IP Library Granted Patent US 7,642,552
Granted Patent B2
US 7,642,552 · App. 11/652,951 · Granted Jan 5, 2010

Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method therefor

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Patent No.
US 7,642,552
App. No.
11/652,951
Granted
Jan 5, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device including gate wiring or a gate electrode formed on a substrate on a TFT side of the TFT liquid crystal display device, wherein the wiring or the electrode has a structure of being held between two different insulation layers or insulators, and the structure is comprised of a first layer mainly consisting of copper and a second layer consisting of an oxide covering an outer circumferential part of the first layer, further, the second layer has compositional formula of Cu x Mn y Si z O (0<X<Y, 0<Z<Y).

Claims (17)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising a gate wire or a gate electrode formed on a substrate on a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) side of a TFT liquid crystal display device, wherein the gate wire or the gate electrode has a structure of being held between at least two different insulation layers or insulators, and the structure is comprised of a first layer including copper and a second layer consisting of an oxide covering an outer circumferential part of the first layer, wherein, the second layer has a compositional formula of Cu X Mn Y Si Z O (0<X<Y<, 0<Z<Y).

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer is formed from a copper alloy, and an additive element in the copper alloy is at least one type of a metal selected from the group consisting of Mn, Zn, Ga, Li, Ge, Sr, Ag, In, Sn, Ba, Pr, and Nd and a combination of two or more thereof.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer is formed from a copper alloy, and an additive element in the copper alloy is Mn.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein an additive amount of said Mn is in a range of 0.5 to 25 atomic %.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer is an oxide layer comprising Mn mainly and Cu subsidiary.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulation layer comprising said wire or said electrode, or the insulation film includes a glass element.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulation layer comprising said wire or said electrode, or the insulation film is any one selected from the group consisting of SiN X , SiO X , and SiO X N Y and a combination of two or more thereof.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer contains Cu and Si.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer has a thickness of 1 to 30 nm.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein a common electrode is formed on the TFT substrate side on which the gate wire is formed.

11. A liquid crystal display device being a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal material held between a pair of substrates, wherein a gate wire or a gate electrode formed on a side of a TFT substrate of the pair of substrates has a wiring structure consisting of at least two different insulation layers containing Si, with one of the two different insulation layers comprises Cu and Mn, and the other insulation layer comprises a compositional formula of Cu X Mn Y Si Z O (0<X<Y, 0<Z<Y), and the wiring structure is formed in a shape in which one of the insulation layers in the wiring structure is covered with the other insulation layer.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11 , wherein one of the insulation layers in the wiring structure is an oxide layer containing Mn mainly and Cu subsidiarily.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11 , wherein the second layer has a thickness of 1 to 30 nm.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11 , wherein a common electrode is formed on a TFT substrate side on which the gate wire or the gate electrode is formed.

15. An organic Electro Luminescent (EL) display device, wherein a scanning line formed on a substrate of the organic EL display device has a structure of being held between at least two different insulation layers or insulators, and the structure is comprised of a first layer that includes copper and a second layer comprising an oxide covering an outer part of the first layer.

16. The organic EL display device according to claim 15 , wherein a compositional formula of the second layer is Cu X Mn V Si Z O(0<X<Y, 0<Z<Y).

17. The organic EL display device according to claim 16 , wherein the second layer is an oxide layer further containing Mn mainly and Cu subsidiarly.

Assignments (10)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2020
From: BYLAS DISTRICT ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE, LLC
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 91 LLC; INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 84 LLC
Reel/Frame 054071/0566 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2019
From: BYLAS DISTRICT ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE LLC
To: MEC MANAGEMENT, LLC
Reel/Frame 050144/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2018
From: XENOGENIC DEVELOPMENT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
To: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 84 LLC
Reel/Frame 046717/0310 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 22, 2015
From: ALTIAM SERVICES LTD. LLC
To: XENOGENIC DEVELOPMENT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 036855/0346 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2012
From: ADVANCED INTERCONNECT MATERIALS, LLC
To: ALTIAM SERVICES LTD. LLC
Reel/Frame 028083/0909 →
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 28, 2012
From: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
To: ADVANCED INTERCONNECT MATERIALS, LLC
Reel/Frame 027945/0871 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2011
From: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
To: ADVANCED INTERCONNECT MATERIALS, LLC
Reel/Frame 026002/0918 →
ADDRESS CHANGE OF RECEIVING PARTY Recorded Oct 12, 2007
From: KAWAKAMI, HIDEAKI
To: ADVANCED INTERCONNECT MATERIALS, LLC
Reel/Frame 020124/0940 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2007
From: KOIKE, JUNICHI
To: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 019012/0154 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2007
From: KAWAKAMI, HIDEAKI
To: ADVANCED INTERCONNECT MATERIALS, LLC
Reel/Frame 019014/0972 →