Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090032824 | Image displaying device - An image displaying device having multiple photosensing devices have successfully suppressed a leakage current from each photosensing device and improved the S/N ratio. In the image displaying device, pixels and photosensing devices are disposed as pairs in a matrix pattern on a substrate. Each of the pixels and each of the photosensing devices are driven independently. Each photosensing device includes a semiconductor layer that is a photoelectric conversion layer connected to at least a first electrode and a second electrode. The contact surfaces of the first and second electrodes with respect to the semiconductor layer are disposed so that their center axes are separated from each other. | 02-05-2009 |
20110108841 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a method of promoting a deposition of semiconductor crystal nuclei on an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film even at a low temperature of 450° C. or lower in a reactive thermal CVD method. As one means thereof, a first semiconductor film is formed on an insulating substrate, and then semiconductor crystal nuclei are formed on parts of the first semiconductor film and simultaneously the first semiconductor film other than that in forming regions of the semiconductor crystal nuclei and their peripheries is removed by etching. Thereafter, a second semiconductor film is formed with using the semiconductor crystal nuclei as seeds. | 05-12-2011 |
20110133197 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A bottom gate-type thin film transistor includes a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film formed on the gate insulating film, having an opening which is formed in a formation region of a gate electrode, and a semiconductor film formed on the interlayer insulating film so as to cover the opening. The interlayer insulating film contains nitrides in an amount larger than that in the gate insulating film, and the semiconductor film includes a microcrystalline semiconductor film or a polycrystalline semiconductor film formed on semiconductor crystalline nuclei which are formed on the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film and contain at least Ge. | 06-09-2011 |
20120217502 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a display device which includes: a gate electrode; a first semiconductor layer in a crystallized state which is formed over the gate electrode; a source electrode and a drain electrode which are formed over the first semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor layer which extends from a side of the first semiconductor layer and is interposed between one of the source electrode and the drain electrode and the first semiconductor layer, wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a first portion which is formed in a crystallized state and brought into contact with the first semiconductor layer, and a second portion which has lower crystallinity than the first portion. | 08-30-2012 |
20120223315 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed is a display device including: a gate electrode; a semiconductor layer formed into an island shape on an upper side of the gate electrode; a side wall oxide film formed on a lateral surface of the semiconductor layer; and a drain electrode and a source electrode formed on an upper side of the semiconductor layer extending from a lateral side of the semiconductor layer, wherein the side wall oxide film has a thickness of 2.1 nm or more. | 09-06-2012 |
20130011945 | IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE - An image displaying device having multiple photosensing devices have successfully suppressed a leakage current from each photosensing device and improved the S/N ratio. In the image displaying device, pixels and photosensing devices are disposed as pairs in a matrix pattern on a substrate. Each of the pixels and each of the photosensing devices are driven independently. Each photosensing device includes a semiconductor layer that is a photoelectric conversion layer connected to at least a first electrode and a second electrode. The contact surfaces of the first and second electrodes with respect to the semiconductor layer are disposed so that their center axes are separated from each other. | 01-10-2013 |
20130278855 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A thin film transistor includes, an insulating substrate, a gate electrode provided on an upper surface of the insulating substrate, a gate insulating film formed so as to cover the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer provided on the gate insulating film, a channel protective layer provided at least on an upper surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode provided so as to come into contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein the channel protective layer is formed such that the film density of a portion provided so as to come into contact with the oxide semiconductor layer is higher than the film density of a portion distant from the oxide semiconductor layer. | 10-24-2013 |
20130334524 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention provides a display device having: gate electrodes formed on a transparent substrate; a gate insulating film for covering the gate electrodes; an oxide semiconductor formed on the gate insulating film; drain electrodes and source electrodes formed at a distance from each other with channel regions of the oxide semiconductor in between; an interlayer capacitor film for covering the drain electrodes and source electrodes; common electrodes formed on top of the interlayer capacitor film; and pixel electrodes formed so as to face the common electrodes, and wherein an etching stopper layer for covering the channel regions is formed between the oxide semiconductor and the drain electrodes and source electrodes, the drain electrodes are a multilayer film where a transparent conductive film and a metal film are layered on top of each other, and the drain electrodes and source electrodes make direct contact with the oxide semiconductor. | 12-19-2013 |
20140054583 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A gate insulating film has a convex portion conforming to a surface shape of a gate electrode and a step portion that changes in height from a periphery of the gate electrode along the surface of the gate electrode. An oxide semiconductor layer is disposed on the gate insulating film so as to have a transistor constituting region having a channel region, a source region, and a drain region in a continuous and integral manner and a covering region being separated from the transistor constituting region and covering the step portion of the gate insulating film. A channel protective layer is disposed on the channel region of the oxide semiconductor layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are disposed in contact respectively with the source region and the drain region of the oxide semiconductor layer. A passivation layer is disposed on the source electrode and the drain electrode. | 02-27-2014 |
20140307194 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a bottom gate thin film transistor using a first oxide semiconductor layer as a channel layer, the first oxide semiconductor layer and second semiconductor layers include In and O. An (O/In) ratio of the second oxide semiconductor layers is equal to or larger than that of the first oxide semiconductor layer, and a film thickness thereof is thicker than that of the first oxide semiconductor layer. | 10-16-2014 |
20140362059 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A thin film transistor includes a drain electrode layer and a source electrode layer that are formed above an oxide semiconductor layer via an insulating film. The drain electrode layer and the source electrode layer are electrically connected with the oxide semiconductor layer via through-holes formed in the insulating film. A first through-hole that electrically connects the drain electrode layer with the oxide semiconductor layer and a second through-hole that electrically connects the source electrode layer with the oxide semiconductor layer each include two or more through-holes that are arranged in parallel in a channel width direction of the thin film transistor. A total width of opening widths of the first or second through-holes in the channel width direction is a channel width of the thin film transistor. | 12-11-2014 |
20150070641 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - To maintain good operation of a peripheral circuit using an oxide thin film transistor in a liquid crystal display panel to which photo alignment is applied, the liquid crystal display panel includes: a transparent substrate provided with an oxide thin film transistor in the periphery of a pixel portion in which pixel electrodes are arranged, to control the pixel electrodes; and an alignment film to align liquid crystal provided in the pixel portion. The alignment film is subjected to photo alignment treatment by ultraviolet irradiation. Further, an ultraviolet absorbing layer is provided so as to cover the oxide thin film transistor. For example, an alignment film is used for the ultraviolet absorbing layer to absorb the ultraviolet light for the photo aliment treatment of the alignment film, in the peripheral circuit portion for controlling the pixel electrodes, thereby preventing the threshold voltage of the oxide thin film transistor from shifting. | 03-12-2015 |