Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeSemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
InventorAkira Isikawa
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Abstract
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device which can decrease the degradation of an element due to plasma in the LDD formation process is provided. The degradation of an element due to plasma is decreased by forming an element having an LDD structure according to a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using a hard mask. Covering the substrate by an electrically conductive film allover, the density of electric charge accumulated in a gate electrode in the plasma process such as anisotropic etching can be reduced, and the degradation due to plasma process can be reduced.
Claims32
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a substrate having an insulating surface;
- a semiconductor film over the substrate;
- a gate insulating film formed over the semiconductor;
- a gate electrode formed over the gate insulating film;
- a hard mask formed over the gate electrode;
- and
- an interlayer insulating film over the hard mask,
- wherein the interlayer insulating film is in contact with at least a part of a lateral face of the gate electrode.
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a substrate having an insulating surface;
- a semiconductor film over the substrate;
- a gate insulating film formed over the semiconductor;
- a gate electrode formed over the gate insulating film;
- a hard mask formed over the gate electrode;
- an interlayer insulating film over the hard mask;
- and
- a conductive film which is in contact with the gate electrode,
- wherein the interlayer insulating film is in contact with at least a part of a lateral face of the gate electrode, and
- wherein the conductive film is to serve as a wire for sending a signal to the gate electrode or as a connection layer for connecting a wire with the gate electrode.
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a substrate having an insulating surface;
- a semiconductor film over the substrate;
- a gate insulating film formed over the semiconductor;
- a gate electrode formed over the gate insulating film;
- and,
- an island shaped hard mask formed over the gate electrode,
- wherein side walls of the island shaped hard mask have an angle of inclination of 0° or more, and of 90° or less.
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a substrate having an insulating surface;
- a semiconductor film over the substrate;
- a gate insulating film formed over the semiconductor;
- a gate electrode formed over the gate insulating film;
- and
- an island shaped hard mask formed over the gate electrode,
- wherein side walls of the island shaped hard mask forms arc shapes.
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a substrate having an insulating surface;
- a semiconductor film over the substrate;
- a gate insulating film formed over the semiconductor;
- a gate electrode formed over the gate insulating film;
- an island shaped hard mask formed over the gate electrode;
- and
- a conductive film which is in contact with the gate electrode,
- wherein the conductive film is to serve as a wire for sending a signal to the gate electrode or as a connection layer for connecting a wire with the gate electrode, and
- wherein side walls of the island shaped hard mask have an angle of inclination of 0° or more, and of 90° or less.
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a substrate having an insulating surface;
- a semiconductor film over the substrate;
- a gate insulating film formed over the semiconductor;
- a gate electrode formed over the gate insulating film;
- an island shaped hard mask formed over the gate electrode;
- and
- a conductive film which is in contact with the gate electrode,
- wherein the conductive film is to serve as a wire for sending a signal to the gate electrode or as a connection layer for connecting a wire with the gate electrode, and
- wherein side walls of the island shaped hard mask forms arc shapes.
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a substrate having an insulating surface;
- a semiconductor film over the substrate;
- a gate insulating film formed over the semiconductor;
- a gate electrode formed over the gate insulating film;
- and
- a hard mask formed on and in contact with the gate electrode,
- wherein the gate electrode is formed by etching using the hard mask as a mask.
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a substrate having an insulating surface;
- a semiconductor film over the substrate;
- a gate insulating film formed over the semiconductor;
- a gate electrode formed over the gate insulating film;
- a hard mask formed on and in contact with the gate electrode;
- and
- a conductive film formed in contact with the gate electrode,
- wherein the conductive film at least partly overlaps the gate electrode, and
- wherein the gate electrode is formed by etching using the hard mask and the conductive film as a mask.
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