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Semiconductor device with interfacial electrode layer

US5103268A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 8, 1991
Grant dateApr 7, 1992
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S136/29

Abstract

A semiconductor device having a thin film silicon-containing active layer and a metallic first electrode is provided with an interfacial metallic layer at an inner surface of a second electrode to increase electrical resistance and thereby reduce shunts adjacent pinhole-type defects of the active layer. The interfacial layer is preferably made of a metal selected from the group consisting of tin, gold, titanium, palladium and tantalum.

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