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Semiconductor device

A semiconductor and remote control device technology, which is applied in semiconductor devices, semiconductor/solid-state device manufacturing, transistors, etc., can solve problems such as uneven crystal grain size, achieve excellent characteristics, high yield, and reduce characteristic changes.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-07-04
SEMICON ENERGY LAB CO LTD
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The grain size of the crystal becomes non-uniform due to the influence of the energy distribution of the laser beam during scanning

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[0042] A state in which a CW laser beam is scanned on the surface of a semiconductor film formed on a substrate and a manufactured TFT will be described with reference to FIGS. 1A to 1C.

[0043] FIG. 1A is a plan view showing a scanning state of a laser beam 11 on the surface of an amorphous semiconductor film. A laser beam 11 has an elongated elliptical beam spot and is scanned in a scanning direction 12 indicated by an arrow in the figure to partially form a crystal region.

[0044] Although not shown in FIG. 1A, since the figure shows an example of forming a top gate type TFT, a base insulating film is formed over a substrate having an insulating surface and an amorphous semiconductor film is formed thereon.

[0045] In the crystallization process of an amorphous semiconductor film, a continuous wave solid-state laser is used in this embodiment mode and a laser beam having the second, third, or fourth harmonic of the fundamental wave is emitted onto the semiconductor film ...

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[0068] A state in which a quasi-CW laser beam is scanned on the surface of a semiconductor film formed over a substrate and a manufactured TFT are described with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B.

[0069] FIG. 2A is a plan view showing a scanning state of a laser beam 31 on the surface of an amorphous semiconductor film. A laser beam 31 has an elongated elliptical beam spot and is scanned in a scanning direction 32 indicated by an arrow in the figure to partially form a crystal region.

[0070] Although not shown in FIG. 2A, since the figure shows an example of forming a top gate type TFT, a base insulating film is formed on a substrate having an insulating surface and an amorphous semiconductor film is formed thereon.

[0071] In the process of crystallizing the amorphous semiconductor film, YVO with an output of 1.8W was used 4 laser with a repetition rate of 80 MHz and a pulse width of approximately 12 ps. The pulse repetition rate is not limited to 80 MHz in the present inve...

Embodiment 1

[0088] In Embodiment Mode 1, the configuration of the laser irradiation equipment will be described with reference to FIG. 3 .

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Abstract

When a semiconductor film is irradiated with conventional pulsed laser light, unevenness, which is called as ridge, is caused on the surface of the semiconductor film. In the case of a top-gate type TFT, element characteristics are changed depending on the ridge. In particular, there is a problem in that variation in the plural thin film transistors electrically connected in parallel with one another. According to the present invention, in manufacturing a circuit including plural thin film transistors, the width LP of a region (not including a microcrystal region) that is melted by irradiating a semiconductor film with light of a continuous wave laser is enlarged, and active layers of a plurality of thin film transistors (that are electrically connected in parallel with one another) are arranged in one region.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a semiconductor device having a circuit including a thin film transistor (hereinafter referred to as TFT) and a method of manufacturing the same. For example, the present invention relates to an electronic device having an electro-optical device, typically a liquid crystal display panel or a light-emitting display device having an organic light-emitting element, as its component. [0002] A semiconductor device in this specification refers to a general device that can operate using semiconductor characteristics and includes all types of devices such as electro-optical devices, semiconductor circuits, and electronic devices. Background technique [0003] In recent years, a technique of forming a thin film transistor (TFT) using a semiconductor thin film (about several nanometers to several hundred nanometers thick) formed over a substrate having an insulating surface has attracted attention. Thin film transistors are wi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01L21/336H01L21/20H01L29/786
CPCH01L29/78621H01L21/02667H01L21/02691H01L21/02683H01L21/02672H01L21/02532H01L21/0237H01L27/1296H01L21/02686H01L27/1285
Inventor 山崎舜平田中幸一郎
Owner SEMICON ENERGY LAB CO LTD
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