Patent ID: 7317207
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: G09G,H01L

Abstract:
1. A thin-film semiconductor device comprising an insulator, a polycrystalline layer formed on said insulator, and a transistor comprising a source region, a drain region, and a channel region formed at a surface portion of said polycrystalline layer, and a gate electrode overlying said surface portion, said polycrystalline layer comprising crystal grains of an element selected from the group of Type-IV elements and alloys thereof, said crystal grains joined with crystal grain boundaries of { 111 } twin of Diamond structure, wherein said polycrystalline layer has a structure where a total of n-layers (n is 2 or larger) of semiconductor thin film are laminated, said source region, drain region, and channel region are formed at the surface of the uppermost semiconductor thin film of the n-layers of semiconductor thin film, and the gate electrode is formed at a surface of a gate insulator formed at the uppermost semiconductor thin film, the k-th (k=1 to n) semiconductor thin film has poly-crystals having a larger crystal grain size as the value of k increases and the grain boundary of the uppermost semiconductor thin film has the {