IP Library Granted Patent US 11,133,337
Granted Patent B2
US 11,133,337 · App. 16/852,925 · Granted Sep 28, 2021

Display device and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Hajime Watakabe (Tokyo, JP); Isao Suzumura (Tokyo, JP); Akihiro Hanada (Tokyo, JP); Yohei Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L27/1292H01L27/1225H01L29/24H01L29/66757H01L29/66969H01L29/7869H01L29/78666
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Patent No.
US 11,133,337
App. No.
16/852,925
Granted
Sep 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a substrate having thin film transistors (TFT) comprising: the TFT including an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode and an insulating film formed between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode, wherein a first aluminum oxide film and a second aluminum oxide film, which is formed on the first aluminum oxide film, are formed between the insulating film and the gate electrode, an oxygen concentration in the first aluminum oxide film is bigger than an oxygen concentration in the second aluminum oxide film.

Claims (54)

1. A display device including a substrate having thin film transistors (TFT) comprising:

the TFT including an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode and an insulating film formed between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode,

wherein a first aluminum oxide film and a second aluminum oxide film, which is formed on the first aluminum oxide film, are formed between the insulating film and the gate electrode, and

an oxygen concentration in the first aluminum oxide film is larger than an oxygen concentration in the second aluminum oxide film.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the second aluminum oxide film is thicker than a thickness of the first aluminum oxide film.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the first aluminum oxide film is 2-5 nm.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the second aluminum oxide film is 5-10 nm.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the gate electrode is made of a metal, which has aluminum as a major substance.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the insulating film is made of silicon oxide.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the TFT is a top gate type TFT.

8. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the insulating film is formed between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor film, and

the insulating film is not formed on a drain or a source of the oxide semiconductor film.

9. A display device including a substrate having thin film transistors (TFT) comprising:

the TFT including an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode and an insulating film formed between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode,

wherein an aluminum oxide film is formed between the insulating film and the gate electrode, and

an oxygen concentration in the aluminum oxide film is larger at a side of the insulating film than an oxygen concentration at a side of the gate electrode.

10. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the gate electrode is made of a metal, which has aluminum as a major substance.

11. A manufacturing method of a display device including a substrate in which the thin film transistors (TFT) are formed, the TFT including an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode, and an insulating film formed between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode,

the manufacturing method comprising:

forming a first aluminum oxide film on the insulating film,

forming a second aluminum oxide film on the first aluminum oxide film, an oxygen concentration of the second aluminum oxide film is smaller than an oxygen concentration of the first aluminum oxide film,

forming a metal for the gate electrode, and

patterning the gate metal, the second aluminum oxide film and the first aluminum oxide film.

12. The manufacturing method according to claim 11 ,

wherein a thickness of the second aluminum oxide film is thicker than a thickness of the first aluminum oxide film.

13. The manufacturing method according to claim 11 ,

wherein the first aluminum oxide film is formed by oxygen reactive mode sputtering.

14. The manufacturing method according to claim 11 ,

wherein the second aluminum oxide film is formed by transition mode sputtering.

15. The manufacturing method according to claim 11 ,

wherein the gate electrode is made of a metal, which has aluminum as a major substance.

16. The manufacturing method according to claim 11 ,

wherein the insulating film is made of silicon oxide.

17. A manufacturing method of a display device including a substrate in which the thin film transistors (TFT) are formed, the TFT including an oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode and an insulating film formed between the oxide semiconductor film and the gate electrode,

the manufacturing method comprising:

forming a first aluminum oxide film on the insulating film,

forming a gate electrode,

patterning the gate electrode,

forming a second aluminum oxide film between the gate electrode and the first aluminum oxide film by annealing the gate electrode.

18. The manufacturing method according to claim 17 ,

wherein the gate electrode is made of a metal, which has aluminum as a major substance.

19. The manufacturing method according to claim 17 ,

wherein the first aluminum oxide film is formed by oxygen reactive mode sputtering.

20. The manufacturing method according to claim 17 ,

wherein the first aluminum oxide film is formed so that

an oxygen concentration of the first aluminum oxide film is larger than an oxygen concentration of the second aluminum oxide film.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2020
From: WATAKABE, HAJIME; SUZUMURA, ISAO; HANADA, AKIHIRO; YAMAGUCHI, YOHEI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 052442/0019 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-207026 · Oct 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018028405 · Jul 30, 2018
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