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Granted Patent B2
US 10,852,576 · App. 16/583,817 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Display device

Inventors: Masatoshi Yokoyama (Tochigi, JP); Shigeki Komori (Tochigi, JP); Manabu Sato (Tochigi, JP); Kenichi Okazaki (Tochigi, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G02F1/133345G02F1/13439G02F1/134309G02F1/136227G02F1/136277G02F2001/134372G02F2202/02G02F2202/10
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Patent No.
US 10,852,576
App. No.
16/583,817
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

To suppress a variation in characteristics of a transistor due to a released gas from an organic insulating film so that reliability of a display device is increased. The display device includes a transistor, an organic insulating film which is provided over the transistor in order to reduce unevenness due to the transistor, and a capacitor over the organic insulating film. An entire surface of the organic insulating film is not covered with components (a transparent conductive layer and an inorganic insulating film) of the capacitor, and a released gas from the organic insulating film can be released to the outside from exposed part of an upper surface of the organic insulating film.

Claims (71)

1. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising:

a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor layer;

a first inorganic insulating film over the transistor;

an organic insulating film over the first inorganic insulating film;

a first transparent conductive layer over the organic insulating film;

a second inorganic insulating film over the first transparent conductive layer; and

a second transparent conductive layer over the second inorganic insulating film,

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises indium, gallium, and zinc,

wherein the first inorganic insulating film comprises a first opening,

wherein the second inorganic insulating film comprises a second opening,

wherein the second transparent conductive layer comprises a first region that is in contact with one of a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer of the transistor in the second opening,

wherein the second inorganic insulating film comprises a second region that is in contact with the one of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer of the transistor in the first opening,

wherein the second region is outside the first region, and

wherein the organic insulating film comprises a third region that does not overlap with the second inorganic insulating film.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second inorganic insulating film and the oxide semiconductor layer do not overlap with each other.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein edge portions of the oxide semiconductor layer are in contact with the source and drain electrode layers.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first inorganic insulating film has a stacked-layer structure.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first inorganic insulating film comprises silicon and nitrogen, and

wherein the second inorganic insulating film comprises silicon and nitrogen.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic insulating film comprises an organic resin.

7. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising:

a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor layer;

a first inorganic insulating film over the transistor;

an organic insulating film over the first inorganic insulating film;

a first transparent conductive layer over the organic insulating film;

a second inorganic insulating film over the first transparent conductive layer; and

a second transparent conductive layer over the second inorganic insulating film,

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises indium, gallium, and zinc,

wherein the first inorganic insulating film comprises silicon and nitrogen,

wherein the second inorganic insulating film comprises silicon and nitrogen,

wherein the second transparent conductive layer has a slit,

wherein the first inorganic insulating film comprises a first opening,

wherein the second inorganic insulating film comprises a second opening,

wherein the second transparent conductive layer comprises a first region that is in contact with one of a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer of the transistor in the second opening,

wherein the second inorganic insulating film comprises a second region that is in contact with the one of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer of the transistor in the first opening,

wherein the second region is outside the first region, and

wherein the organic insulating film comprises a third region that does not overlap with the second inorganic insulating film.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the second inorganic insulating film and the oxide semiconductor layer do not overlap with each other.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein edge portions of the oxide semiconductor layer are in contact with the source and drain electrode layers.

10. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first inorganic insulating film has a stacked-layer structure.

11. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the organic insulating film comprises an organic resin.

12. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising:

a gate electrode;

an oxide semiconductor layer overlapping with the gate electrode with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween;

a source electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer;

a drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer;

a first inorganic insulating film over the source electrode and the drain electrode;

an organic insulating film over the first inorganic insulating film;

a first transparent conductive layer over the organic insulating film;

a second inorganic insulating film over the first transparent conductive layer;

a second transparent conductive layer over the second inorganic insulating film; and

a liquid crystal layer over the second transparent conductive layer,

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises indium, gallium, and zinc,

wherein the first inorganic insulating film comprises a first opening,

wherein the second inorganic insulating film comprises a second opening,

wherein the second transparent conductive layer comprises a first region that is in contact with one of a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer in the second opening,

wherein the second inorganic insulating film comprises a second region that is in contact with the one of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer in the first opening,

wherein the second region is outside the first region, and

wherein the organic insulating film comprises a third region that does not overlap with the second inorganic insulating film.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the gate electrode is located under the oxide semiconductor layer.

14. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the second inorganic insulating film and the oxide semiconductor layer do not overlap with each other.

15. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein edge portions of the oxide semiconductor layer are in contact with the source and drain electrode layers.

16. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the first inorganic insulating film has a stacked-layer structure.

17. The display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the first inorganic insulating film comprises silicon and nitrogen, and

wherein the second inorganic insulating film comprises silicon and nitrogen.

18. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the organic insulating film comprises an organic resin.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-161726 · Jul 20, 2012 · national
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