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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 237 ; 357 59 ; 357-2 ; 357 55 ;
Abstract
A thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode formed on an insulating substrate; a first insulating film for covering the gate electrode; a first conducting semiconductor film formed on the first insulating film; a second insulating film for covering the entire top surface of the semiconductor film; a pair of second conducting semiconductor layers formed, spaced from each other, in contact with the side surfaces of the semiconductor film; and first and second electrodes formed in contact with the pair of second conducting semiconductor layers, respectively. Current flows only on the sides of the semiconductor film and through the second conducting semiconductor layers.