IP Library Granted Patent US 11,018,160
Granted Patent B2
US 11,018,160 · App. 16/434,425 · Granted May 25, 2021

Thin-film transistor substrate and luminescent device

Inventors: Ryosuke Ebihara (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Terai (Tokyo, JP); Atsuhito Murai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JOLED INC.
H01L27/124H01L27/1225H01L27/1248H01L27/1288H01L27/3276
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Patent No.
US 11,018,160
App. No.
16/434,425
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thin-film transistor substrate includes a pixel circuit, an interlayer insulating film, electrodes, and a hard mask metal. The pixel circuit includes a thin film transistor. The interlayer insulating film has contact holes and covers the pixel circuit. The electrodes are exposed above a surface of the interlayer insulating film, and electrically coupled to the pixel circuit via the contact holes. The hard mask metal has openings at portions facing the contact holes and is provided on the surface of the interlayer insulating film.

Claims (17)

1. A thin-film transistor substrate comprising:

a pixel circuit including a thin film transistor, wherein the pixel circuit further includes a storage capacitor;

an interlayer insulating film having contact holes, the interlayer insulating film covering the pixel circuit, wherein the interlayer insulating film is a laminate including an inorganic insulating film and an organic insulating film, the interlayer insulating film covers the thin film transistor and the storage capacitor, and the interlayer insulating film is in contact with a surface of the thin film transistor and a surface of the storage capacitor;

electrodes exposed above a surface of the interlayer insulating film, the electrodes being electrically coupled to the pixel circuit via the contact holes; and

a hard mask metal having openings at portions facing the contact holes, the hard mask metal being provided on the surface of the interlayer insulating film.

2. The thin-film transistor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the contact holes are provided above the thin film transistor.

3. The thin-film transistor substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

the contact holes are provided above a region including a boundary between the thin film transistor and the storage capacitor, and

the electrodes are electrically coupled to the thin film transistor and the storage capacitor via the contact holes.

4. A luminescent device comprising:

a thin-film transistor substrate including

a pixel circuit including a thin film transistor, wherein the pixel circuit further includes a storage capacitor,

an interlayer insulating film having contact holes, the interlayer insulating film covering the pixel circuit, wherein the interlayer insulating film is a laminate including an inorganic insulating film and an organic insulating film, the interlayer insulating film covers the thin film transistor and the storage capacitor, and the interlayer insulating film is in contact with a surface of the thin film transistor and a surface of the storage capacitor,

electrodes exposed above a surface of the interlayer insulating film, the electrodes being electrically coupled to the pixel circuit via the contact holes, and

a hard mask metal having openings at portions facing the contact holes, the hard mask metal being provided on the surface of the interlayer insulating film;

a luminescent panel including a luminescent element per pixel, the luminescent panel being provided on the thin-film transistor substrate; and

a driving circuit configured to drive the luminescent panel, the driving circuit being provided on the thin-film transistor substrate.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2019
From: EBIHARA, RYOSUKE; TERAI, YASUHIRO; MURAI, ATSUHITO
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 049413/0909 →