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Process for producing electrooptical apparatus and process for producing driving substrate for electrooptical apparatus

US6103558A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 1999
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D86/60
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A single crystal silicon thin film having a high electron/hole mobility is uniformly formed at a relatively low temperature, so that production of an active matrix substrate having a built-in high performance driver and an electrooptical apparatus, such as a thin film semiconductor apparatus for display, becomes possible. A single crystal silicon layer is formed by hetero-epitaxial growth from a molten liquid layer of a low melting point metal having silicon dissolved therein by using a crystalline sapphire film formed on a substrate as a seed, and the single crystal silicon layer is used in a top gate type MOS TFT of an electrooptical apparatus, such as an LCD, in which a display part and a peripheral driving circuit are integrated.

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