Liquid crystal display element and method for manufacturing the same

A liquid crystal display comprising:

• a thin film transistor supported by a substrate, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein a semiconductor layer is provided above at least a portion of the gate electrode;
• a pixel electrode in electrical communication with the drain electrode of the thin film transistor;
• a channel protection film provided over at least part of a channel of the thin film transistor, wherein the channel protection film is provided between the source and drain electrodes so that the source and drain electrodes of the thin film transistor are spaced apart from one another;
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• wherein a side surface of the channel protection film is sloped so as to have an inverse taper shape so that an upper surface of the channel protection film has a larger surface area than a lower surface of the channel protection film, and wherein the upper surface of the channel protection film covers a portion of, but not all of, the source electrode of the thin-film transistor.

A liquid crystal display comprising:

• a thin film transistor supported by a substrate, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein a semiconductor layer is provided above at least a portion of the gate electrode;
• a pixel electrode in electrical communication with the drain electrode of the thin film transistor;
• a channel protection film provided over at least part of a channel of the thin film transistor, wherein the channel protection film is provided between the source and drain electrodes so that the source and drain electrodes of the thin film transistor are spaced apart from one another;
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• wherein a side surface of the channel protection film is sloped so as to have an inverse taper shape so that an upper surface of the channel protection film has a larger surface area than a lower surface of the channel protection film, and wherein the lower surface of the channel protection film does not extend laterally beyond a periphery of the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor.

A liquid crystal display comprising:

• a thin film transistor supported by a substrate, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein a semiconductor layer is provided above at least a portion of the gate electrode;
• a pixel electrode in electrical communication with the drain electrode of the thin film transistor;
• a channel protection film provided over at least part of a channel of the thin film transistor, wherein the channel protection film is provided between the source and drain electrodes so that the source and drain electrodes of the thin film transistor are spaced apart from one another;
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• wherein a side surface of the channel protection film is sloped so as to have an inverse taper shape so that an upper surface of the channel protection film has a larger surface area than a lower surface of the channel protection film, and wherein no portion of the pixel electrodes is located over any part of the channel protection film.