IP Library Granted Patent US 10,133,103
Granted Patent B2
US 10,133,103 · App. 15/680,868 · Granted Nov 20, 2018

Manufacturing method for liquid crystal display device

Inventors: Hideo Tanabe (Mobara, JP); Masaru Takabatake (Mobara, JP); Toshiki Kaneko (Chiba, JP); Atsushi Hasegawa (Togene, JP); Hiroko Sehata (Ooamishirasoto, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
G02F1/133345G02F1/1368G02F1/133305G02F1/136213G02F1/136227H01L27/124H01L27/1248H01L29/78675G02F1/133504G02F1/133555G02F1/134363G02F2001/13685
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Patent No.
US 10,133,103
App. No.
15/680,868
Granted
Nov 20, 2018
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 (41)

1. A display device comprising:

a first transparent insulation substrate;

an organic insulation film having a first hole;

a first inorganic insulation film having a second hole located inside of the first hole;

a source electrode connected to a poly-silicon layer between the first transparent insulation substrate and the organic insulation film;

a counter electrode between the organic insulation film and the first inorganic insulation film having an opening portion; and

a pixel electrode connected to the source electrode via the first hole, the second hole and the opening portion;

wherein

a first part of the first inorganic insulation film is formed along a side surface of the first hole,

a second part of the first inorganic insulation film is extending from the first part toward a center of the first hole.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrode is directly contacts the first part and the second part in the second hole.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a second inorganic insulation film between the first transparent insulation substrate and the organic insulation film, wherein

the second inorganic insulation film covers a part of the source electrode,

the second inorganic insulation film has a third hole,

the pixel electrode is connected to the source electrode via the third hole.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the second insulation film is directly contacts the second part of the first insulation film.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , further comprising a first orientation film,

wherein the pixel electrode is disposed between the first orientation film and the first inorganic insulation film.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the pixel electrode does not contact the organic insulation film.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , further comprising a metal portion electrically connected to the counter electrode, wherein

the portion is located outside of the first hole.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the metal portion directly contacts the counter electrode and disposed between the organic insulation film and the first inorganic insulation film.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the metal portion is formed of the same material as the source electrode.

10. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the metal portion has at least two-layered structure including a upper layer and a lower layer.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the lower layer of the metal portion directly contacts the counter electrode.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the upper layer of the metal portion includes a material at least containing an aluminum.

13. The display device according to the claim 12 , wherein the lower layer of the metal portion includes a material at least containing an molybden or tungsten.

14. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein a thickness of the upper layer is larger than a thickness of the lower layer.

15. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the metal portion are located near the second hole and not overlapped to the second hole.

16. The display device according to claim 15 , further comprising a display area performing a display of an image, wherein the display area has a plurality of the second hole, the plurality of the second hole are arranged in a matrix form, the metal portion is located between the two contact regions.

17. A display device comprising:

a first transparent insulation substrate;

an organic insulation film having a first hole;

a first inorganic insulation film having a second hole located inside of the first hole;

a source electrode connected to a semiconductor film between the first transparent insulation substrate and the organic insulation film; and

a pixel electrode connected to the source electrode via the first hole, the second hole;

wherein

a first part of the first inorganic insulation film is formed along a side surface of the first hole,

a second part of the first inorganic insulation film is extending from the first part toward a center of the first hole.

18. The display device according to claim 17 , further comprising a gate line extending in a first direction, wherein a width of the first part in the first direction is larger than a width of the second part in the first direction.

19. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein the second hole has a large hole and a small hole, the large hole is formed by the first part, the small hole is formed by the second part.

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 Feb 19, 2019
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048373/0098 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 19, 2019
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
Reel/Frame 048373/0468 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 10, 2018
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 047210/0952 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2018
From: TANABE, HIDEO; TAKABATAKE, MASARU; KANEKO, TOSHIKI; HASEGAWA, ATSUSHI; SEHATA, HIROKO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047121/0156 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 10, 2018
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047121/0715 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-160428 · Jun 9, 2006 · national
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Continuation 14679154 · Apr 6, 2015
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Continuation 13946700 · Jul 19, 2013
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