Thin-film transistor and fabrication method for same

摘要

A thin-film transistor (TFT) which has a crystalline silicon active layer of excellent reliability and characteristics, and a method of fabricating such a TFT inexpensively are provided. In a TFT which has at least two low density impurity regions and a source/drain adjacent to a channel-forming region, catalyst elements which cause amorphous silicon to crystallize are included in the source/drain, and the density of said catalyst elements in the interface between the channel-forming region and the low-density impurity regions is less than that in the source/drain.