IP Library Granted Patent US 10,050,065
Granted Patent B2
US 10,050,065 · App. 15/207,191 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Semiconductor element and display device using the same

Inventors: Satoshi Murakami (Tochigi, JP); Masahiko Hayakawa (Kanagawa, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/1248G02F1/1337G02F1/1339G02F1/1341G02F1/1368G02F1/13439G02F1/133512G02F1/136213G02F1/136227G02F1/136286H01L23/3171H01L23/49827H01L27/124H01L27/1218H01L27/3248H01L29/41733H01L29/42384H01L29/66757H01L29/66765H01L29/786H01L29/78606H01L29/78651G02F2201/123H01L27/3258H01L27/3276H01L2251/5315H01L2251/5338H01L2924/0002Y10S438/95
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Patent No.
US 10,050,065
App. No.
15/207,191
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a semiconductor element is provided. The semiconductor element includes: a semiconductor having an active layer; a gate insulating film which is in contact with the semiconductor; a gate electrode opposite to the active layer through the gate insulating film; a first nitride insulating film formed over the active layer; a photosensitive organic resin film formed on the first nitride insulating film; a second nitride insulating film formed on the photosensitive organic resin film; and a wiring provided on the second nitride insulating film, in which a first opening portion is provided in the photosensitive organic resin film, an inner wall surface of the first opening portion is covered with the second nitride insulating film, a second opening portion is provided in a laminate including the gate insulating film, the first nitride insulating film, and the second nitride insulating film inside the first opening portion, and the semiconductor is connected with the wiring through the first opening portion and the second opening portion.

Claims (75)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a flexible printed circuit affixed to the substrate;

a transistor over the substrate, the transistor being electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit and comprising a semiconductor layer which comprises a first region and a second region;

a wiring in direct contact with the second region of the semiconductor layer;

an organic insulating film over the wiring;

an inorganic insulating film over the organic insulating film and in a first opening portion formed in the organic insulating film; and

a pixel electrode over the inorganic insulating film, and in direct contact with the wiring in the first opening portion formed in the organic insulating film and in a second opening portion formed in the inorganic insulating film,

wherein the first region of the semiconductor layer comprises a channel formation region of the transistor, and

wherein the first opening portion and the second opening portion overlap with each other.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the organic insulating film is in direct contact with the wiring,

wherein the inorganic insulating film is in direct contact with the organic insulating film and the wiring, and

wherein the pixel electrode is in direct contact with the inorganic insulating film.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when seen in a cross sectional view of the first opening portion and the second opening portion, an entirety of the second opening portion overlaps with the first opening portion.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when seen in a cross sectional view of the first opening portion and the second opening portion, a surface of the organic insulating film shaping an inner wall of the second opening portion has a curvature radius continuously changed in a range of 3 μm to 30 μm.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the organic insulating film is made from a positive type photosensitive film.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a surface of the organic insulating film shaping an inner wall of the second opening portion has a continuously changed curvature radius, and

wherein a contact angle formed by the surface of the organic insulating film in the second opening portion with a bottom surface of the second opening portion is within a range of 30° to 65°.

7. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a flexible printed circuit affixed to the substrate;

a transistor over the substrate, the transistor being electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit and comprising a semiconductor layer which comprises a first region and a second region;

a wiring in direct contact with the second region of the semiconductor layer;

a first inorganic insulating film over the wiring;

an organic insulating film over the first inorganic insulating film and the wiring;

a second inorganic insulating film over the organic insulating film and in a first opening portion formed in the organic insulating film; and

a pixel electrode over the second inorganic insulating film, and in direct contact with the wiring in the first opening portion formed in the organic insulating film, in a second opening portion formed in the first inorganic insulating film, and in a third opening portion formed in the second inorganic insulating film,

wherein the first region of the semiconductor layer comprises a channel formation region of the transistor, and

wherein the first opening portion, the second opening portion, and the third opening portion overlap with each other.

8. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first inorganic insulating film is in direct contact with the wiring,

wherein the organic insulating film is in direct contact with the first inorganic insulating film,

wherein the second inorganic insulating film is in direct contact with the organic insulating film, and

wherein the pixel electrode is in direct contact with the second inorganic insulating film.

9. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein, when seen in a cross sectional view of the first opening portion, the second opening portion, and the third opening portion, an entirety of the second opening portion and an entirety of the third opening portion overlap with the first opening portion.

10. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein, when seen in a cross sectional view of the first opening portion, the second opening portion, and the third opening portion, a surface of the organic insulating film shaping an inner wall of the second opening portion has a curvature radius continuously changed in a range of 3 μm to 30 μm.

11. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the organic insulating film is made from a positive type photosensitive film.

12. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein a surface of the organic insulating film shaping an inner wall of the second opening portion has a continuously changed curvature radius, and

wherein a contact angle formed by the surface of the organic insulating film in the second opening portion with a bottom surface of the second opening portion is within a range of 30° to 65°.

13. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a flexible printed circuit affixed to the substrate;

a transistor over the substrate, the transistor being electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit and comprising a semiconductor layer which comprises a first region and a second region;

a wiring in direct contact with the second region of the semiconductor layer;

a first inorganic insulating film over the wiring;

an organic insulating film over the first inorganic insulating film and the wiring;

a second inorganic insulating film over the organic insulating film and in a first opening portion formed in the organic insulating film; and

a pixel electrode over the second inorganic insulating film, and in direct contact with the wiring in the first opening portion formed in the organic insulating film, in a second opening portion formed in the first inorganic insulating film, and in a third opening portion formed in the second inorganic insulating film,

wherein the first region of the semiconductor layer comprises a channel formation region of the transistor,

wherein the first opening portion, the second opening portion, and the third opening portion overlap with each other,

wherein the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film are in direct contact with each other in the second opening portion formed in the organic insulating film, and

wherein, when seen in a cross sectional view of the first opening portion, the second opening portion, and the third opening portion, a side edge of the second opening portion and a side edge of the third opening coincide.

14. The display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the first inorganic insulating film is in direct contact with the wiring,

wherein the organic insulating film is in direct contact with the first inorganic insulating film,

wherein the second inorganic insulating film is in direct contact with the organic insulating film, and

wherein the pixel electrode is in direct contact with the second inorganic insulating film.

15. The display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein, when seen in the cross sectional view, an entirety of the second opening portion and an entirety of the third opening portion overlap with the first opening portion.

16. The display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein, when seen in the cross sectional view, a surface of the organic insulating film shaping an inner wall of the second opening portion has a curvature radius continuously changed in a range of 3 μm to 30 μm.

17. The display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the organic insulating film is made from a positive type photosensitive film.

18. The display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein a surface of the organic insulating film shaping an inner wall of the second opening portion has a continuously changed curvature radius, and

wherein a contact angle formed by the surface of the organic insulating film in the second opening portion with a bottom surface of the second opening portion is within a range of 30° to 65°.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-107197 · Apr 9, 2002 · national
Continuity (10)
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