IP Library Granted Patent US 7,247,880
Granted Patent B2
US 7,247,880 · App. 11/017,673 · Granted Jul 24, 2007

Thin film transistor with low angle grain boundaries in a channel layer

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Patent No.
US 7,247,880
App. No.
11/017,673
Granted
Jul 24, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thin film transistor includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer pattern on the substrate, a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer pattern, and a gate electrode on a gate insulating layer. Low angle grain boundaries of polysilicon formed in a channel layer in the semiconductor layer pattern are tilted −15 to 15° with respect to a current flowing direction.

Claims (10)

1. A thin film transistor comprising:

a substrate;

a semiconductor layer pattern formed on the substrate;

a gate insulating layer formed on the semiconductor layer pattern; and

a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating layer,

wherein low angle grain boundaries of polysilicon formed in a channel layer in the semiconductor layer pattern are tilted −15 to 15° with respect to a current flowing direction.

2. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 , wherein the low angle grain boundaries of polysilicon are parallel to the current flowing direction.

3. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 , wherein one grain boundary of polysilicon is formed in the channel layer in the semiconductor layer pattern.

4. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 , further comprising a buffer layer formed between the substrate and the semiconductor layer pattern.

5. The thin film transistor according to claim 4 , wherein the buffer layer is made of any one of a silicon nitride layer and a silicon oxide layer.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028868/0326 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022024/0026 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2005
From: PARK, BYOUNG-KEON; LEE, KI-YONG; SEO, JIN-WOOK; YANG, TAE-HOON
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016374/0958 →