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US 6,549,252 B1Granted
Reflective liquid crystal display device having a TFT as a switching element and method for fabricating the same
AssigneeLG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang Gul Lee, Jong Hoon Yi
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards TFT-LCD devices and methods to manufacture the same. The devices of the present invention includes a gate electrode structure including an active layer and agate insulator, a protective layer formed over and along the sides of the gate electrode structure, contact layers formed on sides of the gate electrode structure and on a substrate, and source and drain electrodes on the contact layers.
Claims45
A reflective liquid crystal display device panel, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an insulation layer on the substrate;
- a semiconductor island on the insulation layer, having source and drain regions and a channel region disposed between the source and drain regions;
- a gate electrode over the channel region of the semiconductor island;
- a gate line connected to the gate electrode;
- a gate insulation layer between the gate electrode and the channel region of the semiconductor island;
- a protection film covering the gate electrode and portions of the source and drain regions, the portions being adjacent to the channel region of the semiconductor island;
- an ohmic contact layer spaced a predetermined distance from the protection film and formed on the source and drain regions of the semiconductor island;
- source and drain electrodes formed on the ohmic contact layer, respectively, electrically contacting the source and drain regions of the semiconductor island;
- a data line connected to the source electrode, the date line defining a pixel region with the gate line;
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- a reflective electrode integrally formed with the drain electrode, the reflective electrode being formed by extending the drain electrode to the pixel region.
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A reflective liquid crystal display device panel, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an insulation layer on the substrate;
- a semiconductor island on the insulation layer, having a channel region, first regions adjacent to the channel region, and second regions adjacent to the first regions and positioned at either ends portion thereof wherein the second regions has a lower doped density than the first regions of the semiconductor layer;
- a gate electrode over the channel region of the semiconductor island;
- a gate line connected to the gate electrode;
- a gate insulation layer between the gate electrode and the channel region of the semiconductor island;
- a protection film covering the gate electrode and the first regions of the semiconductor island;
- source and drain electrodes overlapping the second regions of the semiconductor island;
- a data line connected to the source electrode, the date line defining a pixel region with the gate line;
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- a reflective electrode integrally formed with the drain electrode, the reflective electrode being formed by extending the drain electrode to the pixel region.
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A method for fabricating a reflective liquid crystal display device panel, comprising the steps of:
- providing a substrate;
- forming a buffer layer on an entire surface of the substrate;
- forming an active island of a semiconductor on the buffer layer;
- forming a gate insulation film and a gate electrode on the active island, both having a sampler width than that of the active island;
- providing a gate line connected to the gate electrode;
- forming a protection film covering the gate electrode and a portion of the active island around the gate electrode;
- sequentially depositing an impurity layer and a second metal layer on the entire surface of the substrate and patterning them as overlapping the active island and having a gap with the protection film, thereby to form an ohmic contact layer, source and drain electrodes overlapping the ohmic contact layer and a reflective electrode extended from the drain electrode;
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- providing a date line connected to the source electrode, the date line defining a pixel region with the gate line, said reflective electrode being formed by extending the drain electrode to the pixel region.
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A method for fabricating a reflective liquid crystal display device panel, comprising the steps of:
- providing a substrate;
- forming a buffer layer on an entire surface of the substrate;
- forming an active island of a semiconductor on the buffer layer;
- forming a gate insulation film and a gate electrode on the active island, both having a smaller width than that of the active island;
- n-type ion implanting the active island using the gate electrode as a first ion stopper;
- forming a protection film covering the gate electrode and a portion of the active island around the gate electrode;
- p-type ion implanting the active island using the protection film as a second ion stopper, gases for the p-type ion implantation having a lower ion density than those for the n-type ion implantation;
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- depositing a second metal layer on the entire surface of the substrate and patterning the second metal layer into forming source and drain electrodes overlapping the doped region of the active island and a reflective electrode extended from the drain electrode, the source and drain electrodes having a gap with the protection film.
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An TFT-LCD panel, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an insulator formed on said substrate;
- an active layer formed on a portion of said insulator;
- a gate insulator formed on said active layer;
- a gate electrode formed on said gate insulator;
- a protective film formed over and along sides of said gate electrode and said gate insulator;
- contact layers formed on said insulator and on and either side of said active layer, the contact layers contacting substantially the entire surface of either side of said active layer;
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- source and drain electrodes on said contact layers.
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A method to produce a TFT-LCD device, comprising:
- forming a insulator on a substrate;
- forming an active layer on a portion of said insulator;
- forming a gate insulator on said active layer;
- forming a gate electrode on said gate insulator;
- forming a protective film over and along sides of said gate electrode and said gate insulator;
- forming contact layers on said insulator and on and either side of said active layer the contact layers contacting substantially the entire surface of either side of said active layer;
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- forming source and drain electrodes on said contact layers.
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A reflective liquid crystal display device panel, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an insulation layer on the substrate;
- a semiconductor island on the insulation layer, having source and drain regions and a channel region disposed between the source and drain regions;
- a gate electrode over the channel region of the semiconductor island;
- a gate insulation layer between the gate electrode and the channel region of the semiconductor island;
- a protection film covering the gate electrode and portions of the source and drain regions, the portions being adjacent to the channel region of the semiconductor island, wherein the protection film is an organic insulation film made with a material selected from the group consisting of BCB (benzocyclobutene), acrylics and polyimide;
- an ohmic contact layer spaced a predetermined distance from the protection film and formed on the source and drain regions of the semiconductor island;
- source and drain electrodes formed on the ohmic contact layer, respectively, electrically contacting the source and drain regions of the semiconductor island;
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- a reflective electrode integrally formed with the drain electrode.
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A method for fabricating a reflective liquid crystal display device panel, comprising the steps of:
- providing a substrate;
- forming a buffer layer on an entire surface of the substrate;
- forming an active island of a semiconductor on the buffer layer;
- forming a gate insulation film and a gate electrode on the active island, both having a smaller width than that of the active island;
- forming a protection film covering the gate electrode and a portion of the active island around the gate electrode, said protection film being an organic insulation film;
- sequentially depositing an impurity layer and a second metal layer on the entire surface of the substrate and patterning them as overlapping the active island and having a gap with the protection film, thereby to form an ohmic contact layer, source and drain electrodes overlapping the ohmic contact layer and a reflective electrode extended from the drain electrode.
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