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Crystallization method, thin film transistor manufacturing method, thin film transistor, display, and semiconductor device

US7560321B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 2007
Grant dateJul 14, 2009
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2027

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

Abstract

According to a crystallization method, in the crystallization by irradiating a non-single semiconductor thin film of 40 to 100 nm provided on an insulation substrate with a laser light, a light intensity distribution having an inverse peak pattern is formed on the surface of the substrate, a light intensity gradient of the light intensity distribution is controlled, a crystal grain array is formed in which each crystal grain is aligned having a longer shape in a crystal growth direction than in a width direction and having a preferential crystal orientation (100) in a grain length direction, and a TFT is formed in which a source region and a drain region are formed so that current flows across a plurality of crystal grains of the crystal grain array in the crystal growth direction.

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