IP Library Granted Patent US 8,409,891
Granted Patent B2
US 8,409,891 · App. 13/085,517 · Granted Apr 2, 2013

Display device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Takeshi Kuriyagawa (Mobara, JP); Jun Fujiyoshi (Mobara, JP)
Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,409,891
App. No.
13/085,517
Granted
Apr 2, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device in which a plurality of gate wires and a plurality of drain wires that intersect the gate wires are provided, and thin film transistors connected to the gate wires and the drain wires are formed for respective pixel regions. At least one of the gate wires, the drain wires, and lead wires drawn from the gate wires or the drain wires is formed of a light-transmitting patterned conductive film. The light-transmitting patterned conductive film is formed of at least a first light-transmitting patterned conductive film, and a second light-transmitting patterned conductive film laminated on the first light-transmitting patterned conductive film. The second light-transmitting patterned conductive film is formed of a conductive film for coating only the surface of the first light-transmitting patterned conductive film including its side wall surface.

Claims (17)

1. A manufacturing method of a display device having a thin film transistors in matrix formed on a substrate, comprising:

a first film forming step of forming a first light-transmitting conductive film on the substrate;

a first pattern step of providing a first light-transmitting patterned conductive film in patterned crystallized state by subjecting the first light-transmitting conductive film to selective etching through a photolithography technique;

a second film forming step of forming a second light-transmitting conductive film on the substrate, which coats the first light-transmitting patterned conductive film; and

a second pattern step of providing a second light-transmitting patterned conductive film on the first light-transmitting patterned conductive film in self-alignment by subjecting at least the second light-transmitting conductive film to wet etching.

2. The manufacturing method of a display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first pattern step includes a step of providing a crystallized first light-transmitting patterned conductive film by subjecting a conductive film pattern derived from the selective etching to annealing treatment.

3. The manufacturing method of a display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third film forming step of forming the second light-transmitting conductive film on the substrate again, which coats the second light-transmitting patterned conductive film; and

a third pattern step of forming the second light-transmitting patterned conductive film again in self-alignment on the second light-transmitting patterned conductive film by subjecting the second light-transmitting conductive film to the wet etching,

wherein the third film forming step and the third pattern step are repeatedly conducted to form a light-transmitting conductive film with a predetermined thickness.

4. The manufacturing method of a display device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a third film forming step of forming the second light-transmitting conductive film on the substrate again, which coats the second light-transmitting patterned conductive film; and

a third pattern step of forming the second light-transmitting patterned conductive film again in self-alignment on the second light-transmitting patterned conductive film by subjecting the second light-transmitting conductive film to the wet etching,

wherein the third film forming step and the third pattern step are repeatedly conducted to form a light-transmitting conductive film with a predetermined thickness.

5. The manufacturing method of a display device according to claim 1 , wherein an oxalic acid etching solution is used for the wet etching.

6. The manufacturing method of a display device according to claim 2 , wherein an oxalic acid etching solution is used for the wet etching.

7. The manufacturing method of a display device according to claim 3 , wherein an oxalic acid etching solution is used for the wet etching.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
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 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 27, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 031734/0911 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 7, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 031598/0122 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2011
From: KURIYAGAWA, TAKESHI; FUJIYOSHI, JUN
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026112/0972 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-097034 · Apr 20, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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