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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
May. 25, 1988
Katsumi Nakagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Komatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Yutaka Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Omata, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Osada, Yokosuka, JP;
Takashi Nakagiri, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thin film transistor comprises a substrate, a semiconductor layer comprising a polycrystalline silicon containing 3 atomic % or less of hydrogen provided on said substrate, a source region and a drain region provided in the surface part of said semiconductor layer, an insulating layer provided on said semiconductor layer at the portion between these two regions, a gate electrode provided on said insulating layer, a source electrode forming an electrical contact with the source region and a drain electrode forming an electrical contact with the drain region, the overlapping portions between said gate electrode through the insulating layer beneath said gate electrode and the source region and between said gate electrode through the insulating layer beneath said gate electrode and the drain region begin 2000 .ANG. or less in width.