IP Library Granted Patent US 11,916,094
Granted Patent B2
US 11,916,094 · App. 17/391,747 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Photoelectric conversion panel and method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion panel

Inventors: Hiroyuki Moriwaki (Kameyama, JP); Makoto Nakazawa (Kameyama, JP); Tetsuya Tanishima (Kameyama, JP); Rikiya Takita (Kameyama, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
H01L27/14663H01L27/14612H01L27/14689H01L27/14692
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Patent No.
US 11,916,094
App. No.
17/391,747
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
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; and a first inorganic insulating film formed so as to cover at least a part of the first organic film, wherein the first inorganic insulating film has a through hole that exposes a part of the first organic film.

Claims (57)

1. A photoelectric conversion panel comprising:

a thin film transistor;

a first organic film formed above the thin film transistor;

a photodiode formed above the first organic film; and

a first inorganic insulating film formed to cover at least a part of the first organic film,

wherein the first inorganic insulating film has a through hole that exposes a part of the first organic film.

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

a second organic film formed above the first organic film,

wherein the second organic film is connected to the first organic film at the through hole in the first inorganic insulating film.

3. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a second inorganic insulating film that covers at least a part of the first inorganic insulating film and has a hole portion in communication with the through hole of the first inorganic insulating film.

4. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 3 ,

wherein the second inorganic insulating film covers at least a part of the photodiode,

the hole portion of the second inorganic insulating film is formed at a position that does not overlap the photodiode when viewed in a plan view, and

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

5. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 3 ,

wherein the through hole of the first inorganic insulating film has a first diameter, and

wherein the hole portion of the second inorganic insulating film has a second diameter equal to the first diameter.

6. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a third organic film formed above the second organic film; and

a third inorganic insulating film formed to cover the second organic film, and provided with a through hole that connects the second organic film and the third organic film.

7. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 6 ,

wherein the through hole of the third inorganic insulating film is provided at a position overlapping the through hole of the first inorganic insulating film when viewed in a plan view.

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

a lower electrode formed above the first organic film, the lower electrode connecting the photodiode and the thin film transistor,

wherein the through hole of the first inorganic insulating film exposes a part of the first organic film at a position that does not overlap the lower electrode when viewed in a plan view.

9. The photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a second inorganic insulating film that covers at least a part of the first inorganic insulating film and at least a part of the photodiode; and

a second organic film formed above the second inorganic insulating film,

wherein at least a part of the second inorganic insulating film is arranged in the through hole.

10. 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 insulating film contains silicon nitride.

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

forming a thin film transistor;

forming a first organic film above the thin film transistor;

forming a photodiode above the first organic film;

forming a first inorganic insulating film to cover at least a part of the first organic film; and

forming, in the first inorganic insulating film, a through hole that exposes a part of the first organic film.

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

forming a second organic film above the first organic film,

wherein the forming of the through hole in the first inorganic insulating film includes forming, in the first inorganic insulating film, a through hole that connects the first organic film and the second organic film.

13. The method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 12 , further comprising:

forming a second inorganic insulating film that covers at least a part of the first inorganic insulating film in which the through hole is formed, and at least a part of the photodiode; and

forming a hole portion in communication with the through hole, in the second inorganic insulating film, at a position overlapping the through hole when viewed in a plan view.

14. The method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 12 , further comprising:

forming a second inorganic insulating film that covers at least a part of the first inorganic insulating film, and at least a part of the photodiode, before the through hole is formed,

wherein the forming of the through hole includes etching a part of the first organic insulating film and a part of the second inorganic insulating film together to form the through hole, and a hole portion in communication with the through hole, in the second inorganic insulating film, at a position overlapping the through hole when viewed in a plan view.

15. The method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 11 , further comprising:

forming a lower electrode connected to the thin film transistor above the first organic film,

wherein the forming of the first inorganic insulating film includes forming the first inorganic insulating film such that the first inorganic insulating film covers a part of the lower electrode,

the forming of the through hole includes forming the through hole such that the through hole exposes a part of the first organic film, in the first inorganic insulating film, at a position that does not overlap the lower electrode when viewed in a plan view, and

the forming of the photodiode includes forming the photodiode such that the photodiode is connected to the lower electrode above the lower electrode.

16. The method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion panel according to claim 15 , further comprising:

forming a second inorganic insulating film that covers at least a part of the first inorganic insulating film and at least a part of the photodiode,

wherein the forming of the second inorganic insulating film includes forming the second inorganic insulating film such that at least a part thereof is formed in the through hole; and

forming a second organic film above the second inorganic insulating film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2021
From: MORIWAKI, HIROYUKI; NAKAZAWA, MAKOTO; TANISHIMA, TETSUYA; TAKITA, RIKIYA
To: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057113/0513 →
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