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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoden Semiconductor System Engineering Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438149 ; 438158 ; 438763 ;
Abstract
A thin-film transistor (3, 5a, 5b and 5c) is covered with a first silicon nitride film (9) formed by an LPCVD method. A first silicon oxide film (6) is formed on the first silicon nitride film (9). A silicon nitride film (7), i.e., passivation film which is formed by a plasma CVD method is provided on the first silicon oxide film (6).