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US 9,054,198 · App. 14/081,244 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Pixel unit structure, array substrate and display device

Inventors: Xiaojing Qi (Beijing, CN); Bo Wu (Beijing, CN); Like Hu (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
H01L29/78654H01L27/3248H01L29/4908H01L27/3265H01L27/3244H01L29/41733G02F1/136213H01L29/78633H01L27/1218H01L27/1255
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Patent No.
US 9,054,198
App. No.
14/081,244
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention discloses a pixel unit structure, an array substrate and a display device and relates to the technical field of liquid crystal displays. The pixel unit structure has a storage capacitor and has a high aperture ratio and a low manufacturing cost of the pixel unit. The pixel unit structure comprises a thin film transistor (TFT) and a first barrier layer, wherein the first barrier layer is opposite to a drain region of an active layer of the TFT, and is connected to a common electrode of an array substrate, thereby a capacitor can be formed between the first barrier layer and the drain region of the active layer.

Claims (28)

1. A pixel unit structure, comprising a thin film transistor and a first barrier layer, wherein the first barrier layer is opposite to a drain region of an active layer of the thin film transistor, and the first barrier layer is connected to a common electrode of an array substrate, and a capacitor is formed between the first barrier layer and the drain region of the active layer.

2. The pixel unit structure according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film transistors comprises an active layer, a second insulating layer, a gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode located on the same layer,

wherein the source electrode is connected to a data line of the pixel unit structure and a source region of the active layer, and the drain electrode is connected to a pixel electrode of the pixel unit structure and a drain region of the active layer.

3. The pixel unit structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a second barrier layer located on the same layer with the first barrier layer, wherein the second barrier layer is opposite to the region of the active layer other than the drain region.

4. The pixel unit structure according to claim 1 , further comprising

a third insulating layer, a fourth insulating layer, a common electrode layer, a fifth insulating layer and a pixel electrode, wherein the fourth insulating layer, the common electrode layer, the fifth insulating layer and the pixel electrode are provided on the third insulating layer in turn, and wherein the third insulating layer, the fourth insulating layer and the fifth insulating layer all have via holes, each of via holes is filled with a conducting material connected with each other, wherein the drain electrode or the source electrode of the active layer is connected to the pixel electrode via the conducting material connected with each other, or

a third insulating layer, a fourth insulating layer, a pixel electrode, a fifth insulating layer and a common electrode layer, wherein the fourth insulating layer, the pixel electrode, the fifth insulating layer and the common electrode layer are provided on the third insulating layer in turn, and wherein the third insulating layer, the fourth insulating layer and the fifth insulating layer all have via holes, each of via holes is filled with a conducting material connected with each other, wherein the drain electrode is connected to the pixel electrode via the conducting material connected with each other.

5. The pixel unit structure according to claim 1 , wherein the active layer is formed of monocrystalline silicon, or is formed of lightly-doped polysilicon and heavily-doped polysilicon alternately.

6. The pixel unit structure according to claim 5 , wherein the material of the source region and the drain region of the active layer is heavily-doped polysilicon.

7. The pixel unit structure according to claim 5 , wherein the pixel unit structure has at least one gate electrode, and the monocrystalline silicon or the lightly-doped polysilicon in the active layer is opposite to the gate electrode.

8. The pixel unit structure according to claim 3 , wherein the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer are formed integrally.

9. An array substrate, comprising a substrate and a plurality of pixel unit structures according to claim 1 located on the substrate; wherein,

the first barrier layer of each of the pixel unit structures is connected to the common electrode of the array substrate, respectively; or

the first barrier layers of the pixel unit structures are connected with each other in series, and they are connected to the common electrode of the array substrate.

10. A display device, comprising the array substrate according to claim 9 .

11. The array substrate according to claim 9 , wherein the thin film transistors comprises an active layer, a second insulating layer, a gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode located on the same layer,

wherein the source electrode is connected to a data line of the pixel unit structure and a source region of the active layer, and the drain electrode is connected to a pixel electrode of the pixel unit structure and a drain region of the active layer.

12. The array substrate according to claim 9 , further comprising a second barrier layer located on the same layer with the first barrier layer, wherein the second barrier layer is opposite to the region of the active layer other than the drain region.

13. The array substrate according to claim 9 , further comprising

a third insulating layer, a fourth insulating layer, a common electrode layer, a fifth insulating layer and a pixel electrode, wherein the fourth insulating layer, the common electrode layer, the fifth insulating layer and the pixel electrode are provided on the third insulating layer in turn, and wherein the third insulating layer, the fourth insulating layer and the fifth insulating layer all have via holes, each of via holes is filled with a conducting material connected with each other, wherein the drain electrode or the source electrode of the active layer is connected to the pixel electrode via the conducting material connected with each other, or

a third insulating layer, a fourth insulating layer, a pixel electrode, a fifth insulating layer and a common electrode layer, wherein the fourth insulating layer, the pixel electrode, the fifth insulating layer and the common electrode layer are provided on the third insulating layer in turn, and wherein the third insulating layer, the fourth insulating layer and the fifth insulating layer all have via holes, each of via holes is filled with a conducting material connected with each other, wherein the drain electrode is connected to the pixel electrode via the conducting material connected with each other.

14. The array substrate according to claim 9 , wherein the active layer is formed of monocrystalline silicon, or is formed of lightly-doped polysilicon and heavily-doped polysilicon alternately.

15. The array substrate according to claim 14 , wherein the material of the source region and the drain region of the active layer is heavily-doped polysilicon.

16. The array substrate according to claim 14 , wherein the pixel unit structure has at least one gate electrode, and the monocrystalline silicon or the lightly-doped polysilicon in the active layer is opposite to the gate electrode.

17. The array substrate according to claim 12 , wherein the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer are formed integrally.

18. A display device, comprising the array substrate according to claim 10 .

19. A display device, comprising the array substrate according to claim 11 .

20. A display device, comprising the array substrate according to claim 12 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2013
From: QI, XIAOJING; WU, BO; HU, LIKE
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031611/0717 →
Continuity (1)
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