IP Library Granted Patent US 10,186,674
Granted Patent B2
US 10,186,674 · App. 15/332,022 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

Thin-film device having barrier film and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Kazushige Takechi (Kanagawa, JP); Mamoru Okamoto (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
H01L51/5036H01L27/1218H01L27/1266H01L29/7869H01L29/78603H01L51/0097H01L51/4293H01L27/1222Y02E10/549
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Patent No.
US 10,186,674
App. No.
15/332,022
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thin-film device includes a resin film which includes a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface, a first inorganic layer on the first surface, a thin-film element on the first inorganic layer, and a second inorganic layer on the second surface, wherein a film density of the second inorganic layer is greater than a film density of the first inorganic layer.

Claims (39)

1. A thin-film device, comprising:

a resin film which includes a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface;

a first inorganic layer on the first surface; a thin-film element on the first inorganic layer; and

a second inorganic layer on the second surface,

wherein a film density of the second inorganic layer is greater than a film density of the first inorganic layer, and

wherein an interface between the first inorganic layer and the resin film has a concave-convex structure with a longer concave-convex cycle as compared with a concave-convex structure of an interface between the second inorganic layer and the resin film.

2. The thin-film device according to claim 1 , wherein the second inorganic layer and the resin film are bonded by an adhesive layer.

3. The thin-film device according to claim 1 , wherein the second inorganic layer is any one of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, a silicon oxy-nitride film, an aluminum oxide film, and a tantalum oxide film.

4. The thin-film device according to claim 1 , wherein the second inorganic layer has a stacked structure including at least two films of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, a silicon oxy-nitride film, an aluminum oxide film, and a tantalum oxide film.

5. The thin-film device according to claim 3 , wherein the silicon oxide film constituting the second inorganic layer has a film density equal to or greater than 2.25 g/cm 3 .

6. The thin-film device according to claim 3 , wherein the silicon nitride film constituting the second inorganic layer has a film density equal to or greater than 2.70 g/cm 3 .

7. The thin-film device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface layer including germanium is formed on a surface of the second inorganic layer not facing the resin film.

8. The thin-film device according to claim 7 , wherein germanium in the surface layer including germanium is present in a state in which germanium is chemically bonded to oxygen or nitrogen.

9. The thin-film device according to claim 7 , wherein a concentration of germanium in the surface layer including germanium is equal to or greater than 1×10 18 cm −3 .

10. The thin-film device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface layer including molybdenum is formed on a surface of the second inorganic layer not facing the resin film.

11. The thin-film device according to claim 10 , wherein molybdenum in the surface layer including molybdenum is present in a state in which molybdenum is chemically bonded to oxygen or nitrogen.

12. The thin-film device according to claim 10 , wherein a concentration of molybdenum in the surface layer including molybdenum is equal to or greater than 1×10 18 cm −3 .

13. The thin-film device according to claim 1 , wherein the thin-film element is a display element including combination units of an active element and a pixel display unit which are arranged in a matrix shape.

14. The thin-film device according to claim 13 , wherein the pixel display unit is a display element including organic electroluminescence (EL).

15. The thin-film device according to claim 13 , wherein the pixel display unit is a display element including liquid crystal.

16. The thin-film device according to claim 13 , wherein the active element is a thin-film transistor.

17. The thin-film device according to claim 16 , wherein a channel active layer of the thin-film transistor is any one of an oxide semiconductor film, an amorphous silicon film, a polycrystalline silicon film, a microcrystalline silicon film, and an organic semiconductor film.

18. The thin-film device according to claim 1 , wherein the thin-film element is a thin-film solar cell using PIN junction of silicon or a thin-film solar cell including a chalcopyrite-based compound of Cu—In—S (or Se).

19. A thin-film device, comprising:

a resin film which includes a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface;

a first inorganic layer on the first surface;

a thin-film element on the first inorganic layer; and

a second inorganic layer on the second surface,

wherein a film density of the second inorganic layer is greater than a film density of the first inorganic layer,

wherein a surface layer including germanium is formed on a surface of the second inorganic layer not facing the resin film, and

wherein a concentration of germanium in said surface layer including germanium is within a range from 1×10 18 cm −3 to 3×10 21 cm −3 .

20. A thin-film device, comprising:

a resin film which includes a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface;

a first inorganic layer on the first surface;

a thin-film element on the first inorganic layer; and

a second inorganic layer on the second surface,

wherein a film density of the second inorganic layer is greater than a film density of the first inorganic layer,

wherein a surface layer including molybdenum is formed on a surface of the second inorganic layer not facing the resin film, and

wherein a concentration of molybdenum in said surface layer including molybdenum is within a range from 1×10 18 cm −3 to 3×10 21 cm −3 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2019
From: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD. (FORMERLY NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.)
To: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050582/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2016
From: TAKECHI, KAZUSHIGE; OKAMOTO, MAMORU
To: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 040100/0371 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-208279 · Oct 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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