IP Library Granted Patent US 7,477,345
Granted Patent B2
US 7,477,345 · App. 11/090,941 · Granted Jan 13, 2009

Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,477,345
App. No.
11/090,941
Granted
Jan 13, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes forming a plurality of gate lines and data lines on a substrate, the plurality of gate and data lines cross each other and defining a plurality of unit pixel regions displaying red, green, and blue colors, forming a plurality of thin film transistors in each unit pixel regions, forming a passivation layer on the substrate, forming a green color filter layer on the substrate within a unit pixel region displaying the green color, forming one of a red color filter layer and a blue color filter layer within a unit adjacent to the unit pixel region displaying the green color, and within a portion of the green color filter layer overlapping the thin film transistor, depositing an organic insulating layer on the substrate and forming a contact hole, and forming a plurality of pixel electrodes corresponding to each unit pixel region.

Claims (30)

1. A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display, comprising:

forming a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines on a substrate, the plurality of gate lines cross the plurality of data lines and defining a plurality of unit pixel regions to display red, green, and blue colors;

forming a plurality of thin film transistors in the plurality of unit pixel regions;

forming a passivation layer on the substrate;

forming a green color filter layer on the substrate within one of the unit pixel regions displaying the green color;

forming a red color filter layer on a portion of the substrate within one of the unit pixel regions adjacent to the unit pixel region displaying the green color, and on a portion of the green color filter layer overlapping the thin film transistor, the gate line and the data line;

forming a blue color filter layer on a portion of the substrate within one of the unit pixel regions adjacent to the unit pixel region displaying the red color, and on a portion of the red color filter layer overlapping the thin film transistor, the gate line and the data line;

depositing an organic insulating layer on an entire surface of the substrate including the green, red, and blue color filter layers;

forming a contact hole through the organic insulating layer disposed on each of the plurality of thin film transistors; and

forming a plurality of pixel electrodes corresponding to the plurality of unit pixel regions.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the green color filter layer is formed on a first upper surface of the thin film transistor disposed within the unit pixel displaying the green color and a first upper surface of the thin film transistor disposed adjacent to the instant unit pixel.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the red color filter layer has one edge portion in a stack structure on the thin film transistor where the green color filter layer is disposed between the red color filter layer and the thin film transistor.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the blue color filter layer has one edge portion in a stack structure on the thin film transistor where the green color filter layer is disposed between the blue color filter layer and the thin film transistor.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the blue filter layer has the other edge portion in a stack structure on the thin film transistor where the red color filter is disposed between the blue color filter layer and the thin film transistor.

6. A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display, comprising: sequentially forming a gate line, a gate electrode, a channel layer, a source/drain electrode, and a data line on a substrate;

forming a passivation layer on the substrate including the gate line, the data lines, the gate electrode, the source/drain electrodes, and the channel layer; forming a green color filter layer on the substrate including the passivation layer; sequentially forming a red color filter layer and a blue color filter layer on the substrate including the green color filter layer;

depositing an organic insulating layer on an entire surface of the substrate including the green, red, and blue color filter layers;

forming a contact hole through the organic insulating layer; and

forming a pixel electrode on the substrate including the contact hole,

wherein the green color filter layer is formed within a first pixel region, a thin film transistor, the gate line and the data line are disposed within the first pixel region, and a second thin film transistor, the gate line and the date line are disposed within a second pixel region adjacent to the first pixel region.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein after the green color filter layer is formed, the red color filter layer and the blue color filter layer are sequentially formed in a respective order.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein after the green color filter layer is formed, the blue color filter layer and the red color filter layer are sequentially formed in a respective order.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the red color filter layer is formed within a pixel region where the red color filter layer is formed extending to an upper surface of the data line, the gate line, and the thin film transistor of the pixel region.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the blue color filter layer is formed within a pixel region where the blue color filter layer is formed extending to an upper surface of the data line, the gate line, and the thin film transistor of the pixel region.

11. The method according to claim 6 , wherein one of the red color filter layer and the blue color filter layer is formed on the data line, the gate line, and the thin film transistors within a portion where the green color filter layer is formed.

12. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the green color filter layer is formed within a pixel region that is not included the thin film transistor.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the red color filter layer is formed within a pixel region where the red color filter layer is formed extending to an upper surface of the data line, the gate line, and the thin film transistor of the pixel region.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the blue color filter layer is formed within a pixel region where the blue color filter layer is formed extending to an upper surface of the data line, the gate line, and the thin film transistor of the pixel region.

15. The method according to claim 6 , wherein one of the red color filter layer and the blue color filter is formed on the data line, the gate line, and the thin film transistor disposed on the substrate.

16. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the red color filter layer and the blue color filter layer are formed in a stack structure on the data line, the gate line, and the thin film transistor disposed on the substrate.

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 Jul 25, 2005
From: KIM, WOONG-KWON; OH, KWANG-SIK; NAM, MYUNG-WOO; CHO, KI-DU; SHIN, SE-JONG; KIM, BONG-CHUL; CHOIK, KWON-SEOB
To: LG PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016805/0181 →