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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
Applicants:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
PANASONIC CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC LIQUID DISPLAY CO., LTD., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/10 (2006.01); H01L 29/76 (2006.01); H01L 31/036 (2006.01); H01L 31/112 (2006.01); H01L 29/786 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/417 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/78678 (2013.01); H01L 29/41733 (2013.01); H01L 29/66765 (2013.01); H01L 29/78636 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a thin-film semiconductor device, a semiconductor layer has a bandgap energy of 1.6 eV or less, an insulating layer formed above the semiconductor layer includes: a first insulating layer region placed outside of a first contact opening and above one end of a gate electrode; a second insulating layer region placed outside of a second contact opening and above the other end of the gate electrode which opposes the one end; and a third insulating layer region being rectangular and placed between the first contact opening and the second contact opening.