IP Library Granted Patent US 9,274,364
Granted Patent B2
US 9,274,364 · App. 14/679,154 · Granted Mar 1, 2016

Manufacturing method for liquid crystal display device

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Patent No.
US 9,274,364
App. No.
14/679,154
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A LCD device having a large pixel holding capacitance includes opposedly facing first and second substrates, and liquid crystal between them. The first substrate includes a video signal line, a pixel electrode, a thin film transistor having a first electrode connected to the video signal line and a second electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first silicon nitride film formed above the second electrode, an organic insulation film above the first silicon nitride film, a capacitance electrode above the organic insulation film, and a second silicon nitride film above the capacitance electrode and below the pixel electrode. A contact hole etched in both the first and second silicon nitride films connects the second electrode and the pixel electrode to each other. A holding capacitance is formed by the pixel electrode, the second silicon nitride film and the capacitance electrode.

Claims (57)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a first conductive layer formed above the substrate;

an organic layer formed above the substrate and having a first hole;

an first inorganic insulation layer formed above the organic layer and having a second hole which is formed above the first conductive layer; and

a second conductive layer formed above the first inorganic insulation layer; wherein the first inorganic insulation layer covers the first hole of the organic layer,

and has a first region which has a first inclined surface, a second region which has a second inclined surface, and a third region which has a connection surface disposed between the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface,

wherein the second conductive layer is formed above the first inclined surface, the second inclined surface, and the connection surface, and contacts with the first conductive layer, and

wherein a part of the connection surface is in parallel with a surface of the first conductive layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the organic layer is not formed between the second region and the first conductive layer, and between the third region and the first conductive layer.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a second inorganic insulation layer formed between the organic layer and the substrate.

4. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein a under surface of the first inorganic insulation layer which faces the second inorganic insulation layer is in directly contact with a upper surface of the second inorganic insulation layer which faces the first inorganic insulation layer in the third region.

5. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the organic layer is not formed between the second region and the first conductive layer, and between the third region and the first conductive layer.

6. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the second inorganic insulation layer has a side wall which is in contact with the second conductive layer.

7. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second inorganic insulation layer has a side wall which is in contact with the second conductive layer.

8. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a first conductive layer formed above the substrate;

an organic layer formed above the substrate and having a first hole;

an first inorganic insulation layer formed above the organic layer and having a second hole which is formed above the first conductive layer; and

a second conductive layer formed above the first inorganic insulation layer;

wherein the first inorganic insulation layer covers the first hole of the organic layer, and has a first region which has a first inclined surface, a second region which has a second inclined surface, and a third region which has a connection surface disposed between the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface,

wherein the second conductive layer is formed above the first inclined surface, the second inclined surface, and the connection surface, and contacts with the first conductive layer, and

wherein the organic layer is not formed between the second region and the first conductive layer, and between the third region and the first conductive layer.

9. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein a part of the connection surface is in parallel with a surface of the first conductive layer.

10. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein a second inorganic insulation layer formed between the organic layer and the substrate.

11. The display device according to claim 10 ,

wherein a under surface of the first inorganic insulation layer which faces the second inorganic insulation layer is in directly contact with a upper surface of the second inorganic insulation layer which faces the first inorganic insulation layer in the third region.

12. The display device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the second inorganic insulation layer has a side wall which is in contact with the second conductive layer.

13. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a first conductive layer formed above the substrate;

an organic layer formed above the substrate and having a first hole;

an first inorganic insulation layer formed under the organic layer and having a second hole which is formed above the first conductive layer;

wherein the first inorganic insulation layer has a first region which has a first inclined surface, a second region which has a second inclined surface, and a third region which has a connection surface disposed between the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface,

wherein the first region and the third region is not covered by the organic layer, and wherein a part of the connection surface is in parallel with a surface of the first conductive layer.

14. A display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein a second inorganic insulation layer is formed above the organic layer, and covers the first hole of the organic layer.

15. A display device according to claim 14 ,

wherein a under surface of the second inorganic insulation layer which faces the first inorganic insulation layer in the third region is in directly contact with the connection surface of the first inorganic insulation film.

16. A display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein a second conductive layer is formed above the organic layer.

17. A display device according to claim 16 ,

wherein the second conductive layer is in contact with the first incline surface in the second hole of the first inorganic insulation layer.

18. A display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein a second inorganic insulation layer is formed above the organic layer, and a second conductive layer is formed above the second inorganic insulation layer, and the third conductive layer is formed between the organic layer and second inorganic insulation layer,

wherein the second inorganic insulation layer covers the third conductive layer and first hole of the organic layer,

wherein the second insulation layer is in contact with the first incline surface of the first inorganic insulation layer in the second hole of the first inorganic insulation layer.

Assignments (7)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2015
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035338/0078 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 6, 2015
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 035367/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 6, 2015
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 035367/0143 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 6, 2015
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035338/0160 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2015
From: TANABE, HIDEO; TAKABATAKE, MASARU; KANEKO, TOSHIKI; HASEGAWA, ATSUSHI; SEHATA, HIROKO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035338/0060 →