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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Youn Gyoung Chang, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Jeong Hyun Kim, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Se June Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jae Kyun Lee, Kyunggi-do, KR;
Jong Hoon Yi, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG. Philips LCD Co. Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/701 ; H01L 2/712 ; H01L 3/10392 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/701 ; H01L 2/712 ; H01L 3/10392 ;
Abstract
A sensor TFT includes a substrate, a gate electrode formed on the substrate, a semiconductor layer patterned on the insulating layer to generate an optical current using received light, source and drain electrodes formed on the semiconductor layer, the source and drain electrodes being spaced apart from each other, and a conductive channel defined by an area between the source and drain electrodes, wherein the conductive channel is not rectangular-shaped, such that the channel width is increased for a fixed channel length.