Thin film transistor array panel using organic semiconductor and a method for manufacturing the same
View Patent ↗The present invention disclosed an organic thin film transistor, an organic thin film transistor array substrate and an organic thin film transistor display. The present invention disclosed organic materials which is proper for the application to a large screen display. The presentation also disclosed structures and a method for manufacturing such an organic thin film transistor, the organic thin film transistor array substrate and the organic thin film transistor display.
1. A thin film transistor array panel, comprising:
a substrate;
a first insulating layer formed directly on the substrate and having a trench;
a gate electrode formed on the substrate and within the trench;
a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode, the gate insulating layer and the first insulating layer being formed of different materials;
a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the gate insulating layer;
an organic semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer;
a passivation layer formed on the substrate with a contact hole exposing the drain electrode;
a pixel electrode contacting the drain electrode through the contact hole,
wherein a dielectric constant of the gate insulating layer is greater than a dielectric constant of the first insulating layer, and wherein the gate insulating layer comprises maleimide-styrene, where the maleimide-styrene is a copolymer of permutated maleimide and permutated styrene.
2. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 1 ,
wherein the first insulating layer exposes the gate insulating layer in a trench shape, and wherein side walls of the trench are inclined.
3. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 1 ,
wherein the organic semiconductor layer comprises at least one of:
a derivative including substituent of tetracene or pentacene; oligothiophene formed by connecting connection location number 2 and 5 of 4 to 8 thiophene ring; perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA); imide derivative of PTCDA; napthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride (NTCDA); imide derivative of NTCDA; metalized pthalocyanine; derivative halide of metalized pthalocyanine; perylene; coronene; derivative including substituent of coronene; co-oligomer or co-polymer of thienylene and vinylene; thiophene; perylene; coronene; derivertive including substituent of perylene and coronene; derivertive including aromatic or heteromatic ring; derivative including one or more of hydrocarbon chain having one to thirty carbon.
4. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 1 , wherein the gate insulating layer is formed only in the trench.
5. A thin film transistor array panel, comprising;
a substrate;
a first insulating layer formed directly on the substrate and having a trench;
a gate electrode formed on the substrate and within the trench;
a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode, the gate insulating layer being thinner than the first insulating layer;
an organic semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer;
a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the gate insulating layer;
a passivation layer formed on the substrate with a contact hole exposing the drain electrode; and
a pixel electrode contacting the drain electrode through the contact hole,
wherein a dielectric constant of the gate insulating layer is greater than a dielectric constant of the first insulating layer, and wherein the gate insulating layer comprises maleimide-styrene, where the maleimide-styrene is a copolymer of permutated maleimide and permutated styrene.
6. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 5 , wherein the pixel electrode is formed on the passivation layer.
7. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 5 , wherein the gate insulating layer is made of SiO 2 or an organic insulating material.
8. The thin film transistor array panel of claim 7 , wherein the SiO 2 is treated with octadecyl-trichloro-silane (OTS).