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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shoichiro Nakayama, Moriguchi, JP;
Shigeru Noguchi, Hirakata, JP;
Keiichi Sano, Takatsuki, JP;
Hiroshi Iwata, Neyagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kuriyama, Mino, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257 77 ; 257 65 ; 257 66 ; 257192 ;
Abstract
A thin film transistor with a noncrystalline semiconductor film, wherein an amorphous semiconductor in a position corresponding to a channel between a source electrode and a drain electrode is polycrystallized, while on both side areas or around the polycrystallized area remains amorphous. The thin film transistor may be a noncrystalline semiconductor film with a heterojunction between a channel area and a source and drain area.