IP Library Granted Patent US 8,604,471
Granted Patent B2
US 8,604,471 · App. 13/208,360 · Granted Dec 10, 2013

Semiconductor structure and organic electroluminescence device

Inventors: Chih-Pang Chang (Taipei, TW); Hsing-Hung Hsieh (Changhua County, TW)
Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,604,471
App. No.
13/208,360
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor structure and an organic electroluminescence device applying the same are provided. A gate insulating layer covers a gate electrode disposed on a substrate. A channel layer has a channel length L along a channel direction and has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The channel layer is located on the gate insulating layer over the gate electrode. A source electrode and a drain electrode are located at and electrically connected to the first side and the second side of the channel layer, respectively. A conductive light-shielding pattern layer is disposed on a dielectric layer covering the source electrode, the drain electrode and the channel layer, and is overlapped to a portion of the source electrode and a portion of the channel layer in a vertical projection. The conductive light-shielding pattern layer and the channel layer have an overlapping length d 1 , and 0.3≦d 1 /L≦0.85.

Claims (33)

1. A semiconductor structure, disposed on a substrate, and comprising:

a gate electrode, disposed on the substrate;

a gate insulating layer, disposed on the substrate, and covering the gate electrode;

a channel layer, disposed on the gate insulating layer and located above the gate electrode, wherein the channel layer has a channel length L along a channel direction and has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side;

a source electrode and a drain electrode, located at the two opposite sides of the channel layer, and electrically connected to the first side and the second side of the channel layer, respectively;

a dielectric layer, covering the source electrode, the drain electrode and the channel layer; and

a conductive light-shielding pattern layer, disposed on the dielectric layer, and overlapped to a portion of the source electrode and a portion of the channel layer in a vertical projection, wherein the conductive light-shielding pattern layer does not overlap to the drain in the vertical projection, and the conductive light-shielding pattern layer and the channel layer have an overlapping length d 1 , and 0.3≦d 1 /L≦0.85.

2. The semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a material of the channel layer comprises oxide semiconductor.

3. The semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO).

4. The semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conductive light-shielding pattern layer has a third side and a fourth side along the channel direction, the fourth side is overlapped to the channel layer in the vertical projection, wherein the overlapping length d 1 is equal to a distance between the fourth side and the first side of the channel layer along the channel direction.

5. The semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the channel layer covers a portion of the source electrode and a portion of the drain electrode.

6. The semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode respectively cover a portion of the channel layer.

7. The semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising an etching stop layer disposed on the channel layer, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode respectively cover a portion of the etching stop layer.

8. The semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the drain electrode has a fifth side along the channel direction, wherein the fifth side is overlapped to the channel layer, and the fifth side and the second side are spaced by a distance t 1 along the channel direction, and 0<t 1 /L<0.15.

9. An organic electroluminescence device, disposed on a substrate, and comprising:

a gate electrode, disposed on the substrate;

a gate insulating layer, disposed on the substrate, and covering the gate electrode;

a channel layer, disposed on the gate insulating layer and located above the gate electrode, wherein the channel layer has a channel length L along a channel direction and has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side;

a source electrode and a drain electrode, located at the two opposite sides of the channel layer, and electrically connected to the first side and the second side of the channel layer, respectively;

a dielectric layer, covering the source electrode, the drain electrode and the channel layer;

a conductive light-shielding pattern layer, disposed on the dielectric layer, and overlapped to a portion of the source electrode and a portion of the channel layer in a vertical projection, wherein the conductive light-shielding pattern layer does not overlap to the drain in the vertical projection, and the conductive light-shielding pattern layer and the channel layer have an overlapping length d 1 , and 0.3≦d 1 /L≦0.85;

a lower electrode, disposed on the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the drain electrode;

an organic light emitting layer, disposed on the lower electrode; and

an upper electrode, disposed on the organic light emitting layer.

10. The organic electroluminescence device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a material of the channel layer comprises oxide semiconductor.

11. The organic electroluminescence device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO).

12. The organic electroluminescence device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the conductive light-shielding pattern layer has a third side and a fourth side along the channel direction, the fourth side is overlapped to the channel layer in the vertical projection, wherein the overlapping length d 1 is equal to a distance between the fourth side and the first side of the channel layer along the channel direction.

13. The organic electroluminescence device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the channel layer covers a portion of the source electrode and a portion of the drain electrode.

14. The organic electroluminescence device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode respectively cover a portion of the channel layer.

15. The organic electroluminescence device as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising an etching stop layer disposed on the channel layer, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode respectively cover a portion of the etching stop layer.

16. The organic electroluminescence device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the drain electrode has a fifth side along the channel direction, wherein the fifth side is overlapped to the channel layer, and the fifth side and the second side are spaced by a distance t 1 along the channel direction, and 0<t 1 /L<0.15.

17. The semiconductor structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conductive light-shielding pattern layer and the drain electrode are spaced by a distance along the channel direction in the vertical projection.

18. The organic electroluminescence device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the conductive light-shielding pattern layer and the drain electrode are spaced by a distance along the channel direction in the vertical projection.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: AUO CORPORATION
To: OPTRONIC SCIENCES LLC
Reel/Frame 064658/0572 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 25, 2023
From: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
To: AUO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063785/0830 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2011
From: CHANG, CHIH-PANG; HSIEH, HSING-HUNG
To: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026768/0661 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100118144 A · May 24, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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