Method of fabricating a thin film transistor

Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making field effect device having pair of active regions... – On insulating substrate or layer

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ABSTRACT:
In the manufacture of a flat panel display or other large-area electronics device, a self-aligned thin-film transistor (TFT) is formed with source and drain silicide parts (31,32) adjacent an insulated gate structure (25,21,22) on a silicon film (20) which provides a transistor body (20a) comprising a channel area (20b) of the transistor. The transistor has its source and drain electrode pattern (11,12) extending under the silicon film (20). The insulated gate structure (25,21,22) is formed as a conductive gate (25) on an insulating film (21,22) which is patterned together with the conductive gate (25). A silicide-forming metal (30) is deposited over the insulated gate structure (25,21,22) and over exposed, adjacent areas (20c and 20d) of the silicon film, and the metal is reacted to form the silicide (31,32) with these adjacent areas of the silicon film. The unreacted metal is removed from the insulated gate structure (25,21,22) by means of a selective etchant to leave the source and drain silicide parts (31 and 32) self-aligned with the conductive gate (25). An electrical connection (n+; 31,32) is formed across the thickness of the silicon film (20) between the source and drain electrode pattern (11,12) and the respective source and drain silicide parts (31 and 32).

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