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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2021
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Atsugi, JP;
Shunpei Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsunori Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Imoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitomi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Watanabe, Tochigi, JP;
Mitsuo Mashiyama, Tochigi, JP;
Kenichi Okazaki, Tochigi, JP;
Motoki Nakashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Shimazu, Tokyo, JP;
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Atsugi, JP;
Abstract
There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure.