IP Library Granted Patent US 8,377,760
Granted Patent B2
US 8,377,760 · App. 13/338,262 · Granted Feb 19, 2013

Thin film transistor

Inventors: Wu-Hsiung Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Ming-Wei Sun (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,377,760
App. No.
13/338,262
Granted
Feb 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A TFT including a gate, a gate insulation layer, an oxide semiconductor layer, a translucent layer, a source, and a drain. The gate insulation layer covers the gate. The oxide semiconductor layer is disposed on the gate insulation layer and located above the gate. The oxide semiconductor layer includes an oxide channel layer and two ohmic contact layers. The ohmic contact layers are respectively located beside the oxide channel layer and connected with the oxide channel layer. The translucent layer is located above the oxide channel layer. The source and the drain are disposed on the gate insulation layer and the ohmic contact layers. The source and the drain are electrically insulated from each other.

Claims (16)

1. A thin film transistor, comprising:

a gate;

a gate insulation layer covering the gate;

a source and a drain disposed on the gate insulation layer and electrically insulated from each other;

an oxide semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulation layer, the source, and the drain, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises an oxide channel layer and two ohmic contact layers, and the ohmic contact layers are respectively located beside the oxide channel layer and connected with the oxide channel layer; and

a translucent layer located above the oxide channel layer, wherein a pattern of the translucent layer is substantially the same with that of the oxide channel layer.

2. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a material of the oxide semiconductor layer comprises IGZO, IZO, IGO, ZnO, 2CdO.GeO 2 , or NiCo 2 O 4 .

3. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a material of the translucent layer comprises SiO x , SiN X , TiO x , In 2 O 3 , InGaO 3 , InGaZnO, SnO 2 , ZnO, Zn 2 In 2 O 5 , Ag, ZnSnO 3 , Zn 2 SnO 4 , or a-Si.

4. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a transmittance of the translucent layer ranges from 10% to 90% when the translucent layer is irradiated by a laser beam.

5. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the translucent layer comprises a translucent light-shielding layer or a translucent light-absorption layer.

6. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a sheet resistance of the ohmic contact layers is Rs 1 (Ω/□), a sheet resistance of the oxide channel layer is Rs 2 (Ω/□), and Rs 2 /Rs 1 is about 10 8 .

7. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 6 , wherein Rsl is about 10 4 Ω/□, and Rs 2 is about 10 12 Ω/□.

8. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a dielectric layer disposed between the translucent layer and the oxide semiconductor layer.

9. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a pattern of the translucent layer is substantially the same with that of the dielectric layer.

10. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the dielectric layer is located exclusively over the oxide channel layer.

11. The thin film transistor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the translucent layer is located exclusively over the oxide channel layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: AUO CORPORATION
To: NEOLAYER LLC
Reel/Frame 072266/0941 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 99136504 A · Oct 26, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 13041439 · Mar 27, 2011
Related Publication 20120097943A1 · Apr 26, 2012