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Semiconductor device including a TFT having large-grain polycrystalline active layer, LCD employing the same and method of fabricating them

US6965122B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 10, 2003
Grant dateNov 15, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D86/0251
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixels and a peripheral circuit region disposed at a periphery of the pixel region for driving the pixels. The peripheral circuit region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a first kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the first kind is at least 3 μm. The pixel region includes transistors fabricated from polycrystalline semiconductor and having a semiconductor crystalline grain of a second kind in a channel region thereof, wherein a grain size of the semiconductor crystalline grain of the second kind is at least 0.05 μm.

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