摘要:
A method for fabricating a thin film transistor having a taper-etched semiconductor film includes the steps of forming a gate electrode on a bare substrate; forming an insulating film on the gate electrode;p forming a semiconductor film by forming an amorphous silicon film layer on the insulating film and forming an N.sup.+ amorphous silicon film on the amorphous silicon film layer, descumming photoresist residue from the semiconductor film by using a specified gas and taper etching a part of the semiconductor film, which is uncoated with the photoresist, by using HCl and SF.sub.6, to form a gentle slope in the etching profile resulting from overetching.