IP Library Granted Patent US 7,642,623
Granted Patent B2
US 7,642,623 · App. 11/949,483 · Granted Jan 5, 2010

Fabrication method for polycrystalline silicon thin film and apparatus using the same

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Patent No.
US 7,642,623
App. No.
11/949,483
Granted
Jan 5, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a fabrication method for polycrystalline silicon thin film in which amorphous silicon is crystallized by laser using a mask having a mixed structure of laser transmission pattern group and laser non-transmission pattern group, wherein the mask comprises two or more of dot pattern groups in which the non-transmission pattern group is perpendicular to a scan directional axis, and the dot pattern groups are formed in a certain shape and comprise first non-transmission patterns that are not respectively arranged in a row in an axis direction perpendicular to the scan directional axis, and second non-transmission patterns that are formed in the same arrangement as the first non-transmission patterns, but are positioned in such a manner that the second non-transmission patterns are parallel to the first non-transmission patterns and vertical axis of the scan directional axis.

Claims (9)

1. A display device, comprising:

a polycrystalline silicon thin film, wherein the polycrystalline silicon thin film comprises regions of polycrystalline silicon separated by overlapping dot-shaped regions of amorphous silicon, and is fabricated by process of:

using a mask having a laser transmission pattern group and a laser non-transmission pattern group; and

moving the mask, after laser irradiation, a certain distance,

wherein the laser non-transmission pattern group comprises two or more dot pattern groups formed perpendicular to a scan directional axis, and

wherein the dot pattern groups comprise:

first non-transmission patterns that are not arranged in a line in an axis direction perpendicular to the scan directional axis, and

second non-transmission patterns that are formed in a same arrangement as the first non-transmission patterns, but are positioned so that the second non-transmission patterns are parallel to an axis perpendicular to the first non-transmission patterns and the scan directional axis.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is an organic electroluminescent device or a liquid crystal display device.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028868/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022024/0026 →