A semiconductor material is an oxide including a metal element and nitrogen, in which the metal element is indium (In), an element M (M is aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), yttrium (Y), or tin (Sn)), and zinc (Zn) and nitrogen is taken into an oxygen vacancy or bonded to an atom of the metal element.

A semiconductor material is an oxide including a metal element and nitrogen, in which the metal element is indium (In), an element M (M is aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), yttrium (Y), or tin (Sn)), and zinc (Zn) and nitrogen is taken into an oxygen vacancy or bonded to an atom of the metal element.

A thin film transistor includes an active layer of an oxide semiconductor, a gate electrode provided on or under the active layer while being spaced apart from the active layer and overlapping with at least a portion of the active layer, and a gate insulating film between the active layer and the gate electrode, wherein the active layer includes copper (Cu).

A semiconductor device includes a stack of transistors stacked over a base in a direction substantially perpendicular to a working surface of the base. Each transistor includes a respective channel structure, respective source/drain (S/D) regions positioned on ends of the respective channel structure, and a respective gate structure disposed all around the respective channel structure. Each channel structure includes a respective non-epitaxial compound semiconductor.

A semiconductor device includes a stack of transistors stacked over a base in a direction substantially perpendicular to a working surface of the base. Each transistor includes a respective channel structure, respective source/drain (S/D) regions positioned on ends of the respective channel structure, and a respective gate structure disposed all around the respective channel structure. Each channel structure includes a respective non-epitaxial compound semiconductor.

A Schottky diode comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a body of semiconductive material connected to the first electrode at a first interface and connected to the second electrode at a second interface, wherein the first interface comprises a first planar region lying in a first plane and the first electrode has a first projection onto the first plane in a first direction normal to the first plane, the second interface comprises a second planar region lying in a second plane and the second electrode has a second projection onto the first plane in said first direction, at least a portion of the second projection lies outside the first projection, said second planar region is offset from the first planar region in said first direction, and one of the first interface and the second interface provides a Schottky contact.

An electronic device comprises a panel, a driving circuit configured to drive the panel, and a transistor disposed in the panel. The transistor includes a first insulation film on a substrate, an active layer disposed on the first insulation film, a second insulation film disposed on the active layer and the first insulation film to cover the active layer, the second insulation film having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the first insulation film, a source electrode disposed on the second insulation film and spaced apart from the active layer by the second insulation film, the source electrode overlapping an end of the active layer, and a drain electrode disposed on the second insulation film and spaced apart from the active layer by the second insulation film, the drain electrode overlapping another end of the active layer.

The subject disclosure relates to high mobility complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) devices and techniques for forming the CMOS devices with fins formed directly on the insulator. According to an embodiment, a method for forming such a high mobility CMOS device can comprise forming, via a first epitaxial growth of a first material, first pillars within first trenches formed within a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer is formed on a silicon substrate, and wherein the first pillars comprise first portions with defects and second portions without the defects. The method can further comprise forming second trenches within a first region of the dielectric layer, and further forming second pillars within the second trenches via a second epitaxial growth of one or more second materials using the second portions of the first pillars as seeds for the second epitaxial growth.

Embodiments herein describe techniques for an integrated circuit that includes a substrate, a semiconductor device on the substrate, and a contact stack above the substrate and coupled to the semiconductor device. The contact stack includes a contact metal layer, and a semiconducting oxide layer adjacent to the contact metal layer. The semiconducting oxide layer includes a semiconducting oxide material, while the contact metal layer includes a metal with a sufficient Schottky-barrier height to induce an interfacial electric field between the semiconducting oxide layer and the contact metal layer to reject interstitial hydrogen from entering the semiconductor device through the contact stack. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Embodiments herein describe techniques for an integrated circuit that includes a substrate, a semiconductor device on the substrate, and a contact stack above the substrate and coupled to the semiconductor device. The contact stack includes a contact metal layer, and a semiconducting oxide layer adjacent to the contact metal layer. The semiconducting oxide layer includes a semiconducting oxide material, while the contact metal layer includes a metal with a sufficient Schottky-barrier height to induce an interfacial electric field between the semiconducting oxide layer and the contact metal layer to reject interstitial hydrogen from entering the semiconductor device through the contact stack. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.