Patent ID: 8753921

Claim:
A method for producing a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor, comprising the steps of: preparing an insulating substrate; and forming an oxide semiconductor layer on the insulating substrate; wherein: the step of forming the oxide semiconductor layer includes a step of sputtering a target; the target includes: a plurality of target tiles arranged to include a gap therebetween; a plurality of backing plates arranged to support the plurality of target tiles; and a plurality of bonding members provided between the plurality of backing plates and the plurality of target tiles; the plurality of target tiles each contain In, Ga and Zn; each of the plurality of target tiles is bonded to different respective ones of the plurality of backing plates via different respective ones of the plurality of bonding members; and when the target is seen in a direction normal thereto from the side on which the plurality of target tiles are located, the plurality of target tiles are each smaller than the insulating substrate, and the plurality of backing plates and the plurality of bonding members cannot be seen through the gap and also cannot be seen outside of outer peripheries of the plurality of target tiles.