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Semiconductor device with semiconductor circuit comprising semiconductor units, and method for fabricating it

US7371623B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 2003
Grant dateMay 13, 2008
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D30/6743
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is to provide a high-productivity method for fabricating a TFT device having different LDD structures on one and the same substrate, and the TFT device. Specifically, the invention provides a novel TFT structure, and a high-productivity method for fabricating it. A Ta film or a Ta-based film having good heat resistance is used for forming interconnections, and the interconnections are covered with a protective film. The interconnections can be subjected to heat treatment at high temperatures (400 to 700° C.), and, in addition, the protective film serves as an etching stopper. In the peripheral driving circuit portion in the device, TFTs having an LDD structure are disposed in a self-aligned process in which is used side walls 126 and 127; while in the pixel matrix portion therein, TFTs having an LDD structure are disposed in a non-self-aligned process in which is used an insulator 125.

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