IP Library Granted Patent US 7,133,100
Granted Patent B2
US 7,133,100 · App. 10/114,123 · Granted Nov 7, 2006

Method for treating surface of organic insulating film using helium plasma and method of fabricating thin film transistor substrate using the same

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Patent No.
US 7,133,100
App. No.
10/114,123
Granted
Nov 7, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fabricating method of a thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention includes the steps of forming on a substrate material a thin film transistor array including a plurality of signal lines; forming an organic insulating film on the substrate material on which the thin film transistor array has formed; patterning the organic insulating film; performing a surface treatment on a surface of the organic insulating film using helium plasma; and forming a transparent electrode layer on the organic insulating film.

Claims (28)

1. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device having a thin film transistor, comprising the steps of:

providing an organic insulating film on a substrate of the liquid crystal display device;

treating a surface of the organic insulating film using plasma consisting essentially of helium to roughen the entire surface of the organic insulating film;

depositing a layer on the roughened surface of the organic insulating film,

wherein the roughened surface of the organic insulating film has a coarseness that is small and substantially evenly distributed over the entire surface for improving adhesion between the layer and the organic insulating film.

2. A method of fabricating a thin film transistor substrate for a liquid crystal display device, comprising the steps of:

forming a thin film transistor array on a substrate of the liquid crystal display device including a plurality of signal lines;

forming an organic insulating film on the substrate on which the thin film transistor array has formed;

patterning the organic insulating film;

treating a surface of the organic insulating film using plasma consisting essentially of helium to roughen the entire surface of the organic insulating film; and

forming a transparent electrode layer on the organic insulating film,

wherein the roughened surface of the organic insulating film has a coarseness that is small and substantially evenly distributed over the entire surface for improving adhesion between the transparent electrode layer and the organic insulating film.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein during the treating a surface, the helium plasma physically impacts onto the surface of the organic insulating film.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the step of forming an organic insulating film uses a material having a small dielectric constant.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the material includes at least one of an acrylic system, benzocyclobutene (BCB) and perfluorocyclobutane (PFCB).

6. A method of fabricating a thin film transistor substrate for a liquid crystal display device, comprising the steps of:

forming a thin film transistor array and a plurality of signal lines on a substrate of the liquid crystal display device;

forming an organic insulating film on the substrate material on which the thin film transistor array has formed;

patterning the organic insulating film;

treating a surface of the organic insulating film in an atmosphere consisting essentially of a chemically stable inert gas having a small atomic size to roughen the entire surface of the organic

insulating film; and

forming a transparent electrode layer on the organic insulating film,

wherein the roughened surface of the organic insulating film has a coarseness that is small and substantially evenly distributed over the entire surface for improving adhesion between the transparent electrode layer and the organic insulating film.

7. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device having a thin film transistor, comprising the steps of:

providing an organic insulating film on a substrate of the liquid crystal display device;

treating a surface of the organic insulating film using plasma consisting essentially of helium to roughen the entire surface of the organic insulating film;

depositing a pixel electrode on the roughened surface of the organic insulating film,

wherein the entire roughened surface of the organic insulating film has a coarseness that is small and substantially evenly distributed over the entire surface for improving adhesion between the pixel electrode and the organic insulating film.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2008
From: LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021773/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2002
From: AHN, BYUNG YONG
To: LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 012781/0246 →