# US 12,604,523 B2 · Electronic device including detection element and insulation layer recess structure

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- Number: US 12,604,523 B2
- Document ID: US12604523B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/644,109
- Filed: 2024-04-24
- Published: 2024-08-15
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2019-10-25
- Assignees: InnoCare Optoelectronics Corporation
- Applicants: InnoCare Optoelectronics Corporation
- Inventors: Hsin-Hung Lin; Chih-Hao Wu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604523B2

## CPC

- H10D 86/451: {characterised by the compositions or shapes of the interlayer dielectrics}
- H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices
- H10W 74/01: Manufacture or treatment
- H10W 74/134: {the encapsulations being in grooves in the semiconductor body}
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10

## Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a substrate, an active element, a first insulation layer, and a detection element. An active element is disposed on the substrate. A first insulation layer is disposed on the active element. A detection element is disposed on the first insulation layer. The detection element comprises a lower electrode disposed on the first insulation layer, an active layer disposed on the lower electrode, an upper electrode disposed on the active layer, and the lower electrode is a part of a conductive layer. The first insulation layer has a recess, and the recess does not overlap with the conductive layer in a normal direction of the substrate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device, comprising:
a substrate;
an active element, disposed on the substrate;
a first insulation layer, disposed on the active element;
a detection element, disposed on the first insulation layer, wherein the detection element comprises a lower electrode disposed on the first insulation layer, an active layer disposed on the lower electrode and an upper electrode disposed on the active layer, the lower electrode is a part of a conductive layer, wherein the active layer is disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode,
wherein the first insulation layer has a recess, and the recess does not overlap with the conductive layer in a normal direction of the substrate,
wherein in the normal direction of the substrate, a first portion of the first insulation layer overlaps with the conductive layer and has a first thickness, a second portion of the first insulation layer does not overlap with the conductive layer and has a second thickness, and the second thickness is less than the first thickness,
wherein in the normal direction of the substrate, the recess overlaps with at least a portion of a channel area of the active element and the second portion, and the recess does not overlap with the detection element and the first portion; and
a second insulation layer, disposed between the active layer and the lower electrode, wherein the second insulation layer has another recess, and in the normal direction of the substrate, the another recess does not overlap with the active layer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the recess has a depth, and the depth is greater than or equal to 0.01 μm and less than or equal to the first thickness.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a depth of the recess is a maximum distance between a top surface of the first portion and a top surface of the second portion in the normal direction of the substrate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein an angle between a first side wall surface of the recess and a top surface of the first portion is greater than 90 degrees.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a flat layer, disposed between the active element and the first insulation layer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of a first side wall surface of the recess is aligned with at least a portion of a second side wall surface of the conductive layer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein an included angle between an extension surface of the first side wall surface and a top surface of the substrate is equal to an included angle between an extension surface of the second side wall surface and the top surface of the substrate.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of a first side wall surface of the recess is not aligned with at least a portion of a second side wall surface of the conductive layer.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein in the normal direction of the substrate, a third portion of the second insulation layer overlaps with the active layer and has a third thickness, a fourth portion of the second insulation layer does not overlap with the active layer and has a fourth thickness, and the fourth thickness is less than the third thickness.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second insulation layer has an opening, and the active layer is electrically connected to the lower electrode via the opening.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein in the normal direction of the substrate, the another recess overlaps with a portion of the lower electrode.