KR101147267B1 - Thin Film Transistor Substrate of Horizontal Electronic Fileld and Method of Fabricating the same - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a horizontal field type thin film transistor substrate capable of applying a uniform horizontal electric field to the pixel region and a method of manufacturing the same.
Horizontal field-type thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention comprises a gate line and a common line formed on the lower substrate in parallel; A data line defining a pixel region by crossing the gate line with the gate insulating layer interposed therebetween; A thin film transistor formed at an intersection of the gate line and the data line; A protective film formed on the gate insulating film and covering the thin film transistor; A common electrode connected to the common line through a contact hole passing through the passivation layer and the gate insulating layer; And a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole penetrating through the protective film and generating a horizontal electric field together with the common electrode, wherein the common electrode and the pixel electrode are formed in a three-dimensional structure having a predetermined height on the protective film. do.
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1 is a plan view illustrating a thin film transistor substrate of a conventional horizontal field application liquid crystal display panel.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a thin film transistor substrate taken along line II ′ in FIG. 1.
3 is a diagram showing a horizontal electric field between a pixel electrode and a common electrode constituting a conventional thin film transistor substrate.
4 is a plan view illustrating a horizontal field thin film transistor substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the thin film transistor substrate taken along the line II-II ′ in FIG. 4.
6 illustrates first and second horizontal electric fields formed by a pixel electrode and a common electrode;
7A and 7B are a plan view and a cross-sectional view of a thin film transistor substrate having a first conductive pattern according to the present invention.
8A and 8B are a plan view and a cross-sectional view of a thin film transistor substrate on which a second conductive pattern is formed according to the present invention.
9A to 9E are manufacturing process diagrams of a thin film transistor substrate having a second conductive pattern according to the present invention.
10A and 10B are a plan view and a cross-sectional view of a thin film transistor substrate having a protective film according to the present invention.
11A and 11B are a plan view and a cross-sectional view of a thin film transistor substrate having a third conductive pattern according to the present invention.
12A to 12D are manufacturing process diagrams of a thin film transistor substrate having a third conductive pattern according to the invention.
<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>
100: lower substrate 110: gate line
111
130: gate insulating film 140: data line
141: source electrode 142: drain electrode
143: active layer 144: ohmic contact layer
150: thin film transistor 160: protective film
161: first contact hole 162: second contact hole
170:
170b: finger portion 180: common electrode
BACKGROUND OF THE
The liquid crystal display device displays an image by adjusting the light transmittance of the liquid crystal using an electric field. Such liquid crystal display devices are classified into vertical electric field types and horizontal electric field types according to the direction of the electric field for driving the liquid crystal.
In the vertical field type liquid crystal display, the common electrode formed on the upper substrate and the pixel electrode formed on the lower substrate face each other to drive the liquid crystal of TN (Twisted Nemastic) mode by a vertical electric field formed therebetween. Such a vertical field type liquid crystal display device has a large aperture ratio, but has a narrow viewing angle of about 90 degrees.
In a horizontal field type liquid crystal display, a liquid crystal in an in-plane switch (hereinafter referred to as IPS) mode is driven by a horizontal electric field between a pixel electrode and a common electrode arranged side by side on a lower substrate. Such a horizontal field application liquid crystal display device has an advantage that a viewing angle is about 160 degrees. Hereinafter, the horizontal field type liquid crystal display device will be described in detail.
The horizontal field type liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor substrate (lower substrate) and a color filter substrate (upper substrate) bonded to each other, a spacer for maintaining a constant cell gap between the two substrates, and a liquid crystal space provided by the spacer. It has a liquid crystal.
The thin film transistor substrate is composed of a plurality of signal lines and a thin film transistor for forming a horizontal electric field on a pixel-by-pixel basis, and an alignment film coated thereon for liquid crystal alignment. The color filter substrate is composed of a color filter for color implementation and a black matrix for light leakage prevention, and an alignment film coated thereon for liquid crystal alignment.
FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating a thin film transistor array substrate of a conventional horizontal field application liquid crystal display panel, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a thin film transistor array substrate taken along line II ′ in FIG. 1.
1 and 2, a conventional thin film transistor substrate includes a
The
The
In this case, the
The
The
To this end, the
In this case, the
The
The
Accordingly, a horizontal electric field is formed between the
The horizontal electric field causes liquid crystal molecules arranged in the horizontal direction between the thin film transistor substrate and the color filter substrate to rotate by dielectric anisotropy. According to the degree of rotation of the liquid crystal molecules, the light transmittance passing through the
In this case, in the conventional thin film transistor substrate, the
Therefore, in the conventional thin film transistor substrate, a horizontal electric field is not applied to the horizontal area A (hereinafter, referred to as an "field non-application area") between the
In addition, in the case of a conventional thin film transistor substrate, a parabolic horizontal electric field penetrates the
In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to form a pixel electrode and a common electrode in parallel on the protective film in a three-dimensional shape, a horizontal field type thin film transistor substrate that can apply a uniform horizontal electric field to the pixel region and It is to provide a manufacturing method.
In order to achieve the above object, the thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention, the gate line and the common line formed on the glass substrate in parallel; A data line defining a pixel region by crossing the gate line with the gate insulating layer interposed therebetween; A thin film transistor formed at an intersection of the gate line and the data line; A protective film formed on the gate insulating film and covering the thin film transistor; A common electrode connected to the common line through a contact hole passing through the passivation layer and the gate insulating layer; And a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole penetrating through the protective film and generating a horizontal electric field together with the common electrode, wherein the common electrode and the pixel electrode are formed in a three-dimensional structure having a predetermined height on the protective film. do.
Here, the common electrode and the pixel electrode of the thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention are characterized in that they are formed in parallel to each other in a three-dimensional structure having a height of 1000A ° to 5000A ° on the protective film.
In addition, the pixel electrode of the thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention includes a horizontal portion connected to the thin film transistor and formed in parallel with the gate line; And a finger part connected to the horizontal part and forming a horizontal electric field together with the common electrode, wherein the finger part is formed in parallel with the common electrode on the passivation layer.
In addition, the finger and the common electrode constituting the pixel electrode of the thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention are formed in parallel to each other in a three-dimensional structure having a predetermined height on the protective film, the parabolic shape extending from the upper surface to the upper surface A first horizontal electric field and a second horizontal electric field having a straight line extending from each side to a side are formed.
In order to achieve the above object, a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention comprises the steps of: forming a gate line and a common line in parallel on the substrate; Forming a data line; Forming a thin film transistor at an intersection of the gate line and the data line; Forming a protective film formed on the gate insulating film to cover the thin film transistor; Forming a common electrode having a three-dimensional structure connected to the common line through a contact hole passing through the passivation layer and the gate insulating layer; And forming a three-dimensional pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor through a contact hole passing through the passivation layer and forming a horizontal electric field together with the common electrode.
In order to achieve the above object, the method for manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention includes a gate line, a gate electrode connected to the gate line, and a common line formed in parallel with the gate line and the pixel region interposed thereon. Forming a first conductive pattern; Forming a gate insulating film on the substrate on which the first conductive pattern is formed; Forming a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer to form a channel and a second conductive pattern including a data line, a source electrode connected to the data line, and a drain electrode facing each other with the source electrode and the channel interposed therebetween; Forming a protective film on the gate insulating film on which the second conductive pattern and the semiconductor layer are formed; And a three-dimensional pixel electrode composed of a horizontal portion parallel to the gate line and a finger portion connected to the horizontal portion on the passivation layer, and a three-dimensional common electrode connected to the common line and forming a horizontal electric field with the finger portion of the pixel electrode. And forming a third conductive pattern.
Other objects and features of the present invention in addition to the above objects will become apparent from the description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First, the structure and operation of the horizontal field type thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
4 is a plan view illustrating a thin film transistor substrate of a horizontal field type liquid crystal display panel according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a thin film transistor substrate taken along line II-II ′ of FIG. 4.
4 and 5, the thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention includes a
Here, the
The
The
In this case, the
The
In addition, the
The
In addition, the
The
The
As described above, the thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention may include a
In this case, the
Accordingly, a sufficient horizontal electric field is applied to the region where the conventional horizontal electric field is not applied due to the second horizontal electric field extending to the side of the
In addition, since the
Hereinafter, a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First, a process of forming the first conductive pattern of the thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B. 7A and 7B are a plan view and a cross-sectional view illustrating a method of manufacturing a first conductive pattern of a thin film transistor substrate according to the present invention.
7A and 7B, a first conductive pattern including a
In detail, the gate metal layer is formed on the
Subsequently, the gate metal layer is patterned on the
After the first conductive pattern is formed on the
8A and 8B, the
In detail, as illustrated in FIG. 9A, the
Here, amorphous silicon without impurities are used as the
Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 9B, after forming the photoresist on the source /
The photoresist is exposed and developed by using the
As the source /
The source /
Subsequently, by removing the
After the second conductive pattern and the semiconductor layer are formed on the
10A and 10B, the
Thereafter, the
Here, the
After the
11A and 11B, a transparent conductive film is formed on the
In more detail, as illustrated in FIG. 12A, the transparent
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 12B, after the photoresist is formed on the transparent
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 12C, the photoresist is patterned using a third mask to form the
Next, by performing an etching process on the exposed transparent
At this time, the
Accordingly, a uniform horizontal electric field is applied to the pixel region due to the second horizontal electric field extending from the
In addition, the
As described above, the horizontal field type thin film transistor substrate and the method of manufacturing the same according to the present invention form a pixel electrode and a common electrode in parallel with each other in a three-dimensional structure having a predetermined height on the protective film, thereby making the horizontal electric field uniform in the pixel region. It has the effect of improving the transmittance and contrast ratio by applying.
In addition, the present invention has the effect that the horizontal electric field can be applied to the pixel region without being weakened by the protective film and the gate insulating film by forming the pixel electrode and the common electrode in parallel on the protective film at the same height.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the detailed description of the specification but should be defined by the claims.
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