Patent 7378303 was granted and assigned to AU Optronics on May, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for fabricating a thin film transistor is provided. A conductive layer is formed on a substrate. A patterned mask is formed on the conductive layer to cover a predetermined thin film transistor (TFT) area, and at least one portion of the conductive layer exposed by the patterned mask are removed. A laser is applied to form a laser hole in the patterned mask to expose a portion of the conductive layer and the laser hole substantially corresponds to a channel region of the predetermined TFT area. The exposed conductive layer is etched to form source and drain electrodes on opposite sides of the channel region.