IP Library Granted Patent US 10,297,635
Granted Patent B2
US 10,297,635 · App. 15/462,105 · Granted May 21, 2019

TFT and manufacturing method thereof, array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, X-ray detector and display device

Inventors: Huichao Gao (Beijing, CN); Zongmin Tian (Beijing, CN); Peng Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H01L27/14689H01L27/1214H01L27/1222H01L27/1274H01L27/1288H01L27/14612H01L27/14614H01L27/14623H01L27/14658H01L27/14685H01L29/458H01L29/66765H01L29/78618H01L29/78678
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Patent No.
US 10,297,635
App. No.
15/462,105
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A TFT and manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, an X-ray detector and a display device are disclosed. The manufacturing method includes: forming a gate-insulating-layer thin film ( 3 ′), a semiconductor-layer thin film ( 4 ′) and a passivation-shielding-layer thin film ( 5 ′) successively; forming a pattern ( 5 ′) that includes a passivation shielding layer through one patterning process, so that a portion, sheltered by the passivation shielding layer, of the semiconductor-layer thin film forms a pattern of an active layer ( 4 a ′); and performing an ion doping process to a portion, not sheltered by the passivation shielding layer, of the semiconductor-layer thin film to form a pattern comprising a source electrode ( 4 c ′) and a drain electrode ( 4 b ′). The source electrode ( 4 c ′) and the drain electrode ( 4 b ′) are disposed on two sides of the active layer ( 4 a ′) respectively and in a same layer as the active layer ( 4 a ′). The manufacturing method can reduce the number of patterning processes and improve the performance of the thin film transistor in the array substrate.

Claims (44)

1. A manufacturing method of a thin film transistor, comprising:

forming a semiconductor-layer thin film and a passivation-shielding-layer thin film successively;

forming a pattern comprising a passivation shielding layer, so that a portion, sheltered by the passivation shielding layer, of the semiconductor-layer thin film corresponds to a pattern of an active layer; and

performing an ion doping process to a portion, not sheltered by the passivation shielding layer, of the semiconductor-layer thin film to form a pattern comprising a source electrode and a drain electrode;

wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are disposed on two sides of the active layer respectively.

2. The manufacturing method of the thin film transistor claimed as claim 1 , wherein forming the pattern comprising the passivation shielding layer comprises:

coating a photoresist on the passivation-shielding-layer thin film;

forming a photoresist pattern comprising a complete-unexposure region, a partial-exposure region and a complete-exposure region through an exposure process;

removing the photoresist in the complete-exposure region through a development process and retaining the photoresist in the complete-unexposure region and the partial-exposure region;

removing the passivation-shielding-layer thin film and the semiconductor-layer thin film in the complete-exposure region through an etching process;

removing the photoresist in the partial-exposure region through an aching process, so as to expose the passivation-shielding-layer thin film in the partial-exposure region;

removing the exposed passivation-shielding-layer thin film in the partial-exposure region by an etching process, so that the semiconductor-layer thin film in the partials exposure region is retained and exposed; and

removing the photoresist in the complete-unexposure region through a stripping process, so that the exposed passivation-shielding-layer thin film forms the passivation shielding layer.

3. The manufacturing method of the thin film transistor claimed as claim 1 , wherein before the semiconductor-layer thin film and the passivation-shielding-layer thin Min are successively formed, the manufacturing method further comprises:

forming a gate metal thin film on a substrate to form a pattern comprising a gate electrode through a patterning process, wherein along a direction of a connecting line between the source electrode and the drain electrode, a width of the active layer and that of the gate electrode are identical.

4. The manufacturing method of the thin film transistor claimed as claim 1 , wherein forming the semiconductor-layer thin film comprises:

depositing an amorphous silicon thin film; and

irradiating the amorphous silicon thin film through a laser radiation process, so that the amorphous silicon thin film is converted into a polycrystalline silicon thin film that forms the semiconductor-layer thin film.

5. The manufacturing method of the thin film transistor claimed as claim 4 , wherein the laser radiation process comprises: a high-temperature oxidation process adopting laser annealing, or a low-temperature radiation process adopting excimer laser.

6. A manufacturing method of an array substrate, comprising:

forming a semiconductor-layer thin film and a passivation-shielding-layer thin film successively;

forming a pattern comprising a passivation shielding layer, so that a portion, sheltered by the passivation shielding layer, of the semiconductor-layer thin film forms a pattern of an active layer;

performing an ion doping process to a portion, not sheltered by the passivation shielding layer, of the semiconductor-layer thin film to form a pattern comprising a source electrode and a drain electrode, so that the source electrode and the drain electrode are disposed on two sides of the active layer respectively;

forming a passivation-layer thin film to form a pattern comprising a first via hole; and

forming a pixel-electrode thin film to form a pattern comprising a first pixel electrode, so that the first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the drain electrode through the first via hole.

7. The manufacturing method of the array substrate claimed as claim 6 , wherein forming the pattern comprising the passivation shielding layer comprises:

coating a photoresist on the passivation-shielding-layer thin film;

forming a photoresist pattern comprising a complete-unexposure region, a partial-exposure region and a complete-exposure region through an exposure process;

removing the photoresist in the complete-exposure region through a development process and retaining the photoresist in the complete-unexposure region and the partial-exposure region;

removing the passivation-shielding-layer thin film and the semiconductor-layer thin film in the complete-exposure region through an etching process;

removing the photoresist in the partial-exposure region through an ashing process, to expose the passivation-shielding-layer thin film in the partial-exposure region;

removing the exposed passivation-shielding-layer thin film in the partial-exposure region through an etching process, so that the semiconductor-layer thin film in the partial-exposure region is retained and exposed; and

removing the photoresist in the complete-unexposure region through a stripping process, so that the exposed passivation-shielding-layer thin film forms the passivation shielding layer.

8. The manufacturing method of the array substrate claimed as claim 6 , wherein before the semiconductor-layer thin film and the passivation-shielding-layer thin film are successively formed, the manufacturing method further comprises:

forming a gate metal thin film on a substrate to form a pattern comprising a gate electrode through a patterning process, wherein along a direction of a connecting line between the source electrode and the drain electrode, a width of the active layer and that of the gate electrode are identical.

9. The manufacturing method of the array substrate claimed as claim 6 , wherein forming the semiconductor-layer thin film comprises:

depositing an amorphous silicon thin film; and

irradiating the amorphous silicon thin film through a laser radiation process, so that the amorphous silicon thin film is converted into a polycrystalline silicon thin film that forms the semiconductor-layer thin film.

10. The manufacturing method of the array substrate claimed as claim 9 , wherein the laser radiation process comprises: a high-temperature oxidation process adopting laser annealing, or a low-temperature radiation process adopting excimer laser.

11. The manufacturing method of the array substrate claimed as claim 6 , wherein before forming the passivation-shielding-layer thin film to form the pattern comprising the first via hole through the patterning process, the method further comprises:

successively forming a plurality of thin films of a photodiode, and forming a pattern of the photodiode on the source electrode through a patterning process.

12. The manufacturing method of the array substrate claimed as claim 11 , wherein the pattern comprising the gate electrode further comprises a light blocking plate, and the light shielding plate is disposed directly below the photodiode.

13. The manufacturing method of the array substrate claimed as claim 11 , wherein the pattern comprising the first via hole further comprises a second via hole; and

the pattern comprising the first pixel electrode further comprises a second pixel electrode, and the second pixel electrode is electrically connected to an end of the photodiode through the second via hole, and another end of the photodiode is electrically connected to the source electrode.

Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0420395 · Sep 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14429092
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