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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2017
Applicant:

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Masahiko Suzuki, Sakai, JP;

Hajime Imai, Sakai, JP;

Hideki Kitagawa, Sakai, JP;

Tetsuo Kikuchi, Sakai, JP;

Setsuji Nishimiya, Sakai, JP;

Teruyuki Ueda, Sakai, JP;

Kengo Hara, Sakai, JP;

Tohru Daitoh, Sakai, JP;

Toshikatsu Itoh, Sakai, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/786 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/1345 (2006.01); G02F 1/1368 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01); H01L 29/24 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); G02F 1/1362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/78693 (2013.01); G02F 1/1368 (2013.01); G02F 1/13454 (2013.01); G02F 1/134363 (2013.01); H01L 21/02565 (2013.01); H01L 21/02592 (2013.01); H01L 21/02631 (2013.01); H01L 27/124 (2013.01); H01L 27/1225 (2013.01); H01L 27/1251 (2013.01); H01L 29/247 (2013.01); H01L 29/66969 (2013.01); H01L 29/78675 (2013.01); H01L 29/78696 (2013.01); G02F 1/136227 (2013.01); G02F 2001/13685 (2013.01); G02F 2001/134372 (2013.01); G02F 2202/104 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, the semiconductor layer includes a layered structure including a first oxide semiconductor layer including In and Zn, in which an atomic ratio of In with respect to all metallic elements included in the first oxide semiconductor layer is higher than an atomic ratio of Zn, a second oxide semiconductor layer including In and Zn, in which an atomic ratio of Zn with respect to all metallic elements included in the second oxide semiconductor layer is higher than an atomic ratio of In, and an intermediate oxide semiconductor layer arranged between the first oxide semiconductor layer and the second oxide semiconductor layer, and the first and second oxide semiconductor layers are crystalline oxide semiconductor layers, and the intermediate oxide semiconductor layer is an amorphous oxide semiconductor layer, and the first oxide semiconductor layer is arranged nearer to the gate insulating layer than the second oxide semiconductor layer.


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