Patent ID: 7528020

Claim:
A method for forming a thin film transistor, comprising: providing a substrate; forming a poly silicon island on the substrate; forming a gate insulating layer to cover the poly silicon island, wherein the gate insulating layer is a discontinuous film; forming a gate on the gate insulating layer; forming a source/drain in the poly silicon island below one side and the other side of the gate, wherein a channel layer is formed between the source/drain, wherein a method for forming at least one of the poly silicon island and the gate comprises: forming a discontinuous film on the substrate to reduce the stress of the film; and patterning the discontinuous film to form at least one of the poly silicon island and the gate; forming a patterned dielectric layer on the substrate, wherein the patterned dielectric layer exposes a part of the source/drain, wherein the step of forming the patterned dielectric layer comprises: forming a dielectric layer on the substrate to cover the gate and the gate insulating layer; forming a patterned photoresist layer having a first aperture and a second aperture on the dielectric layer; performing a first etching process to remove the dielectric layer under the first aperture in order to form a concave pattern in the dielectric layer; performing a second etching process to remove the dielectric layer and the gate insulating layer under the second aperture in order to expose the source/drain and remove the gate insulating layer under the first aperture simultaneously; and removing the patterned photoresist layer; forming a source/drain conducting layer on the patterned dielectric layer, wherein the source/drain conducting layer is electrically connected to the source/drain respectively, wherein a method for forming the source/drain conducting layer comprises: forming a second discontinuous film on the patterned dielectric layer to reduce the stress of the film; and patterning the second discontinuous film to form the source/drain conducting layer.