IP Library Granted Patent US 7,396,705
Granted Patent B2
US 7,396,705 · App. 11/301,019 · Granted Jul 8, 2008

Method for manufacturing a thin film transistor

Assignee: Innolux Display Corp.
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Patent No.
US 7,396,705
App. No.
11/301,019
Granted
Jul 8, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT) includes the steps of: providing a substrate ( 1 ); and forming a TFT circuit on the substrate using laser-induced chemical vapor deposition (LCVD). Detailedly, the method includes providing the bare substrate, cleaning the substrate with cleaning liquid, and successively forming a gate electrode ( 2 ), a gate oxide layer ( 3 ), a source electrode ( 5 ), and a drain electrode ( 6 ) on the substrate by LCVD, thus obtaining the thin film transistor. The forming steps may be controlled by one or more computer programs. The LCVD can be pyrolytic LCVD, photolytic LCVD, or photophysical LCVD. The method is simple and inexpensive.

Claims (30)

1. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT), comprising:

(a) providing a substrate; and

(b) forming a TFT circuit on the substrate using laser-induced chemical vapor deposition (LCVD), wherein step (b) comprises:

depositing a gate electrode on the substrate;

forming a gate oxide layer on the substrate, the gate oxide layer covering the gate electrode;

depositing a data line on the gate oxide layer, the data line being perpendicular to the gate electrode;

depositing a source electrode comprising two parallel metal strips, one end of each metal strip being connected to the data line; and

depositing a drain electrode generally between the two metal strips of the gate electrode, the drain electrode being separate from the data line and the gate electrode.

2. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT), comprising:

(a) providing a substrate; and

(b) forming a TFT circuit on the substrate using laser-induced chemical vapor deposition (LCVD), wherein step (b) comprises:

depositing a gate electrode on the substrate;

forming a gate oxide layer on the substrate, the gate oxide layer covering the gate electrode;

depositing a source electrode comprising two parallel metal strips, one end of each metal strip being connected to the data line;

depositing a data line on the gate oxide layer, the data line being perpendicular to the gate electrode and being connected to one end of each metal strip of the source electrode; and

depositing a drain electrode generally between the two metal strips of the gate electrode, the drain electrode being separate from the data line and the gate electrode.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein step (b) is performed under control of a computer program.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a bare board.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a step of cleaning the substrate, which step is performed between steps (a) and (b).

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein pyrolytic LCVD is used in step (b).

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein photolytic LCVD is used in step (b).

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein photophysical LCVD is used in step (b).

9. A product made by the method as claimed in claim 1 .

10. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein step (b) is performed under control of a computer program.

11. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the substrate is a bare board.

12. The method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a step of cleaning the substrate, which step is performed between steps (a) and (b).

13. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein pyrolytic LCVD is used in step (b).

14. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein photolytic LCVD is used in step (b).

15. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein photophysical LCVD is used in step (b).

16. A product made by the method as claimed in claim 2 .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 13, 2014
From: INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP.
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032672/0685 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 13, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032672/0746 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2005
From: TSENG, CHIANG-HUNG; PANG, JIA-PANG; LIN, CHIH-CHENG; WU, TSE
To: INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP.
Reel/Frame 017355/0880 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 93138294 A · Dec 10, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
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