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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7408196 | Semiconductor device and display device It is an object of the invention to provide a thin, lightweight, high performance, and low in cost semiconductor device and a display device by reducing an arrangement area required for a power supply wiring and a ground wiring of a functional circuit and decreasing... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7397086 | Top-gate thin-film transistor A thin-film transistor, such as a top-gate thin-film transistor, is provided herein. The thin-film transistor has a performance-enhancing layer, such as a performance-enhancing bottom layer, comprising a polymer other than a polyimide. In specific embodiments, the p... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391052 | TFT structure for suppressing parasitic MOSFET in active display A TFT is provided completely separated by an insulating film, in which a parasitic MOSFET is not generated at ends of a semiconductor layer, and the variation in characteristics is small. At least one portion of the ends in the gate-width direction of a gate electro... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388265 | Thin film transistor and fabrication method thereof A thin film transistor (TFT) with a self-aligned lightly-doped region and a fabrication method thereof. An active layer has a channel region, a first doped region and a second doped region, in which the first doped region is disposed between the channel region and t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7368333 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same by using atomic layer deposition A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by using atomic layer deposition includes depositing a silicon atomic layer film on a semiconductor substrate. The method may also include forming an epitaxial silicon film on the silicon atomic layer film by using th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368751 | Method of manufacturing an electronic device comprising a thin film transistor A method of manufacturing an electronic device comprising a thin film transistor (42), comprises forming a hydrogen-containing layer (22) over a semiconductor layer (10;20), irradiating the hydrogen-containing layer so as to hydrogenate the semi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351602 | Process for producing a thin film with MEMS probe circuits A process for producing a thin film with MEMS probe circuits by using semiconductor process technology comprises steps of providing a flatted process substrate; forming a separable interface on the flatted process substrate; forming a probe circuit thin film with el... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351618 | Method of manufacturing thin film transistor substrate A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate to minimize a rugged surface of an organic layer overlapping with a storage electrode is provided. The method includes forming a passivation layer on a substrate having a storage electrode and an organ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7317227 | Method for forming pattern of stacked film A semiconductor film serving as an active region of a thin film transistor and an upper oxide film protecting the semiconductor film are dry etched to form the active region. In this case, a fluorine-based gas is used as the etching gas, and the etching gas is switc... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7294854 | Thin film transistor array panel and liquid crystal display including the panel A gate wire including a gate line extending in a transverse direction and a gate electrode connected to the gate line is form on an insulating substrate. A storage capacitor wire including a storage capacitor electrode line extending in the transverse direction and ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282398 | Crystalline semiconductor thin film, method of fabricating the same, semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same There is provided a technique to form a single crystal semiconductor thin film or a substantially single crystal semiconductor thin film. An amorphous semiconductor thin film is irradiated with ultraviolet light or infrared light, to obtain a crystalline semiconduct... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276730 | Semiconductor device having a pixel matrix circuit that includes a pixel TFT and a storage capacitor In a CMOS circuit formed on a substrate 100, a subordinate gate wiring line (a first wiring line) 102a and main gate wiring line (a second wiring line) 113a are provided in an n-channel TFT. The LDD regions 107a and | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271412 | Active matrix organic light emitting device having series thin film transistor, and fabrication method therefor The series TFT comprises a semiconductor layer including a first body, a second body and a connecting portion serially connecting the first body to the second body. The first body has a first channel region and first source/drain regions positioned at both sides of ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7230306 | Microelectromechanical thin-film device Processing and systems to create, and resulting products related to, very small-dimension singular, or monolithically arrayed, semiconductor mechanical devices. Processing is laser performed on selected semiconductor material whose internal crystalline structure bec... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7205571 | Thin film transistor substrate for display device and fabricating method thereof A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate is fabricated in three mask processes. In a first mask process, a gate line and a gate electrode are formed. In a second mask process, a data line, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor layer, and a first upper... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205610 | Source follower circuit or bootstrap circuit, driver circuit comprising such circuit, and display device comprising such driver circuit In the case of using an analog buffer circuit, an input voltage is required to be added a voltage equal to a voltage between the gate and source of a polycrystalline silicon TFT; therefore, a power supply voltage is increased, thus a power consumption is increased w... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205171 | Thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof including a lightly doped channel A thin film transistor (TFT) and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The thin film transistor (TFT) comprises a substrate, a gate, an inter-gate dielectric layer, a channel layer and source/drain regions. A gate is formed over the substrate. An inter-gate d... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7187005 | Flat panel display with thin film transistor A flat panel display lowering an on-current of a driving thin film transistor (TFT), maintaining high switching properties of a switching TFT, maintaining uniform brightness using the driving TFT, and maintaining a life span of a light emitting device while the same... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176488 | Thin film transistor with protective cap over flexible substrate, electronic device using the same, and manufacturing method thereof In a thin film semiconductor device realized on a flexible substrate, an electronic device using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof, the thin film semiconductor device and an electronic device include a flexible substrate, a semiconductor chip, which is fo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7129521 | Semiconductor device and manufacture method thereof The problem is to provide a technology to reduce a light leakage current in order to obtain a good display. One kind or plurality kinds of elements chosen from argon, germanium, silicon, helium, neon, krypton, and xenon are implanted in a crystalline semiconductor l... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7102168 | Thin film transistor array panel for display and manufacturing method thereof A gate wire including a gate line, a gate pad and a gate electrode is formed on a substrate. A gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a doped amorphous silicon layer and a conductive layer are deposited in sequence, and then a photoresist film pattern is form... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6636185 | Head-mounted display system A head mounted display system including a high resolution active matrix display which reduces center of gravity offset in a compact design. The active matrix display can be either a liquid crystal display or a light emitting display.... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6627953 | High density electronic circuit modules The invention relates to device processing, packaging and interconnects that will yield integrated electronic circuitry of higher density and complexity than can be obtained by using conventional multi-chip modules. Processes include the formation of comp... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6608352 | Determination of thermal resistance for field effect transistor formed in SOI technology In a system for determining thermal resistance of a field effect transistor, a p-n junction is formed with one of drain and source regions of the transistor for determining a current versus temperature characteristic of the p-n junction. A respective temp... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6593978 | Method for manufacturing active matrix liquid crystal displays The invention relates to the formation of arrays of thin film transistors (TFT's) on silicon substrates and the dicing and tiling of such substrates for transfer to a common module body. TFT's activate display electrodes formed adjacent the transistors af... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6521940 | High density electronic circuit modules The invention relates to device processing, packaging and interconnects that will yield integrated electronic circuitry of higher density and complexity than can be obtained by using conventional multi-chip modules. Processes include the formation of comp... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6486929 | Bonded layer semiconductor device The invention relates to the formation of arrays of thin film transistors (TFT's) on silicon substrates and the dicing and tiling of such substrates for transfer to a common module body. TFT's activate display electrodes formed adjacent the transistors af... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6423604 | Determination of thermal resistance for field effect transistor formed in SOI technology The thermal resistance Rth parameter is determined for a field effect transistor formed with a semiconductor film on a buried insulating material in SOI (semiconductor on insulator) technology. A p-n junction is formed with one of a drain regio... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6424020 | High Density electronic circuit modules The invention relates to device processing, packaging and interconnects that will yield integrated electronic circuitry of higher density and complexity than can be obtained by using conventional multi-chip modules. Processes include the formation of comp... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6414783 | Method of transferring semiconductors A display panel is formed using essentially single crystal thin-film material that is transferred to substrates for display fabrication. The transfer includes the step of transferring the semiconductor regions onto a stretchable substrate. The resulting c... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6380009 | Method of manufacturing thin film transistors A method of manufacturing a top-gate self-aligned thin film transistor involves the use of back exposure of a negative resist (26) using the lower source and drain electrode pattern (11, 12) as a photomask. A transparent amorphous silicon layer (24) is us... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6320568 | Control system for display panels A control apparatus for an active matrix liquid crystal display device is fabricated with the active matrix as a single integrated SOI circuit. The control apparatus and the active matrix are lifted from a silicon substrate and transferred to a glass subs... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6317175 | Single crystal silicon arrayed devices with optical shield between transistor and substrate A display panel is formed using a single crystal thin-film transistors that are transferred to substrates for display fabrication. Pixel arrays form light valves or switches that can be fabricated with control electronics in the thin-film material prior t... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6232136 | Method of transferring semiconductors A display panel is formed using essentially single crystal thin-film material that is transferred to substrates for display fabrication. The transfer includes the step of transferring the semiconductor regions onto a stretchable substrate. The resulting c... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6143582 | High density electronic circuit modules The invention relates to device processing, packaging and interconnects that will yield integrated electronic circuitry of higher density and complexity than can be obtained by using conventional multi-chip modules. Processes include the formation of comp... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6140980 | Head-mounted display system A head-mounted display system including a high resolution active matrix display which reduces center of gravity offset in a compact design. The active matrix display can be either a liquid crystal display or a light emitting display.... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6121950 | Control system for display panels A control apparatus for an active matrix liquid crystal display device is fabricated with the active matrix as a single integrated SOI circuit. The control apparatus and the active matrix are lifted from a silicon substrate and transferred to a glass subs... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6072445 | Head mounted color display system A head mounted display device includes a high resolution active matrix display which reduces center of gravity offset in a compact design. The display panel may be formed using a single crystal thin-film material that is transferred to substrates for disp... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5917210 | Flat panel imaging device A novel thin film transistor (TFT) structure for minimizing parasitic capitances on both the drain and source electrodes. According to a first embodiment, a triple gate TFT is provided with an open gate structure in which the source and drain electrodes a... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5861929 | Active matrix color display with multiple cells and connection through substrate A color active matrix display system including a plurality of active matrix arrays that are stacked around a liquid crystal material, vertically aligned and interconnected to provide a high resolution color display system.... | 01/19/1999 |
