Seikosha Co., Ltd.

Nippon Precision Circuits Inc.

Yasunari Kanda

Yoshihisa Ogiwara

Noboru Motai

An amorphous silicon thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, an amorphous silicon layer on the gate insulating layer, a drain electrode and a source electrode on the amorphous silicon layer such that a portion of the side of the amorphous silicon layer which faces away from the gate electrode is exposed, and an impurity layer for reducing an off current of the transistor, the impurity layer including an impurity forming an acceptor and which is formed on the exposed portion of the amorphous silicon layer, the amorphous silicon layer being of a first conduction type and the acceptor being of a second different conduction type.

Amorphous silicon thin film transistor

A method for manufacturing a amorphous silicon thin film transistor comprises exposing an morphous silicon layer situated between a source electrode and a drain electrode to a gas phase atmosphere having a gas containing an impurity forming an acceptor, then activating said impurity with an electric field or light energy and doping the activated impurity into said amorphous silicon layer. The gas may be a hydrogen compound and it may include an oxidizing gas.

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Yasunari Kanda