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Thin-film transistor array and method for manufacturing same

US6121632A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 1998
Grant dateSep 19, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D86/443

Abstract

A high-quality thin-film transistor array. The gate insulating film below the pixel electrode is etched off in its entirely or along a slit extending along a drain bus line in order to simultaneously remove the residual a-Si produced due to defective patterning. The insulating film is interposed between a drain bus line and a pixel electrode to form a boundary separating layer therebetween. The reject ratio is suppressed by reducing the occurrence of point defects of semi-bright spots, ascribable to capacitative coupling to the pixel electrodes as a result of interconnection of the residual a-Si produced by defective patterning to the drain bus line.

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