Liquid crystal display device
A method of manufacturing, with high mass productivity, liquid crystal display devices having highly reliable thin film transistors with excellent electric characteristics is provided. In a liquid crystal display device having an inverted staggered thin film transistor, the inverted staggered thin film transistor is formed as follows: a gate insulating film is formed over a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor film which functions as a channel formation region is formed over the gate insulating film; a buffer layer is formed over the microcrystalline semiconductor film; a pair of source and drain regions are formed over the buffer layer; and a pair of source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the source and drain regions so as to expose a part of the source and drain regions.
1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a gate wiring;
a first transistor comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer wherein the second semiconductor layer includes an impurity element imparting one conductivity type, and a first part of the gate wiring;
a first liquid crystal element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a liquid crystal;
a first color layer;
a second color layer;
a third color layer;
a light shielding film;
a spacer including a first region;
a second transistor comprising a second part of the gate wiring; and
a second liquid crystal element electrically connected to the second transistor,
wherein the spacer is overlapped by the first color layer, the second color layer, and the third color layer,
wherein the first electrode is not overlapped by the first region,
wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to the first transistor,
wherein the first part of the gate wiring is overlapped by the spacer,
wherein the gate wiring, the first color layer, the second color layer, the third color layer, the light shielding film, and the spacer overlap each other.
2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the spacer is located between the gate wiring and the second electrode.
3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer is overlapped by the spacer.
4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode.
5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first transistor comprises source and drain electrodes over the first semiconductor layer, and
wherein end portions of the first semiconductor layer are not overlapped by the source and drain electrodes.
6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer includes silicon.
7. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
a gate wiring;
a first transistor comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a first part of the gate wiring;
a first liquid crystal element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a liquid crystal;
a first color layer;
a second color layer;
a third color layer;
a light shielding film;
a spacer including a first region;
a second transistor comprising a second part of the gate wiring; and
a second liquid crystal element electrically connected to the second transistor,
wherein the spacer is overlapped by the first color layer, the second color layer, and the third color layer,
wherein the first electrode is not overlapped by the first region,
wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to the first transistor,
wherein the first part of the gate wiring is overlapped by the spacer,
wherein the gate wiring, the first color layer, the second color layer, the third color layer, the light shielding film, and the spacer overlap each other.
8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the spacer is located between the gate wiring and the second electrode.
9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first semiconductor layer is overlapped by the spacer.
10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the liquid crystal is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode.
11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the first transistor comprises source and drain electrodes over the first semiconductor layer, and
wherein end portions of the first semiconductor layer are not overlapped by the source and drain electrodes.
12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first semiconductor layer includes silicon.