Patent · US Active

Thin film transistor

US8604481B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
47References
26Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 3, 2012
Grant dateDec 10, 2013
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 3, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10K59/123

Abstract

A thin film transistor includes a gate insulating layer covering a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer in contact with the gate insulating layer, and impurity semiconductor layers which are in contact with part of the semiconductor layer and which form a source region and a drain region. The semiconductor layer includes a microcrystalline semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer and a microcrystalline semiconductor region containing nitrogen in contact with the microcrystalline semiconductor layer. The thin film transistor in which off-current is small and on-current is large can be manufactured with high productivity.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.