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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shingo Fujita, Katano, JP;
Hiroshi Yamazoe, Katano, JP;
Isao Ota, Osaka, JP;
Isako Kikuchi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359 60 ; 357-2 ; 437101 ; 359 72 ; 359 79 ; 359 87 ;
Abstract
A nonlinear diode which is easy to manufacture and has sharply nonlinear voltage-current characteristic and a matrix display unit in which it is used has a diode structure in which an amorphous semiconductor layer is disposed between a bus bar and a pixel electrode formed on a substrate so as to thereby provide an electrical connection therebetween. The amorphous semiconductor layer is made of a compound of arsenic and at least one of selenium and sulphur; a compound of nitrogen and at least one of boron; silicon; aluminium and gallium, a compound of carbon and silicon; or boron.