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Granted Patent B2
US 12,532,543 · App. 18/324,949 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Display device and method of fabricating the same

Inventors: Yeon Keon Moon (Hwaseong-si, KR); Tae Sang Kim (Seoul, KR); Joon Seok Park (Yongin-si, KR); Myoung Hwa Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyung Jun Kim (Seoul, KR); Sang Woo Sohn (Yongin-si, KR); Hye Lim Choi (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10D86/60H10D86/021H10D86/423H10D86/431H10D86/441H10D86/481
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Patent No.
US 12,532,543
App. No.
18/324,949
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate; a first active layer of a first transistor and a second active layer of a second transistor on the substrate; a first gate insulating layer on the first active layer; a first gate electrode on the first gate insulating layer; a second gate insulating layer on the second active layer; and a second gate electrode on the second gate insulating layer, wherein a hydrogen concentration of the first gate insulating layer is lower than a hydrogen concentration of the second gate insulating layer.

Claims (33)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a light shielding layer on the substrate;

a buffer layer on the light shielding layer;

a first active layer of a first transistor located on the buffer layer and comprising a first channel region overlapping the light shielding layer in a thickness direction of the substrate;

a first gate insulating layer on the first channel region;

a first gate electrode of the first transistor located on the first gate insulating layer and overlapping the first channel region in the thickness direction of the substrate;

a second gate insulating layer on the first gate electrode;

a capacitor electrode on the second gate insulating layer and overlapping the first gate electrode in a thickness direction of the substrate;

an interlayer dielectric layer on the capacitor electrode and the first active layer;

a first source electrode on the interlayer dielectric layer, wherein the first source electrode is connected to a first source region of the first active layer via a first contact hole which penetrates the interlayer dielectric layer; and

a driving voltage line on the interlayer dielectric layer, and

wherein the first source electrode is connected to the light shielding layer via a second contact hole which penetrates the interlayer dielectric layer and the buffer layer, and

wherein the driving voltage line is connected to the capacitor electrode via a third contact hole which penetrates the interlayer dielectric layer, and

wherein the capacitor electrode overlaps the first gate electrode in the thickness direction of the substrate and is not physically connected to the first gate electrode to form a capacitor between the capacitor electrode and the first gate electrode.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a length of the light shielding layer in one direction is greater than a length of the capacitor electrode.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second active layer of a second transistor on the buffer layer,

wherein the second gate insulating layer is on a second channel region of the second active layer.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , further comprising:

a second gate electrode of the second transistor located on the second gate insulating layer and overlapping the second channel region in the thickness direction of the substrate.

5 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein a hydrogen concentration of the first gate insulating layer is lower than a hydrogen concentration of the second gate insulating layer.

6 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the second active layer further comprises a second source region on a first side of the second channel region, and a second drain region on a second side of the second channel region that is opposite to the first side of the second channel region.

7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the interlayer dielectric layer is on the second source region and the second drain region.

8 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first active layer and the second active layer are formed of an oxide semiconductor comprising indium, gallium, and oxygen.

9 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a minimum thickness of the first gate insulating layer is greater than a minimum thickness of the second gate insulating layer.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second gate insulating layer is on an upper surface and side surfaces of the first gate electrode.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the capacitor electrode is on an upper surface and side surfaces of the second gate insulating layer.

12 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the capacitor electrode is on the upper surface and the side surfaces of the first gate electrode.

13 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first source region is on a first side of the first channel region, and a first drain region of the first active layer is on a second side of the first channel region that is opposite to the first side of the first channel region.

14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second gate insulating layer is on a portion of the first source region and a portion of the first drain region.

15 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein the interlayer dielectric layer is on another portion of the first source region and another portion of the first drain region.

16 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first gate insulating layer and the second gate insulating layer comprise a silicon oxide layer.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0125912 · Oct 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16906948 · Jun 19, 2020
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