IP Library Granted Patent US 7,550,772
Granted Patent B2
US 7,550,772 · App. 11/741,272 · Granted Jun 23, 2009

Image display device and manufacturing method thereof

Assignee: Hitachi, Displays, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,550,772
App. No.
11/741,272
Granted
Jun 23, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display device of reduced cost is provided. A plurality of gate lines, a plurality of signal lines formed to cross the gate lines in a matrix fashion, and a plurality of thin-film transistors are formed on an insulating substrate, and the plurality of gate lines are laminated electrodes. The plurality of thin-film transistors are configured of transistors of two types of an n-channel conductivity type and a p-channel conductivity type. Gate electrodes of thin-film transistors of one type are laminated electrodes of the same configuration as the gate lines, and gate electrodes of thin-film transistors of the other type are configured of electrodes of the same layer as bottom electrodes of the gate lines.

Claims (14)

1. An image display device comprising a plurality of gate lines formed on an insulating substrate, a plurality of signal lines formed to cross said plurality of gate lines in a matrix fashion, and a plurality of thin-film transistors,

wherein said plurality of gate lines have a laminated structure, said plurality of thin-film transistors include transistors of two types of an n-channel conductivity type and a p-channel conductivity type, gate electrodes of thin-film transistors of one type are laminated electrodes of the same configuration as said gate lines, and gate electrodes of thin-film transistors of the other type are electrodes of the same layer as bottom electrodes of said gate lines.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said gate lines and said signal lines have a laminated structure, and an upper film of said gate lines and a lower film of said signal lines are of the same material.

3. An image display device comprising a plurality of gate lines formed on an insulating substrate, a plurality of signal lines formed to cross said plurality of gate lines in a matrix fashion, and a plurality of thin-film transistors,

wherein said plurality of gate lines have a laminated structure, pixel electrodes are provided in a region surrounded by said plurality of gate lines and said plurality of signal lines, said plurality of thin-film transistors include transistors of two types of an n-channel conductivity type and a p-channel conductivity type, gate electrodes of thin-film transistors of one type are of the same material as said pixel electrodes, and gate electrodes of thin-film transistors of the other type have a laminated structure of a layer of the same material as said gate lines and a layer of the same material as said pixel electrodes.

4. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein gate electrodes of said thin-film transistors of the other type are laminated electrodes of the same configuration as said gate lines, and a lower film of said laminated electrodes and gate electrodes of said thin-film transistors of one type are electrodes of the same layer as said pixel electrodes.

5. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein said pixel electrodes and gate electrodes of said thin-film transistors of one type are transparent electrodes.

6. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein a film thickness of said pixel electrodes and gate electrodes of said thin-film transistors of one type is 20 nm or more to 60 nm or less.

7. The image display device according to claim 3 , further comprising an interlayer insulating film between said gate lines and said signal lines, and electrodes of the same material as said pixel electrodes located via said interlayer insulating film above said pixel electrodes.

8. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein intersection portions of said gate lines and said signal lines have a configuration in which the lower film of the gate lines, the interlayer insulating film, and the signal lines are laminated in this order when viewed from the substrate.

9. The image display device according to claim 3 , further comprising a passivation film that is in contact with an upper surface of said signal lines, and a light emitting layer formed to be in contact with an upper surface and a side surface of said passivation film and with an upper surface of said pixel electrodes.

10. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein said interlayer insulating film has contact holes, and the image display device has a light emitting layer formed to be in contact with an upper surface of said pixel electrodes and an upper surface and a side surface of said interlayer insulating film.

11. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein said signal lines have a laminated structure, and an oxide film serving as an upper film of said signal lines is formed on a surface of said signal lines.

12. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein gate electrodes of said plurality of thin-film transistors and said gate lines are laminated electrodes having as a lower layer of the same material as said pixel electrodes, and top electrodes of said laminated electrodes are subjected to size reduction processing with respect to the bottom electrodes of the same material as said pixel electrodes.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0644 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0223 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065654/0250 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 14, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0139 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS Recorded Oct 14, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2007
From: TOYOTA, YOSHIAKI; SATO, TAKESHI; MATSUMURA, MIEKO
To: HITACHI, DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 019289/0885 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-125338 · Apr 28, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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