WO2007086368A1 - 薄膜トランジスタおよびそれを備えたアクティブマトリクス基板ならびに表示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a thin film transistor.
- the present invention also relates to an active matrix substrate including a thin film transistor and a display device.
- Liquid crystal display devices are characterized by being thin and have low power consumption, and are widely used in various fields.
- an active matrix liquid crystal display device including a thin film transistor (referred to as “TFT”) for each pixel has a high contrast ratio, excellent response characteristics, and high performance.
- TFT thin film transistor
- a thin film transistor for driving the pixel is provided in the vicinity of the intersection between the signal line and the signal line.
- Methods for improving the current drive capability of the thin film transistor include, for example, increasing the size of the thin film transistor and improving the film quality of the amorphous silicon semiconductor film constituting the semiconductor structure.
- the increase in the size of the thin film transistor is accompanied by an increase in the channel width, which may be caused by a leakage failure between the source electrode and the drain electrode or a leakage failure between the source electrode 'drain electrode and the gate electrode.
- the yield was lowered.
- the light utilization efficiency was reduced.
- the improvement in film quality of amorphous silicon semiconductor films has already reached its limit at the production level, and no significant improvement can be expected. [0007] Therefore, it is conceivable to improve the current driving capability by thinning the gate insulating film.
- the capacitance called “parasitic capacitance”
- the gate insulating film has a two-layer structure in which two insulating layers are stacked, and a portion of the gate insulating film located under the amorphous silicon semiconductor film has a single-layer structure.
- a thin film transistor is disclosed.
- Patent Document 1 is not intended to improve the current drive capability of a thin film transistor, but by adopting such a configuration, the gate insulating film can be thinned without increasing parasitic capacitance. Therefore, it is considered that the current driving capability can be improved.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent No. 2956380
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is accompanied by a decrease in yield due to a leak failure between the source electrode and the drain electrode and the gate electrode and a decrease in off-characteristics. It is to improve the current drive capability of the thin film transistor.
- a thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, an insulating film covering the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer provided on the insulating film, and a source electrode provided on the insulating film and the semiconductor layer. And a drain electrode, wherein the insulating film is a multi-layer insulating film including a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer located above the first insulating layer, the multi-layer insulating film
- the insulating film includes a low lamination region where the first insulating layer is not formed and The first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are stacked, and the first insulating layer is formed so as to cover at least an edge of the gate electrode.
- the layer is formed over both the low stacked region and the high stacked region of the multilayer insulating film, and the semiconductor layer and the low stacked region are formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode.
- the path of the current flowing therethrough is arranged so as to always pass through the portion of the semiconductor layer located on the low stack region, thereby achieving the above object.
- the path of the current is at least 0.5 / zm from the high stacked region in a region passing through a portion of the semiconductor layer located on the low stacked region. It ’s far away.
- the semiconductor layer has a cutout portion cut out along a channel width direction.
- the width of the low stacked region along the channel width direction is wider than the width of the semiconductor layer along the channel width direction.
- the low stacked region has a protruding portion protruding along the channel width direction.
- a thin film transistor according to the present invention includes a gate electrode, an insulating film covering the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer provided on the insulating film, and a source provided on the insulating film and the semiconductor layer.
- the multilayer insulating film has a low-layer region where the first insulating layer is not formed, and a high-stack region where the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are stacked.
- the layer is formed so as to cover at least the edge of the gate electrode, and the semiconductor layer is formed over both the low stacked region and the high stacked region of the multilayer insulating film, and Along the channel width direction Narrower than a width of the low stacking area, a region, Ru.
- the semiconductor layer overlaps a portion of the source electrode and the drain electrode that overlaps the low stacked region.
- the area of the portion of the source electrode that overlaps the low stacked region is smaller than the area of the portion of the drain electrode that overlaps the low stacked region.
- the first insulating layer is formed of an insulating material containing an organic component
- the second insulating layer is formed of an inorganic insulating material
- the first insulating layer is thicker than the second insulating layer and has a relative dielectric constant lower than that of the second insulating layer.
- the thickness of the first insulating layer is not less than 1.0 m and not more than 4.0 m.
- the first insulating layer is formed of a spin-on glass (SOG) material having a relative dielectric constant of 4.0 or less.
- SOG spin-on glass
- An active matrix substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors having the above-described structure provided on the substrate, and a plurality of scanning wirings electrically connected to the gate electrodes of the plurality of thin film transistors. And a plurality of signal lines electrically connected to the source electrodes of the plurality of thin film transistors.
- a display device includes an active matrix substrate having the above configuration.
- FIG. 1 is a top view schematically showing a liquid crystal display device 100 in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a liquid crystal display device 100, and is a view showing a cross section taken along 2A-2A ′ in FIG.
- FIG. 3 (a) to (c) are cross-sectional views schematically showing the TFT substrate 100a of the liquid crystal display device 100, respectively, 3A-3A 'line, 3B-3B' line, 3C in FIG. — A diagram showing a cross section taken along line 3C '.
- FIG. 4 is a plan view schematically showing a thin film transistor 14 in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a plan view schematically showing a thin film transistor 14 ′ of a comparative example.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing the relationship between the gate voltage Vgs (V) and the drain current Ids (A) for the TFT 14 shown in FIG. 4 and the TFT 14 ′ shown in FIG.
- FIG. 7 A plan view schematically showing another thin film transistor 14 in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 (a) to (f) are process cross-sectional views schematically showing a manufacturing process of the TFT substrate 100a.
- 11 A top view schematically showing a liquid crystal display device 100 in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the vicinity of the shield electrode 23 of the liquid crystal display device 100, and is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 12A-12A in FIG.
- FIG. 13 A plan view schematically showing another thin film transistor 14 in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a plan view schematically showing another thin film transistor 14 in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a plan view schematically showing another thin film transistor 14 in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a plan view schematically showing another thin film transistor 14 in an embodiment of the present invention.
- TFT Thin film transistor
- TFT substrate 100a Active matrix substrate (TFT substrate)
- FIG. 1 and 2 show a liquid crystal display device 100 according to this embodiment.
- FIG. 1 is a top view schematically showing one pixel region of the liquid crystal display device 100
- FIG. 2 shows 2A— in FIG.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2A ′.
- the liquid crystal display device 100 is an active matrix substrate (hereinafter referred to as “TFT substrate”).
- TFT substrate 100a also called “color filter substrate”
- the TFT substrate 100a includes a transparent insulating substrate (for example, a glass substrate) 10, a plurality of scanning wirings 11 formed on the substrate 10, an insulating film 12 covering these scanning wirings 11, and an insulating film 12 A plurality of signal wirings 13 intersecting with the scanning wirings 11 are provided.
- the TFT substrate 100a includes a thin film transistor (TFT) 14 that operates in response to a signal applied to the corresponding scanning wiring 11 for each pixel region, and a TFT as a switching element.
- TFT thin film transistor
- the pixel electrode 15 which can be electrically connected to the corresponding signal wiring 13 via 14 is provided.
- the counter substrate 100b includes a transparent insulating substrate (for example, a glass substrate) 50 and a counter electrode 51 that is formed on the substrate 50 and faces the pixel electrode 15.
- the counter substrate 100b further includes a color filter.
- the liquid crystal layer 60 changes its orientation state according to the voltage applied between the pixel electrode 15 and the counter electrode 51, and thereby displays light by modulating the light passing through the liquid crystal layer 60. Done.
- liquid crystal layers for various display modes can be widely used.
- a TN (Twisted Nematic) mode liquid crystal layer using optical rotation or an ECB (Electrically Controlled Birefringence) mode liquid crystal layer using birefringence can be used.
- ECB modes the VA (Vertically Aligned) mode can achieve a high contrast ratio.
- the VA mode liquid crystal layer is typically obtained by providing vertical alignment layers on both sides of a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal material having negative dielectric anisotropy.
- FIG. 1 (a), (b) and (c) are cross-sectional views taken along lines 3A-3A, 3B-3B, 3C-3C 'in FIG. 1, respectively.
- the TFT 14 of the TFT substrate 100a includes a gate electrode 14G electrically connected to the scanning wiring 11, a source electrode 14S electrically connected to the signal wiring 13, and A drain electrode 14D electrically connected to the pixel electrode 15;
- the TFT 14 has a stacked structure in which a gate electrode 14G, a gate insulating film 16, an intrinsic semiconductor layer (hereinafter also simply referred to as "semiconductor layer") 17, and an impurity-added semiconductor layer 18 are stacked in this order from the bottom layer.
- the source region 17a and the drain region 17b of the semiconductor layer 17 are electrically connected to the source electrode 14S and the drain electrode 14D through the impurity-doped semiconductor layer 18 that functions as a contact layer.
- the region between the source region 17a and the drain region 17b functions as the channel region 17c, and the impurity-added semiconductor layer 18 exists on the upper surface of the channel region 17c.
- the TFT substrate 100a is opposed to the plurality of auxiliary capacitance lines 20 formed on the substrate 10 and the plurality of auxiliary capacitance lines 20 with the insulating film 12 interposed therebetween. And a plurality of auxiliary capacitance electrodes 21.
- the auxiliary capacitance line 20 is formed by patterning the same conductive film as the scanning line 11 and the gate electrode 14G.
- the auxiliary capacitance electrode 21 is formed by patterning the same conductive film as the signal wiring 13, the source electrode 14S, and the drain electrode 14D, and as shown in FIG. 1, the conductive member extended from the drain electrode 14D. It is electrically connected to the drain electrode 14D of the TFT 14 through 22.
- An interlayer insulating film 19 is formed so as to cover the TFT 14 and the signal wiring 13 described above, and the pixel electrode 15 is formed on the interlayer insulating film 19. As shown in FIG. 3B, the pixel electrode 15 is connected to the auxiliary capacitance electrode 21 in the contact hole 19 ′ formed in the interlayer insulating film 19, and the drain electrode 14D of the TFT 14 is connected via the auxiliary capacitance electrode 21. Is electrically connected.
- the insulating film 12 covering the scanning wiring 11 is located on the first insulating layer 12a and the first insulating layer 12a.
- the first insulating layer 12a is formed from an insulating material containing an organic component.
- the second insulating layer 12b is formed of an inorganic insulating material such as SiN or SiO.
- the first insulating layer 12a is a force formed on most of the substrate 10 including the intersection of the scanning wiring 11 and the signal wiring 13 as shown in FIG. 3 (a). As shown in the figure, it is not formed near the channel region 17c of TFT14. In contrast, the second insulating layer 12b is formed on the substrate 10. A portion of the second insulating layer 12b located between the gate electrode 14G and the semiconductor layer 17 functions as the gate insulating film 16. Thus, the multilayer insulating film 12 has the low stacked region 12R in which the first insulating layer 12a is not formed. In FIG. 1, the low stacked region 12R is shown as a region surrounded by a broken line.
- a region of the multilayer insulating film 12 other than the low stacked region 12R that is, a region where the first insulating layer 12a and the second insulating layer 12b are stacked is referred to as a “high stacked region”.
- the first insulating layer 12a is not formed between the auxiliary capacitance line 20 and the auxiliary capacitance electrode 21, and only the second insulating layer 12b is formed.
- the insulating film 12 covering the scanning wiring 11 is a multilayer insulating film including the first insulating layer 12a and the second insulating layer 12b.
- the multi-layer insulating film 12 has a low stacked region 12R in which the first insulating layer 12a is not formed in the vicinity of the channel region 17c of the TFT 14 or between the auxiliary capacitance line 20 and the auxiliary capacitance electrode 21. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the capacitance formed at the intersection of the scanning wiring 11 and the signal wiring 13 without being accompanied by a reduction in the driving capability of the TFT 14 or a reduction in the capacitance value of the auxiliary capacitance.
- the first insulating layer 12a is preferably thicker than the second insulating layer 12b. It is preferable that the relative dielectric constant is lower than 12b.
- the second insulating layer 12b that also functions as the gate insulating film 16 typically has a thickness of 0.2 / z m to 0.4.
- the thickness of the first insulating layer 12a is preferably 1. O / zm or more and 4.0 m or less, and the relative dielectric constant of the first insulating layer 12a is 4.0 or less. It is preferable.
- a spin-on glass material (V, so-called organic SOG material) containing an organic component can be preferably used, and in particular, a Si-O-C bond is used as a skeleton.
- SOG materials and SOG materials having a Si—C bond as a skeleton can be preferably used.
- the SOG material is a material that can form a glass film (silica-based film) by a coating method such as spin coating.
- Organic SOG materials are easy to form thick films with low relative dielectric constants. By using the OG material, it is easy to reduce the relative dielectric constant of the first insulating layer 12a and to form the first insulating layer 12a thick.
- Examples of the 300 material having a 31-0 bond as a skeleton include, for example, the materials disclosed in JP-A-2001-98224 and JP-A-6-240455, IDW'03 Proceedings No. 617, and the like. DD1100 manufactured by Toray 'Dowcoung' Silicone Co., Ltd. disclosed on the page can be used. As the SOG material having a Si—C bond as a skeleton, for example, a material disclosed in JP-A-10-102003 can be used.
- an organic SOG material containing a filler (silica filler) formed from silica is used as the SOG material, crack resistance can be improved. This is because the silica filler in the film relieves stress and suppresses the generation of cracks.
- the particle size of the silica filler is typically ⁇ !
- the mixing ratio of the silica filler is typically 20% by volume to 80% by volume.
- an organic SOG material containing a silica filler for example, LNT-025 manufactured by Catalytic Co., Ltd. can be used.
- the multilayer insulating film 12 partially including the low stacked region 12R is used. Therefore, the gate insulating film is not increased without increasing the parasitic capacitance. 16 can be thinned, and the current drive capability of TFT14 can be improved. Furthermore, since the TFT 14 in the present embodiment has a structure as described below, a decrease in yield due to the thin film of the gate insulating film 16 is prevented.
- FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view of the TFT 14 in the present embodiment.
- the first insulating layer 12a covers the edge of the gate electrode 14G, which is not removed in all regions on the gate electrode 14G.
- the edge of the gate electrode 14G is covered with the first insulating layer 12a, the second insulating layer 12b functioning as the gate insulating film 16 is thinned (for example, even if the thickness is 300 nm or less), the above-described leakage can be suppressed.
- the surface of the multilayer insulating film 12 is recessed in the low stacked region 12R. It is formed over both the region 12R and the high stack region. Therefore, even if the source electrode 14S or the drain electrode 14D is cut off, electrical connection can be ensured.
- the effect of suppressing the occurrence of leakage failure is that the gate insulating film 16 is not so thin (eg, the thickness of the gate insulating film 16 is about 400 m to 500 m). Can also be obtained. Depending on the dielectric constant of the gate insulating film 16 and the cannidability, such a film thickness may be adopted.
- the semiconductor layer 17 and the low stacked region 12R are the path force of the current flowing between the source electrode 14S and the drain electrode 14D.
- the low stacked region 12R of the semiconductor layer 17 It is arranged so that it always passes through the upper part.
- the semiconductor layer 17 has a rectangular cutout portion 17a cut out along the channel width direction. It always goes through the semiconductor layer 17 on 12R. If there is a portion in the current path that does not pass through the low stacked region 12R, that is, if a part of the current path passes through the high stacked region, the first insulating film 12a and the gate insulating film 16 are used.
- the thickness of the gate insulating film 16 is 200 nm
- the thickness of the first insulating layer 12a is S800 nm
- the relative dielectric constants are 7 and 4, respectively.
- the semiconductor layer 17 does not have the notch portion 17a, the semiconductor layer 17 does not pass through the portion located on the low stacked region 12R (that is, the high A current path (through only the portion located on the stacked region) exists. As a result, the off-current increases and the off-characteristics deteriorate, and good switching characteristics cannot be obtained.
- FIG. 6 shows the relationship between the gate voltage Vgs (V) and the drain current Ids (A) for the TFT 14 shown in FIG. 4 and the TFT 14 ′ shown in FIG.
- the data shown in Fig. 6 is for a drain voltage Vds of 10V, a channel width W of 38 ⁇ m, and a channel length L of 4 ⁇ m.
- the distance between the channel region 17c and the high stacked region is 1.5 m in the region where the current path passes through the portion of the semiconductor layer 17 located on the low stacked region 12R.
- the channel region 17c is arranged up to the highly stacked region (overlap width is 2 ⁇ m).
- the off-current exceeds ⁇ and the off-characteristic is low.
- the off-state current is greatly reduced, and the off-characteristic is greatly improved.
- the off characteristics of the thin film transistor can be improved.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a force illustrating a configuration in which the semiconductor layer 17 is provided with the notch 17a.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the width of the low stacked region 12R along the channel width direction may be wider than the width of the semiconductor layer 17 along the channel width direction.
- the low stacked region 12R may be provided with a protruding portion 12R ′ protruding along the channel width direction.
- the semiconductor layer 17 has a region whose width along the channel width direction is narrower than the low-stack region 12R, thereby improving the off characteristics of the TFT 14. be able to.
- FIG. 9 shows the relationship between the distance between the channel region 17c and the highly stacked region and the off-current I. Off
- Fig. 9 shows the off current I off when the gate voltage Vgs is -5V and the drain voltage Vds is 10V.
- the overlap between the semiconductor layer 17 and the highly stacked region is 0.5 m to 0 111, the change of the off current 1 is saturated, and the off current I is almost constant. Therefore, off off
- the current path does not overlap at least the high stack region in the region passing through the portion of the semiconductor layer 17 located on the low stack region 12R.
- the distance is at least 0.5 ⁇ m or more in order to obtain a more reliable effect.
- a molybdenum (Mo) film, an aluminum (A1) film, and a molybdenum (Mo) film are stacked in this order on an insulating substrate 10 such as a glass substrate by a sputtering method.
- the gate electrode 14G is formed by patterning using the photolithography technique as shown in FIG. 10 (a).
- the scanning wiring 11 and the auxiliary capacitance wiring 20 are also formed at the same time.
- the thickness of the MoZAlZMo laminated film is 150 ⁇ m, 200 nm, and 50 nm in order from the upper layer.
- an organic SOG material is applied onto the substrate 10 by using a spin coating method, followed by pre-baking and post-beta forming the first insulating layer 12a, and then FIG. 10 (b).
- a predetermined portion of the first insulating layer 12a specifically, a portion overlapping the gate electrode 14G and a portion overlapping the auxiliary capacitance wiring 20 are removed by using a photolithography technique. However, at this time, the removal is performed so as to leave the first insulating layer 12a on the edge portion of the gate electrode 14G and on the edge portion of the auxiliary capacitance wiring 20.
- the organic SOG material is first applied to a thickness of 1.5 m, then pre-beta for 5 minutes at 150 ° C using a hot plate, and then 350 ° using an oven. By performing post-beta for 1 hour at C, the first insulating layer 12a having a relative dielectric constant of 2.5 is formed.
- carbon tetrafluoride (CF) and oxygen (O) is first applied to a thickness of 1.5 m, then pre-beta for 5 minutes at 150 ° C using a hot plate, and then 350 ° using an oven.
- the first insulating layer 12a having a relative dielectric constant of 2.5 is formed.
- a SiN film, an amorphous silicon (a-Si) film, and an n + amorphous silicon (n + a-Si) film are successively deposited using a CVD method, and then an a-Si film, na-Si By patterning the film using photolithographic technology (removing part of the n + a-Si film and a-Si film by dry etching), the second insulating layer 12b ( The — portion functions as a gate insulating film 16), and an island-shaped semiconductor structure (semiconductor active layer region) composed of the intrinsic semiconductor layer 17 and the doped semiconductor layer 18.
- a second insulating layer 12b having a thickness of 0.4 m and a relative dielectric constant of 7.0 is formed, an intrinsic semiconductor layer 17 having a thickness of about 50 nm to 200 nm, and an impurity-doped semiconductor layer 18 having a thickness of about 40 nm.
- a Mo film, an A1 film, and a Mo film are formed in this order by a sputtering method, and the laminated film is patterned by a photolithography technique, whereby a source electrode 14S, a drain electrode 14D, and a signal wiring 13 Then, the auxiliary capacitance electrode 21 is formed.
- the impurity-doped semiconductor layer 18 is formed by dry etching using the source electrode 14S and the drain electrode 14D as a mask. Remove. Note that when the impurity-added semiconductor layer 18 is removed, the surface of the intrinsic semiconductor layer 17 is also thinly etched.
- an interlayer insulating film 19 of about ⁇ 700 nm is formed so as to cover almost the entire surface of the substrate 10, and then a contact hole 19 ′ is formed by using a photolithography technique.
- O / zm may be formed using an organic insulating material (for example, a photosensitive resin material) as the material of the interlayer insulating film 19.
- the interlayer insulating film 19 has a stacked structure in which a film formed of an inorganic insulating material cover such as SiN and a film formed of the organic insulating material cover described above are stacked. Moyo!
- an ITO film having a thickness of lOOnm is formed using a sputtering method, and this ITO film is patterned using a photolithography technique (wet etching is used for etching). As shown in FIG. 10 (f), the pixel electrode 15 is formed.
- the material of the pixel electrode 15 is not limited to the transparent conductive material such as ITO exemplified here, and a metal material having light reflectivity such as A1 may be used.
- the TFT substrate 100a is completed.
- a thickness of 1.5 A multilayer insulating film 12 including the first insulating layer 12a having a thickness of 0.4 / ⁇ ⁇ and a relative dielectric constant of 7.0 is formed. Therefore, the capacitance value per unit area of the capacitor formed at the intersection of the scanning lines 11 and signal lines 13, 1.
- Ru 48 X 10- 5 pF / m 2 der.
- a gate insulating film having a thickness of 0.0 and a relative dielectric constant of 7.0 between the scanning wiring and the signal wiring (corresponding to the first insulating layer 12a of the present embodiment). ) When forming only the capacitance value per unit area, 1.
- the value of capacitance formed at the intersection Has been reduced to less than 1/10.
- the capacitance value can be greatly reduced even at the intersection of the scanning wiring 11 and the pixel electrode 15. it can.
- a plurality of shield electrodes 23 extending substantially in parallel with the signal wiring 13 may be provided.
- the shield electrode 23 is formed by patterning the same conductive film as the scanning wiring 11.
- the shield electrode 23 is connected to the auxiliary capacitance wiring 20 and is given a constant potential.
- the shield electrode 23 when the shield electrode 23 is provided, it is possible to guide an electric force line from the pixel electrode 15 to the signal wiring 13 to the shield electrode 23, and between the pixel electrode 15 and the signal wiring 13. Can prevent the formation of the capacitance. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the potential of the pixel electrode 15 from fluctuating due to the influence of the potential of the signal wiring 13. That is, the shield electrode 23 has a function of shielding the pixel electrode 15 from the electric field generated by the signal wiring 13.
- the shield electrode 23 From the standpoint of guiding more electric lines of force from the pixel electrode 15 to the shield electrode 23 and effectively suppressing fluctuations in the potential of the pixel electrode 15, the shield electrode 23, as shown in FIG. It is preferable that the pixel electrode 15 is disposed closer to the signal wiring 13 than the edge portion. In addition, since the region between the signal wiring 13 and the pixel electrode 15 is a region where light leakage occurs in the liquid crystal display device, the light shielding body (also referred to as a black matrix) is provided on the counter substrate side. Although it is preferable to shield the area, as shown in FIG. 12, by arranging the shield electrode 23 so as to overlap the edge of the pixel electrode 15, it becomes possible to reduce the width of the light shield on the counter substrate side. In addition, the aperture ratio and transmittance of the liquid crystal display device are improved.
- FIGS. 13 and 14 schematically show the thin film transistor (TFT) 14 in the present embodiment.
- the channel region 17c is formed in an L shape.
- the occurrence of leakage between the source electrode 'drain electrode and the gate electrode is suppressed by covering the edge of the gate electrode 14G with the first insulating layer 12a. be able to.
- the relative arrangement relationship between the semiconductor layer 17 and the low stacked region 12R is set so that the current path always passes through the portion of the semiconductor layer 17 located on the low stacked region 12R.
- the effect of improving the off characteristics can be obtained.
- the width of the low stacked region 12R along the channel width direction is made wider than the width of the semiconductor layer 17 along the channel width direction.
- the semiconductor layer 17 is provided with a cutout portion 17a cut out along the channel width direction.
- the area force of the portion overlapping the low stacked region 12R of the source electrode 14S is smaller than the area of the portion of the drain electrode 14D overlapping the low stacked region 12R. . That is, the shape of the source electrode and the drain electrode may be asymmetric with respect to each other, and the one with less overlap with the low stacked region 12R may be selected as the source electrode.
- the occurrence of leakage at the edge portion of the gate electrode 14G is greatly suppressed, the occurrence of leakage failure is almost proportional to the area where the source electrode 14S and drain electrode 14D overlap with the low stacked region 12R. The rate is determined.
- the probability of occurrence of line defects can be reduced by making the area of the portion of the source electrode 14S overlapping the low stacked region 12R smaller than the area of the portion of the drain electrode 14D overlapping the low stacked region 12R. .
- the TFT 14 in the present embodiment has two drain electrodes 14D, and the source electrode 14S is disposed between the two drain electrodes 14D.
- the TFT 14 in the present embodiment has two drain electrodes 14D, and the source electrode 14S is disposed between the two drain electrodes 14D.
- the occurrence of leakage between the source Z drain layer and the gate electrode layer can be suppressed by covering the edge of the gate electrode 14G with the first insulating layer 12a. Can do.
- the relative disposition relationship between the semiconductor layer 17 and the low stacked region 12R is set so that the current path always passes through the portion of the semiconductor layer 17 located on the low stacked region 12R, thereby improving the off characteristics. Effect is obtained.
- the rectangular low stack region 12R is provided, whereas in the configuration shown in FIG. 16, the low stack region 12R has a shape in which a part of the rectangle is cut out. is doing. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, the low stacked region 12R has an H shape in which a part of the portion overlapping the source electrode 14S is cut out. For this reason, the first insulating film 12a is formed in a part of the channel region between the source electrode 14S and the gate electrode 14G.
- the configuration shown in FIG. 16 has a gate-source capacitance higher than that shown in FIG. Is reduced.
- the present invention has been described by taking a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal layer as a display medium layer and an active matrix substrate for a liquid crystal display device as examples.
- the present invention is not limited thereto. It is not a thing.
- the present invention is suitably used for an active matrix substrate for various display devices such as an organic EL display device.
- the thin film transistor according to the present invention has an excellent current driving capability, it is suitably used for an active matrix substrate of various display devices.
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