Patent ID: 10196733

Abstract:
A sputtering target comprising an oxide sintered body that includes an indium element, a tin element and a zinc element, wherein the oxide sintered body includes one or more selected from a hexagonal layered compound represented by In2O3(ZnO)m, a hexagonal layered compound represented by InXO3(ZnO)n, a rutile structure compound represented by SnO2 and an ilmenite structure compound represented by ZnSnO3, and a spinel structure compound represented by Zn2SnO4, in the formulas, X is a metal element that can form a hexagonal layered compound together with an indium element and a zinc element, m is an integer of 1 or more and n is an integer of 1 or more, and an agglomerate of the spinel structure compound is 5% or less of the entire sintered body.