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A semiconductor device (10) has a thin-film transistor (TFT) formed in and around an opening (24) in a dielectric layer (22). A conductive layer (26) lines the opening sidewalls and serves as a gate electrode of the transistor. A conductive layer (30) is deposited over the gate electrode to form a source region (32), a channel region (36), and a drain region (34). The two conductive layers are separated by a gate dielectric (28). Because both the gate electrode and the channel region conform to the opening sidewalls and bottom, the entire channel region is under direct gate control. Device (10) may also include a conductive region, such as a gate electrode (15) of a bulk transistor, at the bottom of opening (24) and in electrical contact with the TFT gate electrode.
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