Patent ID: 7576394
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A thin film transistor comprising: a substrate; a pair of source/drain electrodes formed on the substrate and defining a gap therebetween; a pair of low resistance conductive thin films, each coating at least a part of one of the source/drain electrodes, the low resistance conductive thin films defining a gap therebetween; and an oxide semiconductor thin film layer, which is continuously formed on upper surfaces of the pair of low resistance conductive thin films, and which extends along the gap defined between the low resistance conductive thin films so as to function as a channel; wherein a pair of side surfaces of the oxide semiconductor thin film layer and a corresponding pair of side surfaces of the low resistance conductive thin films coincide with each other in a channel width direction of the channel, and a pair of outer ends of the oxide semiconductor thin film layer and a corresponding pair of outer ends of the low resistance conductive thin films coincide with each other along a channel length direction of the panel.