Patent ID: 9276127
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G02F,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A semiconductor device comprising a substrate, and a thin-film transistor and a first transparent electrode which are formed on the substrate, wherein the thin-film transistor includes: a gate electrode formed on the substrate; a first insulating layer formed over the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer formed on the first insulating layer; and source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer, the semiconductor device further includes: a gate connecting layer formed on the substrate out of a same conductive film as the gate electrode, or a transparent connecting layer formed on the substrate out of a same conductive film as the first transparent electrode; an oxide layer which is formed on the first insulating layer and which includes at least one conductor region and at least one semiconductor region; and a source connecting layer formed on the oxide layer out of a same conductive film as the source electrode, and the source connecting layer is in direct contact with the at least one conductor region and the at least one semiconductor region and is electrically connected to either the gate connecting layer or the transparent connecting layer via the at least one conductor region.