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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2010
Kumi Tsuda, Kumamoto, JP;
Kazunori Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Aoki, Kumamoto, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a TFT substrate including a gate electrode having a thick film part and a thin film part with a smaller film thickness than the thick film part, a semiconductor active film formed above the thick film part and the thin film part of the gate electrode, an ohmic contact film formed on an inside of the semiconductor active film and on the semiconductor active film corresponding to the thin film part on an outside of the thick film part, and an electrode film constituting a source electrode and a drain electrode, having a planar shape identical to or on an inside of the ohmic contact film, and formed on the ohmic contact film.