IP Library Granted Patent US 8,357,940
Granted Patent B2
US 8,357,940 · App. 12/958,605 · Granted Jan 22, 2013

Thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,357,940
App. No.
12/958,605
Granted
Jan 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bottom gate-type thin film transistor includes a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film formed on the gate insulating film, having an opening which is formed in a formation region of a gate electrode, and a semiconductor film formed on the interlayer insulating film so as to cover the opening. The interlayer insulating film contains nitrides in an amount larger than that in the gate insulating film, and the semiconductor film includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film or a polycrystalline semiconductor film formed on semiconductor crystalline nuclei which are formed on the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film and contain at least Ge.

Claims (23)

1. A thin film transistor comprising:

an insulation substrate;

a gate electrode formed on an upper surface of the insulation substrate;

a gate insulating film formed on the upper surface of the insulation substrate and an upper surface of the gate electrode;

an interlayer insulating film formed on an upper surface of the gate insulating film, having an opening which is formed in a formation region of the gate electrode in top view;

a semiconductor film formed on the interlayer insulating film around the opening so as to cover the opening; and

a drain electrode and a source electrode formed on the semiconductor film so as to face each other with the opening disposed therebetween,

wherein the interlayer insulating film contains nitrides in an amount larger than that in the gate insulating film, and

wherein the semiconductor film includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film or a polycrystalline semiconductor film formed on semiconductor crystalline nuclei which are formed on the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film and contain at least Ge.

2. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the gate insulating film is made from silicon oxide, and

wherein the interlayer insulating film is made from silicon nitride.

3. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the semiconductor crystalline nuclei are made from SiGe or Ge, and

wherein the microcrystalline semiconductor film or the polycrystalline semiconductor film is made from SiGe or Si.

4. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 , wherein the Ge composition of the semiconductor crystalline nuclei is larger than the Ge composition of the microcrystalline semiconductor film or the polycrystalline semiconductor film.

5. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,

wherein a contact layer in which high-concentration impurities are doped is formed in the semiconductor film at the interface between the drain electrode and the semiconductor film, and

wherein a contact layer in which high-concentration impurities are doped is formed in the semiconductor film at the interface between the source electrode and the semiconductor film.

6. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 ,

wherein a contact layer electrically connected to the drain electrode is formed by doping high-concentration impurities onto the semiconductor film at the interface between the semiconductor film and the interlayer insulating film, and

wherein a contact layer electrically connected to the source electrode is formed by doping high-concentration impurities onto the semiconductor film at the interface between the semiconductor film and the interlayer insulating film.

7. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor film has a two-layered structure in which a hydrogen-containing amorphous semiconductor film is laminated on a surface opposite the gate insulating film.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0223 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0644 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065654/0250 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027093/0937 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE IN PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027092/0684 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2010
From: SUZUMURA, ISAO; TOYOTA, YOSHIAKI; MATSUMURA, MIEKO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 025440/0348 →