The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoatsu Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Joled Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/786 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/7869 (2013.01); H01L 27/1214 (2013.01); H01L 29/66742 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode and a pair of source-drain electrodes provided on a substrate; an oxide semiconductor layer provided between the gate electrode and the pair of source-drain electrodes, the oxide semiconductor layer forming a channel; a protection film provided over whole of a surface above the substrate; and a gate insulating film provided on a gate electrode side of the oxide semiconductor layer, the gate insulating film having end faces part or all of which are covered with the pair of source-drain electrodes or with the protection film.