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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Masao Moriguchi, Osaka, JP;
Yohsuke Kanzaki, Osaka, JP;
Yudai Takanishi, Osaka, JP;
Takatsugu Kusumi, Osaka, JP;
Masao Moriguchi, Osaka, JP;
Yohsuke Kanzaki, Osaka, JP;
Yudai Takanishi, Osaka, JP;
Takatsugu Kusumi, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A thin film transistor includes a gate electrode (), a gate insulating film () covering the gate electrode (), a semiconductor layer () made of an oxide semiconductor and provided on the gate insulating film (), a source electrode () and a drain electrode () provided on the semiconductor layer () via easily reducible metal layers () and spaced apart from each other, with a channel region (C) interposed therebetween, a conductive region (E) provided in the semiconductor layer (), and a diffusion reducing portion () provided in the semiconductor layer (), for reducing diffusion of the conductive region (E) into the channel region (C).