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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2012
Toshiaki Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Inagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Inagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thin film transistor having a crystalline silicon film that is formed over an insulating substrate with a gate electrode and a gate insulating film in between, and has a channel region in a region corresponding to the gate electrode; an insulating channel protective film that is selectively formed in a region corresponding to the channel region on the crystalline silicon film; an n+ silicon film having a source region and a drain region that sandwich a region corresponding to the channel region on the channel protective film and the crystalline silicon film; and a metal film having a source electrode and a drain electrode that respectively correspond to the source region and the drain region.