IP Library Granted Patent US 8,085,355
Granted Patent B2
US 8,085,355 · App. 12/547,340 · Granted Dec 27, 2011

Structure of thin film transistors and liquid crystal display device having the same

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Patent No.
US 8,085,355
App. No.
12/547,340
Granted
Dec 27, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A structure of a plurality of thin film transistors wherein a peripheral circuit on a glass substrate of a liquid crystal display panel; and each of polycrystalline silicon thin film 13 of the thin film transistor is formed on the glass substrate; and each of gate electrode 15 is formed on a gate insulation layer, and each of the gate electrode 15 is overhead corresponding to the polycrystalline silicon thin film 13 for a channel; wherein the gate electrode 15 is comprised a pair of projection part 15 A and a gate-channel 15 B; and wherein the pair of projection part 15 A is formed the both sides of the gate-channel 15 B in which the side is for along the channel-direction, and wherein the pair of projection part 15 A is enlarged for across the channel-direction.

Claims (18)

1. A thin film transistor on a glass substrate, the thin film transistor comprising:

source and drain electrodes;

a channel layer comprising a polycrystalline silicon thin film, through which electrons move between the source and drain electrodes, the direction in which the electrons move being a channel-length direction;

a gate insulation layer; and

a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer and over the channel, the gate electrode having a first portion extending in a channel-width direction across the channel-length direction and a pair of projection portions extending from the first portion,

wherein the first portion has a width of 10-50 μm in the channel-width direction and a length of 0.5-2 μm in the channel-length direction.

2. The thin film transistors transistor according to claim 1 , wherein one of the projection portions has a side edge extending from the first portion, the side edge having a length of 2 μm to 8 μm, and the one of the projection portions overlaps the channel layer by 0.5 μm to 2.5 μm in the channel-width direction.

3. The thin film transistor according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the pair of projection portions overlaps the channel layer.

4. The thin film transistor according to claim 3 , wherein the channel layer has a pair of edges parallel to the channel-length direction and an outtermost edge of the pair of the projection portions is within the pair of edges of the channel layer.

5. A liquid crystal display device having a peripheral circuit on a glass substrate, the peripheral circuit comprising a thin film transistor comprising:

source and drain electrodes;

a channel layer comprising a polycrystalline silicon thin film, through which electrons move between the source and drain electrodes, the direction in which the electrons move being a channel-length direction;

a gate insulation layer; and

a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer and over the channel, the gate electrode having a first portion extending in a channel-width direction across the channel-length direction and a pair of projection portions extending from the first portion,

wherein the first portion has a width of 10-50 μm in the channel-width direction and a length of 0.5-2 μm in the channel-length direction.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein one of the projection portions has a side edge extending from the first portion, the side edge having a length of 2 μm to 8 μm, and the one of the projection portions overlaps the channel layer by 0.5 μm to 2.5 μm in the channel-width direction.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein at least a portion of the pair of projection portions overlaps the channel layer.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the channel layer has a pair of edges parallel to the channel-length direction and an outtermost edge of the pair of the projection portions is within the pair of edges of the channel layer.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072209/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 071787/0434 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
Reel/Frame 028339/0316 →