Patent ID: 8300168
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A display device comprising: a thin film transistor comprising: wherein edges of the source electrode and the drain electrode are aligned with edges of the pair of semiconductor films, wherein an edge of the antioxidant film is aligned with an edge of the microcrystalline semiconductor film, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode do not overlap with a horizontal upper surface of the end portion of the antioxidant film, wherein the microcrystalline semiconductor film has crystal grains with a diameter of 0.5 nm to 20 nm inclusive in an amorphous semiconductor, wherein a thickness of the microcrystalline semiconductor film is 1 nm to 300 nm inclusive, wherein a thickness of the antioxidant film is 1 nm to 100 nm inclusive, and wherein the antioxidant film includes silicon and nitrogen.