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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2000
Thin film transistor, liquid crystal display panel, and method of manufacturing thin film transistor
Takatoshi Tsujimura, Fujisawa, JP;
Takashi Miyamoto, Chofu, JP;
Osamu Tokuhiro, Shiqa-ken, JP;
Mitsuo Morooka, Kawasaki, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention reduces the number of necessary steps in a thin-film-transistor manufacturing process and prevents an abnormal potential from being generated due to a leakage current from another signal line. A thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode disposed on a predetermined substrate and formed in a predetermined pattern, a semiconductor layer formed correspondingly to patterning of the gate electrode , a pixel electrode interposed by the semiconductor layer, and a signal electrode interposed by the semiconductor layer and disposed at a predetermined interval from the pixel electrode , in which the signal electrode is disposed at such a position where the signal electrode prevents crosstalk leakage current flowing from adjacent signal lines and to the pixel electrode via the semiconductor layer.