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Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2018
Applicant:

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;

Inventors:

Setsuji Nishimiya, Sakai, JP;

Tohru Daitoh, Sakai, JP;

Masahiko Suzuki, Sakai, JP;

Kengo Hara, Sakai, JP;

Hajime Imai, Sakai, JP;

Toshikatsu Itoh, Sakai, JP;

Hideki Kitagawa, Sakai, JP;

Tetsuo Kikuchi, Sakai, JP;

Teruyuki Ueda, Sakai, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/786 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/467 (2006.01); H01L 21/477 (2006.01); H01L 29/24 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7869 (2013.01); H01L 21/02565 (2013.01); H01L 21/467 (2013.01); H01L 21/477 (2013.01); H01L 29/24 (2013.01); H01L 29/66969 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device () includes a TFT () supported on a substrate (), wherein the TFT () includes a gate electrode (), a gate insulating layer () that covers the gate electrode (), and an oxide semiconductor layer () that is formed on the gate insulating layer (). The oxide semiconductor layerhas a layered structure including a first oxide semiconductor layer () in contact with the gate insulating layer () and a second oxide semiconductor layer () layered on the first oxide semiconductor layer (). The first oxide semiconductor layer () and the second oxide semiconductor layer () both include In, Ga and Zn; an In atomic ratio of the first oxide semiconductor layer () is greater than a Zn atomic ratio thereof, and an In atomic ratio of the second oxide semiconductor layer () is smaller than a Zn atomic ratio thereof; and the oxide semiconductor layer () has a side surface of a forward tapered shape.


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