A liquid crystal display device provided with a thin film transistor with
excellent electrical characteristics and reduced off current, for which
increase in manufacturing costs can be suppressed while suppressing
reduction in yield. A thin film transistor includes a gate electrode
provided over a substrate; a gate insulating film provided to cover the
substrate and the gate electrode; a first island-shaped semiconductor
layer and a second island-shaped semiconductor layer each formed as a
stack of a microcrystalline semiconductor layer and a buffer layer with a
depression on an upper surface thereof, over the gate electrode with the
gate insulating film interposed therebetween; a conductive semiconductor
layer; and a conductive layer provided on the conductive semiconductor
layer. The conductive semiconductor layer is provided between the first
island-shaped semiconductor layer and the second island-shaped
semiconductor layer in contact with the gate insulating film.