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Thin-film transistor

A thin film transistor is made by depositing thin films for the metallic contacts, semiconductor active layer, and dielectric layer.

TFT is the abbreviation for Thin film transistor. It concerns thereby a kind of the LCD Flachbildschirme. LCDs are liquid crystal display devices. TFTs are the better, in addition, teuerere variant of this technology, since with them each pixel is headed for individually. This happens by means of to four transistors. In this kind one is to be realized in a the position highest resolutions. Due to its design one calls TFTs often also Active matrix LCDs.

Table of contents
1 Applications
2 Active layers used
3 Types of processes

Applications

Active layers used

Nanocrystalline silicon

Amorphous silicon

Types of processes

Bottom-gate

Top-gate

Co-planar

Staggered

See also LCD.