IP Library Granted Patent US 7,643,101
Granted Patent B2
US 7,643,101 · App. 10/975,003 · Granted Jan 5, 2010

Polycrystalline liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,643,101
App. No.
10/975,003
Granted
Jan 5, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fabrication method of a polysilicon LCD device includes: forming a gate electrode on a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode; forming a first amorphous semiconductor layer and a second amorphous semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer; crystallizing the first and second amorphous semiconductor layers; forming source/drain electrodes on the crystallized second semiconductor layer; forming a passivation layer over the source/drain electrodes; and forming a pixel electrode connected to one of the source/drain electrodes.

Claims (25)

1. A fabrication method of a polysilicon LCD device comprising:

forming a buffer layer on a substrate;

forming a gate electrode over the buffer layer;

forming a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode; forming a first semiconductor layer of an intrinsic amorphous silicon state on the gate insulating layer;

sequentially forming a second semiconductor layer including a high concentration of impurity ions on the first semiconductor layer;

crystallizing the first and second semiconductor layers by partially irradiation with a laser, wherein the crystallizing by the laser is instantaneously performed at a high temperature so that the first semiconductor layer is transformed into a first intrinsic crystalline semiconductor layer remaining an intrinsic semiconductor characteristic, wherein a spread of the impurity ion to the first semiconductor layer is little, and the second semiconductor layer is transformed into a second crystalline semiconductor layer including impurity ions, and the crystallizing process is applied at a temperature lower than the temperature where a glass of the substrate starts to be melted;

forming source/drain electrodes on the second crystalline semiconductor layer, wherein the forming source/drain electrodes includes forming a conductive layer on the second crystalline semiconductor layer; forming a photoresist on the conductive layer; forming a photoresist pattern by applying a diffraction mask on the photoresist; patterning the conductive layer and the first and second semiconductor layers by using the patterned photoresist as a mask to define an active region; ashing the patterned photoresist; and removing the conductive layer and a portion of the second semiconductor layer by using the ashed photoresist as a mask to define a channel region;

forming a passivation layer over the source/drain electrodes; and

forming a pixel electrode connected to one of the source/drain electrodes.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the removing the conductive layer and the second semiconductor layer includes:

removing the conductive layer over the channel region; and

removing a portion of the second semiconductor layer over the channel region.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second semiconductor layers include silicon.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dopants are one of the third group and the fifth group of the periodic table.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a doped semiconductor.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the high concentration impurity ions are p-type impurity ions or n-type impurity ions.

7. A fabrication method of a polysilicon LCD device comprising:

forming a buffer layer on a substrate;

forming a gate electrode over the buffer layer;

forming a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode; forming a first semiconductor layer of an intrinsic amorphous silicon state on the gate insulating layer;

sequentially forming a second semiconductor layer including a high concentration of impurity ions on the first semiconductor layer, wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a doped semiconductor, and the high concentration impurity ions are p-type impurity ions or n-type impurity ions;

crystallizing the first and second semiconductor layers by partially irradiation with a laser, wherein the crystallizing by the laser is instantaneously performed at a high temperature so that the first semiconductor layer is transformed into a first intrinsic crystalline semiconductor layer remaining an intrinsic semiconductor characteristic, wherein a spread of the impurity ion to the first semiconductor layer is little, and the second semiconductor layer is transformed into a second crystalline semiconductor layer including impurity ions, and the crystallizing process is applied at a temperature lower than the temperature where a glass of the substrate starts to be melted;

forming source/drain electrodes on the second crystalline semiconductor layer, wherein the forming source/drain electrodes includes forming a conductive layer on the second crystalline semiconductor layer; forming a photoresist on the conductive layer; forming a photoresist pattern by applying a diffraction mask on the photoresist; patterning the conductive layer and the first and second semiconductor layers by using the patterned photoresist as a mask to define an active region; ashing the patterned photoresist; and removing the conductive layer and a portion of the second semiconductor layer by using the ashed photoresist as a mask to define a channel region;

forming a passivation layer over the source/drain electrodes; and

forming a pixel electrode connected to one of the source/drain electrodes.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021754/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2004
From: OH, KUM-MI; YANG, MYOUNG-SU
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015961/0166 →