US 6,665,374 B2Granted

Active matrix substrate, method of manufacturing same, and flat-panel image sensor

AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsYoshihiro Izumi, Hisashi Nagata, Yuichi Saito

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Abstract

In an active matrix substrate, a glass substrate is provided with TFTs having gate electrodes connected to scanning lines also provided on the glass substrate. The glass substrate is further provided with auxiliary capacitance lines, formed on the same layer as the scanning lines. Further, pixel electrodes connected to drain electrodes of the TFTs are formed on the same layer as signal lines connected to source electrodes of the TFTs. An insulating layer is provided between the layer forming the signal lines and pixel electrodes and the layer forming the drain and source electrodes. Since the insulating film is present between the signal lines and the scanning and auxiliary capacitance lines, influence on the auxiliary capacitance value can be reduced, as can a signal line capacitance value. As a result, even when the auxiliary capacitance value is increased, the signal line capacitance value remains small.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A flat-panel image sensor comprising:

an active matrix substrate including:
a substrate;
a switching element including a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, and switching between the source and drain electrodes based on a signal supplied to the gate electrode;
a scanning line connected to the gate electrode;
a signal line connected to the source electrode;
and
a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode;
said substrate being provided with a layer which forms said scanning line;
a layer, provided above said layer forming the scanning line, which forms the source electrode;
a layer, provided above said layer forming the source electrode, which forms said signal line;
and an insulating layer, provided between said layer forming the source electrode and said layer forming the signal line;
and
said scanning line and said signal line being separated from each other by said insulating layer;
and
a photoelectric conversion layer electrically connected to said pixel electrode of said active matrix substrate.

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Facts

Application: 10/227,804Filed 27 Aug 2002 · continuation
Priority: JP 11-1005117 Apr 1999
Published: US 2003/0038306 A127 Feb 2003
Granted: 16 Dec 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G02F 1/136227
Active matrix addressed cells: through-hole connection of the pixel electrode to the active element through an insulation layer
G02F 1/136213
Active matrix addressed cells: storage capacitors associated with the pixel electrode
H10D 86/441
Characterised by multiple TFTs: interconnections, e.g. scanning lines
H10D 86/481
Characterised by multiple TFTs: integrated with passive devices, e.g. auxiliary capacitors