It is an object to reduce the effect of a characteristic of the edge
portion of a channel forming region in a semiconductor film, on a
transistor characteristic. An island-like semiconductor film is formed
over a substrate, and a conductive film forming a gate electrode provided
over the island-like semiconductor film with a gate insulating film
interposed therebetween, is formed over the semiconductor film. In the
semiconductor film, a channel forming region, a first impurity region
forming a source or drain region, and a second impurity region are
provided. The channel forming region is provided in a region which
overlaps with the gate electrode crossing the island-like semiconductor
film, the first impurity region is provided so as to be adjacent to the
channel forming region, and the second impurity region is provided so as
to be adjacent to the channel forming region and the first impurity
region. The first impurity region and the second impurity region are
provided so as to have different conductivity, and the second impurity
region and the channel forming region are made to have different
conductivity or to have different concentration of an impurity element
contained in the second impurity region and the channel forming region in
a case of having the same conductivity.