IP Library Granted Patent US 7,671,370
Granted Patent B2
US 7,671,370 · App. 11/898,997 · Granted Mar 2, 2010

Display device and fabrication method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,671,370
App. No.
11/898,997
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Improvement in characteristics of a SELAX-TFT and throughput of ELA crystallization is achieved. When a thin film transistor using pseudo single crystal semiconductor and a thin film transistor using particulate polysilicon semiconductor are formed on a single substrate, the film thickness of an amorphous semiconductor film before crystallization in the pseudo single crystal semiconductor portion is greater than that in the polysilicon semiconductor portion.

Claims (5)

1. A display device having a thin film transistor using a pseudo single crystal semiconductor and a thin film transistor using a particulate polycrystalline semiconductor on a single substrate, wherein an average film thickness of a semiconductor layer in the thin film transistor using the pseudo single crystal semiconductor is greater than an average film thickness of a semiconductor layer in the thin film transistor using the polycrystalline semiconductor.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pseudo single crystal semiconductor portion and the polycrystalline semiconductor portion are formed in the same layer.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pseudo single crystal semiconductor portion and the polycrystalline semiconductor portion are formed in different layers.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the gate electrode of one of the thin film transistor using the pseudo single crystal semiconductor and the thin film transistor using the particulate polycrystalline semiconductor is formed of a semiconductor film formed in the same layer as the semiconductor layer of the other thin film transistor.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the average film thickness of the pseudo single crystal semiconductor is 50 to 400 nm, and the average film thickness of the polycrystalline semiconductor is 30 to 70 nm.

Assignments (3)
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS Recorded Oct 14, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0019 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 14, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0139 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2007
From: MIYAKE, HIDEKAZU; ITOGA, TOSHIHIKO; OUE, EIJI; NODA, TAKESHI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 019883/0797 →