IP Library Granted Patent US 8,058,654
Granted Patent B2
US 8,058,654 · App. 12/379,662 · Granted Nov 15, 2011

Display device and manufacturing method thereof

Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,058,654
App. No.
12/379,662
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display device including a p-type thin film transistor formed on a substrate, in which the p-type thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; a drain electrode; a source electrode; an insulating film; a semiconductor layer formed on a top surface of the gate electrode through the insulating film; and diffusion layers of p-type impurities formed at each of an interface between the drain electrode and the semiconductor layer and an interface between the source electrode and the semiconductor layer, the drain electrode and the source electrode being formed so as to be opposed to each other with a clearance formed therebetween on a top surface of the semiconductor layer.

Claims (17)

1. A display device, comprising a p-type thin film transistor and an n-type thin film transistor which are formed on a substrate, wherein:

the p-type thin film transistor and the n-type thin film transistor each comprising:

a gate electrode;

a drain electrode;

a source electrode;

an insulating film; and

a semiconductor layer formed on a top surface of the gate electrode through the insulating film,

the drain electrode and the source electrode being formed so as to be opposed to each other with a clearance formed therebetween on a top surface of the semiconductor layer;

the semiconductor layer of the p-type thin film transistor has, at each of an interface with the drain electrode and an interface with the source electrode, diffusion layers of p-type impurities formed therein; and

the n-type thin film transistor further includes, at each of an interface between the drain electrode, which is formed in the same layer and is made of the same material as the drain electrode and the source electrode of the p-type thin film transistor, and the semiconductor layer and an interface between the source electrode, which is formed in the same layer and is made of the same material as the drain electrode and the source electrode of the p-type thin film transistor, and the semiconductor layer, semiconductor layers in which n-type impurities are doped.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the n-type thin film transistor further includes, at each of the interface between the drain electrode and the semiconductor layer and the interface between the source electrode and the semiconductor layer, diffusion barrier layers for preventing a material of the drain electrode and the source electrode from diffusing into the semiconductor layer, and wherein the semiconductor layers in which n-type impurities are doped and the diffusion barrier layers are respectively accumulated as a sequentially-laminated body.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the drain electrode and the source electrode are formed of, as a main material, any one material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gallium, indium, and thallium, and the any one material is diffused into the semiconductor layer to form the diffusion layer of p-type impurities.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer is formed of a polycrystalline semiconductor layer.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer is formed of a sequentially-laminated body of a polycrystalline semiconductor layer and an amorphous semiconductor layer.

6. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the drain electrode and the source electrode are formed of, as a main material, any one material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gallium, indium, and thallium, and the any one material is diffused into the semiconductor layer to form the diffusion layer of p-type impurities.

7. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the semiconductor layer is formed of a polycrystalline semiconductor layer.

8. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the semiconductor layer is formed of a sequentially-laminated body of a polycrystalline semiconductor layer and an amorphous semiconductor layer.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0223 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0644 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065654/0250 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 13, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027482/0140 →
ATTACHED ARE (1) THE COMPANY SPLIT DOCUMENTS IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION THEREOF AND (2) THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPANY SPLIT DOCUMENT IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION, WHICH TOGETHER CONVEY 50% OWNERSHIP OF THE REGISTERED PATENTS AS LISTED IN THE ATTACHED TO EACH OF THE RECEIVING PARTIES (SEE PAGE 10, EXHIBIT 2-1, SECTION 1 OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE COMPANY SPLIT PLAN.) Recorded Dec 13, 2011
From: HITACHI, DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027615/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2009
From: MIYAKE, HIDEKAZU; OUE, EIJI; KAITOH, TAKUO; MIYAZAWA, TOSHIO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 022382/0526 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-049885 · Feb 29, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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