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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2012
Yasuo Segawa, Hyogo, JP;
Yasuo Segawa, Hyogo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In the light-emitting display device according to the present invention, a side-contact structure is adopted in order to secure a TFT characteristic in a linear region (on-current). In a TFT configuring a switching transistor, a thickness of a semiconductor layer (channel layer) in a region corresponding to the source/drain electrodes is increased. In contrast, in a TFT configuring a driving transistor, in order to maintain an on current, a thickness of a semiconductor layer (channel layer) in a region corresponding to the source/drain electrodes is reduced. This configuration is manufactured using a half-tone mask. With this, it is possible to suppress the off-current in the switching transistor, while securing the on-current in the driving transistor.