IP Library Granted Patent US 9,034,675
Granted Patent B2
US 9,034,675 · App. 14/299,045 · Granted May 19, 2015

Light-emitting device and method for manufacturing light-emitting device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Kengo Akimoto (Kanagawa, JP); Junichiro Sakata (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshiharu Hirakata (Kanagawa, JP); Norihito Sone (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3244H01L27/322H01L27/3276H01L51/5048H01L51/5088H01L51/5092H01L51/52H01L51/5206H01L51/5237H01L51/56
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Patent No.
US 9,034,675
App. No.
14/299,045
Granted
May 19, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques are provided for manufacturing a light-emitting device having high internal quantum efficiency, consuming less power, having high luminance, and having high reliability. The techniques include forming a conductive light-transmitting oxide layer comprising a conductive light-transmitting oxide material and silicon oxide, forming a barrier layer in which density of the silicon oxide is higher than that in the conductive light-transmitting oxide layer over the conductive light-transmitting oxide layer, forming an anode having the conductive light-transmitting oxide layer and the barrier layer, heating the anode under a vacuum atmosphere, forming an electroluminescent layer over the heated anode, and forming a cathode over the electroluminescent layer. According to the techniques, the barrier layer is formed between the electroluminescent layer and the conductive light-transmitting oxide layer.

Claims (40)

1. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device, comprising the steps of:

forming a transistor including a semiconductor film;

forming a first insulating layer over the transistor;

forming a first electrically conductive film over the first insulating layer, the first electrically conductive film comprising indium oxide and silicon oxide, wherein the first electrically conductive film is a single film;

removing moisture adsorbed in the first electrically conductive film by performing a heat treatment; and

forming an electroluminescence layer comprising an organic compound over the first electrically conductive film.

2. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of forming a barrier layer on the first electrically conductive film, the barrier layer comprising indium oxide and silicon oxide,

wherein a concentration of silicon in the barrier layer is higher than a concentration of silicon in the first electrically conductive film.

3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the transistor is a top gate transistor.

4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor film comprises a poly-crystalline semiconductor film.

5. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrically conductive film further comprises tin.

6. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrically conductive film further comprises zinc.

7. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrically conductive film is formed by sputtering using a target which comprises indium oxide and silicon oxide.

8. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device, comprising the steps of:

forming a transistor including a semiconductor film;

forming a first insulating layer over the transistor;

forming a first electrically conductive film over the first insulating layer, the first electrically conductive film comprising indium oxide and silicon oxide , wherein the first electrically conductive film is a single film;

removing moisture adsorbed in the first electrically conductive film by performing a heat treatment at temperature ranging from 200 ° C. to 450 ° C., and

forming an electroluminescence layer comprising an organic compound over the first electrically conductive film.

9. A method according to claim 8 , further comprising a step of forming a barrier layer on the first electrically conductive film, the barrier layer comprising indium oxide and silicon oxide,

wherein a concentration of silicon in the barrier layer is higher than a concentration of silicon in the first electrically conductive film.

10. A method according to claim 8 , wherein the transistor is a top gate transistor.

11. A method according to claim 8 , wherein the semiconductor film comprises a poly-crystalline semiconductor film.

12. A method according to claim 8 , wherein the heat treatment is performed under vacuum atmosphere.

13. A method according to claim 8 , wherein the first electrically conductive film further comprises tin.

14. A method according to claim 8 , wherein the first electrically conductive film further comprises zinc.

15. A method according to claim 8 , wherein the first electrically conductive film is formed by sputtering using a target which comprises indium oxide and silicon oxide.

16. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device, comprising the steps of:

forming a transistor including a semiconductor film;

forming a first insulating layer over the transistor;

forming a first electrically conductive film over the first insulating layer, the first electrically conductive film comprising indium oxide and silicon oxide , wherein the first electrically conductive film is a single film;

forming a partition layer over an edge portion of the first electrically conductive film;

performing a heat treatment at 200 ° C. to 450 ° C. after forming the partition layer;

forming an electroluminescence layer comprising an organic compound over the first electrically conductive film; and

forming a cathode over the electroluminescence layer, the cathode being capable of transmitting light emitted by the electroluminescence layer.

17. A method according to claim 16 , further comprising a step of forming a barrier layer on the first electrically conductive film, the barrier layer comprising indium oxide and silicon oxide,

wherein a concentration of silicon in the barrier layer is higher than a concentration of silicon in the first electrically conductive film.

18. A method according to claim 16 , wherein the semiconductor film comprises a poly-crystalline semiconductor film.

19. A method according to claim 16 , wherein the first electrically conductive film further comprises tin.

20. A method according to claim 16 , wherein the first electrically conductive film is formed by sputtering using a target which comprises indium oxide and silicon oxide.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2014
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; AKIMOTO, KENGO; SAKATA, JUNICHIRO; HIRAKATA, YOSHIHARU; SONE, NORIHITO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033489/0723 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-359778 · Oct 20, 2003 · national
Continuity (4)
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