Thin film transistor base plate and manufacturing process thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of thin film transistor base plate and manufacturing process thereof.
Background technology
Display panels generally includes a thin film transistor base plate, a colored filter substrate and is clipped in the liquid crystal layer between these two substrates; It is through applying voltage respectively to these two substrates; Control therebetween that liquid crystal molecule reverses and realizes passing through or not passing through of light, thereby reach the purpose of demonstration.The liquid crystal drive mode of tradition display panels is a nematic mode, yet its angular field of view is narrow, that is, and and when observing picture from different perspectives, with observing different display effects.
For solving the narrower problem in nematic mode display panels visual angle; Industry proposes a kind of four territory vertical alignment-type liquid crystal display panels, through the opposite flank at these two substrates a plurality of "<" shape projection and groove is set at interval, and each pixel cell is divided into four zones; Each regional liquid crystal molecule has a fixed orientation; Thereby the liquid crystal molecular orientation in the whole pixel cell disperses, and then enlarges the overall viewing angle of this pixel cell, improves the viewing angle characteristic of display panels.
Yet, because long axis of liquid crystal molecule is different with the optical index of minor axis, will produce color offset phenomenon when observing four territory vertical alignment-type liquid crystal display panels from different perspectives, influence display quality.For improving the color offset phenomenon of four territory vertical alignment-type liquid crystal display panels; Industry proposes again a pixel cell is divided into two sub-pixel elements; Each sub-pixel unit is divided into four zones; Offer two sub-pixel elements different operation voltages through two thin-film transistors respectively, thereby realize the eight territories demonstration of vertical alignment-type liquid crystal display panel, improve color offset phenomenon.
Seeing also Fig. 1, is a kind of part plan sketch map of prior art thin film transistor base plate.This thin film transistor base plate 100 comprises many first scan lines 118, many second scan lines 119, many data wires 138, a plurality of the first film transistor 101, a plurality of second thin-film transistor 103, a plurality of first pixel electrode 154, a plurality of second pixel electrode 155, a plurality of first through hole 144 and a plurality of second through hole 145.
These many first scan lines 118 are parallel to each other with these many second scan lines 119 and setting at interval successively.These many data wires 138 and this first scan line 118 and 119 vertically insulated intersecting of second scan line.This first film transistor 101 is positioned at the intersection of this first scan line 118 and this data wire 138, and it comprises a first grid 116, one first source electrode 134 and one first drain electrode 135.This first grid 116 is connected to this first scan line 118; This first source electrode 134 is connected to this data wire 138; This first drain electrode 135 is connected to this first pixel electrode 154 through this first through hole 144.This second thin-film transistor 103 is positioned at the intersection of this second scan line 119 and this data wire 138, and it comprises a second grid 117, one second source electrode 136 and one second drain electrode 137.This second grid 117 is connected to this second scan line 119; This second source electrode 136 is connected to this data wire 138; This second drain electrode 137 is connected to this second pixel electrode 155 through this second through hole 145.
See also Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, Fig. 2 is the generalized section of thin film transistor base plate 100 shown in Figure 1 along the II-II direction, and Fig. 3 is the manufacturing process flow diagram of thin film transistor base plate 100 shown in Figure 1.The manufacturing process of this thin film transistor base plate 100 mainly comprises five road masks, and concrete steps are following:
Step S11: form first grid, second grid, first scan line and second scan line;
One substrate of glass 111 is provided; Form a gate metal layer and one first photoresist layer above that in regular turn; Make public with this first photoresist layer of one first mask alignment, again this first photoresist layer is developed, thereby form a predetermined photoresist pattern.This gate metal layer is carried out etching; To remove not by the part of grid pole metal level of this photoresist pattern covers; And then form this first grid 116, this second grid 117, this first scan line 118 and second scan line 119, remove this first photoresist layer.
Step S12: form gate insulator and semiconductor channel layer;
On this first grid 116, second grid 117, this first scan line 118 and second scan line 119, form a gate insulator 121, semi-conductor layer and one second photoresist layer in regular turn.This semiconductor layer comprises that the amorphous silicon layer and that is positioned on this gate insulator is positioned at the heavily doped amorphous silicon layer on this amorphous silicon layer.Provide this second photoresist layer of one second mask alignment to make public, again the second photoresist layer after the exposure is developed, thereby form a predetermined photoresist pattern.This semiconductor layer is carried out etching, and then form this semiconductor channel layer 126, remove this second photoresist layer.
Step S13: the slit that forms first source electrode, first drain electrode, second source electrode, second source electrode, data wire and semiconductor channel layer;
On this gate insulator 121 and this semiconductor channel layer 126, form one source/drain metal layer and one the 3rd photoresist layer in regular turn.Provide one the 3rd mask alignment the 3rd photoresist layer to make public, again the 3rd photoresist layer after the exposure is developed, thereby form a predetermined photoresist pattern.Successively this source/drain metal layer and semiconductor channel layer 126 are carried out etching; And then form the slit 139 of this first source electrode 134, first drain electrode, 135, second source electrode 136, second source electrode 137, data wire 138 and semiconductor channel layer 126, remove the 3rd photoresist layer.
Step S14: form passivation layer, first through hole and second through hole;
On the slit 139 of this gate insulator 121, this first source electrode 134, first drain electrode, 135, second source electrode 136, second drain electrode 137, data wire 138 and semiconductor channel layer 126, form a passivation layer 141 and one the 4th photoresist layer in regular turn.Provide one the 4th mask alignment the 4th photoresist layer to make public, again the 4th photoresist layer after the exposure is developed, thereby form a predetermined photoresist pattern.This passivation layer 141 is carried out etching, and then form this first through hole 144 that runs through this passivation layer 141 and second through hole 145, remove the 4th photoresist layer.
Step S15: form first pixel electrode and second pixel electrode;
On this passivation layer 141, this first through hole 144 and second through hole 145, form a transparency conducting layer and one the 5th photoresist layer in regular turn.Provide one the 5th mask alignment the 5th photoresist layer to make public, again the 5th photoresist layer after the exposure is developed, thereby form a predetermined photoresist pattern.This transparency conducting layer is carried out etching, and then form this first pixel electrode 154 and second pixel electrode 155, remove the 5th photoresist layer.
Yet; The thin film transistor base plate 100 that obtains by above-mentioned manufacturing process; It comprises many first scan lines 118 and second scan line 119; This first scan line 118 and second scan line, 119 area occupied are bigger, cause adopting the display panels aperture opening ratio of this thin film transistor base plate 100 less, influence the display effect of this display panels.
Summary of the invention
For solving the lower problem of prior art thin film transistor base plate aperture opening ratio, be necessary the thin film transistor base plate that provides a kind of aperture opening ratio higher.
For solving the lower problem of thin film transistor base plate aperture opening ratio that prior art thin film transistor base plate manufacturing process obtains, be necessary to provide a kind of manufacturing process that can obtain than the thin film transistor base plate of high aperture.
A kind of thin film transistor base plate, it comprise many first scan lines that are parallel to each other, many be parallel to this first scan line and with this first scan line insulate second scan line, many and this first scan line and the vertically insulated crossing data wire of second scan line, a plurality of first pixel electrode, a plurality of second pixel electrode, a plurality of the first film transistor and a plurality of second thin-film transistor of overlapping setting.The transistorized grid of this first film is connected to this first scan line, and source electrode is connected to this data wire, and drain electrode is connected to this first pixel electrode; The grid of this second thin-film transistor is connected to this second scan line; Source electrode is connected to this data wire; Drain electrode is connected to this second pixel electrode; This thin film transistor base plate also comprises a substrate of glass, a gate insulator, semiconductor channel layer, a passivation layer, and the grid of this first, second thin-film transistor and first scan line are formed on this substrate of glass, and this gate insulator is formed on the grid and first scan line of this first, second thin-film transistor; This semiconductor channel layer is formed on this gate insulator; The source electrode of this first, second thin-film transistor and drain electrode and data wire are formed on this semiconductor channel layer, and this passivation layer is formed on the source electrode and drain electrode and data wire of this first, second thin-film transistor, and this first pixel electrode, second pixel electrode and second scan line are formed on this passivation layer.
A kind of manufacturing process of thin film transistor base plate; This thin film transistor base plate comprises that many first scan lines that are parallel to each other, many are parallel to second scan line of this first scan line, many and this first scan line and the vertically insulated crossing data wire of second scan line, a plurality of first pixel electrode, a plurality of second pixel electrode, a plurality of the first film transistor and a plurality of second thin-film transistor; This first film transistor comprises a first grid, one first source electrode and one first drain electrode; This second thin-film transistor comprises a second grid, one second source electrode and one second drain electrode; This first grid is connected to this first scan line; This first source electrode is connected to this data wire, and this first drain electrode is connected to this first pixel electrode; This second grid is connected to this second scan line; This second source electrode is connected to this data wire; This second drain electrode is connected to this second pixel electrode, and this manufacturing process comprises the steps: to provide a substrate, in this substrate, forms this first grid, second grid and first scan line; On this first grid, second grid and first scan line, form a gate insulator; On this gate insulator, form the semiconductor channel layer in regular turn; On this semiconductor channel layer, form this first source electrode, second source electrode, first drain electrode, second drain electrode and data wire; On this first source electrode, second source electrode, first drain electrode, second drain electrode and data wire, form a passivation layer; On this passivation layer, form first pixel electrode, second pixel electrode and many and this first scan line second overlapping scan line that insulate.
Compared with prior art, by the thin film transistor base plate that above-mentioned manufacturing process obtains, its two scan lines are overlapping, thereby these two scan line area occupied are less, use the display panels aperture opening ratio of this thin film transistor base plate higher.In addition, the manufacturing process of this thin film transistor base plate is five road mask manufacturing process, when obtaining than the thin film transistor base plate of high aperture, does not also increase the mask number of manufacturing process.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is a kind of part plan sketch map of prior art thin film transistor base plate.
Fig. 2 is the generalized section of thin film transistor base plate shown in Figure 1 along the II-II direction.
Fig. 3 is the manufacturing process flow diagram of thin film transistor base plate shown in Figure 1.
Fig. 4 is the part plan sketch map of thin film transistor base plate one preferred embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the generalized section of thin film transistor base plate shown in Figure 4 along the V-V direction.
Fig. 6 is the manufacturing process flow diagram of thin film transistor base plate shown in Figure 4.
Fig. 7 is each step sketch map of the manufacturing process of thin film transistor base plate shown in Figure 4 to Figure 17.
Embodiment
Consulting Fig. 4, is the part plan sketch map of thin film transistor base plate one preferred embodiments of the present invention.This thin film transistor base plate 200 comprises many first scan lines 218, many second scan lines 259, many data wires 238, a plurality of the first film transistor 201, a plurality of second thin-film transistor 203, a plurality of first pixel electrode 254, a plurality of second pixel electrode 255, a plurality of first through hole 244, a plurality of second through hole 245 and a plurality of third through-hole 246.
These many first scan lines 218 are parallel to each other, and these many second scan lines 259 are parallel to this first scan line 218, and two-phase corresponding scanning line 218, the 259 insulation overlapping setting corresponding one by one with this first scan line 218 of this second scan line 259.Wherein, this second scan line 259 be positioned at this first scan line 218 directly over, and the width of this second scan line 259 is big and this first scan line 218 is covered fully than the width of this first scan line 218.The material of this first scan line 218 is a metal, as: aluminium (Al) is metal, molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), tantalum (Ta) or copper (Cu).The material of this second scan line 259 is a transparency conducting layer, as: indium tin oxide (Indium Tin Oxide, ITO) or indium-zinc oxide (Indium ZincOxide, IZO).
These many data wires 238 are parallel to each other and are vertically insulated crossing with this first scan line 218, these many data wires 238 and this first scan line, 218 crossing a plurality of rectangular areas (indicating) of defining.Wherein, each rectangular area comprises a first film transistor 201, one second thin-film transistor 203, one first pixel electrode 254 and one second pixel electrode 255.
This first film transistor 201 is positioned at the intersection of this first scan line 218 and this data wire 238, and it comprises a first grid 216, one first source electrode 234 and one first drain electrode 235.This first grid 216 is connected to this first scan line 218; This first source electrode 234 is connected to this data wire 238; This first drain electrode 235 is connected to this first pixel electrode 254 through this first through hole 244.
This second thin-film transistor 203 is positioned at the intersection of this second scan line 259 and this data wire 238, and it comprises a second grid 217, one second source electrode 236 and one second drain electrode 237.There is an overlapping region (not indicating) in this second grid 217 with this second scan line 259, and this third through-hole 246 is arranged on this overlapping region.This second grid is connected to this second scan line 259 through this third through-hole 246; This second source electrode 236 is connected to this data wire 238; This second drain electrode 237 is connected to this second pixel electrode 255 through this second through hole 245.
See also Fig. 5 to Figure 17, Fig. 5 is the generalized section of this thin film transistor base plate 200 along the V-V direction, and Fig. 6 is the manufacturing process flow diagram of this thin film transistor base plate 200, and Fig. 7 is each step sketch map of the manufacturing process of this thin film transistor base plate 200 to Figure 17.The manufacturing process of this thin film transistor base plate 200 mainly comprises five road masks, and concrete steps are following:
Step S21: form first grid, second grid and first scan line;
See also Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, a substrate of glass 211 is provided, form a gate metal layer 213 and one first photoresist layer 215 above that in regular turn.Wherein, this gate metal layer 213 can be a single layer structure, also can be a sandwich construction, and its material can be aluminum-based metal, molybdenum, chromium, tantalum or copper.
Provide this first photoresist layer 215 of one first mask alignment to make public, again the first photoresist layer 215 after the exposure is developed, thereby form a predetermined photoresist pattern.This gate metal layer 213 is carried out etching, removing, and then form this first grid 216, this second grid 217 and this first scan line 218, remove this first photoresist layer 215 not by the part of grid pole metal level 213 of this photoresist pattern covers.Wherein, this first grid 216 is connected to this first scan line 218.
Step S 22: form gate insulator and semiconductor channel layer;
See also Fig. 9 and Figure 10, deposited silicon nitride (SiNx) film on this first grid 216, second grid 217 and this first scan line 218, thus form a gate insulator 221; On this gate insulator 221, form semi-conductor layer 223 and one second photoresist layer 225 more in regular turn in regular turn.Wherein, this semiconductor layer 223 comprises that one is positioned at amorphous silicon layer on this gate insulator 221 (figure does not show) and and is positioned at the heavily doped amorphous silicon layer (scheming not show) on this amorphous silicon layer.
Provide this second photoresist layer 225 of one second mask alignment to make public, again the second photoresist layer 225 after the exposure is developed, thereby form a predetermined photoresist pattern.This semiconductor layer 223 is carried out etching, removing, and then form this semiconductor channel layer 226, remove this second photoresist layer 225 not by the part semiconductor layer 223 of this photoresist pattern covers.
Step S23: the slit that forms first source electrode, first drain electrode, second source electrode, second source electrode, data wire and semiconductor channel layer;
See also Figure 11, Figure 12 and Figure 13, on this gate insulator 221 and this semiconductor channel layer 226, form one source/drain metal layer 231 and one the 3rd photoresist layer 233 in regular turn.Provide one the 3rd mask alignment the 3rd photoresist layer 233 to make public, again the 3rd photoresist layer 233 after the exposure is developed, thereby form a predetermined photoresist pattern.This source/drain metal layer 231 is carried out etching, and then form this first source electrode 234, first drain electrode, 235, second source electrode 236, second source electrode 237 and data wire 238.Further adopt HCl and SF
6Mist as etching gas this semiconductor channel layer 226 is carried out etching, form the slit 239 of this semiconductor channel layer 226, remove the 3rd photoresist layer 233.Wherein, this first source electrode 234 is connected to this data wire 238; Second source electrode 236 is connected to this data wire 238.
Step S24: form passivation layer, first through hole, second through hole and third through-hole;
See also Figure 14 and Figure 15, on the slit 239 of this gate insulator 221, this first source electrode 234, first drain electrode, 235, second source electrode 236, second drain electrode 237, data wire 238 and semiconductor channel layer 226, form a passivation layer 241 and one the 4th photoresist layer 243 in regular turn.Provide one the 4th mask alignment the 4th photoresist layer 243 to make public, again the 4th photoresist layer 243 after the exposure is developed, thereby form a predetermined photoresist pattern.This passivation layer 241 is carried out etching, and then form first through hole 244, second through hole 245 and third through-hole 246 that this runs through this passivation layer 241, remove the 4th photoresist layer 243.Wherein, 244 pairs of this first through holes should first drain electrode 235, and 245 pairs of this second through holes should second drain electrode 237, and 246 pairs of this third through-holes should first grid 217.
Step S 25: form second scan line, first pixel electrode and second pixel electrode;
See also Figure 16 and Figure 17, on this passivation layer 241, this first through hole 244, second through hole 245 and third through-hole 246, form a transparency conducting layer 251 and one the 5th photoresist layer 253 in regular turn.Provide one the 5th mask alignment the 5th photoresist layer 253 to make public, again the 5th photoresist layer 253 after the exposure is developed, thereby form a predetermined photoresist pattern.This transparency conducting layer 251 is carried out etching, and then form this first pixel electrode 254, second pixel electrode 255 and, remove the 5th photoresist layer 253 one by one to should first scan line 218 and second scan line 259 overlapping with this first scan line 218.Wherein, This first pixel electrode 254 is connected to this first drain electrode 235 through this first through hole 244; This second pixel electrode 255 is connected to this second drain electrode 237 through this second through hole 245; This second scan line 259 is connected to this first grid 217 through this third through-hole 246, and this second scan line 259 is positioned at directly over this first scan line 218, and this first scan line 259 is covered fully.
Compared with prior art; The thin film transistor base plate 200 that obtains by above-mentioned manufacturing process; Its first scan line 218 and second scan line overlapping 259; Thereby this first scan line 218 and second scan line, 259 area occupied are less, use the display panels aperture opening ratio of this thin film transistor base plate 200 higher.In addition, the manufacturing process of this thin film transistor base plate 200 is five road mask manufacturing process, in the thin film transistor base plate 200 that obtains than high aperture, does not also increase the mask number of manufacturing process.
It is said that thin film transistor base plate of the present invention is not limited to above-mentioned execution mode, as: in the thin film transistor base plate 200 of first execution mode, the material of this second scan line 259 also can be metal; This first scan line 218 and second scan line 259 also can be overlapped; This first scan line 218 also can equate with the width of second scan line 259, and this second scan line 259 comprises an extension, and this extension and this second grid 317 comprise this overlapping region.
In addition, thin film transistor base plate 200 of the present invention also can be applicable to traditional display panels, and two adjacent scan lines are overlapping, to increase aperture opening ratio.