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Reflective liquid crystal display device having a TFT as a switching element and method for fabricating the same

US6549252B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1999
Grant dateApr 15, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/1362
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed towards TFT-LCD devices and methods to manufacture the same. The devices of the present invention includes a gate electrode structure including an active layer and agate insulator, a protective layer formed over and along the sides of the gate electrode structure, contact layers formed on sides of the gate electrode structure and on a substrate, and source and drain electrodes on the contact layers.

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