Abstract:
The present invention provides a semiconductor device which suppresses a short circuit and a leakage current between a semiconductor film and a gate electrode generated by a break or thin thickness of a gate insulating film in an end portion of a channel region of the semiconductor film, and the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device. Plural thin film transistors which each have semiconductor film provided over a substrate continuously, conductive films provided over the semiconductor film through a gate insulating film, source and drain regions provided in the semiconductor film which are not overlapped with the conductive films, and channel regions provided in the semiconductor film existing under the conductive films and between the source and drain regions. And impurity regions provided in the semiconductor film which is not overlapped with the conductive film and provided adjacent to the source and drain regions. Further, the conductive films are provided over the channel regions and regions of the semiconductor film which are provided adjacent to the channel regions.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a nonvolatile memory device, in which additional writing is possible other than in manufacturing and forgery and the like due to rewriting can be prevented, and a semiconductor device having the memory device. It is another object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive and nonvolatile memory device with high reliability and a semiconductor device. According to one feature of the present invention, a memory device includes a first conductive layer formed over an insulating surface, a second conductive layer, a first insulating layer interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and a second insulating layer which covers a part of the first conductive layer, wherein the first insulating layer covers an edge portion of the first conductive layer, the insulating surface, and the second insulating layer.
Abstract:
The invention provides a semiconductor device and its manufacturing method in which a memory transistor and a plurality of thin film transistors that have gate insulating films with different thicknesses are fabricated over a substrate. The invention is characterized by the structural difference between the memory transistor and the plurality of thin film transistors. Specifically, the memory transistor and some of the plurality of thin film transistors are provided to have a bottom gate structure while the other thin film transistors are provided to have a top gate structure, which enables the reduction of characteristic defects of the transistor and simplification of its manufacturing process.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device that can transmit and receive data without contact is popular partly as some railway passes, electronic money cards, and the like; however, it has been a prime task to provide an inexpensive semiconductor device for further popularization. In view of the above current conditions, a semiconductor device of the present invention includes a memory with a simple structure for providing an inexpensive semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. A memory element included in the memory includes a layer containing an organic compound, and a source electrode or a drain electrode of a TFT provided in the memory element portion is used as a conductive layer which forms a bit line of the memory element.
Abstract:
A light emitting device comprising a light emitting element and a first transistor and a second transistor controlling current to be supplied to the light emitting element in a pixel; the first transistor is normally-on; the second transistor is normally-off; a channel length of the first transistor is longer than a channel width thereof; a channel length of the second transistor is equal to or shorter than a channel length thereof; gate electrodes of the first transistor and the second transistor are connected to each other; the first transistor and the second transistor have the same polarity; and the light emitting element, the first transistor and the second transistor are all connected in series.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a semiconductor device which suppresses a short circuit and a leakage current between a semiconductor film and a gate electrode generated by a break or thin thickness of a gate insulating film in an end portion of a channel region of the semiconductor film, and the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device. Plural thin film transistors which each have semiconductor film provided over a substrate continuously, conductive films provided over the semiconductor film through a gate insulating film, source and drain regions provided in the semiconductor film which are not overlapped with the conductive films, and channel regions provided in the semiconductor film existing under the conductive films and between the source and drain regions. And impurity regions provided in the semiconductor film which is not overlapped with the conductive film and provided adjacent to the source and drain regions. Further, the conductive films are provided over the channel regions and regions of the semiconductor film which are provided adjacent to the channel regions.
Abstract:
When an electrical characteristic of the TFT varies, display unevenness such as brightness unevenness or gradation unevenness is occurred in a display image. According to the present invention, a display device in which variation of an electrical characteristic of a TFT is reduced, and display unevenness is reduced is provided. To obtain the display device, the fluctuation ratio of ON current value in a saturation region of adjacent TFTs is set to be equal to or less than ±12% in a TFT array substrate in which a plurality of TFTs are arranged.
Abstract:
An impurity of one conductivity type is ionized and accelerated by electric field before being implanted into a semiconductor layer to form a high concentration impurity region near its surface. Then the semiconductor layer is irradiated with continuous wave laser light for melting and crystallization or recrystallization, through which a region where the concentration of the impurity is constant is formed in the semiconductor layer. The continuous wave laser light irradiation may bring the semiconductor layer to the crystalline phase from the amorphous phase as long as the impurity element is re-distributed. The impurity is segregated through this process to newly create a high concentration region. However, this region is removed and no problem arises.
Abstract:
An impurity of one conductivity type is ionized and accelerated by electric field before being implanted into a semiconductor layer to form a high concentration impurity region near its surface. Then the semiconductor layer is irradiated with continuous wave laser light for melting and crystallization or recrystallization, through which a region where the concentration of the impurity is constant is formed in the semiconductor layer. The continuous wave laser light irradiation may bring the semiconductor layer to the crystalline phase from the amorphous phase as long as the impurity element is re-distributed. The impurity is segregated through this process to newly create a high concentration region. However, this region is removed and no problem arises.
Abstract:
To provide devices relating to a manufacturing method for a semiconductor device using a laser crystallization method, which is capable of reducing a cost involved in a design change, preventing a grain boundary from developing in a channel formation region of a TFT, and preventing a remarkable reduction in mobility of the TFT, a decrease in an ON current, and an increase in an OFF current due to the grain boundary and to a semiconductor device formed by using the manufacturing method. In a semiconductor device according to the present invention, among a plurality of TFTs formed on a base film, some TFTs are electrically connected to form logic elements. The plurality of logic elements are used to form a circuit. The base film has a plurality of projective portions having a rectangular or stripe shape. Island-like semiconductor films included in each of the plurality of TFTs are formed between the plurality of projective portions and also, are crystallized by a laser light scanned in a longitudinal direction of the projective portions.