Patent Publication Number: US-11043599-B2

Title: Semiconductor device and method for producing same

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor (hereinafter, a “TFT”) using an oxide semiconductor, and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes liquid crystal display panels and organic EL display panels, and active matrix substrates for use in these display panels, for example. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     An active matrix substrate used in a liquid crystal display panel, or the like, includes a thin film transistor (hereinafter, a “TFT”) for each pixel. As a TFT provided for each pixel (hereinafter, referred to as a “pixel TFT”), a TFT using an amorphous silicon film as the active layer (hereinafter, referred to as an “amorphous silicon TFT”) and a TFT using a polycrystalline silicon film as the active layer (hereinafter, referred to as a “polycrystalline silicon TFT”) have been widely used. Recently, liquid crystal display panels using TFTs that use an oxide semiconductor film as the active layer (hereinafter, referred to as “oxide semiconductor TFTs”) have been developed. An oxide semiconductor TFT is capable of operating at a higher speed than an amorphous silicon TFT, and characteristically has a low OFF current. 
     On the other hand, a technique for monolithically (integrally) providing driving circuits such as a gate driver and a source driver on an active matrix substrate has become commercially practical. Although polycrystalline silicon TFTs, which have a high mobility, have been used many cases as TFTs of driving circuits (hereinafter, referred to as “circuit TFTs”), consideration has recently been given to using oxide semiconductor TFTs. 
     As a method for improving the characteristics of an oxide semiconductor TFT, a technique for providing an oxide semiconductor layer that includes two layers (the upper layer and the lower layer) having different compositions from each other has been known in the art. For example, Patent Document No. 1 discloses a technique which an oxide semiconductor layer includes an upper layer and a lower layer having different mobilities from each other, and one of the upper layer and the lower layer that has a higher mobility is arranged closer to the gate electrode, thereby adjusting the mobility and the threshold voltage. According to Patent Document No. 1, the arrangement of the upper layer and the lower layer can be applied to either the bottom gate type or the top gate type. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     Patent Document No. 1: Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2010-21555 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     According to a study by the present inventors, when an oxide semiconductor layer includes two layers having different compositions from each other (the upper layer and the lower layer), the reliability may lower. 
     The present invention has been made to solve the problem described above, and an object thereof is to provide a semiconductor device including oxide semiconductor TFTs and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the reliability can be improved. 
     Solution to Problem 
     A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate and a TFT supported on the 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 layer has 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, wherein the first oxide semiconductor layer and the second oxide semiconductor layer both include In, Ga and Zn, and an In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements is greater than a Zn atomic ratio thereof, and an In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements of the second oxide semiconductor layer is smaller than the Zn atomic ratio thereof; and the oxide semiconductor layer has a side surface of a forward tapered shape. 
     An embodiment of the present invention is a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device set forth above, wherein: a step of forming the oxide semiconductor layer includes the steps of: forming a first oxide semiconductor film on the gate insulating layer, wherein the first oxide semiconductor film has a first composition where an In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements of the semiconductor layer is greater than a Zn atomic ratio thereof; forming a second oxide semiconductor film on the first oxide semiconductor film, wherein the second oxide semiconductor film has a second composition where an In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements of the semiconductor layer is smaller than a Zn atomic ratio thereof; annealing the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film at a temperature of 400° C. or more and 480° C. or less; after the annealing step, forming an etching mask on the second oxide semiconductor film using a photoresist; and etching the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film using an etchant with an etching mask interposed therebetween, thereby obtaining the oxide semiconductor layer. 
     In one embodiment, 1&lt;R2/R1≤1.23 is satisfied where R1 is an etching rate of the first oxide semiconductor film for the etchant, and R2 is an etching rate of the second oxide semiconductor film for the enchant. 
     In one embodiment the oxide semiconductor layer includes an In—Ga—Zn—O-based semiconductor. 
     In one embodiment, the oxide semiconductor layer includes a crystalline In—Ga—Zn—O-based semiconductor. 
     In one embodiment, the TFT is of a channel etch type. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     One embodiment of the present invention provides a semiconductor device including oxide semiconductor TFTs and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the reliability can be improved. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIGS. 1( a ) and 1( b )  schematically show an active matrix substrate  100  according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein  FIG. 1( a )  is a plan view, and  FIG. 1( b )  is a cross-sectional view taken along line  1 B- 1 B′ of  FIG. 1( a ) . 
         FIGS. 2( a ) and 2( b )  schematically show an active matrix substrate  200  of a reference example, wherein  FIG. 2( a )  is a plan view, and  FIG. 2( b )  is a cross-sectional view taken along line  2 B- 22 B′ of  FIG. 2( a ) . 
         FIG. 3  shows sectional SEM image taken after patterning an oxide semiconductor layered film (reference example) for which the annealing temperature was 320° C. or more and 400° C. or less. 
         FIG. 4  shows a sectional SEM image taken after patterning an oxide semiconductor layered film (present invention) for which the annealing temperature was 400° C. or more and 480° C. or less. 
         FIGS. 5( a ) and 5( b )  are graphs showing the results of an experiment example of obtaining the etching rate for the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film, wherein  FIG. 5( a )  shows the results for a case where the annealing temperature was 320° C. or more and 400° C. or less (reference example), and  FIG. 5( b )  shows the results for a case where the annealing temperature was 400° C. or more and 480° C. or less (present invention). 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic plan view showing an example of a planar structure of an active matrix substrate  700  according to another embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view showing a crystalline silicon TFT  710 A and an oxide semiconductor  710 B of the active matrix substrate  700 . 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. An example where the embodiment of the present invention is applied to an active matrix substrate of a liquid crystal display panel will be described below, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this. The embodiment of the present invention can be applied to semiconductor devices having oxide semiconductor TFTs formed on the substrate, such as other display panels (e.g., organic EL display panels) or flat panel detection devices (e.g., image pickup devices). 
       FIGS. 1( a ) and 1( b )  schematically show an active matrix substrate  100  according, to the embodiment of present invention.  FIG. 1( a )  is a schematic plan view of the active matrix substrate  100 , and  FIG. 1( b )  is a schematic cross-sectional view of the active matrix substrate  100 , taken along line  1 B- 1 B′ of  FIG. 1( a ) . Note that  FIG. 1( a )  does not show the configuration of layers above the TFT  10 . 
     The active matrix substrate  100  includes a glass substrate  11 , and TFTs  10  supported on the glass substrate  11 . The TFT  10  includes a gate electrode  12   g , a gate insulating layer  14  that covers the gate electrode  12   g , and an oxide semiconductor layer  16  formed on the gate insulating layer  14 . A source electrode  18   s  a drain electrode  18   d  are arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other and opposing each other on the oxide semiconductor layer  16 , and are each in contact with the upper surface of the oxide semiconductor layer  16 . The gate electrode  12   g  is formed integrally with a gate bus line  12 , and the source electrode  18   s  is formed integrally with a source bus line  18 . The TFT  10  is a channel etch-type bottom gate-type TFT. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1( b ) , the active matrix substrate  100  further includes a protection layer  22  covering the TFT  10  and an organic, insulating layer (flattening layer)  24  formed on the protection layer  22 , and a common electrode  26 , an inorganic insulating layer  28  and a pixel electrode  32  are formed over an organic insulating layer  24 . The pixel electrode  32  is connected to an extension portion  18   de  of the drain electrode  18   d  through a contact hole CH, which is formed in the protection layer  22 , the organic insulating layer  24  and the inorganic insulating layer  28 . The active matrix substrate  100  can be used an a liquid crystal display panel of an FFS (Fringe Field Switching) mode, for example. Other structures of the active matrix substrate  100  and the structure and the operation of a liquid crystal display panel of an FSS mode will not be described below as they are well known in the art. 
     The oxide semiconductor layer  16  of the TFT  10  has a layered structure including a first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a  in contact with the gate insulating layer  14 , and a second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b  layered on the first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a . The first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a  and the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b  both include In, Ga and Zn, and the In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements of the first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a  is greater than the Zn atomic ratio thereof (In&gt;Zn), and the In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements of the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b  smaller than the Zn atomic ratio thereof (In&lt;Zn). As for the composition of the first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a , for example, the atomic ratio In:Ga:Zn between In, Ga and Zn is about 5:about 1:about 4 (it may be 4 to 6:0.8 to 1.2:3.2 to 4.8, for example), and as for the composition of the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b , example, the atomic ratio In:Ga:Zn between In, Ga and Zn is about 1:about 3:about 6 (it may be 0.8 to 1.2:2.4 to 3.6:4.8 to 7.2, for example). 
     The thickness of the first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a  is 5 nm or more and 80 nm or less, for example, and the thickness of the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b  is 5 nm or more and 80 nm or less, for example. The thickness of the entire oxide semiconductor layer  16  is 10 nm or more and 160 nm or less, for example. 
     The TFT  10  including the oxide semiconductor layer  16  having such a layered structure has advantages as follows. 
     With a channel etch-type oxide semiconductor TFT, the surface of the oxide semiconductor layer is likely to have etching damage during the source-drain separation step, and if the oxide semiconductor layer is of a single layer, the etching damage influences the entirety of the oxide semiconductor layer, thereby lowering the TFT characteristics. When a source metal layer including Cu is used, Cu may diffuse into the oxide semiconductor layer during the source-drain separation step, etc., and the threshold voltage of the TFT may fluctuate. 
     In contrast, the oxide semiconductor layer  16  of the TFT  10  of the active matrix substrate  100  of the present embodiment has a layered structure including the first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a  in contact with the gate insulating layer  14  and the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b  layered on the first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a , wherein the first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a , which is closer to the gate electrode  12   g , has the In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements higher than the Zn atomic ratio (In&gt;Zn), and has a high mobility. The source electrode  18   s  and the drain electrode  18   d  are in contact with the upper surface of the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b . The second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b  has the In atomic ratio with respect to ail metal elements smaller than the Zn atomic ratio (In&lt;Zn), and has a good resistance against the diffusion of Cu of the source metal layer. Therefore, the damage from the source-drain separation step reaching the first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a  is suppressed, thereby suppressing the lowering of the TFT characteristics of the TFT  10  and the fluctuation of the threshold voltage of the TFT. 
     However, according to a study the present inventors, when the oxide semiconductor layer  16  is formed under the same conditions as those for a single-layer oxide semiconductor layer (having the same composition as the first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a ), the side surface of the oxide semiconductor layer  16  may have a reverse tapered shape as will be described below with reference to  FIG. 2 . When the side surface of the oxide semiconductor layer  16  has a reverse tapered shape, the TFT may not be sufficiently covered by the protection layer, thereby lowering the reliability, for example. In contrast, the oxide semiconductor layer  16  of the TFT  10  of the active matrix substrate  100  of the present embodiment has a side surface of a forward tapered shape, and these problems do not occur. 
     The active matrix substrate  100  is manufactured as follows, for example. 
     (1) Formation of Gate Metal Layer (Gate Bus Line  12 , Gate Electrode  12   g , etc.) 
     A metal film (thickness: 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less, for example) is formed on the glass substrate  11  by sputtering method, for example, and then patterned. The metal film may be for example a Cu/Ti (upper/lower) layered film including a Ti film (thickness: 5 nm or more and 100 nm or less) and a Cu film (thickness: 100 nm or more and 500 nm or less) layered in this order. The patterning is performed by a photolithography process known in the art (photoresist application, exposure, development, etching, resist removal). Etching is performed by wet etching, for example. 
     (2) Formation of Gate Insulating Layer  14   
     An SiNx film (thickness: 200 nm or more and 500 nm or less) is formed by a CVD method so as to cover the gate metal layer, and an SiO 2  film (thickness: 25 nm or more and 100 nm or less) is formed thereon. By arranging the SiO 2  film on the side of the gate insulating layer  14  that is in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer  16 , it is possible to effectively reduce the oxygen vacancies of the oxide semiconductor layer  16 . 
     (3) Formation of Oxide Semiconductor Layer  16   
     A first oxide semiconductor film (thickness: 5 nm or more and 80 nm or less, for example) to be the first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a  and a second oxide semiconductor film (thickness: 5 nm or more and 80 nm or less, for example) to be the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b  are successively deposited by a sputtering method on the gate insulating layer  14 , for example, wherein the first oxide semiconductor film has a first composition where the In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements is greater than the Zn atomic ratio, and the second oxide semiconductor film has a second composition where the In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements is smaller than the Zn atomic ratio. 
     Then, before the patterning step, the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film are annealed at a temperature of 400° C. or more and 480° C. or less. With this annealing treatment, it is possible to obtain the oxide semiconductor layer  16  having the side surface of a forward tapered shape as shown in an experiment example later. While the anneal time is dependent on the composition, the thickness and the annealing temperature of the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film, it is about 30 min or more and 90 min or less. The first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film are crystalline films. 
     Then, the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film are patterned. Patterning is performed by a photolithography process known in the art. The etching is performed by wet etching. The etchant may be a solution including phosphoric acid, acetic acid and nitric acid mixed together, an ammonia-hydrogen peroxide mixture. (31 wt % of hydrogen peroxide solution:28 wt % of ammonia water:water=5:2:2), or the like. Oxalic acid may be used. 
     (4) Formation of Opening of Gate Insulating Layer  14   
     An opening is formed at a predetermined position of a previously-formed SiO 2  film/SiNx film (upper/lower) for the gate insulating layer  14 . The opening is to be a contact hole (not shown) between the source metal layer and the gate metal layer, for example. The formation of the opening is performed by a photolithography process known in the art. The etching may be performed by dry etching, for example. The etchant is CF 4 , for example. 
     (5) Formation of Source Metal Layer (Source Bus Line  18 , Source Electrode  18   s , Drain Electrode  18   d , etc.) 
     A metal film (thickness: 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less, for example) is formed by a sputtering method, for example, so as to cover the oxide semiconductor layer  16 , and then patterned. The metal film may be for example a Cu/Ti (upper/lower) layered film including a Ti film (thickness: 5 nm or more and 100 nm or less) and a Cu film (thickness: 100 nm or more and 500 nm or less) layered in this order. 
     In the patterning, the upper Cu film is first wet-etched. For the etchant, an etchant containing hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) may be used, for example. Next, the Ti film of the lower layer is dry-etched. The etchant is Cl 2 , for example. 
     In this step, a portion of the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b  is exposed. However, even if oxygen vacancies, etc., occur in the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b , channel is formed in the first oxide semiconductor layer  16   a  under the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b , thereby suppressing the lowering of TFT characteristics. 
     (6) Formation of Protection Layer  22  and Organic Insulating Layer  24   
     Next, the protection layer  22  and the organic insulating layer (flattening layer)  24  covering the TFT  10  are formed. The protection layer  22  can be obtained or example by forming an SiO 2  film (thickness: 100 nm or more and 400 nm or less) by a CVD method, and forming an SiNx film (thickness: 20 nm or more and 200 nm or less) thereon. By forming an SiO 2  film so as to be in contact with the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b , it is possible to effectively reduce oxygen vacancies in the second oxide semiconductor layer  16   b.    
     Next, an organic insulating film (thickness: 1 μm or more and 3 μm or less) is formed on the protection layer  22 . An organic insulating film can be obtained for example by applying a photosensitive resin. For example, an opening (through hole)  24   a  is formed by exposing an organic insulating film that is formed from a photosensitive resin. Then, an opening  22   a , through which a portion of the extension portion  18   de  of the drain electrode  18   d  is exposed, is formed at a predetermined position of the SiNx film/SiO 2  film (upper/lower) to be the protection layer  22 . 
     (7) Formation of Common Electrode  26   
     Next, an ITO film (thickness: 50 nm or more and 200 nm or less) is formed on the organic insulating layer  24  by a sputtering method, for example, and patterned. The patterning is performed by a photolithography process known in the art. Etching is performed by wet etching, for example. 
     (8) Formation of Inorganic Insulating Layer  28   
     Next, an SiNx film (thickness: 100 nm or more and 400 nm or less) is formed so as to cover the common electrode  26  by a CVD method, for example, and patterned, thereby obtaining the inorganic insulating layer  28  having an opening  28   a . Patterning is performed by a photolithography process known in the art. The etching may be performed by dry etching, for example. The etchant is CF 4 , for example. The opening  22   a  of the protection layer  22 , the opening  24   a  of the organic insulating layer  24  and the opening  28   a  of the inorganic insulating layer  28  together form a contact hole CH. 
     (9) Formation of pixel electrode  32   
     An ITO film (thickness: 50 nm or more and 200 nm or less) is formed so as to cover the inorganic insulating layer  28  by a sputtering method, for example, and patterned. The pixel electrode  32  is connected to the extension portion  18   de  of the drain electrode  18   d  through the contact hole CH. The pixel electrode  32  has a plurality of slits that are parallel to each other, for example, and the active matrix substrate  100  is used Hr a liquid crystal display panel of an FFS mode. 
     Next,  FIGS. 2( a ) and 2( b )  schematically show an active matrix substrate  200  of a reference example.  FIG. 2( a )  is a schematic plan view of the active matrix substrate  200 , and  FIG. 2( b )  is a schematic cross-sectional view of the active matrix substrate  200 , taken along line  2 B- 2 B′ of  FIG. 2( a ) . Note that  FIG. 2  does not show the pixel electrode, and  FIG. 2( a )  does not show the configuration of layers above a TFT  210 . 
     The active matrix substrate  200  can be manufactured by the manufacturing method as described above, except that the temperature of the annealing treatment after the deposition of the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film and before the patterning step is less than 400° C., in the step (3) of forming the oxide semiconductor layer  16  of the method for manufacturing the active matrix substrate  100  described above. 
     The active matrix substrate  200  includes a glass substrate  211 , and TFTs  210  supported on the glass substrate  211 . The TFT  210  includes a gate electrode  212   g , a gate insulating layer  214  that covers the gate electrode  212   g , and an oxide semiconductor layer  216  formed on the gate insulating layer  214 . A source electrode  218   s  and a drain electrode  218   d  are arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other and opposing each other on the oxide semiconductor layer  216 , and are each in contact with the upper surface of the oxide semiconductor layer  216 . The gate electrode  212   g  is formed integrally with a gate bus line  212 , and the source electrode  218   s  is formed integrally with a source bus line  218 . The active matrix substrate  200  further includes a protection layer  222  covering the TFT  210  and an organic insulating layer (flattening layer)  224  formed on she protection layer  222 , as shown in  FIG. 2( b ) , and a common electrode (not shown), an inorganic insulating layer  228  and a pixel electrode (not shown) are formed the an organic insulating layer  224 . 
     The oxide semiconductor layer  216  of the TFT  210  has a layered structure including a first oxide semiconductor layer  216   a  in contact with the gate insulating layer  214 , and a second oxide semiconductor layer  216   b  layered on the first oxide semiconductor layer  216   a . The first oxide semiconductor layer  216   a  and the second oxide semiconductor layer  216   b  both include In, Ga and Zn, and the In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements of the first oxide semiconductor layer  216   a  is greater than the Zn atomic ratio thereof (In&gt;Zn), and the In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements of the second oxide semiconductor layer  216   b  is smaller than the Zn atomic ratio thereof (In&lt;Zn). 
     As with the method for forming the oxide semiconductor layer  16  described above, a first oxide semiconductor film (thickness: 5 nm or more and 80 nm or less, for example) and a second oxide semiconductor film (thickness: 5 nm or more and 80 nm or less, for example) are successively deposited by a sputtering method, for example, wherein the first oxide semiconductor film has a first composition where the In atomic ratio is greater than the Zn atomic ratio, and the second oxide semiconductor film has a second composition where the In atomic ratio is smaller than the Zn atomic ratio. Then, the annealing treatment before the patterning step is performed at a temperature less than 400° C. (e.g., 330° C.). The annealing treatment time is 30 min or more and 90 min or less, for example. Then, as, with the method for forming the oxide semiconductor layer  16  described above, the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film are patterned. Then, the oxide semiconductor layer  216  having a reverse tapered side surface is formed as shown in  FIG. 2( b ) . While  FIG. 2( b )  shows the cross-sectional shape of the oxide semiconductor layer  216  along the channel width direction, the cross-sectional shape along the channel length direction also has a reverse tapered side surface. 
     When the oxide semiconductor layer  216  has a reverse tapered shape, the protection layer (e.g., SiNx film/SiO 2  film)  222  formed on the oxide semiconductor layer  216  may fail to sufficiently cover the oxide semiconductor layer  216 , thereby forming a crack  222   c.    
     When the crack  222   c  is formed in the protection layer  222 , moisture that has passed through the organic insulating layer  224  is not blocked by the protection layer  222 , thereby reaching the oxide semiconductor layer  216  and fluctuating the TFT characteristics. Moreover, it may lead to corrosion of the source metal layer (the source electrode  218   s , the drain electrode  218   d  and the source bus line  218 ). 
     According to a study by the present inventors, it is possible to obtain an oxide semiconductor layer whose side surface has a forward tapered shape by depositing the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film (which may be referred to as an “oxide semiconductor layered film”), and then annealing the oxide semiconductor layered film at a temperature of 400° C. or more and 480° C. or less before the patterning step. 
       FIG. 3  shows a cross-sectional SEM image of an oxide semiconductor layered film for which the annealing temperature was 320° C. or more and 400° C. or less (reference example) after being patterned.  FIG. 4  shows a cross-sectional SEM image of an oxide semiconductor layered film for which the annealing temperature was 400° C. or more and 480° C. or less (present invention) after being patterned. In  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 4 , the brightest (white) portion is the oxide semiconductor layered film. The boundary between the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film is not visible. 
     The oxide semiconductor layered film used herein was formed as follows. 
     First oxide semiconductor film: Composition (atomic ratio In:Ga:Zn) about 5:1:4, thickness 20 nm 
     Second oxide semiconductor film: Composition (atomic ratio In:Ga:Zn) about 1:3:6, thickness 50 nm 
     Annealing condition (430° C., 60 min) 
     The etching was performed by using a solution including phosphoric acid, acetic acid and nitric acid mixed together as the etchant, and immersing the structure in the etchant for 1.5 min at a temperature of 40° C. 
     As can be seen from  FIG. 3 , a reverse tapered side surface was formed by patterning an oxide semiconductor layered film for which the annealing temperature was 320° C. or more and 400° C. or less. That is, in some cases, the oxide semiconductor layer  216  having a reverse tapered side surface was formed, and the crack  222   c  was formed in the protection layer  222 , thereby lowering the reliability, as described above with reference to  FIG. 2   
     In contrast, as can be seen from  FIG. 4 , patterning an oxide semiconductor layered film for which the annealing temperature was 400° C. or more and 480° C. or less, a forward tapered side surface was formed. That is, the oxide semiconductor layer  16  having a forward tapered side surface is formed, and no crack is formed in the protection layer  22 , as described above with reference to  FIG. 1 , thereby obtaining a TFT having a good reliability. 
     The results of studying the conditions under which a side surface of a forward tapered shape is formed when etching the oxide semiconductor layered film described above will be described with reference to  FIGS. 5( a ) and 5( b ) .  FIGS. 5( a ) and 5( b )  are graphs showing the results of an experiment example of obtaining the etching rate of the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film, wherein  FIG. 5( a )  is for a case where the annealing temperature was 320° C. or more and 400° C. or less (reference example), and  FIG. 5( b )  is for a case where the annealing temperature was 400° C. or more and 480° C. or less resent invention). The compositions of the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film were as described above, and the thickness was set to 70 nm for both films.  FIG. 5  shows the results of obtaining the relationship between the etching time and the etching amount (depth) by covering a portion of each oxide semiconductor film with a resist and using the same etchant as that described above. Table 1 below shows the etching rates obtained based on the inclinations of the straight lines in  FIG. 5  (approximate lines obtained by a least squares method), and the ratio R2/R1 of the etching rate R2 of the second oxide semiconductor film relative to the etching rate R1 of the first oxide semiconductor film. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
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                 semiconductor 
                 Etching rate 
                 Etching rate 
               
               
                 Annealing temperature 
                 film 
                 (nm/sec) 
                 ratio R2/R1 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Low temperature 
                 Second oxide 
                 R2 = 5.86 
                 1.41 
               
               
                 (Reference example) 
                 semiconductor 
               
               
                 330° C. 
                 film 
               
               
                   
                 First oxide 
                 R1 = 4.14 
               
               
                   
                 semiconductor 
               
               
                   
                 film 
               
               
                 High temperature 
                 Second oxide 
                 R2 = 3.94 
                 1.23 
               
               
                 (Present invention) 
                 semiconductor 
               
               
                 430° C. 
                 film 
               
               
                   
                 First oxide 
                 R1 = 3.20 
               
               
                   
                 semiconductor 
               
               
                   
                 film 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As can be seen from the results of Table 1, a reverse tapered side surface is formed when the ratio R2/R1 of the etching rate R2 of the second oxide semiconductor film relative to the etching rate R1 of the first oxide semiconductor film is 1.41 or more, whereas a forward tapered side surface is formed when R2/R1 is 1.23 or less. It is believed that when the annealing temperature is 400° C. or more, the density difference between the first oxide semiconductor film and the second oxide semiconductor film becomes small, thereby resulting in a small R1/R2. 
     As shown in the experiment example described above, with an oxide semiconductor film containing In, Ga and Zn, an oxide semiconductor film having the In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements smaller than the Zn atomic ratio has a higher etching rate than an oxide semiconductor film having the In atomic ratio with respect to all metal elements larger than the Zn atomic ratio (R2/R2&gt;1), but the etching rate difference can be reduced by annealing at a temperature of 400° C. or more and 480° C. or less (e.g., 30 min or more and 90 min or less). As a result, an oxide semiconductor layered film is prevented from having a reverse tapered shape. It is believed that this phenomenon occurs with an etchant with which the etching rate is 3.0 nm/sec or more. Note that it is believed that the tapered shape of the side surface formed by the etching is also dependent on the adhesion between the oxide semiconductor film of the upper layer and the resist. 
     &lt;Oxide Semiconductor&gt; 
     The oxide semiconductor included in the oxide semiconductor layer  16  is preferably a crystalline oxide semiconductor having a crystalline portion. Examples of the crystalline oxide semiconductor include a polycrystalline oxide semiconductor and a microcrystalline oxide semiconductor. 
     The material, the structure, the film formation method of the crystalline oxide semiconductors, and the configuration of an oxide semiconductor layer having a layered structure, etc., are described in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2014-007399, for example. The disclosure of Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2014-007399 is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
     Note that crystalline structures of crystalline In—Ga—Zn—O-based semiconductors are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Laid Open Patent Publication No. 2014-007399, supra, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2012-134475, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2011-209727, etc. The disclosures of Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2012-134475 and Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2014-209727 are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety. 
     Another Embodiment 
     An oxide semiconductor TFT described above can preferably be used as a pixel TFT and/or a circuit TFT of a liquid crystal display panel, for example. Note that an oxide semiconductor TFT may be used as a pixel TFT and a crystalline silicon TFT (e.g., a polycrystalline silicon TFT) may be used as a circuit TFT. 
     A semiconductor device according Lo another embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. The semiconductor device of the present embodiment is an active matrix substrate including oxide semiconductor TFTs and crystalline silicon TFTs formed on the same substrate. 
     The active matrix substrate includes a TPT (pixel TFT) for each pixel. The pixel TFT may be an oxide semiconductor TFT that uses an In—Ga—Zn—O-based semiconductor film as the active layer, for example. 
     A part or whole of the peripheral driving circuit may be formed integrally on the same substrate as the pixel TFTs. Such an active matrix substrate is referred to as a driver-monolithic active matrix substrate. With a driver-monolithic active matrix substrate, the peripheral driving circuit is provided in the region (the non-display region or the bezel region) other than the region (display region) including the plurality of pixels. TFTs (circuit TFTs) of the peripheral driving circuit are crystalline silicon TFTs that use a polycrystalline silicon film as the active layer. When oxide semiconductor TFTs are used as pixel TFTs and crystalline silicon TFTs as circuit TFTs, as described above, it is possible to reduce the power consumption in the display region and further to realize a smaller bezel region. 
     The TFT  10  described above with reference to  FIG. 1  can be used as the pixel TFT. This will be discussed later. 
     Next, a more detailed configuration of the active matrix substrate of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. 
       FIG. 6  is a schematic plan view showing an example of a planar structure of an active matrix substrate  700  of the present embodiment, and  FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view showing a cross-sectional structure of a crystalline silicon TFT (hereinafter, referred to as a “first thin film transistor”)  710 A and an oxide semiconductor TFT (hereinafter referred to as a “second thin film transistor”)  710 B of the active matrix substrate  700 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 6 , the active matrix substrate  700  includes a display region  702  including a plurality of pixels and a region (non-display region) other than the display region  702 . The non-display region includes a driving circuit formation region  701  where driving circuits are provided. The driving circuit formation region  701  includes a gate driver circuit  740 , a test circuit  770 , etc. The display region  702  includes a plurality of gate bus lines (not shown) extending in the row direction, and a plurality of source bus lines S extending in the column direction. Although not shown in the figures, each pixel is defined by a gate bus line and a source bus line S, for example. The gate bus lines are connected to the respective terminals of the gate driver circuit. The source bus lines S are connected to the respective terminals of a driver IC  750  mounted on the active matrix substrate  700 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 7 , on the active matrix substrate  700 , a second thin film transistor  710 B is formed as a pixel TFT for each pixel in the display region  702 , and a first thin film transistor  710 A is formed as a circuit TFT in the driving circuit formation region  701 . 
     The active matrix substrate  700  includes a substrate  711 , a base film  712  formed on the surface of the substrate  711 , the first thin film transistor  710 A formed on the base film  712 , and the second thin film transistor  710 B formed on the base film  712 . The first thin film transistor  710 A is a crystalline silicon TFT whose active region primarily contains a crystalline silicon. The second thin film transistor  710 B is an oxide semiconductor TFT whose active region primarily contains an oxide semiconductor. The first thin film transistor  710 A and the second thin film transistor  710 B are integrally built on the substrate  711 . The “active region” as used herein refers to a portion of a semiconductor layer to be t e active layer of a TFT where the channel is formed. 
     The first thin film transistor  710 A includes a crystalline silicon semiconductor layer (e.g., a low-temperature polysilicon layer)  713  formed on the base film  712 , a first insulating layer  714  that covers a crystalline silicon semiconductor layer  713 , and a gate electrode  715 A provided on the first insulating layer  714 . A portion of the first insulating layer  714  that is located between the crystalline silicon semiconductor layer  713  and the gate electrode  715 A functions as the gate insulating film of the first thin film transistor  710 A. The crystalline silicon semiconductor layer  713  includes a region where the channel is formed (the active region)  713   c , and a source region  713   s  and a drain region  713   d  that are located on opposite racier of the active region. In this example, a portion of the crystalline silicon semiconductor layer  713  that overlaps with the gate electrode  715 A with the first insulating layer  714  interposed therebetween serves as the active region  713   c . The first thin film transistor  710 A includes a source electrode  718   s A and a drain electrode  718   d A that are connected to the source region  713   s  and the drain region  713   d , respectively. The source and drain electrodes  718   s A and  718   d A may be provided on an inter-layer insulating film (herein, a second insulating layer  716 ) that covers the gate electrode  715 A and the crystalline silicon semiconductor layer  713 , and connected to the crystalline silicon semiconductor layer  713  through contact holes formed in the inter-layer insulating film. 
     The second thin film transistor  710 B includes a gate electrode  715 B provided on the base film  712 , the second insulating layer  716  that covers the gate electrode  715 B, and an oxide semiconductor layer  717  arranged on the second insulating layer  716 . As shown in the figure, the first insulating layer  714 , which is the gate insulating film of the first thin film transistor  710 A, may be extended to a region where the second thin film transistor  710 B is formed. In such a case, the oxide semiconductor layer  717  may be formed on the first insulating layer  714 . A portion of the second insulating layer  716  that is located between the gate electrode  715 B and the oxide semiconductor layer  717  functions as the gate insulating film of the second thin film transistor  710 B. The oxide semiconductor layer  717  includes a region (active region)  717   c  that is formed in the channel, and a source contact region  717   s  and a drain contact region  717   d  that are located on opposite sides of the active region. In this example, a portion of the oxide semiconductor layer  717  that overlaps with the gate electrode  715 B with the second insulating layer  716  interposed therebetween serves as the active region  717   c . The second thin film transistor  710 B further includes a source electrode  718   s B and a drain electrode  718   d B that are connected to the source contact region  717   s  and the drain contact region  717   d , respectively. Note that the base film  712  may be absent on the substrate  711 . 
     The thin film transistors  710 A and  710 B are covered by a passivation film  719  and a flattening film  720 . In the second thin film transistor  710 B, which functions as a pixel TFT, the gate electrode  715 B is connected to a gate bus line (not shown), the source electrode  718   s B is connected to a source bus line (not shown), and the drain electrode  718   d B is connected to a pixel electrode  723 . In this example, the drain electrode  718   d B is connected to the corresponding pixel electrode  723  through the opening formed in the passivation film  719  and the flattening film  720 . A video signal is supplied to the source electrode  718   s B via the source bus line, and a necessary charge is written to the pixel electrode  723  based on the gate signal from the gate bus line. 
     Note that as shown in the figure, a transparent conductive layer  721  may be formed as the common electrode on the flattening film  720 , and a third insulating layer  722  may be formed between the transparent conductive layer (common electrode)  721  and the pixel electrode  723 . In such a case, a slit-shaped opening may be provided in the pixel electrode  723 . The active matrix substrate  700  can be applicable to a display device of an FFS (Fringe Field Switching) mode, for example. The FFS mode is a transverse electric field mode in which a pair of electrodes are provided on one substrate, and an electric field is applied through the liquid crystal molecules in the direction (transverse direction) parallel to the substrate surface. In this example, there is produced an electric field represented by lines of electric force that emerge from the pixel electrode  723 , pass through the liquid crystal layer (not shown), and extend to the common electrode  721  through the slit-shaped opening of the pixel electrode  723 . This electric field has a component that is transverse with respect to the liquid crystal layer. As a result, it is possible to apply a transverse electric field through the liquid crystal layer. The transverse electric field scheme is advantageous in that liquid crystal molecules do not rise from the substrate, thereby realizing a wider viewing angle than the vertical electric field scheme. 
     The TFT  10  described above with reference to  FIG. 1  can be used as the second thin film transistor  710 B of the present embodiment. When the TFT  10  of  FIG. 1  is used, the gate electrode  12   g , the gate insulating layer  14 , the oxide semiconductor layer  16  and source and drain electrodes  18   s  and  18   d  of the TFT  10  may be associated respectively with the gate electrode  715 B, the second insulating layer (gate insulating layer)  716 , the oxide semiconductor layer  717  and the source and drain electrodes  718   s B and  718   d B shown in  FIG. 7 . 
     The thin film transistor  710 B, which is an oxide semiconductor TFT, may be used as the TFT of the test circuit  770  shown in  FIG. 6  (test TFT). 
     Note that although not shown in the figures, the test TFTs and the test circuit may be formed in the region where the driver IC  750  is mounted as shown in  FIG. 6 , for example. In such a case, the test TFT may be arranged between the driver IC  750  and the substrate  711 . 
     In the illustrated example, the first thin film transistor  710 A has a top gate structure including the crystalline silicon semiconductor layer  713  arranged between the gate electrode  715 A and the substrate  711  (the base film  712 ). On the other hand, the second thin film transistor  710 B has a bottom gate structure including the gate electrode  715 B arranged between the oxide semiconductor layer  717  and the substrate  711  (the base film  712 ). By employing such a structure, when forming two different thin film transistors  710 A and  710 B integrally on the same substrate  711 , it is possible to more effectively suppress the increase of the number of manufacturing steps and the manufacturing cost. 
     The TFT structures of the first thin film transistor  710 A and the second thin film transistor  710 B are not limited to those described above. For example, these thin film transistors  710 A and  710 B may have the same TFT structure. Alternatively, the first thin film transistor  710 A may have a bottom gate structure, and the second thin film transistor  710 B may have a top gate structure. In the case of a bottom gate structure, it may be of a channel etch type, as is the thin film transistor  710 B, or may be of an etch stop type. It may be of a bottom contact type where the source electrode and the drain electrode are located under the semiconductor layer. 
     The second insulating layer  716 , which is the gate insulating film of the second thin film transistor  710 B, may be extended to a region where the first thin film transistor  710 A is formed, and may function as an inter-layer insulating film that covers the gate electrode  715 A and the crystalline silicon semiconductor layer  713  of the first thin film transistor  710 A. Where the inter-layer insulating film of the first thin film transistor  710 A and the gate insulating film of the second thin film transistor  710 B are formed in the same layer (second insulating layer)  716  as described above, the second insulating layer  716  may have a layered structure. For example, the second insulating layer  716  has a layered structure including a hydrogen-donating layer that can supply hydrogen (e.g., a silicon nitride layer), and an oxygen-donating layer that can supply oxygen (e.g., a silicon oxide layer) arranged on the hydrogen-donating layer. 
     The gate electrode  715 A of the firer thin film transistor  710 A and the gate electrode  715 B of the second thin film transistor  710 B may be formed in the same layer. The source and drain electrodes  718   s A and  718   d A of the first thin film transistor  710 A and the source and drain electrodes  718   s   3  and  718   d B of the second thin film transistor  710 B may be formed in the same layer. The phrase “formed in the same layer” refers to being formed using the same film (conductive film). Thus, it is possible to suppress the increase of the number of manufacturing steps and the manufacturing cost. 
     While a channel etch-type oxide semiconductor TFT has been illustrated above, the present invent on may be applied also to an etch stop-type oxide semiconductor TFT. 
     &lt;Channel Etch&gt; 
     With “channel etch-type TFTs”, the etch stop layer is not formed over the channel region, as shown in  FIG. 1( b ) , for example, and the lower surfaces of the channel-side end portions of the source electrode and the drain electrode are arranged so as to be in contact with the upper surface of the oxide semiconductor layer. Channel etch-type TFTs are formed for example by forming a source-drain electrode conductive film on an oxide semiconductor layer, and performing a source-drain separation. In the source-drain separation step, a surface portion of the channel region is etched in some cases. 
     &lt;Etch Stop&gt; 
     On the other hand, with a TFT (etch stop-type TFT) where the etch stop layer is formed over the channel region, the lower surfaces of the channel-side end portions of the source electrode and the drain electrode are located on the etch stop layer, for example. An etch stop-type TFT is formed for example by forming an etch stop layer that covers a portion of the oxide semiconductor layer to be the channel region, then forming a source-drain electrode conductive film on the oxide semiconductor layer and the etch stop layer, and performing a source-drain separation. 
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
     The embodiment of the present invention can desirably be used as a semiconductor device including oxide semiconductor TFTs (e.g., a liquid crystal display panel, an organic EL display panel, an active matrix substrate for use in these display panels), and a method for manufacturing the same. 
     REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 
       11 : Glass substrate 
       12 : Gate bus line 
       12   g : Gate electrode 
       14 : Gate insulating layer 
       16 : Oxide semiconductor layer 
       16   a : First oxide semiconductor layer 
       16   b : Second oxide semiconductor layer 
       18 : Source bus line 
       18   d : Drain electrode 
       18   de : Extension portion 
       18   s : Source electrode 
       22 : Protection layer 
       22   a : Opening 
       24 : Organic insulating layer 
       24   a : Opening 
       26 : Common electrode 
       28 : inorganic insulating layer 
       28   a : Opening 
       32 : Pixel electrode 
       100 : Active matrix substrate