IP Library Granted Patent US 11,600,652
Granted Patent B2
US 11,600,652 · App. 17/341,894 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Photoelectric conversion panel and method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion panel

Inventors: Hiroyuki Moriwaki (Sakai, JP); Makoto Nakazawa (Sakai, JP); Tetsuya Tanishima (Sakai, JP); Rikiya Takita (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01L27/14663G01T1/2018H01L27/14616H01L27/14689H01L29/7869H01L29/78636
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Patent No.
US 11,600,652
App. No.
17/341,894
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A photoelectric conversion panel includes: a thin film transistor; a first organic film formed in an upper layer with respect to the thin film transistor; a photoelectric conversion element formed in an upper layer with respect to the first organic film; a first inorganic layer formed so as to cover at least a part of the photoelectric conversion element, and to cover the first organic film; and a second organic film formed in an upper layer with respect to the first organic film, wherein the first inorganic layer is provided with a first through hole connecting the first organic film and the second organic film.

Claims (45)

1. A photoelectric conversion panel comprising:

a thin film transistor;

a first organic film formed in an upper layer with respect to the thin film transistor;

a photoelectric conversion element formed in an upper layer with respect to the first organic film;

a first inorganic layer formed so as to cover at least a part of the photoelectric conversion element, and to cover the first organic film; and

a second organic film formed in an upper layer with respect to the first organic film,

wherein the first inorganic layer includes a first through hole connecting the first organic film and the second organic film.

2. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the photoelectric conversion element includes a pair of electrodes, and a semiconductor layer provided between the pair of electrodes, and

the first inorganic layer includes a first inorganic insulating film that covers at least a part of a lower electrode connected to the thin film transistor, the lower electrode being one of the pair of electrodes, and that includes a first hole portion that composes at least a part of the first through hole.

3. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first inorganic layer further includes a second inorganic insulating film that covers at least a part of the first inorganic insulating film and has a second hole portion that composes at least a part of the first through hole.

4. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 3 ,

wherein the second hole portion is provided in the second inorganic insulating film, at a position overlapping with the first hole portion when viewed in a plan view.

5. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 4 ,

wherein the second inorganic insulating film is formed so as to cover at least a part of the photoelectric conversion element, and is provided with the second hole portion at a position that does not overlap with the photoelectric conversion element when viewed in a plan view, and

the second organic film covers at least a part of the second inorganic insulating film and is filled in the second hole portion.

6. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first inorganic insulating film is provided with the first hole portion having a first diameter, and

the second inorganic insulating film is provided with the second hole portion having a second diameter equal to the first diameter.

7. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third organic film formed in an upper layer with respect to the second organic film; and

a second inorganic layer that is formed so as to cover the second organic film, and that is provided with a second through hole that connects the second organic film and the third organic film.

8. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 7 ,

wherein the second through hole is provided in the second inorganic layer, at a position overlapping with the first through hole when viewed in a plan view.

9. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the thin film transistor contains In—Ga—Zn—O-based oxide semiconductor, and

the first inorganic layer contains silicon nitride.

10. A method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion panel comprising:

forming a thin film transistor;

forming a first organic film in an upper layer with respect to the thin film transistor;

forming a photoelectric conversion element in an upper layer with respect to the first organic film;

a first inorganic layer formed so as to cover at least a part of the photoelectric conversion element, and to cover the first organic film; and

a second organic film formed in an upper layer with respect to the first organic film,

wherein the forming of the first inorganic layer includes providing a through hole connecting the first organic film and the second organic film, in the first inorganic layer.

11. The method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 10 ,

the forming of the photoelectric conversion element includes: forming a lower electrode connected to the thin film transistor; and forming a semiconductor layer, and an upper electrode that, together with the lower electrode, interposes the semiconductor layer,

the forming of the first inorganic layer includes: forming a first inorganic insulating film that covers at least a part of the first organic film and covers at least a part of the lower electrode, and

the providing of the through hole includes forming, in the first inorganic insulating film, a first hole portion that composes at least a part of the through hole.

12. The method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 11 ,

wherein the forming of the first inorganic layer includes: forming a second inorganic insulating layer that covers at least a part of the first inorganic insulating film in which the first hole portion is formed, and at least a part of the photoelectric conversion element; and

the forming of the through hole includes forming a second hole portion that composes at least a part of the through hole, in the second inorganic insulating layer, at a position overlapping with the first hole portion when viewed in a plan view.

13. The method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 11 ,

wherein the forming of the first inorganic layer includes: forming a second inorganic insulating film that covers at least a part of the first inorganic insulating film in which the first hole portion is formed, and at least a part of the photoelectric conversion element; and

the providing of the through hole includes providing a through hole by etching a part of the first inorganic insulating film and a part of the second inorganic insulating film together.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2021
From: MORIWAKI, HIROYUKI; NAKAZAWA, MAKOTO; TANISHIMA, TETSUYA; TAKITA, RIKIYA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 056470/0411 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63037905 · Jun 11, 2020
Related Publication 20210391374A1 · Dec 16, 2021