IP Library Granted Patent US 7,612,409
Granted Patent B2
US 7,612,409 · App. 11/319,563 · Granted Nov 3, 2009

Organic thin film transistor comprising device insulation film and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,612,409
App. No.
11/319,563
Granted
Nov 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic thin film transistor (OTFT) includes a substrate, a gate electrode formed on the transparent substrate, a gate insulation film formed on the gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed spaced apart from each other on the gate insulation film, a device insulation film formed over the gate, source, and drain electrodes, and an organic semiconductor film formed on the device insulation film.

Claims (23)

1. An organic thin film transistor (OTFT), comprising:

a transparent substrate;

a gate electrode formed on the substrate;

a gate insulation film formed on the gate electrode;

a source electrode and a drain electrode formed spaced apart from each other on the gate insulation film;

a device insulation film directly formed on an exposed surface of the gate insulation film and entire upper surfaces of the source and drain electrodes, wherein the device insulation film includes one of a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, titania, and alumina, and wherein a thickness of the device insulation film ranges from about 10 Å (angstroms) to about 900 Å (angstroms); and

an organic semiconductor film directly formed on the entire upper surface of the device insulation film.

2. The OTFT according to claim 1 , wherein the device insulation film is formed by one of a chemical vapor deposition process or an atomic layer deposition process.

3. A method of fabricating an organic thin film transistor (OTFT), comprising the steps of:

forming a gate electrode on a transparent substrate;

forming a gate insulation film on the gate electrode;

forming a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced apart from each other on the gate insulation film;

directly forming a device insulation film on an exposed surface of the gate insulation film and entire upper surfaces of the source and drain electrodes, wherein the device insulation film includes one of a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, titania, and alumina, and wherein a thickness of the device insulation film ranges from about 10 Å (angstroms) to about 900 Å (angstroms); and

directly forming an organic semiconductor film on the entire upper surface of the device insulation film.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the device insulation film is formed by either a chemical vapor deposition process or an atomic layer deposition process.

5. A method of fabricating an organic thin film transistor (OTFT), comprising the steps of:

forming a gate electrode on a transparent substrate;

forming a gate insulation film on the gate electrode;

forming a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced apart from each other on the gate insulation film;

directly forming a device insulation film on an exposed surface of the gate insulation film and entire upper surfaces of the source and drain electrodes to enhance a carrier mobility by either a chemical vapor deposition process or an atomic layer deposition process, wherein the device insulation film includes a benzocyclobutene, and wherein a thickness of the device insulation film ranges from about 10 Å (angstroms) to about 900 Å (angstroms); and

directly forming an organic semiconductor film on the entire upper surface of the device insulation film.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising the step of rubbing the device insulation film in one direction after forming the device insulation film.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the device insulation film is rubbed in a direction perpendicular to the source electrode and the drain electrode.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021147/0009 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2005
From: HAN, CHANG WOOK; PANG, HEE SUK
To: LG.PHILIPS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017425/0266 →