DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE
20240237367 ยท 2024-07-11
Inventors
Cpc classification
H01L29/08
ELECTRICITY
H01L21/77
ELECTRICITY
H01L21/34
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/786
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/06
ELECTRICITY
International classification
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a thin film transistor located on the base substrate and including a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode and an active layer, and thicknesses of the source electrode and the drain electrode being less than a predetermined threshold; a protection layer located at a side of the thin film transistor away from the base substrate and including a first via hole and a second via hole, and a conductive connection pattern being arranged in the first via hole; and a data line arranged at a same layer and made of a same material as the gate electrode, the data line being coupled to the source electrode of the thin film transistor through the conductive connection pattern in the first via hole of the protection layer.
Claims
1. A display substrate, comprising: a base substrate; a thin film transistor located on the base substrate, the thin film transistor comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, an active layer located at a side of the source electrode and the drain electrode away from the base substrate, and a gate electrode located at a side of the active layer away from the base substrate, and a thickness of the source electrode and a thickness of the drain electrode being less than a predetermined threshold; a protection layer located at a side of the thin film transistor away from the base substrate, the protection layer comprising a first via hole and a second via hole, and a conductive connection pattern being arranged in the first via hole; and a data line arranged at a same layer and made of a same material as the gate electrode, the data line being coupled to the source electrode of the thin film transistor through the conductive connection pattern in the first via hole of the protection layer.
2. The display substrate according to claim 1, further comprising a gate line located at a side of the protection layer away from the base substrate and coupled to the gate electrode though the second via hole penetrating through the protection layer.
3. The display substrate according to claim 2, wherein the second via hole is filled with a conductive connection structure through which the gate line is coupled to the gate electrode, and the conductive connection structure is made of a same material as a common electrode of the display substrate.
4. The display substrate according to claim 3, wherein the conductive connection pattern comprises a first conductive connection pattern and a second conductive connection pattern laminated one on another, the first conductive connection pattern is made of a same material as the common electrode, and the second conductive connection pattern is made of a same material as the gate line.
5. The display substrate according to claim 1, further comprising a pixel electrode coupled to the drain electrode and lapped onto the drain electrode.
6. The display substrate according to claim 1, further comprising a light shielding pattern located at a side of the active layer close to the base substrate, wherein an orthogonal projection of the active layer onto the base substrate is within an orthogonal projection of the light shielding pattern onto the base substrate.
7. The display substrate according to claim 1, further comprising a first planarization layer and a second planarization layer, wherein the light shielding pattern is located between the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer.
8. The display substrate according to claim 1, wherein the active layer is made of an organic semiconductor (OSC).
9. The display substrate according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the active layer ranges from 10 ? to 3000 ?.
10. The display substrate according to claim 1, wherein the base substrate comprises a glass substrate, a tantalum carbide (TAC) substrate, and a carrier adhesive through which the glass substrate is adhered to the TAC substrate.
11. A display device, comprising a display substrate, wherein the display substrate comprises: a base substrate; a thin film transistor located on the base substrate, the thin film transistor comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, an active layer located at a side of the source electrode and the drain electrode away from the base substrate, and a gate electrode located at a side of the active layer away from the base substrate, and a thickness of the source electrode and a thickness of the drain electrode being less than a predetermined threshold; a protection layer located at a side of the thin film transistor away from the base substrate, the protection layer comprising a first via hole and a second via hole, and a conductive connection pattern being arranged in the first via hole; and a data line arranged at a same layer and made of a same material as the gate electrode, the data line being coupled to the source electrode of the thin film transistor through the conductive connection pattern in the first via hole of the protection layer.
12. A method for manufacturing a display substrate, comprising: providing a base substrate; forming a thin film transistor on the base substrate, the thin film transistor comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, an active layer located at a side of the source electrode and the drain electrode away from the base substrate, and a gate electrode located at a side of the active layer away from the base substrate, and a thickness of the source electrode and a thickness of the drain electrode being less than a predetermined threshold; forming a protection layer at a side of the thin film transistor away from the base substrate, the protection layer comprising a first via hole and a second via hole, and a conductive connection pattern being arranged in the first via hole; and forming a data line arranged at a same layer and made of a same material as the gate electrode, the data line being coupled to the source electrode of the thin film transistor through the conductive connection pattern in the first via hole of the protection layer.
13. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the display substrate further comprises a gate line located at a side of the protection layer away from the base substrate and coupled to the gate electrode though the second via hole penetrating through the protection layer.
14. The display device according to claim 13, wherein the second via hole is filled with a conductive connection structure through which the gate line is coupled to the gate electrode, and the conductive connection structure is made of a same material as a common electrode of the display substrate.
15. The display device according to claim 14, wherein the conductive connection pattern comprises a first conductive connection pattern and a second conductive connection pattern laminated one on another, the first conductive connection pattern is made of a same material as the common electrode, and the second conductive connection pattern is made of a same material as the gate line.
16. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the display substrate further comprises a pixel electrode coupled to the drain electrode and lapped onto the drain electrode.
17. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the display substrate further comprises a light shielding pattern located at a side of the active layer close to the base substrate, wherein an orthogonal projection of the active layer onto the base substrate is within an orthogonal projection of the light shielding pattern onto the base substrate.
18. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the display substrate further comprises a first planarization layer and a second planarization layer, wherein the light shielding pattern is located between the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer.
19. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the active layer is made of an organic semiconductor (OSC).
20. The display device according to claim 11, wherein a thickness of the active layer ranges from 10 ? to 3000 ?.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0026] 1 glass substrate [0027] 2 carrier adhesive [0028] 3 TAC substrate [0029] 4 planarization layer [0030] 41 first planarization layer [0031] 42 second planarization layer [0032] 5 light shielding pattern [0033] 61 source electrode [0034] 611 first source electrode portion [0035] 612 second source electrode portion [0036] 62 drain electrode [0037] 63 active layer [0038] 631 first active portion [0039] 632 second active portion [0040] 64 gate electrode [0041] 641 first gate electrode portion [0042] 642 second gate electrode portion [0043] 65 gate insulation layer [0044] 651 first gate insulation portion [0045] 652 second gate insulation portion [0046] 7 protection layer [0047] 71 first via hole [0048] 72 second via hole [0049] 8 common electrode [0050] 9 gate line [0051] 10 pixel electrode [0052] 11 data line [0053] 12 conductive connection pattern [0054] 1201 first conductive connection pattern [0055] 1202 second conductive connection pattern
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0056] In order to make the objects, the technical solutions and the advantages of the present disclosure more apparent, the present disclosure will be described hereinafter in a clear and complete manner in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments.
[0057] Electronic/optoelectronic devices made of an OSC have attracted more and more attention due to a high on-state current and a good on-off time ratio, and the electronic products are flexible due to mechanical characteristics of the OSC.
[0058] When an oversized display panel is manufactured, in a top-gate bottom-contact OTFT, a thickness of a source/drain metal layer is greater than 2000 ?, and a thickness of an OSC material is merely 500 ?, so film thickness uniformity in a channel region will be adversely affected due to a thickness difference.
[0059] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device, so as to improve the uniformity of the OSC through adjusting a position of a film layer without changing an original process, providing more masks or changing the thickness of the source/drain metal layer.
[0060] The present disclosure provides in some embodiments a display substrate, which includes: a base substrate: a thin film transistor located on the base substrate, the thin film transistor including a source electrode, a drain electrode, an active layer located at a side of the source electrode and the drain electrode away from the base substrate, and a gate electrode located at a side of the active layer away from the base substrate, and a thickness of the source electrode and a thickness of the drain electrode being less than a predetermined threshold: a protection layer located at a side of the thin film transistor away from the base substrate, the protection layer including a first via hole and a second via hole, and a conductive connection pattern being arranged in the first via hole: and a data line arranged at a same layer and made of a same material as the gate electrode, the data line being coupled to the source electrode of the thin film transistor through the conductive connection pattern in the first via hole of the protection layer.
[0061] As shown in
[0062] A source/drain metal layer is made of Cuprum (Cu), Aluminium (Al), Argentum (Ag), Molybdenum (Mo), Chromium (Cr), Neodymium (Nd), Nickel (Ni), Manganese (Mn), Titanium (Ti), Tantalum (Ta), Tungsten (W), or an alloy thereof, and it has a single-layer structure or a multi-layer structure, such as Cu\Mo, Ti\Cu\Ti, or Mo\Al\Mo.
[0063] A gate metal layer is made of Cu, Al, Ag, Mo, Cr, Nd, Ni, Mn, Ti, Ta, W or an alloy thereof, and it has a single-layer structure or a multi-layer structure, such as Cu\Mo, Ti\Cu\Ti, or Mo\Al\Mo.
[0064] The protection layer is made of an oxide, a nitride, or an oxynitride. Specifically, the protection layer is made of SiNx, SiOx, Si(ON)x, or Al.sub.2O.sub.3. The protection layer has a single-layer structure, or a double-layer structure including a silicon nitride layer and a silicon oxide layer. A reactive gas corresponding to silicon oxide is a mixture of SiH.sub.4 and N.sub.2O, and a reactive gas corresponding to nitride or oxynitride is a mixture of SiH.sub.4, NH.sub.3 and N.sub.2 or a mixture of SiH.sub.2Cl.sub.2, NH.sub.3 and N.sub.2. A pattern of a passivation layer including a via hole is formed through a single patterning process.
[0065] In the related art, when an oversized display panel is manufactured, a thickness of the source/drain metal layer is too large, e.g., 3000 ?, resulting in a decrease in the flatness of the OSC in the channel region of the source/drain metal layer. According to the display substrate in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the thickness of the source/drain metal layer is less than the predetermined threshold, so it is able to ensure the uniformity of the active layer in the case that the thickness of the source electrode and the thickness of the drain electrode are small.
[0066] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the data line is arranged at the first gate metal layer where the gate electrode 64 is located, so as to not increase the thickness of the source/drain metal layer while increasing the thickness of the data lien to reduce a resistance of the data line, thereby to prevent the uniformity of the active layer from being adversely affected.
[0067] For example, the display substrate further includes a gate line located at a side of the protection layer away from the base substrate and coupled to the gate electrode though the second via hole penetrating through the protection layer.
[0068] As shown in
[0069] According to the display substrate in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the gate electrode is coupled to the gate line through the second via hole in the protection layer, so as to apply a gate voltage to the gate electrode.
[0070] For example, the second via hole is filled with a conductive connection structure through which the gate line is coupled to the gate electrode, and the conductive connection structure is made of a same material as a common electrode of the display substrate.
[0071] The common electrode is made of indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), or any other transparent metal oxides.
[0072] As shown in
[0073] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the conductive connection structure is made of a same material as the common electrode of the display substrate, so as to reduce the quantity of masks.
[0074] For example, the conductive connection pattern includes a first conductive connection pattern and a second conductive connection pattern laminated one on another, the first conductive connection pattern is made of a same material as the common electrode, and the second conductive connection pattern is made of a same material as the gate line.
[0075] As shown in
[0076] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the first conductive connection pattern is made of a same material as the common electrode and the second conductive connection pattern is made of a same material as the gate line, it is able to form the first conductive connection pattern 1201 and the common electrode 8 through a single patterning process, and form the second conductive connection pattern 1202 and the gate line 9 through a single patterning process, thereby to reduce the quantity of masks.
[0077] For example, the display substrate further includes a pixel electrode coupled to the drain electrode and lapped onto the drain electrode.
[0078] The pixel electrode is made of ITO, IZO, or any other transparent metal oxides.
[0079] As shown in
[0080] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the pixel electrode is lapped onto the drain electrode, it is able to apply a data voltage to the pixel electrode when the thin film transistor is turned on.
[0081] For example, the display substrate further includes a light shielding pattern located at a side of the active layer close to the base substrate, and an orthogonal projection of the active layer onto the base substrate is within an orthogonal projection of the light shielding pattern onto the base substrate.
[0082] As shown in
[0083] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, through the light shielding pattern, it is able to prevent a channel portion of the active layer from being adversely affected by electromagnetic signals, thereby to prevent the performance of the thin film transistor from being adversely affected.
[0084] For example, the display substrate further includes a first planarization layer and a second planarization layer, and the light shielding pattern is located between the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer.
[0085] As shown in
[0086] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, through the planarization layer, it is able to achieve the planarization between the film layers.
[0087] For example, the active layer is made of an OSC.
[0088] As shown in
[0089] Due to excellent processing performance and mechanical performance of the OSC, it is able to process the OTFT at a large area with a simple process, and reduce the processing cost. In addition, the OTFT has excellent bending performance. For example, a thickness of the active layer ranges from 10 ? to 3000 ?.
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[0091] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the thickness of the active layer 63 ranges from 10 ? to 3000 ?, it is able to ensure the performance of the thin film transistor as well as the uniformity of the active layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode.
[0092] For example, the base substrate includes a glass substrate, a TAC substrate, and a carrier adhesive through which the glass substrate is adhered to the TAC substrate.
[0093] As shown in
[0094] According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the base substrate includes the glass substrate, the TAC substrate, and the carrier adhesive through which the glass substrate is coupled to the TAC substrate, it is able to improve a support capability, optical uniformity, and transparency of the base substrate.
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[0106] The present disclosure further provides in some embodiments a display device, which includes the above-mentioned display substrate.
[0107] The display device includes, but not limited to, a radio frequency unit, a network module, an audio output unit, an input unit, a sensor, a display unit, a user input unit, an interface unit, a memory, a processor, and a power source. It should be appreciated that, the display device may not be limited thereto, i.e., it may include more or fewer members, or some members may be combined, or the members may be arranged in different modes. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the display device may include, but not limited to, display, mobile phone, flat-panel computer, television, wearable electronic device or navigator.
[0108] The display device may be any product or member having a display function, such as a television, a display, a digital photo frame, a mobile phone and a tablet computer. The display device further includes a flexible circuit board, a printed circuit board and a back plate.
[0109] The present disclosure further provides in some embodiments a method for manufacturing a display substrate, which includes: providing a base substrate, the base substrate including a glass substrate, a TAC substrate, and a carrier adhesive through which the glass substrate is coupled to the TAC substrate: forming a thin film transistor located on the base substrate, the thin film transistor including a source electrode, a drain electrode, an active layer located at a side of the source electrode and the drain electrode away from the base substrate, and a gate electrode located at a side of the active layer away from the base substrate, a thickness of the source electrode and a thickness of the drain electrode being less than a predetermined threshold, the active layer being made of an organic semiconductor, and a thickness of the active layer ranging from 10 ? to 3000 ?; forming a protection layer located at a side of the thin film transistor away from the base substrate, the protection layer including a first via hole and a second via hole, and a conductive connection pattern being arranged in the first via hole: and forming a data line arranged at a same layer and made of a same material as the gate electrode, the data line being coupled to the source electrode of the thin film transistor through the conductive connection pattern in the first via hole of the protection layer.
[0110] For example, the method further includes: forming a common electrode at a side of the protection layer away from the base substrate, and forming a conductive connection structure in the second via hole while forming the common electrode, the gate line being coupled to the gate electrode through the conductive connection structure, the conductive connection structure being made of a same material as the common electrode of the display substrate: and forming a first conductive connection pattern in the first via hole, the first conductive connection pattern being made of a same material as the common electrode.
[0111] For example, the method further includes: forming a gate line and a second conductive connection pattern at a side of the protection layer away from the common electrode, the gate line being coupled to the gate electrode though the second via hole penetrating through the protection layer, and the second conductive connection pattern being made of a same material as the gate line.
[0112] For example, the method further includes forming a pixel electrode coupled to the drain electrode and lapped onto the drain electrode.
[0113] For example, the method further includes forming a light shielding pattern at a side of the active layer close to the base substrate, and an orthogonal projection of the active layer onto the base substrate is within an orthogonal projection of the light shielding pattern onto the base substrate.
[0114] For example, the method further includes forming a first planarization layer and a second planarization layer, and the light shielding pattern is located between the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer.
[0115] In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the order of the steps is not limited to the serial numbers thereof. For a person skilled in the art, any change in the order of the steps shall also fall within the scope of the present disclosure if without any creative effort.
[0116] It should be further appreciated that, the above embodiments have been described in a progressive manner, and the same or similar contents in the embodiments have not been repeated, i.e., each embodiment has merely focused on the difference from the others. Especially, the method embodiments are substantially similar to the product embodiments, and thus have been described in a simple manner.
[0117] Unless otherwise defined, any technical or scientific term used herein shall have the common meaning understood by a person of ordinary skills. Such words as first and second used in the specification and claims are merely used to differentiate different components rather than to represent any order, number or importance. Similarly, such words as one or one of are merely used to represent the existence of at least one member, rather than to limit the number thereof. Such words as include or including intends to indicate that an element or object before the word contains an element or object or equivalents thereof listed after the word, without excluding any other element or object. Such words as connect/connected to or couple/coupled to may include electrical connection, direct or indirect, rather than to be limited to physical or mechanical connection. Such words as on, under, left and right are merely used to represent relative position relationship, and when an absolute position of the object is changed, the relative position relationship will be changed too.
[0118] It should be appreciated that, in the case that such an element as layer, film, region or substrate is arranged on or under another element, it may be directly arranged on or under the other element, or an intermediate element may be arranged therebetween.
[0119] In the above description, the features, structures, materials or characteristics may be combined in any embodiment or embodiments in an appropriate manner.
[0120] The above embodiments are for illustrative purposes only, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Obviously, a person skilled in the art may make further modifications and improvements without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure, and these modifications and improvements shall also fall within the scope of the present disclosure.