In order to realize a higher reliability TFT and a high reliability
semiconductor device, an NTFT of the present invention has a channel
forming region, n-type first, second, and third impurity regions in a
semiconductor layer. The second impurity region is a low concentration
impurity region that overlaps a tapered potion of a gate electrode with a
gate insulating film interposed therebetween, and the impurity
concentration of the second impurity region increases gradually from the
channel forming region to the first impurity region. And, the third
impurity region is a low concentration impurity region that does not
overlap the gate electrode.Moreover, a plurality of NTFTs on the same
substrate should have different second impurity region lengths,
respectively, according to difference of the operating voltages. That is,
when the operating voltage of the second TFT is higher than the operating
voltage of the first TFT, the length of the second impurity region is
longer on the second TFT than on the first TFT.