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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoichiro Maeda, Kumamoto, JP;
Nobuhiro Nakamura, Kumamoto, JP;
Nobuaki Ishiga, Kumamoto, JP;
Kazunori Inoue, Kumamoto, JP;
Assignee:
Advanced Display Inc., Kikuchi-gun, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
Abstract
By using a metal thin film comprising a layer of metal and a layer obtained by adding nitrogen atoms to metal for a metal thin film which becomes a gate electrode and the like, and for a metal thin film which becomes a source electrode and a drain electrode, there is prepared electro-optic elements free from display defects caused by high contact resistance at connected portion of the pixel electrode with the above electrodes even when a low resistance line material is used.