases.
- the carrier density of the oxide semiconductor that can be used in one embodiment of the present invention may be in the range described in Embodiment 2.
- the charge trapped in the trap level of the oxide semiconductor takes a long time to disappear and may behave like fixed charge. Therefore, a transistor in which a channel formation region is formed in an oxide semiconductor with a high trap level density might have unstable electrical characteristics.
- Impurities include hydrogen, nitrogen, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, iron, nickel, silicon and the like.
- the concentration of silicon or carbon in the oxide semiconductor and the concentration of silicon or carbon in the vicinity of the interface with the oxide semiconductor (the concentration obtained by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) are 2) It is set to be not more than ⁇ 10 18 atoms / cm 3 , preferably not more than 2 ⁇ 10 17 atoms / cm 3 .
- the oxide semiconductor contains an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal
- a defect level might be formed and a carrier might be generated. Therefore, a transistor including an oxide semiconductor containing an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal is likely to have normally-on characteristics. Therefore, it is preferable to reduce the concentration of alkali metal or alkaline earth metal in the oxide semiconductor.
- the concentration of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal in the oxide semiconductor obtained by SIMS is 1 ⁇ 10 18 atoms / cm 3 or less, preferably 2 ⁇ 10 16 atoms / cm 3 or less.
- the oxide semiconductor when nitrogen is contained, electrons which are carriers are generated, carrier density is increased, and n-type is easily formed. As a result, a transistor including an oxide semiconductor containing nitrogen is likely to have normally-on characteristics. Therefore, in the oxide semiconductor, nitrogen is preferably reduced as much as possible.
- the nitrogen concentration in the oxide semiconductor is less than 5 ⁇ 10 19 atoms / cm 3 in SIMS, preferably 5 ⁇ 10 18 atoms / cm 3 or less, more preferably 1 ⁇ 10 18 atoms / cm 3 or less, and further It is preferably 5 ⁇ 10 17 atoms / cm 3 or less.
- the oxide semiconductor reacts with oxygen bonded to a metal atom to be water, which might cause oxygen deficiency.
- oxygen vacancies electrons that are carriers may be generated.
- part of hydrogen may be bonded to oxygen which is bonded to a metal atom to generate an electron which is a carrier. Therefore, a transistor including an oxide semiconductor containing hydrogen is likely to have normally-on characteristics. Therefore, it is preferable that hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor be reduced as much as possible.
- the hydrogen concentration obtained by SIMS is less than 1 ⁇ 10 20 atoms / cm 3 , preferably less than 1 ⁇ 10 19 atoms / cm 3 , and more preferably 5 ⁇ 10 18 atoms / cm 3. It is less than 3 , and more preferably less than 1 ⁇ 10 18 atoms / cm 3 .
- the discovery of the CAAC structure and the nc structure contributes to improvement in electrical characteristics and reliability of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor having a CAAC structure or an nc structure, cost reduction in a manufacturing process, and improvement in throughput. Further, application research of the transistor to a display device and an LSI, which utilizes the characteristic that the leak current of the transistor is low, is under way.
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図2Aは、アンプのシンボルを示す図である。図2B、図2Cは、アンプの構成例を示す回路図である。
図3は、入力端子とノードおよび出力端子の電位関係を示す図である。
図4Aは、二次電池と異常検知回路の構成例を示す図である。図4Bは、異常検知回路を半導体装置に接続した例を示す図である。
図5は、半導体装置の構成例を示す断面図である。
図6A、図6B、図6Cは、トランジスタの構造例を示す断面図である。
図7Aは、トランジスタの構造例を示す上面図である。図7B、図7Cは、トランジスタの構造例を示す断面図である。
図8Aは、トランジスタの構造例を示す上面図である。図8B、図8Cは、トランジスタの構造例を示す断面図である。
図9Aは、トランジスタの構造例を示す上面図である。図9B、図9Cは、トランジスタの構造例を示す断面図である。
図10Aは、トランジスタの構造例を示す上面図である。図10B、図10Cは、トランジスタの構造例を示す断面図である。
図11Aは、トランジスタの構造例を示す上面図である。図11B、図11Cは、トランジスタの構造例を示す断面図である。
図12Aは、トランジスタの構造例を示す上面図である。図12B、図12Cは、トランジスタの構造例を示す断面図である。
図13Aは、トランジスタの構造例を示す上面図である。図13Bは、トランジスタの構造例を示す斜視図である。
図14A、図14Bは、トランジスタの構造例を示す断面図である。
図15A、図15Cは、トランジスタの断面図である。図15B、図15Dは、トランジスタの電気特性を示す図である。
本実施の形態では、本発明の一形態に係わる半導体装置の構成例について説明する。本発明の一形態に係わる半導体装置は、nチャネル型トランジスタを用いて構成され、入力されたデジタル信号のハイレベルを表す電位、または、ローレベルを表す電位(または、その双方)を変更する、レベルシフト回路としての機能を有する。また、本発明の一形態に係わる半導体装置は、入力されたデジタル信号の電位を、負電位方向へ(低電位方向へ)レベルシフトする機能を有する。
図1Aは、半導体装置100の構成例を示す回路図である。半導体装置100は、トランジスタ11乃至トランジスタ15、および、コンパレータ50を有する。トランジスタ11乃至トランジスタ15は、nチャネル型のトランジスタであり、コンパレータ50も、nチャネル型のトランジスタを用いて構成される。なお、本明細書等で説明する図面においては、主な信号の流れを矢印または線で示しており、電源線等は省略する場合がある。
次に、コンパレータ50の構成例について説明する。コンパレータ50は、非反転入力端子、反転入力端子、および、出力端子を有する。半導体装置100が有するコンパレータ50は、nチャネル型トランジスタを用いて構成され、非反転入力端子と、反転入力端子に入力された電位差を増幅する機能を有する。コンパレータ50は、非反転入力端子に入力された電位が、反転入力端子に入力された電位より大きい場合、高電源電位方向へ増幅して出力し、非反転入力端子に入力された電位が、反転入力端子に入力された電位より小さい場合、低電源電位方向へ増幅して出力する。
図3は、入力端子S_IN、ノードN11乃至ノードN13、および、出力端子S_OUTの電位関係を示す図である。図3は、入力端子S_INに、ハイレベルを表す第2高電源電位VD2が入力される期間D11と、ローレベルを表す第1高電源電位VD1が入力される期間D12について、示している。
半導体装置100を構成するトランジスタ11乃至トランジスタ15、および、コンパレータ50を構成するトランジスタには、チャネル形成領域に金属酸化物を有するトランジスタ(OSトランジスタ)を用いることができる。
半導体装置100の使用例について説明する。半導体装置100は、例えば、二次電池を直列接続した組電池において、異常検知回路を構成する際に使用できる。
本実施の形態では、上記実施の形態で説明した半導体装置100に用いることができる、OSトランジスタの構成例について説明する。なお、OSトランジスタは薄膜トランジスタであり、積層して設けることができるため、本実施の形態では、単結晶シリコン基板に形成されたSiトランジスタの上方に、OSトランジスタを設けた半導体装置の構成例について説明する。
図5に示す半導体装置は、トランジスタ300と、トランジスタ500、および容量素子600を有している。図6Aはトランジスタ500のチャネル長方向の断面図であり、図6Bはトランジスタ500のチャネル幅方向の断面図であり、図6Cはトランジスタ300のチャネル幅方向の断面図である。
なお、本実施の形態に示す半導体装置のトランジスタ500は、上記の構造に限られるものではない。以下、トランジスタ500に用いることができる構造例について説明する。
図7A、図7Bおよび図7Cを用いてトランジスタ510Aの構造例を説明する。図7Aはトランジスタ510Aの上面図である。図7Bは、図7Aに一点鎖線L1−L2で示す部位の断面図である。図7Cは、図7Aに一点鎖線W1−W2で示す部位の断面図である。なお、図7Aの上面図では、図の明瞭化のために一部の要素を省いて図示している。
図8A、図8Bおよび図8Cを用いてトランジスタ510Bの構造例を説明する。図8Aはトランジスタ510Bの上面図である。図8Bは、図8Aに一点鎖線L1−L2で示す部位の断面図である。図8Cは、図8Aに一点鎖線W1−W2で示す部位の断面図である。なお、図8Aの上面図では、図の明瞭化のために一部の要素を省いて図示している。
図9A、図9Bおよび図9Cを用いてトランジスタ510Cの構造例を説明する。図9Aはトランジスタ510Cの上面図である。図9Bは、図9Aに一点鎖線L1−L2で示す部位の断面図である。図9Cは、図9Aに一点鎖線W1−W2で示す部位の断面図である。なお、図9Aの上面図では、図の明瞭化のために一部の要素を省いて図示している。
図10A、図10Bおよび図10Cを用いてトランジスタ510Dの構造例を説明する。図10Aはトランジスタ510Dの上面図である。図10Bは、図10Aに一点鎖線L1−L2で示す部位の断面図である。図10Cは、図10Aに一点鎖線W1−W2で示す部位の断面図である。なお、図10Aの上面図では、図の明瞭化のために一部の要素を省いて図示している。
図11A乃至図11Cを用いてトランジスタ510Eの構造例を説明する。図11Aはトランジスタ510Eの上面図である。図11Bは、図11Aに一点鎖線L1−L2で示す部位の断面図である。図11Cは、図11Aに一点鎖線W1−W2で示す部位の断面図である。なお、図11Aの上面図では、図の明瞭化のために一部の要素を省いて図示している。
図12A乃至図12Cを用いてトランジスタ510Fの構造例を説明する。図12Aはトランジスタ510Fの上面図である。図12Bは、図12Aに一点鎖線L1−L2で示す部位の断面図である。図12Cは、図12Aに一点鎖線W1−W2で示す部位の断面図である。なお、図12Aの上面図では、図の明瞭化のために一部の要素を省いて図示している。
また、図5及び図6では、ゲートとしての機能を有する導電体560が、絶縁体580の開口の内部に形成されている構造例について説明したが、例えば、当該導電体の上方に、当該絶縁体が設けられた構造を用いることもできる。このようなトランジスタの構造例を、図13、図14に示す。
次に、OSトランジスタの電気特性について説明する。以下では一例として、第1のゲート及び第2のゲートを有するトランジスタについて説明する。第1のゲート及び第2のゲートを有するトランジスタは、第1のゲートと第2のゲートに異なる電位を印加することで、しきい値電圧を制御することができる。例えば、第2のゲートに負の電位を印加することにより、トランジスタのしきい値電圧を0Vより大きくし、オフ電流を低減することができる。つまり、第2のゲートに負の電位を印加することにより、第1の電極に印加する電位が0Vのときのドレイン電流を小さくすることができる。
図15Aおよび図15Cは、電気特性の評価に用いたトランジスタの断面図である。なお、図15Aおよび図15Cでは、図の明瞭化のために一部の要素を省いて図示している。
図15Aに示すトランジスタ、および図15Cに示すトランジスタにおいて、Id−Vg特性を計算し、トランジスタの電気特性を評価した。
本実施の形態では、上記実施の形態で説明したOSトランジスタに用いることができる金属酸化物の構成について説明する。
本明細書等において、CAAC(c−axis aligned crystal)、及びCAC(Cloud−Aligned Composite)と記載する場合がある。なお、CAACは結晶構造の一例を表し、CACは機能、または材料の構成の一例を表す。
酸化物半導体は、単結晶酸化物半導体と、それ以外の非単結晶酸化物半導体と、に分けられる。非単結晶酸化物半導体としては、例えば、CAAC−OS(c−axis aligned crystalline oxide semiconductor)、多結晶酸化物半導体、nc−OS(nanocrystalline oxide semiconductor)、擬似非晶質酸化物半導体(a−like OS:amorphous−like oxide semiconductor)および非晶質酸化物半導体などがある。
続いて、上記酸化物半導体をトランジスタに用いる場合について説明する。
ここで、酸化物半導体中における各不純物の影響について説明する。
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- 第1ソースフォロワと、
第2ソースフォロワと、
コンパレータと、を有し、
前記第1ソースフォロワには、第2高電源電位および低電源電位が供給され、
前記第2ソースフォロワには、第1高電源電位および前記低電源電位が供給され、
前記コンパレータには、前記第1高電源電位および前記低電源電位が供給され、
前記第1高電源電位は、前記低電源電位より、高い電位であり、
前記第2高電源電位は、前記第1高電源電位より、高い電位であり、
前記第1ソースフォロワには、前記第2高電源電位および前記第1高電源電位を用いて、ハイレベルまたはローレベルが表されるデジタル信号が入力され、
前記コンパレータは、前記第1ソースフォロワの出力電位と、前記第2ソースフォロワの出力電位を、比較し、
前記コンパレータは、前記第1高電源電位および前記低電源電位を用いて、ハイレベルまたはローレベルが表されるデジタル信号を出力する、半導体装置。 - 第1ソースフォロワと、
第2ソースフォロワと、
コンパレータと、を有し、
前記第1ソースフォロワには、第2高電源電位および低電源電位が供給され、
前記第2ソースフォロワには、第1高電源電位および前記低電源電位が供給され、
前記コンパレータには、前記第1高電源電位および前記低電源電位が供給され、
前記第1高電源電位は、前記低電源電位より、高い電位であり、
前記第2高電源電位は、前記第1高電源電位より、高い電位であり、
前記第1ソースフォロワには、前記第2高電源電位および前記第1高電源電位を用いて、ハイレベルまたはローレベルが表されるデジタル信号が入力され、
前記第1ソースフォロワの出力電位が、前記第2ソースフォロワの出力電位より高い場合、前記コンパレータは、前記第1高電源電位を出力し、
前記第1ソースフォロワの出力電位が、前記第2ソースフォロワの出力電位より低い場合、前記コンパレータは、前記低電源電位を出力する、半導体装置。 - 第1ソースフォロワと、
第2ソースフォロワと、
コンパレータと、を有し、
前記第1ソースフォロワには、第2高電源電位および低電源電位が供給され、
前記第2ソースフォロワには、第1高電源電位および前記低電源電位が供給され、
前記コンパレータには、前記第1高電源電位および前記低電源電位が供給され、
前記第1高電源電位は、前記低電源電位より、高い電位であり、
前記第2高電源電位は、前記第1高電源電位より、高い電位であり、
前記第1ソースフォロワには、前記第2高電源電位および前記第1高電源電位を用いて、ハイレベルまたはローレベルが表されるデジタル信号が入力され、
前記第2ソースフォロワには、所定の電位が入力され、
前記第1ソースフォロワの出力電位が、前記第2ソースフォロワの出力電位より高い場合、前記コンパレータは、前記第1高電源電位を出力し、
前記第1ソースフォロワの出力電位が、前記第2ソースフォロワの出力電位より低い場合、前記コンパレータは、前記低電源電位を出力する、半導体装置。 - 請求項1乃至請求項3のいずれか一項において、
前記第1ソースフォロワを構成するトランジスタ、前記第2ソースフォロワを構成するトランジスタ、および、前記コンパレータを構成するトランジスタは、nチャネル型である、半導体装置。 - 請求項1乃至請求項3のいずれか一項において、
前記第1ソースフォロワを構成するトランジスタ、前記第2ソースフォロワを構成するトランジスタ、および、前記コンパレータを構成するトランジスタは、チャネル形成領域に金属酸化物を有する、半導体装置。
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