IP Library Granted Patent US 7,362,402
Granted Patent B2
US 7,362,402 · App. 11/625,435 · Granted Apr 22, 2008

Wires for liquid crystal display and liquid crystal display having the same

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Patent No.
US 7,362,402
App. No.
11/625,435
Granted
Apr 22, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire for a liquid crystal display has a dual-layered structure comprising a first layer made of molybdenum or molybdenum alloy, and a second layer made of molybdenum nitride or molybdenum alloy nitride. To manufacture the wire, a layer made of either a molybdenum or a molybdenum alloy, and another layer one of either a molybdenum nitride or molybdenum alloy nitride by using reactive sputtering method are deposited in sequence, and then patterned simultaneously. The target for reactive sputtering is made of either molybdenum or molybdenum alloy, and the molybdenum alloy comprises one selected from the group consisting of tungsten, chromium, zirconium, and nickel of the content ratio of 0.1 to less than 20 atm % of. The reactive gas mixture for reactive sputtering includes an argon gas and inflow amount of the nitrogen gas is at least 50% of argon gas, to minimize the etch rate of the molybdenum nitride layer or the molybdenum alloy nitride layer for ITO etchant.

Claims (32)

1. A manufacturing method of a molybdenum-metal alloy nitride layer by a reactive sputtering using argon gas and nitrogen gas as a reactive gas mixture:

wherein a target for the reactive sputtering is made of molybdenum alloy comprising a metal of 0.1 to less than 20 atm %, and inflow amount of the nitrogen gas is at least 50% of the inflow amount of the argon gas.

2. The method of the claim 1 , wherein the metal is one selected from the group consisting of tungsten, chromium, zirconium and nickel.

3. A molybdenum-metal alloy nitride layer manufactured by the method of claim 2 .

4. A manufacturing method of a wire for a liquid crystal display comprising the steps of:

depositing a first layer made of either molybdenum or molybdenum alloy on a substrate;

depositing a second layer made of either molybdenum nitride or molybdenum alloy nitride by using reactive sputtering; and,

patterning simultaneously the second and the first layers.

5. The manufacturing method of claim 4 , wherein a target for the reactive sputtering is made of either molybdenum or molybdenum alloy, and

the molybdenum alloy comprises one selected from tungsten, chromium, zirconium and nickel of 0.1 to less than 20 atm %.

6. The manufacturing method of claim 5 , wherein a reactive gas mixture for the reactive sputtering includes argon gas and nitrogen gas, and the inflow amount of the nitrogen gas is at least 50% of the inflow amount of the argon gas.

7. The manufacturing method of claim 6 , wherein the thickness of the second layer is 300 Å to 1,000 Å.

8. A method for manufacturing a wire for a liquid crystal display, the method comprising:

depositing a first layer on a substrate using reactive sputtering, the first layer being made of either molybdenum nitride or molybdenum alloy nitride;

depositing a second layer on the substrate, the second layer being made of either molybdenum or a molybdenum alloy; and

simultaneously patterning the second and the first layers.

9. The manufacturing method of claim 8 , wherein a target for the reactive sputtering is made of either molybdenum or molybdenum alloy, and,

the molybdenum alloy comprises one selected from tungsten, chromium, zirconium and nickel of 0.1 to less than 20 atm %.

10. The manufacturing method of claim 9 , wherein a reactive gas mixture for the reactive sputtering includes argon gas and nitrogen gas, and the nitrogen gas inflow amount of the nitrogen gas is at least 50% of the inflow amount of the argon gas.

11. The manufacturing method of claim 10 , wherein the thickness of the first layer is 300 Å to 1,000 Å.

12. A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display comprising the steps of:

forming a gate wire on a substrate;

forming a gate insulating layer on the gate wire;

forming a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer;

depositing a first layer made of either molybdenum or molybdenum alloy;

depositing a second layer made of either molybdenum nitride or molybdenum alloy nitride by reactive sputtering method;

patterning simultaneously the second layer and the first layer to form a data wire and a supplementary data wire;

forming a passivation layer on the data wire or the supplementary data wire; and

forming a pixel electrode made of ITO.

13. The manufacturing method of claim 12 , wherein a target for the reactive sputtering is made of either molybdenum or molybdenum alloy, and

the molybdenum alloy comprises one selected from tungsten, chromium, zirconium and nickel of 0.1 to less than 20 atm %.

14. The manufacturing method of claim 13 , wherein a reactive gas mixture for the reactive sputtering includes argon gas and nitrogen gas, and the nitrogen gas inflow amount of the nitrogen gas is at least 50% of the inflow amount of the argon gas.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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