Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Non-single crystal – or recrystallized – semiconductor... – Amorphous semiconductor material
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-17
2007-07-17
Louie, Wai-Sing (Department: 2814)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Non-single crystal, or recrystallized, semiconductor...
Amorphous semiconductor material
C257S059000, C257S072000, C257S083000, C257S257000, C257S292000, C257S412000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10973868
ABSTRACT:
Subjected to obtain a crystalline TFT which simultaneously prevents increase of OFF current and deterioration of ON current. A gate electrode of a crystalline TFT is comprised of a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode formed in contact with the first gate electrode and a gate insulating film. LDD region is formed by using the first gate electrode as a mask, and a source region and a drain region are formed by using the second gate electrode as a mask. By removing a portion of the second gate electrode, a structure in which a region where LDD region and the second gate electrode overlap with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween, and a region where LDD region and the second gate electrode do not overlap, is obtained.
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Nakajima Setsuo
Ohtani Hisashi
Yamazaki Shunpei
Cook Alex McFarron Manzo Cummings & Mehler, Ltd.
Louie Wai-Sing
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co,. Ltd.
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