Abstract:
A method of forming polycrystalline silicon for a liquid crystal display device is disclosed in the present invention. The method includes forming an amorphous silicon layer on a substrate, forming a plurality of catalytic metal clusters on the amorphous silicon layer, forming a catalytic metal gettering layer adjacent to the amorphous silicon layer, and heat-treating the substrate including the amorphous silicon layer to transform the amorphous silicon layer into a polycrystalline silicon layer, wherein unreacted catalytic metal clusters migrate to the catalytic metal gettering layer in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.