Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Masakatsu Ohno

Hiroki Adachi

Satoru Idojiri

Shunpei Yamazaki

Koichi Takeshima

Yoshiharu Hirakata

Kohei Yokoyama

Seiji Yasumoto

Kayo Kumakura

Hisao Ikeda

Shingo Eguchi

Yasuhiro Jinbo

Daisuke Kurosaki

Yukinori Shima

Akihiro Chida

Tomoya Aoyama

Takahiro Fukutome

Toru Tanabe

Masataka Sato

Koji Moriya

Takumi Shigenobu

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Junichi Koezuka

Masami Jintyou

Junpei Yanaka

Kunihiko Suzuki

Daiki Nakamura

Ryu Komatsu

Naoto Goto

Saki Eguchi

Naoki Ikezawa

Kanpei Kikuchi

A semiconductor device with favorable electrical characteristics is provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. A semiconductor device with stable electrical characteristics is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and a first conductive layer. The semiconductor layer, the second insulating layer, and the first conductive layer are stacked in this order over the first insulating layer. The first insulating layer has a stacked-layer structure in which a first insulating film, a second insulating film, and a third insulating film are stacked in this order. The second insulating layer includes an oxide. The third insulating film includes a part in contact with the semiconductor layer. The first insulating film includes silicon and nitrogen. The second insulating film includes silicon, nitrogen, and oxygen. The third insulating film includes silicon and oxygen. The semiconductor layer includes indium and oxygen.

Semiconductor device

A first organic resin layer is formed over a first substrate; a first insulating film is formed over the first organic resin layer; a first element layer is formed over the first insulating film; a second organic resin layer is formed over a second substrate; a second insulating film is formed over the second organic resin layer; a second element layer is formed over the second insulating film; the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded; a first separation step in which adhesion between the first organic resin layer and the first substrate is reduced; the first organic resin layer and a first flexible substrate are bonded with a first bonding layer; a second separation step in which adhesion between the second organic resin layer and the second substrate is reduced; and the second organic resin layer and a second flexible substrate are bonded with a second bonding layer.

Display device and method for manufacturing the same

A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. A second insulating layer is positioned over a first insulating layer. A semiconductor layer is positioned between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. A third insulating layer is positioned over the second insulating layer. A fourth insulating layer is positioned over the third insulating layer. A first conductive layer includes a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer, and is positioned between the third insulating layer and the fourth insulating layer. The third insulating layer includes a region in contact with a bottom surface of the first conductive layer and a region in contact with the fourth insulating layer. The fourth insulating layer is in contact with a top surface and a side surface of the first conductive layer. A fifth insulating layer is in contact with a top surface and a side surface of the semiconductor layer. The fifth insulating layer includes a first opening and a second opening in a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer and not overlapping with the first conductive layer. A second conductive layer and a third conductive layer are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer in the first opening and the second opening, respectively. The third to fifth insulating layers include metal, and oxygen or nitrogen. A sixth insulating layer includes a region in contact with a top surface and a side surface of the fifth insulating layer and a region in contact with the first insulating layer.

Semiconductor device and display device

The yield of a separation process is improved. The mass productivity of a display device which is formed through a separation process is improved. A layer is formed over a substrate with use of a material including a resin or a resin precursor. Next, a resin layer is formed by performing heat treatment on the layer. Next, a layer to be separated is formed over the resin layer. Then, the layer to be separated and the substrate are separated from each other. The heat treatment is performed in an atmosphere containing oxygen or while supplying a gas containing oxygen.

Separation method, display device, display module, and electronic device

A peeling method at low cost with high mass productivity is provided. A silicon layer having a function of releasing hydrogen by irradiation with light is formed over a formation substrate, a first layer is formed using a photosensitive material over the silicon layer, an opening is formed in a portion of the first layer that overlaps with the silicon layer by a photolithography method and the first layer is heated to form a resin layer having an opening, a transistor including an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region is formed over the resin layer, a conductive layer is formed to overlap with the opening of the resin layer and the silicon layer, the silicon layer is irradiated with light using a laser, and the transistor and the formation substrate are separated from each other.

Peeling method and manufacturing method of flexible device

A highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. A second insulating layer is positioned over a first insulating layer. A semiconductor layer is positioned between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. A third insulating layer is positioned over the second insulating layer. A fourth insulating layer is positioned over the third insulating layer. A first conductive layer includes a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer, and is positioned between the third insulating layer and the fourth insulating layer. The third insulating layer includes a region in contact with a bottom surface of the first conductive layer and a region in contact with the fourth insulating layer. The fourth insulating layer is in contact with atop surface and a side surface of the first conductive layer. A fifth insulating layer is in contact with a top surface and a side surface of the semiconductor layer. The fifth insulating layer includes a first opening and a second opening in a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer and not overlapping with the first conductive layer. A second conductive layer and a third conductive layer are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer in the first opening and the second opening, respectively. The third to fifth insulating layers include metal, and oxygen or nitrogen. A sixth insulating layer includes a region in contact with a top surface and a side surface of the fifth insulating layer and a region in contact with the first insulating layer.

A method for manufacturing a display device with low power consumption is provided. A method for manufacturing a display device includes a step of forming a first layer over a substrate by using a material containing a resin or a resin precursor, a step of forming a first region and a second region thinner than the first region in the first layer, a step of forming a first resin layer including a first region and a second region thinner than the first region by performing first heat treatment on the first layer in a gas containing oxygen, a step of forming, over the first resin layer, a layer to be separated including a display element, and a step of separating the layer to be separated and the substrate from each other. A step of forming a conductive layer over the first resin layer in a position overlapping with the second region is included in the step of forming the layer to be separated. A step of exposing the conductive layer by removing the first resin layer is included after the step of separating the layer to be separated and the substrate from each other.

Method for manufacturing display device, display device, display module, and electronic device

A liquid crystal display device that is not influenced by a noise in obtaining positional information can be provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a pixel electrode and a common electrode with a first insulating film interposed therebetween. The pixel electrode and the common electrode partly overlap with each other. The liquid crystal display device further includes a second substrate provided with a pair of electrodes, a resin film covering the pair of electrodes, and a conductive film on the resin film. The pair of electrodes partly overlap with each other with a second insulating film interposed therebetween. The liquid crystal display device further includes a liquid crystal layer between the conductive film on the second substrate side and the pixel electrode and the common electrode on the first substrate side. A predetermined potential is supplied to the conductive film.

Liquid crystal display device

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Masakatsu Ohno