Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Non-single crystal – or recrystallized – semiconductor... – Amorphous semiconductor material
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-09
2007-01-09
Jackson, Jerome (Department: 2815)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Non-single crystal, or recrystallized, semiconductor...
Amorphous semiconductor material
C257S072000, C257SE29151, C349S042000, C349S043000, C349S044000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10833080
ABSTRACT:
There has been a problem that the manufacturing process is complicated and the number of processes is increased when a TFT with an LDD structure or a TFT with a GOLD structure is formed. In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, after low concentration impurity regions (24, 25) are formed in a second doping process, a width of the low concentration impurity region which is overlapped with the third electrode (18c) and a width of the low concentration impurity region which is not overlapped with the third electrode can be freely controlled by a fourth etching process. Thus, in a region overlapped with the third electrode, a relaxation of electric field concentration is achieved and then a hot carrier injection can be prevented. And, in the region which is not overlapped with the third electrode, the off-current value can be suppressed.
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Arao Tatsuya
Ono Koji
Suzawa Hideomi
Takayama Toru
Yamazaki Shunpei
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Jackson Jerome
Nguyen Joseph
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co,. Ltd.
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