Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080203477 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Plural kinds of thin film transistors having different film thicknesses of semiconductor layers are provided over a substrate having an insulating surface. A channel formation region of semiconductor layer in a thin film transistor for which high speed operation is required is made thinner than a channel formation region of a semiconductor layer of a thin film transistor for which high withstand voltage is required. A gate insulating layer of the thin film transistor for which high speed operation is required may be thinner than a gate insulating layer of the thin film transistor for which high withstand voltage is required. | 08-28-2008 |
20080242050 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device - It is an object of the present invention to manufacture a semiconductor element and an integrated circuit that have high performance over a large-sized substrate with high throughput and high productivity. When single crystal semiconductor layers are transferred from a single crystal semiconductor substrate (a bond wafer), the single crystal semiconductor substrate is etched selectively (this step is also referred to as groove processing), and a plurality of single crystal semiconductor layers divided such that they have the size of semiconductor elements to be manufactured are transferred to a different substrate (a base substrate). Thus, a plurality of island-shaped single crystal semiconductor layers (SOI layers) can be formed over the base substrate. | 10-02-2008 |
20080242051 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device - When single crystal semiconductor layers are transposed from a single crystal semiconductor substrate (a bond wafer), the single crystal semiconductor substrate is etched selectively (this step is also referred to as groove processing), and a plurality of single crystal semiconductor layers, which are being divided in size of manufactured semiconductor elements, are transposed to a different substrate (a base substrate). Thus, a plurality of island-shaped single crystal semiconductor layers (SOI layers) can be formed over the base substrate. Further, etching is performed on the single crystal semiconductor layers formed over the base substrate, and the shapes of the SOI layers are controlled precisely by being processed and modified. | 10-02-2008 |
20090057672 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A display device including a thin film transistor with high electric characteristics and high reliability, and a method for manufacturing the display device with high mass-productivity. In a display device including an inverted-staggered channel-stop-type thin film transistor, the inverted-staggered channel-stop-type thin film transistor includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film including a channel formation region, and an impurity region containing an impurity element of one conductivity type is selectively provided in a region which is not overlapped with source and drain electrodes, in the channel formation region of the microcrystalline semiconductor film. | 03-05-2009 |
20090065784 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device including a thin film transistor with high electric characteristics and high reliability, and a method for manufacturing the display device in high yield are proposed. In a display device including a channel stop thin film transistor with an inverted-staggered structure, the channel stop thin film transistor with the inverted-staggered structure includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film including a channel formation region. An impurity region including an impurity element imparting one conductivity type is formed as selected in a region in the channel formation region of the microcrystalline semiconductor film which does not overlap with a source electrode or a drain electrode. In the channel formation region, a non-doped region, to which the impurity element imparting one conductivity type is not added, is formed between the impurity region, which is a doped region to which the impurity element is added, and the source region or the drain region. | 03-12-2009 |
20090078939 | Display device and method for manufacturing the same - To provide a display device which can realize high performance of a field-effect transistor which forms a pixel of the display device and which can achieve improvement in an aperture ratio of a pixel, which has been reduced due to increase in the number of field-effect transistors, and reduction in the area of the field-effect transistor which occupies the pixel, without depending on a microfabrication technique of the field-effect transistor, even when the number of field-effect transistors in the pixel is increased. A display device is provided with a plurality of pixels in which a plurality of field-effect transistors including a semiconductor layer which is separated from a semiconductor substrate and is bonded to a supporting substrate having an insulating surface are stacked with a planarization layer interposed therebetween. | 03-26-2009 |
20100099217 | Semiconductor Device, Electronic Device, and Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device - Conductive layers having knots are adjacently formed with uniform distance therebetween. Droplets of the conductive layers are discharged to stagger centers of the droplets in a length direction of wirings so that the centers of the discharged droplets are not on the same line in a line width direction between the adjacent conductive layers. Since the centers of the droplets are staggered, parts of the conductive layers each having a widest line width (the widest width of knot) are not connected to each other, and the conductive layers can be formed adjacently with a shorter distance therebetween. | 04-22-2010 |
20100120226 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - When single crystal semiconductor layers are transposed from a single crystal semiconductor substrate (a bond wafer), the single crystal semiconductor substrate is etched selectively (this step is also referred to as groove processing), and a plurality of single crystal semiconductor layers, which are being divided in size of manufactured semiconductor elements, are transposed to a different substrate (a base substrate). Thus, a plurality of island-shaped single crystal semiconductor layers (SOI layers) can be formed over the base substrate. Further, etching is performed on the single crystal semiconductor layers formed over the base substrate, and the shapes of the SOI layers are controlled precisely by being processed and modified. | 05-13-2010 |
20100129969 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a highly reliable semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device, where defects such as a short between a gate electrode layer and a semiconductor layer and a leakage current, which would otherwise be caused due to a coverage defect of the semiconductor layer with an insulating layer, can be prevented. In order to form a plurality of semiconductor elements over an insulating surface, a semiconductor layer is not separated into a plurality of island-shape semiconductor layers, but instead, element isolation regions, which electrically insulate a plurality of element regions functioning as semiconductor elements, are formed in one semiconductor layer, i.e., a first element isolation region with high resistance and a second element isolation region which has a contact with the element region and has a conductivity type opposite to that of the source and drain regions of the element region. | 05-27-2010 |
20100285624 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A display device including a thin film transistor with high electric characteristics and high reliability, and a method for manufacturing the display device with high mass-productivity. In a display device including an inverted-staggered channel-stop-type thin film transistor, the inverted-staggered channel-stop-type thin film transistor includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film including a channel formation region, and an impurity region containing an impurity element of one conductivity type is selectively provided in a region which is not overlapped with source and drain electrodes, in the channel formation region of the microcrystalline semiconductor film. | 11-11-2010 |
20100289026 | Method for Manufacturing Display Device - When a conductive layer is formed, a first liquid composition containing a conductive material is applied on an outer side of a pattern that is desired to be formed (corresponding to a contour or an edge portion of a pattern), and a first conductive layer (insulating layer) having a frame-shape is formed. A second liquid composition containing a conductive material is applied so as to fill a space inside the first conductive layer having a frame-shape, whereby a second conductive layer is formed. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are formed so as to be in contact with each other, and the first conductive layer is formed so as to surround the second conductive layer. Therefore, the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer can be used as one continuous conductive layer. | 11-18-2010 |
20100304515 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device including a thin film transistor with high electric characteristics and high reliability, and a method for manufacturing the display device in high yield are proposed. In a display device including a channel stop thin film transistor with an inverted-staggered structure, the channel stop thin film transistor with the inverted-staggered structure includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film including a channel formation region. An impurity region including an impurity element imparting one conductivity type is formed as selected in a region in the channel formation region of the microcrystalline semiconductor film which does not overlap with a source electrode or a drain electrode. In the channel formation region, a non-doped region, to which the impurity element imparting one conductivity type is not added, is formed between the impurity region, which is a doped region to which the impurity element is added, and the source region or the drain region. | 12-02-2010 |
20100311222 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - When single crystal semiconductor layers are transposed from a single crystal semiconductor substrate (a bond wafer), the single crystal semiconductor substrate is etched selectively (this step is also referred to as groove processing), and a plurality of single crystal semiconductor layers, which are being divided in size of manufactured semiconductor elements, are transposed to a different substrate (a base substrate). Thus, a plurality of island-shaped single crystal semiconductor layers (SOI layers) can be formed over the base substrate. Further, etching is performed on the single crystal semiconductor layers formed over the base substrate, and the shapes of the SOI layers are controlled precisely by being processed and modified. | 12-09-2010 |
20110086475 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In order to form a plurality of semiconductor elements over an insulating surface, in one continuous semiconductor layer, an element region serving as a semiconductor element and an element isolation region having a function to electrically isolate element regions from each other by repetition of PN junctions. The element isolation region is formed by selective addition of an impurity element of at least one or more kinds of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon and an impurity element that imparts an opposite conductivity type to that of the adjacent element region in order to electrically isolate elements from each other in one continuous semiconductor layer. | 04-14-2011 |
20120012846 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a semiconductor device and a display device which can be manufactured through a simplified process and the manufacturing technique. Another object is to provide a technique by which a pattern of wirings or the like which is partially constitutes a semiconductor device or a display device can be formed with a desired shape with controllability. | 01-19-2012 |
20120045894 | Method for Manufacturing Display Device - When a mask layer is formed, a first liquid composition containing a mask-layer-forming material is applied on an outer side of a pattern that is desired to be formed (corresponding to a contour or an edge portion of a pattern) to form a first mask layer having a frame shape. A second liquid composition containing a mask-layer-forming material is applied so as to fill a space inside the first mask layer having a frame shape to form a second mask layer. The first mask layer and the second mask layer are formed to be in contact with each other, and the first mask layer is formed to surround the second mask layer. Therefore, the first mask layer and the second mask layer can be used as one continuous mask layer. | 02-23-2012 |
20120129288 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A display device including a thin film transistor with high electric characteristics and high reliability, and a method for manufacturing the display device with high mass-productivity. In a display device including an inverted-staggered channel-stop-type thin film transistor, the inverted-staggered channel-stop-type thin film transistor includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film including a channel formation region, and an impurity region containing an impurity element of one conductivity type is selectively provided in a region which is not overlapped with source and drain electrodes, in the channel formation region of the microcrystalline semiconductor film. | 05-24-2012 |
20130181955 | Display Device - The display device includes: a flexible display panel including a display portion in which scanning lines and signal lines cross each other; a supporting portion for supporting an end portion of the flexible display panel; a signal line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the signal line, which is provided for the supporting portion; and a scanning line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the scanning line, which is provided for a flexible surface of the display panel in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the supporting portion. | 07-18-2013 |
20130314346 | Electronic Book - An e-book reader in which destruction of a driver circuit at the time when a flexible panel is handled is inhibited. In addition, an e-book reader having a simplified structure. A plurality of flexible display panels each including a display portion in which display control is performed by a scan line driver circuit and a signal line driver circuit, and a binding portion fastening the plurality of display panels together are included. The signal line driver circuit is provided inside the binding portion, and the scan line driver circuit is provided at the edge of the display panel in a direction perpendicular to the binding portion. | 11-28-2013 |
20140138680 | Semiconductor Device, Electronic Device, and Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device - To provide a semiconductor device and a display device which can be manufactured through a simplified process and the manufacturing technique. Another object is to provide a technique by which a pattern of wirings or the like which is partially constitutes a semiconductor device or a display device can be formed with a desired shape with controllability. | 05-22-2014 |
20140354612 | Display Device - The display device includes: a flexible display panel including a display portion in which scanning lines and signal lines cross each other; a supporting portion for supporting an end portion of the flexible display panel; a signal line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the signal line, which is provided for the supporting portion; and a scanning line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the scanning line, which is provided for a flexible surface of the display panel in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the supporting portion. | 12-04-2014 |