WO2006022152A1 - 駆動回路基板、その製造方法、液晶表示パネル及び液晶表示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a drive circuit board, a manufacturing method thereof, a liquid crystal display panel, and a liquid crystal display device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a drive circuit board suitable as a system liquid crystal panel substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device including the drive circuit board.
- Liquid crystal display devices are used in a wide range of fields by taking advantage of thin, lightweight, and low power consumption.
- an active matrix liquid crystal display device in which an active element such as a thin film transistor (TFT) is provided for each pixel as a circuit element for driving a pixel can realize a clear image display with little crosstalk.
- TFT thin film transistor
- It is widely used as a computer (PC), a mobile information device such as a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a display device such as a car navigation system.
- PC computer
- PDA personal digital assistant
- display device such as a car navigation system.
- ESD electrostatic discharge destruction
- the gate wiring is formed by performing dry etching on a metal thin film formed by sputtering or vacuum evaporation.
- Dry etching here refers to reactive ion etching (RIE) performed in the gas phase, and ions (or radicals) generated by plasma collide with the metal thin film in the region to be etched. And a metal atom, and the reaction product is removed to the outside by a vacuum exhaust system.
- RIE reactive ion etching
- ions (or radicals) collide with the thin metal film electric charges are accumulated in the gate wiring, and the accumulated electric charges cause circuit elements such as transistors provided in the pixels to be static. It causes electric breakdown.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic front view showing a configuration in the middle of manufacturing a conventional active matrix substrate.
- the active matrix substrate shown in FIG. 4 includes a pixel region and a frame portion.
- pixel electrodes 50 and pixel drive circuit elements 51 are arranged in a matrix, and between each pixel, a gate wiring 52 extending in the row direction and a source wiring 53 extending in the column direction are provided. Each is arranged.
- a guard ring 54 is disposed at the frame portion (non-display area) located at the end of the pixel area (the left end in FIG. 4), and each gate wiring 52 is connected to the guard ring 54.
- the gate wiring 52 and the guard ring 54 are formed by a process such as dry etching. In the etching process of this wiring, the charge is stored in the gate wiring 52. According to the active matrix substrate in the form of FIG. 4, a part of the charge stored in the gate wiring 52 moves to the guard ring 54. For this reason, the gate wiring 52 does not accumulate electric charges large enough to cause electrostatic breakdown of the circuit element 51. Note that the frame portion including the guard ring 54 is cut out until the substrate is completed. Thus, conventionally, the circuit element 51 for driving the pixel is prevented from being electrostatically damaged during the manufacturing process.
- the monolithic technology referred to here is a technology for forming peripheral circuits necessary for liquid crystal driving such as drivers on a glass substrate on which pixels are formed as shown in FIG. Fig. 6 (a) is a schematic front view showing the state of the gate driver formed on the frame portion of the liquid crystal panel substrate to which the monolithic technology is applied, and (b) is the frame of the liquid crystal panel substrate shown in (a). It is the schematic diagram which expanded the part enclosed by the circle among the parts. According to the liquid crystal display device to which the monolithic technology is applied, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), the drive circuit 55 is formed directly on the substrate of the frame portion of the liquid crystal panel substrate.
- the number of members can be reduced, the fine pitch can be reduced, and the weight can be reduced.
- the continuous wiring is divided by the drive circuit, it is impossible to release charges to the guard ring by forming a guard ring in the frame portion. Therefore, the liquid crystal display device to which the monolithic technology is applied.
- development of a new technology for preventing electrostatic breakdown during the manufacture of the circuit element 51 for driving the pixel has been awaited.
- a drive circuit such as a driver formed on a substrate also includes a large number of circuit elements such as transistors. Then, the wiring 52 that connects the circuit elements 51 of the drive circuit also accumulates charges as shown in FIG. 6B in which there is no escape path for charges accumulated during manufacture. Therefore, in a liquid crystal display device to which the monolithic technology is applied, circuit elements of a driver circuit such as a driver formed on the substrate may also be electrostatically damaged during manufacturing, and this can be prevented. Technology development was awaited.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-268794 (Pages 1, 8 and 1)
- the present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and in a liquid crystal display device to which a monolithic technique is applied, a circuit element generated due to accumulation of electric charges in wirings connecting the circuit elements to each other
- An object of the present invention is to provide a drive circuit board and a method for manufacturing the same, and a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device including the drive circuit board. It is.
- the circuit elements are connected using only the wiring of the same level as the gate wiring. Therefore, the circuit elements are electrostatically destroyed by the charge accumulated in the wiring in the dry etching process. I found out. Therefore, the wiring formation process is divided into two or more, and at least one of the wirings connecting the circuit elements is divided into two or more wiring parts formed of a configuration in which paths are formed in two or more layers or different materials. In this configuration, the electric charge is once discharged during each formation process, and the maximum amount of charge accumulated in the wiring can be reduced.
- the present invention is a drive circuit substrate having a laminated structure in which two or more layers are formed on a substrate and having a structure in which two or more circuit elements are connected by wiring. At least one of them is a drive circuit board having a constitutional force in which paths are formed in two or more layers.
- the present invention also provides a driving circuit board having a structure in which two or more circuit elements are connected by wiring on the board, wherein at least one of the wirings is formed by two or more wiring parts formed of different materials. It is also a drive circuit board comprising a configuration including
- the present invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a drive circuit board having two or more circuit elements and wirings on a substrate, wherein the method for manufacturing a drive circuit board includes at least one wiring for connecting circuit elements to each other.
- This is also a method for manufacturing a drive circuit board formed by the above dry etching process.
- the drive circuit board of the present invention has a laminated structure in which two or more layers are formed on the board, and has a structure in which two or more circuit elements are connected by wiring.
- “above” and “below” include the numerical values.
- the substrate is preferably a transparent glass substrate when used in a liquid crystal display panel or a liquid crystal display device.
- the circuit elements are not particularly limited, but active elements such as transistors and diodes, and passive elements such as resistors, capacitors, inductances, and transformers are suitable for achieving the effects of the present invention.
- a thin film transistor (TFT) is particularly suitable.
- Examples of the wiring include single-layer wiring such as copper (Cu) wiring and aluminum (A1) wiring, tungsten (W) Z tantalum nitride (TaN), titanium (Ti) Z aluminum-caine (Al-Si) ) Series alloy Z-Ti (Ti) or other laminated wiring is preferably used.
- a method for forming the wiring for example, a method in which a wiring material is formed by sputtering or vacuum vapor deposition and then dry etching is preferably used. Dry etching tends to cause charge accumulation compared to patterning methods such as wet etching.
- the drive circuit board of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as such components are included as essential components, and other components may or may not be included. Not.
- the drive circuit board of the present invention is preferably one used for a liquid crystal display device (drive circuit board for liquid crystal display device).
- At least one of the wirings also has a constitutional force in which paths are formed in two or more layers.
- the wiring forming process for connecting the circuit elements is divided into two or more, and it is possible to accumulate the charges accumulated in the conventional dry etching process in a plurality of times. Therefore, the electric charge is once discharged during each forming process, and the maximum amount of charge accumulated in the wiring connecting the circuit elements is reduced, so that the circuit elements are prevented from being electrostatically damaged during manufacturing. be able to.
- the etching process in wiring formation may be a combination of a dry etching process and a wet etching process.
- a more preferable embodiment of the present invention is an embodiment in which substantially all the wirings have a constitutional force in which paths are formed in two or more layers.
- the configuration in which the path is formed in the two or more layers is a circuit in which a part of the wiring is formed (divided formation) in each of the two or more layers and the wiring formed in each layer is connected. It means a structure in which elements are connected.
- the number of layers in which the wiring is dividedly formed is not particularly limited as long as it is two or more layers.
- two layers are used. Is preferred. In the present invention, it is sufficient to have at least one part in the wiring that is divided into two or more layers! However, in order to effectively exhibit the operational effects of the present invention, a mode in which the wiring is divided into two or more layers is provided between each circuit element.
- the material, shape, dimensions (thickness, width, etc.) and forming method of the wiring may be the same or different in each layer.
- the drive circuit board of the present invention may have other drive circuits externally attached to the board as long as at least one drive circuit is formed on the board.
- the driving circuit formed on the substrate is not particularly limited as long as it can be monolithically formed.
- a circuit for driving liquid crystal such as a ZDC circuit (direct current Z direct current converter) and a serial interface (I / F) is suitable.
- a drive circuit board in which a circuit for driving liquid crystal is formed on a substrate can be suitably used as a liquid crystal panel substrate.
- the circuit element is a thin film transistor
- at least one of the wirings has a configuration in which a path is formed in the gate electrode arrangement layer and the source electrode arrangement layer.
- the form which becomes is mentioned.
- the wiring for connecting the circuit elements can be formed by a combination of the existing wiring forming processes, electrostatic breakdown during the manufacture of the circuit elements can be prevented at a low cost.
- TFT thin film transistor
- CMOS-FET complementary field effect transistor
- the semiconductor layer has a continuous grain boundary (CG) silicon film or a polysilicon film.
- CG continuous grain boundary
- TFTs using CG silicon films are particularly suitable for use as TFTs constituting drive circuits because CG silicon films have high electron mobility.
- the present invention also provides a driving circuit board having a structure in which two or more circuit elements are connected by wiring on the board, wherein at least one of the wirings is formed of two or more different materials. It is also a drive circuit board having a component power including the wiring part. Even in such a case, since the wiring forming process for connecting the circuit elements is divided into two or more, it is possible to prevent the circuit element from being electrostatically damaged in the wiring forming process. it can.
- At least one of the wirings is (1) a configuration in which a path is formed in two or more layers, and (2) a configuration including two or more wiring parts formed of different materials. Of these, either one or a combination of (1) and (2).
- the substrate used for the drive circuit substrate of the present invention preferably has a glass material strength.
- a glass substrate is more susceptible to electrostatic breakdown of a circuit element having higher insulation than a semiconductor Si substrate used in an IC or the like. Therefore, the present invention is applied to such a glass substrate. The effects of the invention can be sufficiently obtained.
- the present invention is also a method for manufacturing a drive circuit board including two or more circuit elements and wirings on a substrate, and the method for manufacturing the drive circuit board includes at least one circuit element connected to each other. It is also a method for manufacturing a drive circuit board in which wiring is formed by two or more etching processes including a dry etching process.
- the wiring etching process for connecting the circuit elements is divided into two or more.
- the charge accumulated in one time by the dry etching process is increased to two or more. It is possible to accumulate separately. Therefore, the electric charge is discharged and discharged during each etching step, and the maximum amount of electric charge accumulated in the wiring connecting the circuit elements is reduced, so that the circuit elements are prevented from being electrostatically broken during manufacturing. As a result, a highly reliable drive circuit board can be manufactured.
- the dry etching step is a step of sputtering a wiring material formed by sputtering or vacuum deposition, and reactive ion etching (RIE) or the like is preferably used.
- RIE reactive ion etching
- the reactive ion etching (RIE) described above is a reaction product of an ion and a metal atom caused to react chemically by causing ions (or radicals) generated by plasma to collide with a metal thin film in a region to be etched. Is removed to the outside by a vacuum exhaust system.
- the wiring for connecting circuit elements is divided into two or more layers. Although it may be formed in the same layer, it may be formed in two or more layers, whereby the manufacturing process can be simplified. In the case where the wiring is divided into two or more layers, two layers are preferable as the number of layers in which the wiring is divided. In the case of forming the same layer, the wiring material film forming process may be performed once by sputtering or vacuum evaporation, and only the etching process may be performed twice or more. The film process and etching process may be repeated twice or more.
- the wiring material film forming process is performed twice or more, the wiring material, film forming conditions, etc. can be changed.
- the portion where the wiring is divided is formed between the circuit elements. Each is preferably provided.
- the two or more etching steps preferably include a wet etching step.
- the wiring etching process is divided into two or more, so the wiring forming process may be a combination of a dry etching process and a wet etching process. In this way, when a part of the wiring is formed by the wet etching process, charge accumulation is less likely to occur than when the wiring is formed by repeating the dry etching process. It is possible to prevent destruction.
- the circuit element is a thin film transistor
- the two or more etching processes preferably include a patterning process for a gate electrode and a patterning process for a source electrode.
- the etching process includes the patterning process of the gate electrode and the patterning process of the source electrode, so that the wiring for connecting the circuit elements and the gate electrode and the source electrode can be collectively formed by the existing process. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the circuit element from being electrostatically damaged during manufacture by an inexpensive method.
- the substrate used in the method for manufacturing a drive circuit board of the present invention preferably has a glass material strength. Since a glass substrate is more likely to cause electrostatic breakdown of a circuit element having higher insulation than a semiconductor Si substrate used for ICs and the like, the present invention is applied to such a glass substrate. It is possible to sufficiently obtain the operational effects.
- the present invention is also a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device including the drive circuit board or the drive circuit board manufactured by the method for manufacturing the drive circuit board.
- the liquid crystal display panel and the liquid crystal display device of the present invention characteristics such as electrostatic breakdown in circuit elements can be obtained even on a glass substrate that has high insulation and is prone to electrostatic breakdown as compared with a semiconductor Si substrate used in an IC or the like. Since a highly reliable drive circuit board in which deterioration is prevented is provided, a highly reliable liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device can be provided.
- a preferred form of the liquid crystal display panel of the present invention is a form in which the drive circuit board is used as a liquid crystal panel substrate constituting the liquid crystal display panel.
- a liquid crystal display panel in which a drive circuit (peripheral circuit for driving liquid crystal) is formed on a liquid crystal panel substrate is also called a system liquid crystal panel, and the drive circuit substrate is external to the liquid crystal panel substrate.
- the number of parts is reduced, the fine pitch and thin It is possible to reduce the weight of the mold.
- At least one of the wirings has a configuration in which paths are formed in two or more layers or a configuration including two or more wiring parts formed of different materials.
- the wiring formation process is divided into two or more, and the charge accumulated in the wiring by dry etching at the time of wiring pattern formation is discharged once during each layer forming process and accumulated in the wiring connecting circuit elements to each other The maximum amount of charge can be reduced, and circuit elements can be prevented from being electrostatically destroyed during manufacturing.
- the wiring formation process is divided into two or more, it is possible to combine the etching process in wiring formation with a dry etching process and a wet etching process.
- electrostatic charge breakdown can be prevented more effectively in the circuit element manufacturing process than the accumulation of electric charges.
- FIG. 1 (a) is a schematic front view showing a circuit arrangement of a frame portion of a liquid crystal panel substrate (driving circuit substrate) to which the monolithic technology according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied
- FIG. It is the schematic diagram which expanded the circuit arrangement
- the wiring 13 at the same level as the source wiring is used as part of the wiring that connects the circuit elements 11 to each other.
- the gate wiring is connected to the connection part with the circuit elements 11 (both ends of the wiring connecting the circuit elements).
- Wiring 12 at the same level as the source wiring is used for the other parts (intermediate part of the wiring connecting the circuit elements).
- two processes that is, a process of forming a wiring 12 at the same level as the gate wiring, A process of forming the wiring 13 at the same level as the wiring is required.
- the wiring formation process is divided into two times, so that it is possible to accumulate charges that have been accumulated once by dry etching during wiring patterning in two. Since charges are once discharged during this formation process, the maximum amount of charge accumulated in the wiring connecting the circuit elements 11 is smaller than in the prior art. As a result, it is possible to prevent the circuit element 11 from being electrostatically damaged during manufacture. In addition, if the etching process in the formation process of the wiring 13 at the same level as the source wiring is performed by wet etching, it is more effective that circuit elements that are unlikely to accumulate electric charge in the wiring 13 are electrostatically destroyed during manufacturing. Can be prevented.
- a top gate type thin film transistor is used as the circuit element 11.
- FIG. 2 (a) is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure of the wiring portion of the drive circuit formed on the substrate in the drive circuit substrate of Embodiment 1
- FIG. 2 (b) is the drive circuit substrate shown in (a).
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure of the TFT portion of the drive circuit formed on the substrate.
- undercoat (SiO ZSiNO) 28 and amorphous silicon (a-Si) are formed on glass substrate 21 by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) using silane gas as the source gas.
- PECVD plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
- the undercoat 28 may be (SiNZSiO 2) or the like. Normal PECVD
- a-Si formed by the above method contains about 10% hydrogen, if laser beam is performed as it is, there is a risk of hydrogen bumping and roughening the layer.
- a Process to reduce the hydrogen concentration in the Si layer (dehydrogenation process).
- dehydrogenation process raising the temperature up to about 500 ° C is particularly problematic in terms of the characteristics of the glass substrate, but if the time is extended, it can be carried out at a lower temperature, for example, about 430 ° C for about 2 hours. You may go.
- Such a dehydrogenation process can reduce the hydrogen content to around 1%.
- a metal catalyst may be applied and a pretreatment for CG-silicone may be performed.
- channel doping was performed on the a-Si layer.
- NMOS field In this case, a trivalent atom such as boron is implanted into the a-Si layer, and in the case of PMOS, a pentavalent atom such as phosphorus is implanted.
- This channel doping can also be performed after the formation of the gate insulating film 23 shown below.
- a pretreatment for laser annealing a heat treatment for solid phase crystallization may be performed.
- dry etching using photolithography and carbon tetrafluoride (CF 3) gas is performed to produce a transistor.
- the P—Si layer other than the portion was removed, and the thin film transistor region 24 was formed.
- a gate insulating film 23 made of a silicon dioxide (SiO 2) film was formed by PECVD using tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) gas as a source gas.
- TEOS tetraethylorthosilicate
- SiNx, SiON, etc. can be used as the material.
- phosphorus was channel-doped to Nch to control the threshold values of the Nch and Pch transistors.
- a tungsten (W) film having a resistance of 1 ⁇ / port and a tantalum nitride (TaN) film having a resistance of 500 ⁇ / port were formed in this order by sputtering.
- Other metals that can be used for the gate metal include low resistance metals such as MoW and A1, and high melting point metals that have a flat surface and stable characteristics.
- a mix of Ar, SF, CF, O, C1, etc. as photolithography and source gas.
- the gate metal (wiring) 22 is composed of a gate electrode pattern of the TFT portion and a part of the wiring pattern of the wiring portion.
- ion implantation was performed in the source / drain regions of the transistor (ion doping).
- boron or the like is implanted to make a P-type semiconductor
- phosphorus or the like is implanted to make an N-type semiconductor.
- an excimer laser was irradiated so that ions existing near the surface of the p-Si thin film could be taken into the p-Si layer and activated by ion implantation. The electrical conductivity can be improved by this activation treatment.
- an activation treatment there is a method of baking at a high temperature.
- an interlayer insulating film 27 was formed by PECVD. SiNx, SiON, etc. can be used as the interlayer insulating film material.
- a contact hole (contact part) 26 was formed using a hydrofluoric acid-based wet etching solution. Since the p-Si is thin, the etching accuracy is inferior to that of dry etching, but a wet etching method with a high selectivity is used.
- a metal thin film was formed in the order of a titanium (Ti) film, an aluminum-silicon (Al-Si) alloy film, and a Ti film by a sputtering method.
- wet etching is performed using a hydrofluoric acid solution for Ti and a mixed solution of phosphoric acid, nitric acid, and acetic acid for A1, and a three-layer resistance 1 ⁇ well source (drain) metal ( Wiring) 25 was formed and contact part 26 was completed.
- the source (drain) metal (wiring) 25 includes a wiring portion connected to the TFT source electrode, a wiring portion connected to the TFT drain electrode, and a contact portion 26 of the wiring portion.
- a wiring portion connected to the gate metal 22 was formed. Then, by connecting a part of the pattern of the source (drain) metal 25 and the pattern of the gate metal 22, the TFT gate electrodes are connected to each other, and the drive circuit is completed. After the formation, the low-temperature P-Si manufacturing process was completed by forming a protective film (one kind of interlayer insulating film) by PECVD, applying a resin film, and forming a transparent electrode (ITO). [0032] According to the drive circuit substrate manufactured according to the present embodiment, the process of forming the wiring connecting the TFTs is divided into the process of forming the gate metal 22 and the process of forming the source metal 23. The etching process in the step of forming the source metal 23 was performed by wet etching. As a result, the maximum amount of charge accumulated in the wiring connecting the circuit elements can be reduced, so that the circuit elements can be effectively prevented from being electrostatically damaged during manufacture.
- FIG. 3 (a) is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure of the wiring portion of the drive circuit formed on the substrate in the drive circuit substrate of Embodiment 2
- FIG. 3 (b) is the drive circuit substrate shown in (a).
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure of the TFT portion of the drive circuit formed on the substrate.
- the order of the manufacturing process is as follows: (4) gate metal formation, (2) gate insulating film formation, (1) Si layer formation, (5) ion doping, By changing the order of 7) hydrogen annealing treatment, (8) contact portion formation, and (9) source metal formation, a drive circuit board having a bottom gate type thin film transistor was manufactured. As the process order was changed, the dehydrogenation process temperature and other factors were changed as appropriate.
- FIG. 1 (a) is a schematic front view showing a circuit arrangement of a frame portion of a liquid crystal panel substrate (driving circuit board) to which a monolithic technique according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
- FIG. 2 (a) is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure of a wiring portion of a drive circuit formed on the substrate in the drive circuit board of Embodiment 1
- FIG. 2 (b) is a drive diagram shown in FIG. 2 (a).
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a structure of a TFT portion of a drive circuit formed on a circuit board.
- FIG. 3 (a) is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure of a wiring portion of a drive circuit formed on the substrate in the drive circuit board of Embodiment 2
- FIG. 3 (b) is a drive diagram shown in FIG. 3 (a).
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a structure of a TFT portion of a drive circuit formed on a circuit board.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic front view showing a structure in the process of manufacturing an active matrix substrate mounted on a conventional liquid crystal display device.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic front view showing a configuration of a liquid crystal panel substrate (driving circuit substrate) to which the monolithic technology is applied.
- FIG. 6 (a) is a schematic front view showing a state of a gate driver formed on a frame portion of a liquid crystal panel substrate (driving circuit substrate) to which a conventional monolithic technology is applied, and (b) is ( It is the schematic diagram which expanded the part enclosed with the circle
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