IP Library Granted Patent US 7,804,174
Granted Patent B2
US 7,804,174 · App. 11/100,432 · Granted Sep 28, 2010

TFT wiring comprising copper layer coated by metal and metal oxide

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Patent No.
US 7,804,174
App. No.
11/100,432
Granted
Sep 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gate electrode (wiring) ( 40 ) having a Cu layer ( 40 a ) surrounded by a coating film ( 40 b ) made of titanium or titanium oxide; a TFT substrate ( 31 ) comprising the gate electrode (wiring) ( 40 ) and a LCD comprising a pair of opposing substrates and a liquid crystal disposed between the opposing substrates, wherein one of the pair of opposing substrates is a TFT substrate ( 31 ), are disclosed.

Claims (9)

1. A wiring in a gate electrode in a thin film transistor comprising a Cu layer having a bottom surface, a top surface, and two side surfaces, wherein the bottom surface is on a first coating film made of molybdenum, and the three remaining surfaces are in contact with a second coating film made of molybdenum oxide, wherein the molybdenum oxide has a composition ratio of the number of molybdenum atoms to the number of oxygen atoms of “1” to “1 to 3”.

2. A TFT substrate having a wiring as claimed in claim 1 .

3. A wiring in a gate electrode in a thin film transistor comprising a Cu layer having a bottom surface, a top surface, and two side surfaces, wherein the bottom surface is on a first coating film made of at least one selected from molybdenum, chromium, and tantalum, and the three remaining surfaces are in contact with a second coating film made of at least one selected from molybdenum oxide, chromium oxide, and tantalum oxide, wherein the molybdenum oxide has a composition ratio of the number of molybdenum atoms to the number of oxygen atoms of “1” to “1 to 3” and the chromium oxide has a composition ratio of the number of chromium atoms to the number of oxygen atoms of “1” to “1 to 1.5” and tantalum oxide has a composition ratio of the number of tantalum atoms to the number of oxygen atoms of “1” to “1 to 2.5”.

4. An LCD comprising a pair of opposing substrate and a liquid crystal disposed between the opposing substrates, wherein one of the pair of opposing substrates is a TFT substrate as claimed in claim 3 .

5. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal display panel;

a thin film transistor; and

a wiring in a gate electrode in the thin film transistor comprising a Cu layer having a bottom surface, a top surface, and two side surfaces,

wherein the bottom surface is on a first coating film made of molybdenum, and the three remaining surfaces are in contact with a second coating film made of molybdenum oxide, wherein the molybdenum oxide has a composition ratio of the number of molybdenum atoms to the number of oxygen atoms of “1” to “1 to 3”.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021147/0009 →