An object is to provide a semiconductor device of which a manufacturing process is not complicated and by which cost can be suppressed, by forming a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor film typified by zinc oxide, and a manufacturing method thereof. For the semiconductor device, a gate electrode is formed over a substrate; a gate insulating film is formed covering the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor film is formed over the gate insulating film; and a first conductive film and a second conductive film are formed over the oxide semiconductor film. The oxide semiconductor film has at least a crystallized region in a channel region.

Semiconductor device, and manufacturing method thereof

The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the heterocyclic compound. The organic light-emitting devices using the heterocyclic compounds have high-efficiency, low driving voltage, high luminance and long lifespan.

Organic light-emitting device

An object of the present invention is to decrease the resistance of a power supply line, to suppress a voltage drop in the power supply line, and to prevent defective display. A connection terminal portion includes a plurality of connection terminals. The plurality of connection terminals is provided with a plurality of connection pads which is part of the connection terminal. The plurality of connection pads includes a first connection pad and a second connection pad having a line width different from that of the first connection pad. Pitches between the plurality of connection pads are equal to each other.

Semiconductor device and display device

A structure with a transistor is disclosed comprising a substrate, a gas barrier layer on the substrate, and a transistor on the gas barrier layer. The transistor can include an oxide semiconductor layer. The oxide semiconductor layers can comprise In—Ga—Zn—O. A display, such as a liquid crystal display, can have such a structure.

Structure with transistor

The present invention provides a manufacturing process using a droplet-discharging method that is suitable for manufacturing a large substrate in mass production. A photosensitive material solution of a conductive film is selectively discharged by a droplet-discharging method, selectively exposed to laser light, and developed or etched, thereby allowing only the region exposed to laser light to be left and realizing a source wiring and a drain wiring having a more microscopic pattern than the pattern itself formed by discharging. One feature of the source wiring and the drain wiring is that the source wiring and the drain wiring cross an island-like semiconductor layer and overlap it.

Electronic device, semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

An object is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, in which the number of photolithography steps can be reduced, the manufacturing process can be simplified, and manufacturing can be performed with high yield at low cost A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the following steps: forming a semiconductor film; irradiating a laser beam by passing the laser beam through a photomask including a shield for shielding the laser beam; subliming a region which has been irradiated with the laser beam through a region in which the shield is not formed in the photomask in the semiconductor film; forming an island-shaped semiconductor film in such a way that a region which is not irradiated with the laser beam is not sublimed because it is a region in which the shield is formed in the photomask; forming a first electrode which is one of a source electrode and a drain electrode and a second electrode which is the other one of the source electrode and the drain electrode; forming a gate insulating film; and forming a gate electrode over the gate insulating film

Method for Manufacturing Semiconductor Device

A light-absorbing layer is selectively formed over an insulating surface, an insulating layer is formed over the insulating surface and the light-absorbing layer, the insulating surface, the light-absorbing layer, and the insulating layer are irradiated with laser light to selectively remove only the insulating layer above the light-absorbing layer in an irradiated region of the insulating layer so that an opening reaching the light-absorbing layer is formed in the insulating layer, and a conductive film is formed in the opening so as to be in contact with the light-absorbing layer. By forming the conductive film in the opening so as to be in contact with the exposed light-absorbing layer, the conductive film can be electrically connected to the light-absorbing layer with the insulating layer interposed therebetween.

Method for manufacturing display device

A manufacturing method of a display device having TFTs capable of high-speed operation with few variations of threshold voltage is provided, in which materials are used with high efficiency and a small number of photomasks is required. The display device of the invention comprises a gate electrode layer and a pixel electrode layer formed over an insulating surface, a gate insulating layer formed over the gate electrode layer, a crystalline semiconductor layer formed over the gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer having one conductivity type formed in contact with the crystalline semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer formed in contact with the semiconductor layer having one conductivity type, an insulating later formed over the source electrode layer, the drain electrode layer, and the pixel electrode layer, a first opening formed in the insulating layer to reach the source electrode layer or the drain electrode layer, a second opening formed in the gate insulating layer and the insulating layer to reach the pixel electrode layer, and a wiring layer formed in the first opening and the second opening to electrically connect the source electrode layer or the drain electrode layer to the pixel electrode layer.

Display device, manufacturing method thereof, and television set

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing an SOI substrate having an SOI layer that can be used in practical applications with high yield even when a flexible substrate such as a glass substrate or a plastic substrate is used. Further, it is another object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a thin semiconductor device using such an SOI substrate with high yield. When a single-crystal semiconductor substrate is bonded to a flexible substrate having an insulating surface and the single-crystal semiconductor substrate is separated to manufacture an SOI substrate, one or both of bonding surfaces are activated, and then the flexible substrate having an insulating surface and the single-crystal semiconductor substrate are attached to each other.

Method for manufacturing SOI substrate and semiconductor device

The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a display device comprising the steps of forming a first film pattern using a photosensitive material over a substrate, forming a second film pattern in such a way that the first film pattern is exposed by being irradiated with a laser beam, modifying a surface of the second film pattern into a droplet-shedding surface, forming a source electrode and a drain electrode by discharging a conductive material to an outer edge of the droplet-shedding surface by a droplet-discharging method, and forming a semiconductor region, a gate-insulating film, and a gate electrode over the source electrode and the drain electrode.

Hironobu Shoji

Papers

Method for Manufacturing Semiconductor Device

Method for manufacturing display device

Display device, manufacturing method thereof, and television set

Method for manufacturing SOI substrate and semiconductor device

Display device, manufacturing method thereof, and television receiver