Wiring substrate and display device including wiring substrate

1. A display device, comprising:

a first base;

a metal oxide layer overlapping a face of the first base;

a semiconductor material layer spaced from the metal oxide layer; and

a conductive metal layer directly contacting the metal oxide layer and spaced from the semiconductor material layer,

wherein the metal oxide layer includes molybdenum oxide and protrudes beyond the conductive metal layer in a direction parallel to the face of the substrate,

wherein a side of the metal oxide layer is oriented at a first angle relative to the face of the first base,

wherein a side of the conductive metal layer is oriented at a second angle relative to the face of the first base, and

wherein a size of the second angle is in a range of 30° to 75°.

2. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein a light reflectance of the metal oxide layer is lower than a light reflectance of the conductive metal layer.

3. The display device of claim 2 ,

wherein a first wiring layer of the display device comprises the metal oxide layer and the conductive metal layer, and

wherein a light reflectance of the first wring layer to light having a wavelength of 550 nm incident from the face of the first base is 6.0% or less.

4. The display device of claim 3 ,

wherein a maximum thickness of the metal oxide layer in a direction perpendicular to the face of the first base is in a range of 100 Å to 2000 Å.

5. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the conductive metal layer includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer,

wherein the first metal layer is disposed between the metal oxide layer and the second metal layer, and

wherein the second metal layer has higher electrical conductivity than the first metal layer.

6. The display device of claim 5 ,

wherein a first wiring layer of the display device comprises the metal oxide layer and the conductive metal layer, and

wherein a light reflectance of the first wring layer to light having a wavelength of 550 nm incident from the face of the metal oxide layer is 6.0% or less.

7. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the conductive metal layer includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer, and

wherein the second metal layer is disposed between the first metal layer and the metal oxide layer and has higher electrical conductivity than the first metal layer.

8. The display device of claim 7 ,

wherein a maximum thickness of the metal oxide layer in a direction perpendicular to the face of the first base is greater than a maximum thickness of the first metal layer in the direction perpendicular to the face of the first base and is smaller than a maximum thickness of the second metal layer in the direction perpendicular to the face of the first base.

9. The display device of claim 8 ,

wherein the maximum thickness of the metal oxide layer in the direction perpendicular to the face of the first base is in a range of 100 Å to 2000 Å.

10. The display device of claim 7 ,

wherein the first metal layer includes a refractory metal, and

wherein the second metal includes at least one of copper and silver.

11. The display device of claim 7 ,

wherein a first face of the first metal layer and a first face of the second metal layer are positioned between a second face of the first metal layer and a second face of the second metal layer, and

wherein the first face of the first metal layer is wider that the first face of the second metal layer in the direction parallel to the face of the first base.

12. The display device of claim 7 ,

wherein the metal oxide layer directly contacts a face of the conductive metal layer and protrudes beyond the face of the conductive metal layer in the direction parallel to the face of the first base.

13. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein a side of the conductive metal layer is oriented at an angle relative to the face of the first base and directly contacts a portion of a flat side of the metal oxide layer,

wherein the portion of the flat side of the metal oxide layer is positioned between two opposite sides of the metal oxide layer and is positioned between two opposite edges of the flat side of the metal oxide layer,

wherein each of the two opposite sides of the metal oxide layer is directly connected to the flat side of the metal oxide layer,

wherein the face of the first base is equidistant from the two opposite sides of the metal oxide layer, and

wherein a size of the angle is in a range of 30° to 75°.

14. A display device, comprising:

a first base;

a metal oxide layer overlapping a face of the first base;

a semiconductor material layer overlapping the metal oxide layer and spaced from the metal oxide layer; and

a conductive metal layer directly contacting the metal oxide layer and spaced from the semiconductor material layer,

wherein the metal oxide layer includes molybdenum oxide,

wherein a side of the metal oxide layer is oriented at a first angle relative to the face of the first base,

wherein a side of the conductive metal layer is oriented at a second angle relative to the face of the first base,

wherein a size of the second angle is in a range of 30° to 75°, and

wherein the metal oxide layer is disposed directly on the first base and disposed between the conductive metal layer and the first base.

15. The display device of claim 14 ,

wherein the first angle is smaller than the second angle.

16. The display device of claim 15 ,

wherein the size of the second angle is in a range of 45° to 70°.

17. The display device of claim 14 ,

wherein the metal oxide layer directly contacts a face of the conductive metal layer and protrudes beyond the face of the conductive metal layer in a direction parallel to the face of the first base.

18. The display device of claim 14 ,

wherein the metal oxide layer further includes tantalum, and

wherein a content of the tantalum in metal atoms is in a range of 0.5 at % to 12 at % in the metal oxide layer.

19. The display device of claim 14 ,

wherein the conductive metal layer includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer,

wherein the first metal layer is disposed between the metal oxide layer and the second metal layer, and

wherein the second metal layer has higher electrical conductivity than the first metal layer.

20. A display device, comprising:

a first base;

a conductive metal layer overlapping a face of the first base; and

a metal oxide layer directly contacting the conductive metal layer,

wherein the metal oxide layer includes Mo x Ta y O z ,

wherein a side of the conductive metal layer is oriented at an acute angle relative to the face of the first base, and

wherein a content of tantalum in metal atoms is in a range of 0.5 at % to 20 at % in the metal oxide layer.