IP Library Granted Patent US 9,786,697
Granted Patent B2
US 9,786,697 · App. 15/182,265 · Granted Oct 10, 2017

Thin film transistor substrate and display device using the same

Inventors: Sohyung Lee (Goyang-si, KR); Youngyoung Chang (Goyang-si, KR); Kwonshik Park (Seoul, KR); Mincheol Kim (Paju-si, KR); Jeongsuk Yang (Asan-si, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/1255G02F1/136213H01L27/124H01L27/1222H01L27/1225H01L27/1251G02F1/1368G02F2001/134372H01L27/3265
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Patent No.
US 9,786,697
App. No.
15/182,265
Granted
Oct 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a display device using the same are disclosed. The TFT substrate includes a first TFT including a polycrystalline semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode deposited on a substrate, a second TFT separated from the first TFT, the second TFT including a second gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode deposited on the first gate electrode, and a plurality of storage capacitors separated from the first and second TFTs, each storage capacitor including a first dummy semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer on the first dummy semiconductor layer, a first dummy gate electrode on the first gate insulating layer, and an intermediate insulating layer on the first dummy gate electrode.

Claims (19)

1. A thin film transistor substrate comprising:

a first thin film transistor on a substrate and including a polycrystalline semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode, a first source electrode and a first drain electrode;

a second thin film transistor separated from the first thin film transistor and including a second gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode that are disposed on a layer covering the first gate electrode; and

a plurality of storage capacitors separated from the first and second thin film transistors, the plurality of storage capacitors each including a first dummy semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer on the first dummy semiconductor layer, a first dummy gate electrode on the first gate insulating layer, an intermediate insulating layer on the first dummy gate electrode, a second dummy gate electrode on the intermediate insulating layer, a second gate insulating layer on the second dummy gate electrode, a first dummy source-drain electrode on the second gate insulating layer, a passivation layer on the first dummy source-drain electrode, and a dummy pixel electrode on the passivation layer.

2. The thin film transistor substrate of claim 1 , wherein the dummy pixel electrode is positioned on a planarization layer covering the passivation layer.

3. The thin film transistor substrate of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate insulating layer includes a first intermediate insulating layer formed of silicon nitride and a second intermediate insulating layer formed on the first intermediate insulating layer using silicon oxide.

4. The thin film transistor substrate of claim 1 , wherein the first dummy source-drain electrode is connected to the first dummy gate electrode through a contact hole,

wherein the second dummy gate electrode is connected to a second dummy source-drain electrode separated from the first dummy source-drain electrode through a contact hole,

wherein the second dummy source-drain electrode is connected to the first dummy semiconductor layer through a contact hole, and

wherein the dummy pixel electrode is connected to the second dummy source-drain electrode through a contact hole.

5. The thin film transistor substrate of claim 1 , wherein the first dummy source-drain electrode is connected to the first dummy semiconductor layer through a contact hole,

wherein a second dummy source-drain electrode positioned on the same stratum as the first dummy source-drain electrode is connected to the first dummy gate electrode through a contact hole, and

wherein the dummy pixel electrode is connected to the second dummy source-drain electrode through a contact hole.

6. The thin film transistor substrate of claim 1 , wherein the first source electrode includes a first lower source electrode positioned on the intermediate insulating layer and a first upper source electrode positioned on the second gate insulating layer covering the first lower source electrode, and

wherein the first drain electrode includes a first lower drain electrode positioned on the intermediate insulating layer and a first upper drain electrode positioned on the second gate insulating layer covering the first lower drain electrode.

7. The thin film transistor substrate of claim 1 , wherein the polycrystalline semiconductor layer, the first gate electrode, and the first source and drain electrodes are sequentially stacked on the substrate.

8. The thin film transistor substrate of claim 1 , wherein the layer covering the first gate electrode is the polycrystalline semiconductor layer of the first thin film transistor.

9. An organic light emitting diode display comprising a thin film transistor substrate according to claim 1 .

10. A liquid crystal display comprising a thin film transistor substrate according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2016
From: LEE, SOHYUNG; CHANG, YOUNGYOUNG; PARK, KWONSHIK; KIM, MINCHEOL; YANG, JEONGSUK
To: LG DISPLAY., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038912/0093 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0087209 · Jun 19, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160372497A1 · Dec 22, 2016