Patent · US Expired

Thin-film transistor fabrication process

US4859617A · kind A · utility

29Cited by
3References
10Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 3, 1988
Grant dateAug 22, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 3, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/913
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a thin-film transistor fabrication process using an amorphous silicon semiconductor layer, after the gate insulation layer is formed and before the a-Si semiconductor layer is formed, the surface of the gate insulation layer is treated with an H.sub.2 plasma. This treatment improves the transistor characteristics.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.