IP Library Granted Patent US 7,525,125
Granted Patent B2
US 7,525,125 · App. 11/643,968 · Granted Apr 28, 2009

Thin film transistor and organic electro-luminescence display device using the same

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Patent No.
US 7,525,125
App. No.
11/643,968
Granted
Apr 28, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thin film transistor includes a semiconductor pattern on a substrate, a gate insulating film to cover the semiconductor pattern, a gate electrode partially overlapping the semiconductor pattern with the gate insulating film there between, a hole in the gate electrode to expose the gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film to cover the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting the semiconductor pattern through the interlayer insulating layer and the gate insulating layer, wherein the semiconductor pattern includes at least two channels between the source electrode and the drain electrode, the at least two channels having a region with a varying width.

Claims (21)

1. A thin film transistor, comprising:

a semiconductor pattern on a substrate;

a gate insulating film to cover the semiconductor pattern;

a gate electrode partially overlapping the semiconductor pattern with the gate insulating film therebetween;

a hole in the gate electrode to expose the gate insulating film;

an interlayer insulating film to cover the gate electrode; and

a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting the semiconductor pattern through the interlayer insulating layer and the gate insulating layer,

wherein the semiconductor pattern includes at least two channels between the source electrode and the drain electrode, the at least two channels having a region with a varying width, wherein the semiconductor pattern includes an n-type polycrystalline silicone, wherein the n-type semiconductor pattern has a width that narrows as the pattern extending from the drain electrode to the source electrode.

2. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hole is a rectangular type parallel to the gate electrode.

3. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor pattern has a width smaller than a length of the hole and overlaps the gate electrode in at least two areas.

4. An organic electro-luminescence display device, comprising:

an organic electro-luminescence array portion on a substrate and having organic light- emitting cells arranged in a matrix type; and

a thin film transistor array portion between the substrate and the organic electro-luminescence array portion, and including a thin film transistor for driving the organic light-emitting cells, wherein the thin film transistor includes:

a gate insulating film to cover a semiconductor pattern;

a gate electrode partially overlapping the semiconductor pattern with the gate insulating film therebetween;

a hole in the gate electrode to expose the gate insulating film;

an interlayer insulating film to cover the gate electrode; and

a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting the semiconductor pattern through the interlayer insulating layer and the gate insulating layer,

wherein the semiconductor pattern includes at least two channels between the source electrode and the drain electrode, the at least two channels having a region with a varying width, wherein the semiconductor pattern includes an n-type polycrystalline silicone, wherein the n-type semiconductor pattern has a width that narrows as the pattern extending from the drain electrode to the source electrode.

5. The organic electro-luminescence display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the hole is a rectangular type parallel to the gate electrode.

6. The organic electro-luminescence display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the semiconductor pattern has a width smaller than a length of the hole and overlaps the gate electrode in at least two areas.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 27, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021772/0701 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2006
From: AHN, TAE JOON; LEE, HONG KOO
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018736/0828 →