[미국특허]
Method of manufacturing thin-film transistor
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01L-021/00
H01L-021/84
출원번호
US-0701648
(2000-03-29)
우선권정보
JP-0127502 (1999-03-30)
국제출원번호
PCT/JP00/01986
(2000-03-29)
국제공개번호
WO00/59041
(2000-10-05)
발명자
/ 주소
Yudasaka, Ichio
Shimoda, Tatsuya
Seki, Shunichi
출원인 / 주소
Seiko Epson Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Oliff & Berridge, PLC
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55인용 특허 :
17
초록▼
All or a part of the thin films such as the silicon film, insulation film and conductive film are formed using liquid materials. The main method includes the steps of forming a coating film by coating the liquid material on the substrate, and heat-treating the coating film for converting it into a d
All or a part of the thin films such as the silicon film, insulation film and conductive film are formed using liquid materials. The main method includes the steps of forming a coating film by coating the liquid material on the substrate, and heat-treating the coating film for converting it into a desired thin film, thereby enabling the thin film transistor to be manufactured using a cheap manufacturing equipment.
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1. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor including a doped silicon film comprising the steps of a) forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing a compound comprising impurity atoms and silicon atoms, the liquid material being a mixture of a liquid material containing s
1. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor including a doped silicon film comprising the steps of a) forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing a compound comprising impurity atoms and silicon atoms, the liquid material being a mixture of a liquid material containing silicon atoms and a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms in which the concentration of impurity is controlled; and b) heat-treating the coating film so as to convert the coating film into the doped silicon film. 2. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 1, further comprising the step of c) forming the other coating film by applying a liquid material containing silicon atoms; and d) heat-treating the other coating film so as to convert the other coating film into the non-doped silicon film, by the steps of a)˜d) forming a laminated film of the non-doped silicon film and the doped silicon film. 3. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 2, the laminated film of the non-doped silicon film and the doped silicon film forming a channel region. 4. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 2, further comprising a step of heat-treating the laminated film of a non-doped silicon film and a doped silicon film. 5. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 4, the heat-treating step including a lamp annealing or a laser annealing. 6. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 1, the step of b) comprising a first heat-treating sub-step so as to remove volatile chemical species from the coating film and a second heat-treating sub-step. 7. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 6, the first heat-treating sub-step including a step of irradiating a light so as to accelerate a decomposition of compounds in the coating film. 8. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 7, the light having a wavelength ranging from 170 nm to 380 nm. 9. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 6, the second heat-treating sub-step proceeding at higher temperature than that of the first heat-treating sub-step so as to increase crystallinity of the doped silicon film. 10. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 6, the second heat-treating including a lamp annealing or a laser annealing. 11. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 1, further comprising a third heat-treating sub-step so as to improve crystallinity of the doped silicon film. 12. The method of manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 1, the liquid material containing 1 ppb to 25% of impurity atoms relative to the content of the silicon atoms. 13. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 1, the step of a) comprising forming a coating film by a ink-jet method. 14. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 13, the coating film forming an islet region. 15. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 1, the steps of a) and b) being carried out in an atmosphere in which the concentration of oxygen and humidity are reduced. 16. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 15, the atmosphere being controlled so that the concentration of oxygen contained in the silicon film is 100 ppm or less. 17. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 1, the liquid material including a cyclic compound. 18. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 17, the cyclic compound having 5˜20 silicon atoms. 19. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 1, the liquid material for forming the silicon film in which the concentration of the impurities is controlled being a solution containing a silicon compoun d represented by a general formula of SiaXbYc (wherein X represents a hydrogen atom and/or a halogen atom, Y represents a boron atom or a phosphorous atom, a denotes an integer of 3 or more, b denotes an integer of a or more and (2a+c+2) or less, and c denotes an integer of 1 or more and a or less). 20. The method for forming a thin film transistor according to claim 19, (a+c) being 5 or more and 20 or less in the silicon compound represented by a general formula of SiaXbYc (wherein X represents a hydrogen atom and/or a halogen atom, Y represents a boron atom or a phosphorous atom, a and c denote integers of 3 or more, and b denotes an integer of a or more and (2a+c+2) or less). 21. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 1, a material having a viscosity of 1 to 100 mPa.s being used as the liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms. 22. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 1, a solution is used as the liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms, the solution containing 1˜80% by weight of the compound containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms. 23. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 22, a solvent having a vapor pressure of 0.001 to 100 mmHg being used as a solvent of the solution. 24. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 23, the solvent being a hydrocarbon based solvent. 25. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 1, the doped silicon film forming at least one of source/drain regions, a channel region, a gate electrode, an electrode and a wiring pattern. 26. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor comprising the step of:forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing silicon atoms or a liquid material containing silicon atoms and impurities on an insulating substrate or an insulation film, the liquid material being a mixture of a liquid material containing silicon atoms and a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms in which the concentration of impurity is controlled;heat treating the coating film to convert the coating film into a silicon film in which the concentration of the impurities is controlled;forming an islet region by patterning the silicon film;forming a gate insulation film;forming a gate electrode;exposing source/drain regions in the islet region using the gate electrode as a mask;forming an interlayer insulating film;forming contact holes in the interlayer insulation film; andforming electrode and wiring patterns. 27. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor comprising the steps of:forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing silicon atoms or a liquid material containing silicon atoms and impurities on an insulating substrate or an insulation film, the liquid material being a mixture of a liquid material containing silicon atoms and a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms in which the concentration of impurity is controlled;heat treating the coating film to convert the coating film into a silicon film in which the concentration of the impurities is controlled;forming an islet region by patterning the silicon film;forming a gate insulation film;forming a gate electrode;exposing a part of the silicon film in the islet region by removing the gate insulation film on the part of the silicon film in the islet region using the gate electrode as a mask;forming a coating film by applying the liquid material containing the silicon atoms and impurities on the exposed part of the silicon film in the islet region;subjecting to a first heat-treatment so as to form a doped silicon film by heat-treating the coating film;subjecting to a second heat-treatment so as to diffuse the impurities in the doped silicon film into the silicon film;forming a pattern overlapping a part of the source/drain regions by patterning the doped silicon f ilm;forming an interlayer insulating film;forming contact holes in the interlayer insulation film; andforming electrodes and wiring patterns. 28. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor comprising the steps of:forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing silicon atoms and impurities on an insulating substrate or insulation film, the liquid material being a mixture of a liquid material containing silicon atoms and a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms in which the concentration of impurity is controlled;forming source/drain regions by heat-treating the coating film to convert the coating film into a doped silicon film;forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing silicon atoms or a liquid material containing silicon atoms and impurities on the substrate;heat-treating the coating film for converting the coating film into the silicon film in which the concentration of the impurities is controlled;forming an islet region containing a channel region for connecting to the source/drain regions by patterning the doped silicon film in which the concentration of the impurities is controlled;forming a gate insulation film;forming a gate electrode;forming an interlayer insulation film;forming contact holes in the interlayer insulation film; andforming electrodes and wiring patterns. 29. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor comprising the steps of:forming a gate electrode on an insulating substrate or insulation film;forming a gate insulation film;forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing silicon atoms or a liquid material containing silicon atoms and impurities on the substrate, the liquid material being a mixture of a liquid material containing silicon atoms and a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms in which the concentration of impurity is controlled;heat-treating the coating film for converting the coating film into a silicon film in which the concentration of the impurities is controlled;forming a channel protective insulation film;forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing silicon atoms and impurities;forming source/drain regions as silicon films doped with impurities by heat-treating the coating film; andforming electrodes and wiring patterns. 30. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor comprising the steps of:forming a doped silicon film by steps of:forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms, the liquid material being a mixture of a liquid material containing silicon atoms and a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms in which the concentration of impurity is controlled, and at least one of heat-treating and irradiating a light so as to convert the coating film into the doped silicon film; andforming an insulation film by a step of heat treatment of a polysilazane film so as to form the insulation film, wherein the step for forming the insulation film comprises coating polysilazane on a substrate, and heat-treating the coated polysilazane for converting it into a SiO 2 film. 31. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor that includes a conductive film, comprising the steps of forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing metal, the liquid material being a mixture of a liquid material containing silicon atoms and a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms in which the concentration of impurity is controlled, and at least one of heat-treating and irradiating a light so as to covert the coating film into the conductive film. 32. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor including a doped silicon film comprising the steps of:forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms, the liquid material being a mixture of a liquid material containing silicon atoms and a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms in which the concentration of impurity is controlled;heat-treating the coating film so as to convert the coating film into the doped silicon film; andplating for forming an electrode and/or wiring patterns. 33. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor that includes a doped silicon film and an ITO film, comprising steps of:forming the doped silicon film by steps of:forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms, the liquid material being a mixture of a liquid material containing silicon atoms and a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms in which the concentration of impurity is controlled, and at least one of heat-treating and irradiating a light so as to covert the coating film into the doped silicon film; andforming the ITO film by steps of:forming a coating film by applying a material containing indium and tin, and heat-treating the coating film so as to convert the coating film into the ITO film. 34. The method of manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 33, an organic material containing indium and tin being used as the material containing indium and tin. 35. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor that includes each film of a silicon film in which the concentration of impurities is controlled, an insulation film and a conductive film, comprising the steps of:forming all the thin films or most of the thin films of each thin film by a method using liquid materials without using an evacuation apparatus, the liquid materials being a mixture of a liquid material containing silicon atoms and a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms in which the concentration of impurity is controlled. 36. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 35, the method for forming a coating film by coating the liquid material on the substrate comprising any one of a spin-coat method, roll-coat method, curtain coat method, dip-coat method, spray method or inkjet method in the method for forming each thin film with the liquid materials. 37. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 35, the steps of forming all the thin films or most of the thin films of each thin film by a method using liquid materials comprising forming a coating film at the required site by an ink-jet method. 38. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor that includes each film of a silicon film in which the concentration of impurities is controlled, an insulation film and conductive film, wherein the thin film transistor includes a transparent conductive film, comprising the steps of:forming all the thin films or most of the thin films of each thin film by a method using liquid materials without using an evacuation apparatus, the liquid material being a mixture of a liquid material containing silicon atoms and a liquid material containing impurity atoms and silicon atoms in which the concentration of impurity is controlled. 39. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 38, the method for forming a coating film by coating the liquid material on the substrate comprising any one of a spin-coat method, roll-coat method, curtain coat method, dip-coat method, spray method or ink-jet method in the method for forming each thin film with the liquid materials. 40. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to claim 38, the steps for forming all the thin films or most of the thin films of each thin film by a method using liquid materials comprising forming a coating film at the required site by an ink-jet method. 41. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor including a doped silicon film comprising the steps of a) forming a coating film by applying a liquid material containing a compound comprising impurity atoms and silicon atoms, the liquid material for forming the silicon film in which the concentration of the impurities is controlle d being a solution containing a silicon compound represented by a general formula of SiaXbYc (wherein X represents a hydrogen atom and/or a halogen atom, Y represents a boron atom or a phosphorous atom, a denotes an integer of 3 or more, b denotes an integer of a or more and (2a+c+2) or less, and c denotes an integer of 1 or more and a or less); and b) heat-treating the coating film so as to convert the coating film into the doped silicon film. 42. The method for forming a thin film transistor according to claim 40, (a+c) being 5 or more and 20 or less in the silicon compound represented by a general formula of SiaXbYc (wherein X represents a hydrogen atom and/or a halogen atom, Y represents a boron atom or a phosphorous atom, a and c denote integers of 3 or more, and b denotes an integer of a or more and (2a+c+2) or less).
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