Patent ID: 6376860
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A device having at least one thin film transistor, said thin film transistor comprising:a semiconductor film comprising silicon on an insulating surface; a pair of impurity regions having one conductivity in said semiconductor film; and at least one portion where a metal containing material has been applied to said semiconductor film directly, said portion formed in at least one of said pair of impurity regions, wherein said metal containing material includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of B, Al, Ga, In, Tl, Sc, Y, Lanthanide series elements, C, Sn, Pb, Ti, Zr, Hf, N, P, As, Sb, Bi, V, Nb, Zn and Ta, and wherein crystals extend parallel to said insulating surface from said portion in said semiconductor film.