IP Library Granted Patent US 8,022,396
Granted Patent B2
US 8,022,396 · App. 11/834,922 · Granted Sep 20, 2011

Semiconductor device including an insulating layer resistant to a photolithography process, electronic device, and electronic equipment

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Patent No.
US 8,022,396
App. No.
11/834,922
Granted
Sep 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: an organic semiconductor layer made of an organic semiconductor material; a gate electrode for applying an electric field to the organic semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer insulating the gate electrode from the organic semiconductor layer; and a second insulating layer. The organic semiconductor layer is located between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, and the second insulating layer is composed of a polymer having a fluorene skeleton.

Claims (23)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a source electrode;

a drain electrode;

an organic semiconductor layer made of an organic semiconductor material;

a gate electrode that applies an electric field to the organic semiconductor layer;

a gate insulating layer that insulates the gate electrode from the organic semiconductor layer; and

a lower insulating layer,

the organic semiconductor layer being located between the gate insulating layer and the lower insulating layer, and the lower insulating layer being composed of a polymer having a fluorene skeleton,

the gate insulating layer directly contacting one of the source electrode and the drain electrode,

the gate insulating layer covering a side surface of the organic semiconductor layer,

the side surface crossing to a direction from the source electrode to the drain electrode, and

the polymer being obtained by copolymerizing a first polymerizable monomer, the first polymerizable monomer including the fluorene skeleton, and a second polymerizable monomer, the second polymerizable monomer including at least one of an epoxy group, an oxetane group, an acrylic acid group, and a methacrylic acid group; wherein

the first polymerizable monomer has a structure shown in Structural Formula 1, and the second polymerizable monomer has a structure shown in Structural Formula 2 or Structural Formula 3:

(wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 in above formulas respectively represent the following: all of R 1 s are same substituents and have a hydrogen atom or a structure shown in any of Formulas 4 to 8; at least two of R 2 s are same substituents and R 2 s have a hydrogen atom or a structure shown in any of Formulas 4 to 8; and at least three of R 3 s are same substituents and R 3 s have a hydrogen atom or a structure shown in any of Formulas 4 to 8):

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a main chain of the polymer includes an oxygen atom.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer has a polyester skeleton.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer includes a first structural portion derived from the first polymerizable monomer and a second structural portion derived from the second polymerizable monomer, and is 25 mol % to 75 mol % of the first structural portion.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic semiconductor material of the organic semiconductor layer has crystallinity.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic semiconductor layer is located between the lower insulating layer and the gate electrode.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the lower insulating layer is 0.01 μm to 10 μm.

8. An electronic device, comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 1 .

9. Electronic equipment, comprising the electronic device according to claim 8 .

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the gate insulating layer is continuous and covers the organic semiconductor layer and portions of the source and drain electrodes.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: E INK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047072/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2007
From: YAMAMOTO, HITOSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019662/0561 →