IP Library Granted Patent US 11,901,370
Granted Patent B2
US 11,901,370 · App. 17/705,531 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Display device

Inventor: Hajime Kimura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,901,370
App. No.
17/705,531
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to form a pixel electrode and a metal film using one resist mask in manufacturing a stacked structure by forming the metal film over the pixel electrode. A conductive film to be a pixel electrode and a metal film are stacked. A resist pattern having a thick region and a region thinner than the thick region is formed over the metal film using an exposure mask having a semi light-transmitting portion. The pixel electrode, and the metal film formed over part of the pixel electrode to be in contact therewith are formed using the resist pattern. Accordingly, a pixel electrode and a metal film can be formed using one resist mask.

Claims (62)

1. A display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate facing the first substrate;

a semiconductor film over the first substrate;

a gate wiring overlapping with the semiconductor film with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween, the gate wiring extending along a first direction;

a first wiring extending along the first direction;

a second wiring over and electrically connected to the semiconductor film, the second wiring comprising metal;

an organic resin layer over the second wiring;

a transparent conductive film over the organic resin layer, the transparent conductive film being a continuous film, and comprising a first region, a second region, and a third region;

a metal film over and in direct contact with a top surface of the transparent conductive film;

a liquid crystal layer over the metal film; and

a light-shielding film over the liquid crystal layer,

wherein the metal film comprises an opening,

wherein the first region of the transparent conductive film is in direct contact with the metal film,

wherein neither the second region nor the third region is in direct contact with the metal film,

wherein the first region is provided so as to surround the second region when seen from a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the first substrate,

wherein the third region is outside the second region when seen from the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the first substrate, and

wherein at least part of the first region is between the second region and the third region when seen from the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the first substrate,

wherein the light-shielding film overlaps with the first region when seen from the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the first substrate,

wherein the light-shielding film overlaps with a region between a first part of the first region which extends along the first direction and the gate wiring when seen from the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the first substrate,

wherein a second part of the first region which extends along the first direction overlaps with the first wiring, and

wherein the second region of the transparent conductive film is between the first part of the first region and the second part of the first region.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the metal film has a stacked structure of a first layer and a second layer, and

wherein a side at an end of the first layer and a side at an end of the second layer are each inclined with respect to the first substrate.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein an upper surface of the organic resin layer is a flat surface.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region is not a display region.

5. A display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate facing the first substrate;

a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;

a light-shielding film between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate,

wherein a pixel over the first substrate comprising:

a semiconductor film over the first substrate;

a gate wiring overlapping with the semiconductor film with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween, the gate wiring extending along a first direction;

a first wiring extending along the first direction;

a second wiring over and electrically connected to the semiconductor film, the second wiring comprising metal;

an organic resin layer over the second wiring;

a transparent conductive film over the organic resin layer; and

a metal film over and in direct contact with a top surface of the transparent conductive film;

wherein the metal film comprises an opening,

wherein the transparent conductive film comprises a first region, a second region, and a third region,

wherein the first region of the transparent conductive film is in direct contact with the metal film,

wherein neither the second region nor the third region is in direct contact with the metal film,

wherein the first region is provided so as to surround the second region when seen from a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the first substrate,

wherein the first region is not a display region,

wherein the third region is outside the second region when seen from the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the first substrate, and

wherein at least part of the first region is between the second region and the third region when seen from the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the first substrate,

wherein the light-shielding film overlaps with the first region when seen from the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the first substrate,

wherein the light-shielding film overlaps with a region between a first part of the first region which extends along the first direction and the gate wiring when seen from the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the first substrate,

wherein a second part of the first region which extends along the first direction overlaps with the first wiring, and

wherein the second region of the transparent conductive film is between the first part of the first region and the second part of the first region.

6. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the metal film has a stacked structure of a first layer and a second layer, and

wherein a side at an end of the first layer and a side at an end of the second layer are each inclined with respect to the first substrate.

7. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein a side at an end of the metal film is inclined with respect to the top surface of the first substrate, and

wherein the inclined side at the end of the metal film is covered by an insulating film.

8. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein an upper surface of the organic resin layer is a flat surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2022
From: KIMURA, HAJIME
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059411/0504 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-301022 · Oct 14, 2005 · national
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