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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the passivation structure of a bottom gate type thin-film transistor capable of reducing damage applied by ion doping and hydrogenation treatment. SOLUTION: A thin-film transistor has bottom gate structure, and has a gate electrode 2, a gate insulating film 3 and an active layer 4a successively superposed on an insulating substrate 1 from a lower section and a source region 6S/a drain region 6D adjacent to the active layer 4a. The active layer 4a mainly comprises unsingle crystal silicon. A silicon dioxide thin-film 8 for passivation is formed while being brought into contact with the active layer 4a and/or the source region 6S/the drain region 6D. A silicon nitride thin-film 9 is further shaped onto the thin-film 8. Damage, etc., by ion doping can be inhibited by directly bringing the silicon dioxide thin-film 8 into contact with the active layer 4a and the source region 6S/the drain region 6D and using the thin-film 8 as a passivation layer.
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PURPOSE: To uniformly and efficiently introduce impurities into semiconductor thin films with a low-temp. treatment. CONSTITUTION: The first semiconductor thin film 2, a gate insulating film 3 and the second semiconductor thin film 4 are successively formed on a transparent insulating substrate 1. Plural transistors(TRs) are integrated and formed by working these semiconductor thin films 2, 4. The semiconductor device for display is formed by integrating and forming pixel electrodes 11 connected to the respective TRs. At this time, diffusion source films 5 contg. the impurities are deposited in direct superposition on the respective semiconductor thin films 2, 4. The impurities are diffused from the diffusion source films 5 into the semiconductor thin films 2, 4 by integral irradiation with a laser beam so as to include the plural TRs.
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PURPOSE: To stably radiate the laser beam to a semiconductor thin film crystalizing the semiconductor, and at the same time and activate impurity. CONSTITUTION: First, a semiconductor thin film 2 is formed on an insulating substrate 1 in a film forming process. Next, a series of processings are performed, as the fabrication process, to many element regions specified on a semiconductor thin film 2 to form many thin film transistors. In this case, at the intermediate stage of the series of processings, the laser beam is radiated, as the radiation process for crystalizing the semiconductor thin film 2 under the condition that semiconductor thin film 2 is provided continuously for many element regions. This radiation process is carried out after the impurity implantation to the semiconductor thin film 2 for crystallization of the semiconductor thin film 2 included in the channel part (ch) and simultaneously for activating impurity implanted to the source region S and drain region D.
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PURPOSE:To control the threshold voltage of a multi-gate semiconductor element arbitrarily after the completion of the element by mutually connecting the drain regions and source regions of adjacent thin-film transistors by an impurity region patterned in a specified shape and controlling the potential of the impurity region. CONSTITUTION:One multi-gate semiconductor element has a structure in which a plurality of TFTs are connected, and formed in the so-called double gate type. A common gate line GL is formed by a pattern so as to cross a pair of a source region S1 and a drain region D1 and a pair of a source region S2 and a drain region D2, thus constituting thin-film transistors TFT1, TFT2. A plurality of the multi-gate semiconductor elements 2 are connected mutually by a common control line CL. An adjusting means 3 Is connected to the control line CL, and the neutral point potential of each multi-gate semiconductor element 2 is controlled, thus adjusting the threshold potential of a plurality of the multi- gate semiconductor elements 2 in common.
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PURPOSE:To suppress the variations in gate capacitance coupling and to shorten a channel length by suppressing the leak current of TFTs to be used as pixel switching element, thereby stabilizing the threshold voltage. CONSTITUTION:The switching element has a multigate structure formed by serially connecting plural pieces of the thin-film transistors(TFTs) and electrically connecting respective gate electrodes 9 to each other. The TFTs have the LDD structure provided with low-concn. impurity regions 6 of the same conduction type as the conduction type of source regions or drain regions between at least source regions 3 or drain regions 5 and channel regions 2. At least one piece of plural pieces of the low-concn. impurity regions are formed to the length or concn. different from the length or concn. of the others in some cases, by which sufficient on-currents are assured while leak currents are suppressed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing a thin-film semiconductor device for forming a gate insulating film formed of a high-quality silicon oxide nitride film on a large-sized substrate. SOLUTION: In the method of manufacturing the thin-film semiconductor device, a parallel flat plate type plasma CVD apparatus is used to form the silicon nitride oxide film used as the gate insulating film 5; the nitrogen monoxide (N 2 O) gas and silane gas (SiH 4 ) are used as the film forming gas; and the flow rate of the nitrogen monoxide (N 2 O) gas for the flow rate of silane gas (SiH 4 ) is set to 2.5 or greater. The gate insulating film 5 may be formed as a laminated film, in combination with a silicon nitride film. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve improvement of image quality and position detecting accuracy in a display device. SOLUTION: Operation of a backlight 300 which outputs illuminating light from the side of one surface of a liquid crystal panel 200 to a display region PA is controlled based on light reception data obtained by an external light sensor element 32b. The operation of the backlight 300 is controlled based on the light reception data obtained by the external light sensor element 32b arranged in the display region PA. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a silicon thin film which allows silicon monocrystal particle assemblages with less particle diameter variation to be regularly placed on a base substance. SOLUTION: A silicon thin film contains a silicon monocrystal particle assemblage with approximate rectangular silicon monocrystal particles placed in matrix on a base substance. In addition, more than 30% in the quantity of silicon monocrystal particles constituting the silicon monocrystal particle assemblage have ä100} aspects for the base substance surface and its average film thickness is 1×10 -8 m or 4×10 -8 m. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor which can assure a threshold voltage without depending upon conductivity type even when processing of a semiconductor thin film is performed by steam annealing, and to provide the thin film transistor. SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing the thin film transistor includes a step of forming the semiconductor thin film 34 on a substrate 31 via silicon nitride film 32 and a silicon oxide film 33, and high pressure steam annealing the semiconductor thin film 34 as its heat treatment in a moisture atmosphere. The method further includes a step of removing a spontaneous oxide film on a surface of the semiconductor thin film 34 as needed, and then patterning the semiconductor thin film 34. Thereafter, the method includes a step of forming a gate insulating film 35 in a state of covering directly the front surface of the semiconductor thin film 34, and forming the gate electrode on the gate insulating film 35. Then, the method includes a step of ion implanting phosphorus (P + ) as group V impurity in the semiconductor thin film 34 via the gate insulating film 35. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for fabricating a thin film transistor exhibiting a good mobility in which a high quality oxide film is formed on a low melting point glass substrate while suppressing contraction thereof and to realize a high performance thin film transistor. SOLUTION: The method for fabricating a thin film transistor having a multilayer structure of a semiconductor thin film, an oxide film and a gate electrode comprises a step for forming a semiconductor thin film of polysilicon on an insulating substrate, and a step for forming an oxide film on the semiconductor thin film, wherein the step for forming an oxide film conducts a step for forming a silicon oxide film on the semiconductor thin film in combination with a first annealing step performing heat treatment in the pressure atmosphere of a gas containing oxygen atoms, and a second annealing step performing a heat treatment in a dry atmosphere is conducted following the first annealing step. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO