IP Library Granted Patent US 7,787,065
Granted Patent B2
US 7,787,065 · App. 12/003,043 · Granted Aug 31, 2010

Liquid crystal display with photosensor and method of fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,787,065
App. No.
12/003,043
Granted
Aug 31, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates bonded to each other with a liquid crystal layer positioned therebetween, and the photosensor, formed on the second substrate, for sensing an external light from the surroundings, wherein the photosensor includes a semiconductor layer formed on the second substrate and provided with n + -type ion implantation region, ion non-implantation region and lightly doped region; an insulation film, formed on the second substrate, for covering the semiconductor layer; a passivation film, formed on the second substrate, for covering the insulation film; a first contact hole passing through the insulation film and the passivation film, to expose source and drain regions of the semiconductor layer; source and drain electrodes connected with the source and drain regions of the semiconductor layer through the first contact hole; an ion implanting prevention film formed on the insulation film and overlapped with the ion non-implantation region; and a second contact hole passing through the passivation film and the ion implanting prevention film above the ion non-implantation region, so as to provide the external light to the ion non-implantation region.

Claims (28)

1. A liquid crystal display device with a photosensor comprising:

a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates bonded to each other with a liquid crystal layer positioned therebetween, and the photosensor, formed on the second substrate, for sensing an external light from the surroundings,

wherein the photosensor includes:

a semiconductor layer formed on the second substrate and provided with n + -type ion implantation region, ion non-implantation region and lightly doped region;

an insulation film, formed on the second substrate, for covering the semiconductor layer;

a passivation film, formed on the second substrate, for covering the insulation film;

a first contact hole passing through the insulation film and the passivation film, to expose source and drain regions of the semiconductor layer;

source and drain electrodes connected with the source and drain regions of the semiconductor layer through the first contact hole;

an ion implanting prevention film formed on the insulation film and overlapped with the ion non-implantation region; and

a second contact hole passing through the passivation film and the ion implanting prevention film above the ion non-implantation region, so as to provide the external light to the ion non-implantation region.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the central portion of the ion implanting prevention film is removed on the process of forming the second contact hole.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the ion implanting prevention film is removed partially such that the ion implanting prevention film remains only at one lower edge of the second contact hole corresponding to the n + -type ion implantation region when forming the second contact hole.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the ion implanting prevention film and a gate electrodes of the liquid crystal panel are formed of the same material.

5. A liquid crystal display device with a photosensor comprising:

a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates bonded to each other with a liquid crystal layer positioned therebetween, and the photosensor, formed on the second substrate, for sensing an external light,

wherein the photosensor includes:

a semiconductor layer formed on the second substrate and provided with n + -type ion implantation region, ion non-implantation region and lightly doped region;

an insulation film, formed on the second substrate, for covering the semiconductor layer;

first and second auxiliary patterns formed on the insulation film adjacent to the semiconductor layer;

a passivation film, formed on the second substrate, for covering the first and second auxiliary patterns and the insulation film;

a first contact hole passing through the insulation film and the passivation film, to expose source and drain regions of the semiconductor layer;

source and drain electrodes connected with the source and drain regions of the semiconductor layer through the first contact hole, and overlapped with the first and second auxiliary patterns;

first and second auxiliary capacitors formed in the portions respectively overlapped between the source and drain electrodes and the first and second auxiliary patterns;

an ion implanting prevention film formed on the insulation film and overlapped with the ion non-implantation region; and

a second contact hole passing through the passivation film and the source and drain electrodes above the ion non-implantation region and formed by removing some or entire portions of the ion implanting prevention film, so as to provide the external light to the ion non-implantation region.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the central portion of the ion implanting prevention film is removed on the process of forming the second contact hole.

7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the ion implanting prevention film is removed partially such that the ion implanting prevention film remains only at one lower edge of the second contact hole corresponding to the n + -type ion implantation region when forming the second contact hole.

8. The device of claim 5 , wherein the ion implanting prevention film and a gate electrodes of the liquid crystal panel are formed of the same material.

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 19, 2007
From: LEE, KYUNG EON; BAEK, MYOUNG KEE; HWANG, HAN WOOK
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020315/0447 →