Background technology
Traditional cathode-ray tube (CRT) (Cathode Ray Tube, CRT) display relies on the phosphor powder on the cathode-ray tube (CRT) emitting electrons bump screen to come display image, and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD) principle is different fully with CRT monitor, usually, liquid crystal indicator has upper substrate (also claiming colored filter substrate) and infrabasal plate (also claiming array base palte), have each other certain intervals and mutually over against, be formed on two substrates a plurality of electrodes mutually over against, liquid crystal is clipped between upper substrate and the following basic meal, voltage is applied on the liquid crystal by the electrode on the substrate, thereby changes the arrangement display image of liquid crystal molecule then according to the voltage that is acted on.But aforesaid liquid crystal indicator itself oneself is not launched light, it needs extra light source to come display image, therefore, liquid crystal indicator has the backlight that is positioned at the liquid crystal panel back, thereby controls from backlight quantity of incident light display image according to the arrangement of liquid crystal molecule.The structure of general liquid crystal indicator is as follows: accompany glass substrate, colored filter, electrode, liquid crystal layer and thin film transistor (TFT) between two polaroids, liquid crystal molecule is the material with refractive index and dielectric constant anisotropy.The light process that backlight sends is polaroid down, becomes the polarized light with certain polarization direction.Institute's making alive between the transistor controls electrode, and this voltage acts on the polarization direction that liquid crystal is controlled polarized light, polarized light forms monochromatic polarized light after seeing through corresponding color film chromatograph, if polarized light can penetrate the upper strata polaroid, then demonstrates corresponding color; According to the electric field intensity difference, the deflection angle of liquid crystal molecule is also different, and the light intensity that sees through is different, and the brightness of demonstration is also different, and the combination that the optical filter by three kinds of colors of RGB forms different light intensity shows motley image.
In the array base palte of present liquid crystal indicator, wiring mainly is made up of the first metal layer, second metal level, active layer, oxide conducting layer and dielectric film in the array base palte.The part of wiring is made of the first metal layer in the controlling grid scan line of array side, public electrode and terminal wiring, the screen, and wiring is to be made of second metal level in signal scanning line, the wiring of part terminal, the screen.Flow into second metal level as signal demand from the first metal layer, or second metal level is when flowing into the first metal layer, needs by making the first metal layer, the second metal layer contacting hole also connects by the oxide conducting layer.
Using in four light shield manufacturing array substrate process at present, at first the sputter the first metal layer forms the figure of the first metal layer by the mode of technology on glass substrate, deposit dielectric film then, deposit active layer then, sputter second metal level, by gray tone mask plate (Gray Tone Mask, hereinafter to be referred as GTM) or intermediate tone mask plate (Half Tone Mask, hereinafter to be referred as HTM) Exposure mode form the figure and the transistor channel of second metal level, deposit dielectric film then, the dielectric film at etching the first metal layer and place, the second metal layer contacting hole, sputter oxide conducting layer then, connect the figure of the first metal layer and second metal level, it is electrically connected, and form the terminal pressure contact portion.And in five light shield technology, the active layer and second metal level do not form by the mask exposure mode of GTM or HTM, but form by two masks.
But in above-mentioned manufacturing process, owing to have dielectric film to exist between the first metal layer and second metal level and second metal and the oxide conducting layer, can prevent the electric short circuit phenomenon of first metal survey layer and second metal level and second metal level and oxide conducting layer.And in the array design, for the first metal layer and second metal level that need be electrically connected can normally be connected, portion of terminal can be electrically connected with external circuit in crimping, need on dielectric film, the mode by the etching contact hole expose the metal surface, connect by the oxide conducting layer again.But at present owing to the first metal layer, second metal level, oxide conducting layer belong to different process layers, between have dielectric film to exist, that is to say between the first metal layer and the oxide conducting layer to have two-layer dielectric film, have dielectric film between second metal level and the oxide conducting layer.And all places that need the etching contact hole are while etchings in the etching technics, just after the contact hole etching of second layer on surface of metal is finished, also need the contact hole on the first metal layer surface is proceeded etching, its result is exactly after the contact hole etching on the first metal layer is finished, the surface that the second metal layer contacting hole exists has been crossed and has been carved a period of time, the surface coarse injustice that can become, after connecting by the oxide conducting layer, it is very big that the contact resistance on contact hole surface can become, influenced the electrically conducting ability greatly, the number that rolls up contact hole can increase ducting capacity but can impact wiring and the viewing area aperture opening ratio that shields periphery.
Embodiment
Be described in further detail below with reference to the manufacture method of accompanying drawing LCD device array substrates of the present invention.
Embodiment 1
In manufacture method first embodiment of liquid crystal indicator of the present invention, shown in Figure 1A, sputter the first metal layer 200 on glass 100 surfaces of cleaning at first, the coating photoresist, after the exposure of the first light shield mask plate, developing, the first metal layer 200 figures, stripping photoresist are then made in etching again.
Shown in Figure 1B, deposit dielectric film 300 on the basis of finishing the first metal layer 200 that is to say the protection dielectric film 300 that forms the first metal layer 200 figures at area B-B '.On dielectric film 300 and be positioned at zone C-C ' and go up deposit active layer 400, on dielectric film 300 and be positioned at area B-B ' and go up sputter and form second metal level 500, be coated with photoresist 600 then, by the second light shield mask board to explosure, development, this second light shield mask plate is gray tone mask plate (Gray Tone Mask, hereinafter to be referred as GTM) or intermediate tone mask plate (Half Tone Mask, hereinafter to be referred as HTM), be divided into the exposure situation of photoresist 600 two-layer by the second light shield mask plate.
Shown in Fig. 1 C, peel off the ground floor photoresist, form the channel region of second metal level 500 by the etching mode, peel off second layer photoresist 602 then.
Shown in Fig. 1 D, be coated with photoresist 600 again on the surface of second metal level 500, form the contact hole 901 and 903 of the figure of the first metal layer 200 by the exposure of the 3rd light shield mask plate, the back of developing.
Shown in Fig. 1 E, etching contact hole 901,903 comes out up to the first metal layer 200 figures at contact hole 901,903 places, and stripping photoresist 600 then.
Shown in Fig. 1 F, form contact hole 901,903 backs at surface sputtering oxide conducting layer 800, coating photoresist 600 is by the figure that the 4th light shield mask plate exposes, development forms oxide conducting layer 800.
Shown in Fig. 1 G, etching forms the figure of oxide conducting layer 800, keeps the photoresist 600 that is not exposed, at the surface deposition dielectric film 700 that remains with the photoresist 600 that is not exposed.
Shown in Fig. 1 H, peel off the photoresist 600 that is not exposed by solvent, the dielectric film 700 on the photoresist 600 that also will not be exposed is simultaneously peeled off, and the rear oxidation thing conductive layer 800 of peeling off by above-mentioned photoresist 600 and dielectric film 700 is exposed.Like this, the terminal pressure contact portion 1001,1002 of the required the first metal layer that is electrically connected 200 and second metal level 500, regional A-A ' and B-B ' and contact hole 901,903 all etching finish.
Pass through the method, when forming contact hole 901,903, the etching contact hole need not be passed through in second metal level, 500 surfaces, and the mode that directly contacts with oxide conducting layer 800 on second metal level, 500 surfaces is electrically connected, realize being electrically connected of the first metal layer 200 and second metal level 500 by the contact hole on the first metal layer 200 surfaces again, improved the ducting capacity of contact hole 901,903 like this, can reduce original contact hole number, for the wiring in shielding provides bigger space.Improved the signal input capability of second metal level 500 in addition, the contact hole in the pixel of viewing area also can omit, thereby has improved the input capability of aperture opening ratio and picture element signal.Simultaneously, because dielectric film 700 is formed on the oxide conducting layer 800, thus between the figure of the first metal layer 200 and oxide conducting layer 800, have only dielectric film 300 to exist, thus memory capacitance E increases, and helps improving aperture ratio of pixels in design.
Embodiment 2
In embodiment 2, the first five step of embodiment 2 is identical with Figure 1A to 1E of embodiment 1, here just no longer describe in detail, itself and embodiment 1 difference are: shown in Fig. 2 A, the 4th light shield uses gray tone mask plate (Gray Tone Mask, hereinafter to be referred as GTM) or intermediate tone mask plate (Half Tone Mask, hereinafter to be referred as HTM) expose, be not exposed at the pixel electrode area H of oxide conducting layer 800 reserve part photoresist 602, after the etching gestalt becomes the figure of oxide conducting layer 800, shown in Fig. 2 B, the photoresist 602 that ashing is not exposed, photoresist 602 reservations on the figure of oxide conducting layer 800 beyond the pixel electrode are at surface deposition dielectric film 700; By solvent stripping photoresist 602, the dielectric film 700 on the photoresist 602 is stripped from simultaneously shown in Fig. 2 C, and the oxide conducting layer 800 that is positioned at like this on second metal level 500 just is exposed.Because there is dielectric film 700 in pixel electrode area H, when friction process, can not cause friction bad owing to the figure of the first metal layer 200 and the figure of second metal level 500 and the section difference between the pixel electrode, improved friction, capability.
Embodiment 3
As shown in Figure 3A, at first sputter the first metal layer 200 on glass 100 surfaces of cleaning is coated with photoresist, and after the exposure of the first light shield mask plate, developing, the first metal layer 200 figures, stripping photoresist are then made in etching again.
Shown in Fig. 3 B, deposit dielectric film 300 on the basis of finishing the first metal layer 200 that is to say the protection dielectric film 300 that forms the figure of the first metal layer 200 at area B-B '.On dielectric film 300 and be positioned at zone C-C ' and go up deposit active layer 400, on dielectric film 300 and be positioned at area B-B ' and go up sputter and form second metal level 500, be coated with photoresist 600 then, by the second light shield mask board to explosure, development, this second light shield mask plate is GTM plate or HTM plate, by the second light shield mask plate exposure situation of photoresist 600 is divided into three layers, removes by the photoresist of light.
Shown in Fig. 3 C, etching forms the figure of needed second metal level 500, and next peels off the ground floor photoresist, forms channel region by technology etching mode, peels off second layer photoresist 602 once more, keeps the 3rd layer photoetching glue 603.
Shown in Fig. 3 D,, form the isolated protective layer on second metal level, 500 surfaces at the surface deposition dielectric film 700 that remains with the 3rd layer photoetching glue 603.
Shown in Fig. 3 E; coating photoresist 600 on dielectric film 700; by etching technics etching contact hole 901; 902; 903; 904; when etching into the 3rd layer photoetching glue 603 surfaces; because the contact hole 901 on the first metal layer 200 surfaces; 903 incomplete etchings are finished; so also can continue etching; but on second metal level, 500 surfaces that have the 3rd layer photoetching glue 603 to exist; because the protection of the 3rd layer photoetching glue 603 can not be etched again; so second metal level, 500 surfaces can not be subjected to the destruction of etching, the contact hole 901 complete etchings that etching is performed until on the first metal layer 200 are finished.
Shown in Fig. 3 F, contact hole 901 on the first metal layer 200, after 903 complete etchings are finished, peel off the 3rd layer photoetching glue 603 of reservation by the mode of peeling off, be stripped from simultaneously at the dielectric film 700 that remains with on the 3rd layer photoetching glue 603 this moment, and formed contact hole 902,904, so after peeling off by this, second metal level, 500 surfaces under the 3rd layer photoetching glue 603 come out.Like this, the contact hole 901,902 of the first metal layer 200 of the required the first metal layer that is electrically connected 200 and second metal level 500 and terminal pressure contact portion 1001,1002 and second metal level 500 all etching finish.
Shown in Fig. 3 G, sputter oxide conducting layer 800 on dielectric film 700, this moment, the first metal layer 200 and second metal level 500 were electrically connected.Form the figure of oxide conducting layer 800 then by Exposure mode.
Shown in Fig. 3 H, coating photoresist 600 on oxide conducting layer 800, the exposed portion of etching oxide conductive layer 800, glass photomask glue 600 then, and part that does not need in the oxide conducting layer 800 to be electrically connected and the part that does not need figure are removed.
By the method, forming contact hole 901,902, in the time of 903,904, second metal level, 500 surfaces can be by over etching in contact hole etching technology, thereby can guarantee that contact hole place second metal level, 500 surface contacted resistances can not become big bad because of over etching, improved contact hole 901,902,903,904 ducting capacity, can reduce original contact hole number,, improve the input capability of picture element signal for the wiring in shielding provides bigger space.
In the above-described embodiments, the material therefor of the first metal layer described in the present invention can be AlNd, AI, Cu, MO, MoW or Cr a kind of or be AlNd, AI, Cu, MO, one of MoW or Cr or that combination in any constituted was compound.Described dielectric film can be Si02, one of SiNx or SiOxNy material or that combination in any constituted was compound.The described second metal level metal is Mo, MoW or Cr a kind of or be Mo, and one of MoW or Cr or that combination in any constituted was compound, described oxide conducting layer is a transparency conducting layer, as indium tin oxide, indium-zinc oxide.
That more than introduces only is based on preferred embodiment of the present invention, can not limit scope of the present invention with this.Any measurement mechanism of the present invention is done replacement, the combination, discrete of step well know in the art, and the invention process step is done well know in the art being equal to change or replace and all do not exceed exposure of the present invention and protection domain.