JP2006276369A - Liquid crystal display device and its manufacturing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal display device which can be manufactured through stages similar to conventional manufacturing stages for liquid crystal display devices and has less possibility of a short circuit between intersecting wiring lines, and to provide its manufacturing method. <P>SOLUTION: In the liquid crystal display device 10 having a wiring line intersection part at the periphery of a display region on an active matrix substrate, a plurality of slave wiring lines 33a and 33b, and 34a and 34b are connected to the wiring line intersection part in parallel to intersect other wiring lines 32 disposed below an insulating film on both sides of main wiring lines 33 and 34 disposed above the wiring intersection part across the insulating film, and then etched at the same time in a subsequent stage to electrically cut both ends 36<SB>1</SB>to 36<SB>4</SB>of the other wiring lines 32 disposed below the insulating film. Consequently, even if static electricity is generated before the etching stage of the slave wiring lines 33a and 33b, and 34a and 34b, the main wiring lines 33 and 34 and other wiring lines 32 less short-circuit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, an active device that can be manufactured in the same process as that of a conventional liquid crystal display device and that is less likely to cause a cross short between crossed wirings. The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device having a matrix substrate and a method for manufacturing the same.

  In general, liquid crystal display devices are characterized by being thin and light and low power consumption. In particular, thin film transistor type active matrix liquid crystal display devices are widely used from portable terminals such as cellular phones to large television sets.

First, a general configuration of a conventional active matrix type liquid crystal display device is shown in FIG. 5 which is a plan view of several pixel portions, and a schematic equivalent circuit diagram corresponding to several pixels of FIG. 6 and FIG. A brief description will be given with reference to FIG. The conventional liquid crystal display panel 10A has scanning lines X1, X2... Xn and signal lines Y1, Y2,... Xn and signal lines Y1, Y2,. · and the pixel electrode 12 is provided for each enclosed area in Ym, the pixel electrode 12 are equivalently represented by a liquid crystal capacitance C _LC in FIG. Usually the liquid crystal capacitance C _LC auxiliary capacitance Cs formed by the auxiliary capacitance electrodes 13 are connected in parallel. One end of the liquid crystal capacitance C _LC is connected to the switching transistor 14 for driving, the other end is connected to a counter electrode 16 provided through the color filter layer CF to the second light-transmitting substrate 15 a predetermined Common potential Vc is applied.

The switching transistor 14 comprises an insulated gate field effect type thin film transistor TFT (Thin Film Transistor), and its source electrode S is connected to signal lines Y1, Y2,. D is connected to one end of the liquid crystal capacitance C _LC, i.e., the pixel electrode 12. Further, the gate electrode G of the switching transistor 14 is connected to the scanning lines X1, X2,... Xn so that a gate pulse Vg having a predetermined voltage is applied.

In addition, an alignment film (not shown) is provided on the surface of each of the pixel electrode 12 and the counter electrode 16, and between the first translucent substrate 11 and the second translucent substrate 15. Liquid crystal 17 is enclosed. Reference numerals 18 and 19 denote insulating films made of SiO ₂ or SiN, respectively, and reference numeral 20 denotes an amorphous Si layer. The plurality of scanning lines X1, X2,... Xn and the signal lines Y1, Y2,... Ym are drawn in two directions or one direction of the frame portion of the substrate (peripheral portion of the substrate), A scanning line input terminal portion 21 and a signal line input terminal portion 22 are provided.

  The active matrix type liquid crystal display device having such a structure is manufactured from a small size for a mobile phone to a large size of about 40 inches (about 102 cm) to 50 inches (about 127 cm) diagonal. It is coming. However, in the liquid crystal display device, when static electricity enters the display region or a short circuit of the wiring occurs in the manufacturing process, a display defect occurs when the liquid crystal display device is completed. Static electricity is generated only by contact with other objects in the manufacturing process and when the panel is transported. Further, when the alignment film is rubbed, static electricity is most likely to occur due to friction. Especially in small and medium-sized models, static electricity defects are more likely to occur than ever as high definition progresses, so various countermeasures against static electricity have been taken, but wiring crosses are particularly susceptible to short circuit failures due to static electricity. . Therefore, in the manufacturing technical field of liquid crystal display devices, it is particularly urgent to prevent display defects due to static electricity.

  Several techniques for preventing the occurrence of a short-circuit failure due to static electricity in such a wiring cross portion are also known. For example, in Patent Document 1 below, a liquid crystal display with a high yield that prevents the occurrence of a cross short at the intersection of the auxiliary capacitor Cs routing wiring and the scanning line and sufficiently disperses static electricity generated during manufacturing. An apparatus invention is disclosed.

  In the liquid crystal display device 50 disclosed in Patent Document 1, a plurality of parallel scanning lines 52 are formed on a substrate 51 as shown in the plan view of FIG. A plurality of auxiliary capacitance lines 53 are formed between the scanning lines, and a plurality of data lines 54 are formed so as to be orthogonal to these lines through an insulating film. The scanning line 52 and the data wiring 54 are respectively formed with a scanning line pad 55 part and a data wiring pad 56 part on the extended line. Then, an extraction electrode is disposed from the respective pad portion in the outer peripheral direction from the cutting line 57 of the substrate, and is connected to the external short-circuit wiring 58 so that all the scanning lines 52 and all the data wirings 54 are connected. Electrically kept at the same potential.

  Further, rectangular ring-shaped internal short-circuit wiring 59 is formed inside the scanning line pad 55 and the data wiring pad 56, and all the scanning lines 52 and all the data wirings 54 are connected via the high resistance elements RG and RS. Are connected to the internal short-circuit wiring 59. Further, each of the auxiliary capacitance lines 53 is directly connected to the internal short-circuit wiring 59, and the internal short-circuit wiring 59 is connected to the auxiliary capacitance wiring pad 60 from a part of the auxiliary short-circuit wiring 59. A lead electrode is formed in the outer peripheral direction from the cutting line 57 and is electrically connected to the external short-circuit wiring 58.

Since this liquid crystal display device 50 is assembled as a liquid crystal display device, the internal short-circuit wiring 59 can be applied to the auxiliary capacitance wiring 53 through the auxiliary capacitance wiring pad 60, so that the Cs potential can be applied to the auxiliary capacitance wiring 53. Static electricity generated in the wiring 54 can be distributed not only to the internal short-circuit wiring 59 but also to the auxiliary capacitance wiring 53, and sufficient countermeasures against static electricity can be taken, and the auxiliary capacitance wiring 53 does not cross the scanning line 52. By connecting to the internal short-circuit wiring 59, the conventional Cs routing wiring becomes unnecessary, the wiring structure is simplified, and a narrow frame can be achieved. Further, conventionally, the Cs routing wiring and the scanning line 52 intersect each other. This is advantageous in that the problem of cross short-circuit that has occurred in the portion (the number of scanning lines) is eliminated.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-062808

  However, the above-described conventional liquid crystal display device 50 needs to be provided with at least the internal short-circuit wiring 59 and the high-resistance elements RG and RS. Among these, the internal short-circuit wiring 59 itself is not substantially different from the conventional Cs routing wiring. However, in order to prevent a cross short-circuit between the internal short-circuit wiring 59 and the scanning line 52, a high resistance element is provided. Elements that do not conduct at voltages applied to the scanning lines 52 and the data lines 54 as RG and RS, but short-circuit all the lines when a high voltage such as static electricity is applied, for example, connected in parallel to each other Special elements such as two-terminal TFTs and diodes that have high resistance in the low voltage range and low resistance in the high voltage range are required.

  Therefore, since such a special element is not normally used in a conventional general liquid crystal display device, a special process is separately performed in the manufacturing process of the conventional liquid crystal display device 50 described above. There is a problem that it is necessary.

  The inventors of the present application have studied various configurations that can prevent cross short-circuiting due to static electricity between wires intersecting during the manufacturing process of the liquid crystal display device without using such special elements. A wiring that is likely to cause a cross short circuit due to static electricity (hereinafter referred to as “secondary wiring”) is formed in parallel with the wiring to be protected (hereinafter referred to as “main wiring”), and the liquid crystal display device is manufactured. If this sub-wiring is disconnected from the main wiring in the latter half of the process, the main wiring can be effectively protected even if the sub-wiring causes a cross-short due to static electricity during the manufacturing process. The present inventors have found out what can be done and have completed the present invention.

  That is, the present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that can be manufactured in the same process as that of a conventional liquid crystal display device, and that is less likely to cause a cross short between crossed wirings, and a method for manufacturing the same. The purpose is to do.

  The above object of the present invention can be achieved by the following configurations. That is, the invention of the liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 is a liquid crystal display device having wiring intersections around a display region on an active matrix substrate, wherein the wiring wiring intersections are arranged on the main wiring located above the insulating film. A plurality of secondary wirings are connected in parallel so as to intersect with the other wirings located below the insulating film on both sides of the insulating film, and the secondary wirings are both ends of the other wirings located below the insulating film. It is characterized by being electrically disconnected by

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the liquid crystal display device according to the first aspect, the main wiring and the other wiring are composed of any two combinations selected from a scanning line, a signal line, and an auxiliary capacitance wiring. It is characterized by.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the liquid crystal display device according to the first or second aspect, the number of the sub wirings is two or four.

  Still another object of the present invention can be achieved by the following method. That is, according to the invention of the manufacturing method of the liquid crystal display device of claim 4, the main wiring located on the upper side through the insulating film when manufacturing the wiring intersection provided around the display area on the active matrix substrate of the liquid crystal display device. A plurality of sub wirings are provided in parallel on both sides of the wiring so as to intersect with other wirings located below the insulating film and to be short-circuited more easily than the main wiring. The sub-wiring is electrically disconnected at both ends of the other wiring located below the insulating film.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to the fourth aspect, the main wiring and the sub wiring are made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and the sub wiring is wet etching of a transparent electrode material made of IZO. It cut | disconnects simultaneously in a process, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to the fourth or fifth aspect, the main wiring and the other wiring are any two selected from a scanning line, a signal line, and an auxiliary capacitance wiring. It consists of two combinations.

    According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to any one of the fourth to sixth aspects, the number of the sub wirings is two or four.

  By providing the above configuration, the present invention has the following excellent effects. In other words, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the sub wiring is provided on both sides of the main wiring at the intersection, for example, even if a large electrostatic load is applied before the subsequent process, a short circuit is caused on the sub wiring side. Since the main wiring that is generated but originally necessary does not cause a short circuit, the sub wiring that has been short-circuited is cut off from the main wiring by cutting the sub wiring in a later process. Therefore, it is possible to effectively protect against static electricity between the main wiring and other wiring at the intersection. In addition, since the sub-wiring is cut by a process performed in a later process, the number of processes does not increase.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the sub-wiring at the intersection can be provided in all the wiring intersections around the display area, the frequency of occurrence of defects in the main wiring is reduced.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the number of subordinate wirings is provided, it is possible to cope with a plurality of electrostatic loads. The larger the number of subwirings, the more the electrostatic load can be dealt with. However, since the subwiring is useless after the liquid crystal display device is completed, the maximum value is set to 4 in order to reduce the useless area. It is preferable to stop in a book.

  According to the invention of claim 4, a liquid crystal display device having the effect of the invention of claim 1 can be manufactured by a simple manufacturing method.

  According to the invention of claim 5, since it is well known that aluminum or an aluminum alloy is etched with a wet etching solution for IZO, in the wet etching process of the transparent electrode material made of IZO, the slave wiring is cut simultaneously. Thus, it becomes possible to cope with the electrostatic load without increasing the number of steps.

  Moreover, according to the invention of Claim 6 and 7, the manufacturing method of the liquid crystal display device which has an effect of the invention of Claim 2 or 3, respectively can be provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the embodiments shown below exemplify the case of an active matrix type liquid crystal display device as a liquid crystal display device for embodying the technical idea of the present invention. The present invention is not intended to be specified as an apparatus, and the present invention can be equally applied to various modifications without departing from the technical idea shown in the claims. FIG. 1 is an enlarged plan view of the periphery of the display area before cutting the sub-wiring of the active matrix liquid crystal display device according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 shows the sub-wiring of the active matrix liquid crystal display device of FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view before cutting the sub wiring corresponding to FIG. 1 in which the number of sub wirings is four, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the liquid crystal display device of FIG. 3 after cutting the sub wiring. The same components as those of the conventional liquid crystal display device shown in FIGS.

  In the active matrix type liquid crystal display device 10 according to the embodiment, scanning lines X1, X2,... Xn and signal lines Y1, Y2,. Is provided. Among these, the area surrounded by the scanning lines X1, X2... Xn and the signal lines Y1, Y2... Ym is a display area, and each wiring and terminal portion (not shown) around the display area. Various wirings for connecting the two are provided.

  In this effective display area, pixel electrodes 12 that contribute to display are provided for each area surrounded by each scanning line and signal line. The switching transistor 14 is made of a TFT, the source electrode S is connected to the signal lines Y1, Y2,... Ym, the gate electrode G is connected to the scanning lines X1, X2,. Are connected to the pixel electrode 12. Further, an auxiliary capacitance electrode 13 is provided below the drain electrode D in parallel with the scanning lines X1, X2,... Xn. Since the specific configuration and operation principle of the display area of these liquid crystal display devices 10 are the same as those of the conventional example shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, description will be made with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7 as necessary. I decided to.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the liquid crystal display device 10 is parallel to the scanning lines X1, X2,... Xn and these scanning lines by means of aluminum or an aluminum alloy via an insulating film 11 ′ on a light-transmitting substrate 11. Each auxiliary capacitance electrode 13 is formed on the lower portion of the insulating film 11 ′ via the contact hole 31 around the display area as shown in FIG. 13 is connected to a storage capacitor wiring 32 provided in a direction orthogonal to the capacitor 13. Therefore, the scanning lines X1, X2,... Xn intersect the auxiliary capacitance line 32 via the insulating film 11 'around the display area.

  Therefore, in the following, the scanning lines Xn−1 and Xn will be described as a representative. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, at the same time when the scanning lines Xn−1, Xn and the auxiliary capacitance electrode 13 are formed, at the intersections of the scanning lines Xn−1, Xn and the auxiliary capacitance wiring 30, Along with the main lines 33 and 34 corresponding to the scanning lines Xn−1 and Xn, two sub lines 33a, 33b and 34a, 34b are formed in parallel with the main lines 33 and 34, respectively. The energy between the sub-wirings 33a, 33b and 34a, 34b and the auxiliary capacitance wiring 32 is lower than that between the main wirings 33 and 34 and the auxiliary capacitance wiring 32 when the static electricity enters from outside. It is designed to cause electrostatic breakdown. The adjustment of the ease of electrostatic breakdown is performed by adjusting the thickness of the insulating film 11 ′ and the area of the amorphous Si layer 35 provided below the insulating film 11 ′ and the main wirings 33 and 34 or the subwirings 33a, 33b and 34a, 34b. Etc. can be easily performed by adjusting the above.

Thereafter, the entire substrate is separated from the other insulating layer 18 (see FIG. 5) except for the portions of the cutting positions 36 _{1 to} 36 ₄ and 37 _{1 to} 37 ₄ of the sub wirings 33a, 33b and 34a, 34b on both sides of the auxiliary capacitance wiring 32. 7) and forming signal lines Y1, Y2... Ym, forming pixel transistors 14, forming transparent electrodes 12 made of IZO, forming gate insulating film 19 and the like. During this time, portions of the cutting position ₃₆ 1-36 ₄ above and remain exposed.

  Then, if static electricity with a large energy enters from the outside until the above steps are completed, any of the sub-wirings 33a, 33b and 34a, 34b is preferentially static over the main wirings 33 and 34 at the intersection. Since the electric breakdown is caused and the static electricity is released through the auxiliary capacitance wiring 32, the main wirings 33 and 34 are less likely to be short-circuited with the auxiliary capacitance wiring 32.

Thereafter, simultaneously etched IZO transparent electrode and the cutting position ₃₆ 1-36 ₄ and ₃₇ 1 to 37 ₄ of the exposed portion of the従配lines 33a, 33b and 34a, 34b and using known etching solution. Then, at the end of this etching, the portions of the sub wirings 33a, 33b and 34a, 34b covered with the insulating film 18 remain without being etched, but the sub wiring located on the auxiliary capacitance wiring 32 is the main wiring. 33 and 34 are electrically disconnected from each other. Therefore, even if the secondary wirings 33a, 33b and 34a, 34b are short-circuited with the auxiliary capacitance wiring 32, the main wirings 33 and 34 are electrically connected to the auxiliary capacitance. Since the wiring 32 is insulated from the wiring 32, a liquid crystal display device that operates normally efficiently can be manufactured without increasing the number of steps and without causing special fixation.

Although an example in which the number of sub-wirings on both sides of the main wiring is two is shown here, it can be increased to four, for example. A modification of the liquid crystal display device 10 ′ having four subwirings will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the periphery of the display area before cutting the secondary wiring, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the wiring intersection after cutting the secondary wiring. In the liquid crystal display device 10 'illustrated in FIG. 3, with the従配lines and four symbols 33 a to 33 d, the cutting position 36 _{1-36 4} 2 addition which is adapted to cut従配line simultaneously with the previously described Since the configuration is the same as that of the liquid crystal display device 10, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In this way, the larger the number of subwirings, the greater the number of electrostatic loads that can be dealt with, but since the subwiring is useless after the liquid crystal display device is completed, in order to reduce wasted area, It is preferable to limit the maximum value to four.

    In this embodiment, the transmissive liquid crystal display device is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can also be applied to a transflective liquid crystal display device. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, an example in which the secondary wiring is provided at the intersection between the scanning line and the auxiliary capacitance wiring is shown, but the secondary wiring is provided at the intersection between the scanning line and the signal line, and at the intersection between the signal line and the auxiliary capacitance wiring. In addition, the vertical relationship between the wirings via the insulating film is arbitrary.

It is an enlarged plan view of the display area periphery before the subwiring cut | disconnection of the liquid crystal display device which concerns on an Example. It is an enlarged view of the A part of FIG. 1 after a subwiring cut | disconnecting. It is an enlarged plan view of the display area periphery before the subwiring cut | disconnect of the liquid crystal display device of a modification. It is an enlarged view of the crossing part of FIG. 3 after subwiring cutting. It is a top view of several pixel parts of the conventional liquid crystal display device. FIG. 6 is a schematic equivalent circuit diagram for several pixels of the liquid crystal display device of FIG. 5. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is a typical equivalent circuit schematic of the whole liquid crystal display device including the periphery of the conventional display area.

Explanation of symbols

10, 10 ′, 10 A Liquid crystal display device 11, 15 Translucent substrate 12 Pixel electrode 13 Auxiliary capacitance electrode 14 Pixel transistor 16 Counter electrode 17 Liquid crystal 11 ′, 18, 19 Insulating film 20, 35 Amorphous Si layer 31 Contact hole 32 Auxiliary Capacitance wirings 33, 34 Main wirings 33a, 33b, 34a, 34b Sub wirings 36 _{1 to} 36 ₄ cutting positions 37 _{1 to} 37 ₄ cutting positions

Claims (7)

In the liquid crystal display device having wiring intersections around the display area on the active matrix substrate, the wiring intersections are located on both sides of the main wiring located above the insulating film and below the insulating film. A plurality of sub-wirings are connected in parallel so as to cross the wirings, and the sub-wirings are electrically cut at both ends of other wirings located below the insulating film. Liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the main wiring and the other wiring are composed of any two combinations selected from a scanning line, a signal line, and an auxiliary capacitance wiring. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the number of subwirings is two or four. When manufacturing a wiring intersection provided around the display area on the active matrix substrate of a liquid crystal display device, a plurality of sub wirings are positioned below the insulating film on both sides of the main wiring located above the insulating film. Provided in parallel so as to cross the other wiring and to be short-circuited more easily than the main wiring, and in the subsequent manufacturing process, the repetitive sub wirings of the other wiring located below the insulating film A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, wherein the both ends are electrically cut. 5. The liquid crystal display according to claim 4, wherein the main wiring and the sub wiring are made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and the sub wiring is simultaneously cut in a wet etching process of a transparent electrode material made of IZO (Indium Zinc Oxide). Device manufacturing method. 6. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 4, wherein the main wiring and the other wiring are composed of any two combinations selected from a scanning line, a signal line, and an auxiliary capacitance wiring. The method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to claim 4, wherein the number of subwirings is two or four.

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