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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:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
May. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald T Fulks, Mountain View, CA (US);
William Yao, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chuang C Tsai, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
349 42 ; 438701 ; 438 30 ; 349 43 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for manufacturing an active matrix liquid crystal displaying device having a plurality of thin film transistors using five masks. A plurality of gate electrodes are formed using a first mask. A plurality of etch stoppers are formed over the gate electrodes using a second mask. A plurality of chain electrodes and a plurality of source electrodes are formed using a third mask. A passivation layer including via holes is formed using a fourth mask. A plurality of pixel electrodes are formed using a fifth mask.