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- the present invention relates to a light emitting display device for displaying an image and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a light emitting display device including an organic EL display or a thin film transistor for driving an organic EL element and a method of manufacturing the same.
- an organic EL display device using an EL (Electro Luminescence) of an organic material has attracted attention as one of the next-generation flat panel displays to be replaced with a liquid crystal display device.
- the organic EL display device is a current drive type device unlike a voltage drive type liquid crystal display device, and there are an active matrix type and a passive matrix type.
- an image is displayed by causing a current to flow through the organic EL elements provided in each pixel to cause the organic EL elements to emit light.
- the amount of current flowing to the organic EL element is controlled by a thin film transistor (TFT: Thin Film Transistor).
- amorphous silicon film for example, is used as a channel layer of such a thin film transistor (hereinafter referred to as a TFT), the amorphous layer of the channel layer is used to increase the driving capability of the TFT.
- amorphous silicon film for example, is used as a channel layer of such a thin film transistor (hereinafter referred to as a TFT)
- the amorphous layer of the channel layer is used to increase the driving capability of the TFT.
- the TFT supplies a data signal according to the magnitude of the drive current to the drive transistor for supplying the drive current to the organic EL element and the gate electrode of the current drive transistor.
- a switching transistor In the switching transistor, a particularly low off current is required, and a current (mobility) for driving the organic EL element by the driving transistor, that is, an on current is required.
- the channel layer portion of the TFT is microcrystallized to increase the driving current (mobility) of the TFT, the off current of the TFT becomes high.
- Patent Document 1 a technology in which an amorphous semiconductor is used for a channel layer in a TFT constituting a switching transistor and a crystalline silicon film is used in a channel layer in a TFT constituting a driving transistor.
- the channel layer has a two-layer structure of a channel layer made of a crystalline silicon film and a channel layer made of an amorphous silicon film.
- this proposal by making the channel layer into a two-layer structure of a channel layer made of a crystalline silicon film and a channel layer made of an amorphous silicon film, mutual advantages act to make the single layer amorphous. Current is higher than that of a channel layer made of a high-quality amorphous silicon film, and the off current is ideally lower than that of a channel layer made of a single-layer crystalline silicon film. It is supposed to be obtained.
- one layer (lower layer) of the two layers of the channel layer of the TFT is a crystalline silicon film and the driving current (mobility) of the TFT is increased, the off current of the TFT becomes high.
- the driving current mobility
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a light emitting display capable of suppressing an off current in a switching transistor and securing an on current in a driving transistor, and a method of manufacturing the same. Do.
- the light emitting display device adopts a side contact structure in order to secure the TFT characteristics (on current) of the linear region, and in the TFT constituting the switching transistor, In order to reduce the off current, the semiconductor layer (channel layer) in the region corresponding to the source / drain electrode is thickened, while in the TFT constituting the drive transistor, the region corresponding to the source / drain electrode to gain on current Thin semiconductor layer (channel layer). These structures are then manufactured using a halftone mask.
- the present invention it is possible to realize a light emitting display capable of suppressing an off current in a switching transistor and securing an on current in a driving transistor, and a method of manufacturing the same. Furthermore, in the state where the on current of the TFT constituting the switching transistor is secured with the same number of process processing as the conventional one, the reduction of the off current is realized, and the on current of the TFT constituting the driving transistor is secured. The effect of being able to
- FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a configuration of Sw Tr included in the light emitting display device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a configuration of Dr Tr included in the light emitting display device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing an equivalent circuit of the light emitting display according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing manufacturing steps of the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4A is a view for explaining a method of manufacturing a light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4B is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4A is a view for explaining a method of manufacturing a light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4B is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of
- FIG. 4C is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4D is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4E is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4F is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4G is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4H is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4I is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4J is a view for explaining the method for manufacturing the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5A is a view for explaining the step of adjusting the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15 in the switching transistor 1 region.
- FIG. 5B is a view for explaining the step of adjusting the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15 in the drive transistor 2 region.
- FIG. 6A is a view for explaining the step of adjusting the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15 in the switching transistor 1 region.
- FIG. 6B is a view for explaining the step of adjusting the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15 in the drive transistor 2 region.
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing the TFT characteristics of a general thin film transistor.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing the TFT characteristics of a general thin film transistor.
- FIG. 9A shows a TFT with side contacts.
- FIG. 9B is a diagram showing the characteristics of the TFT shown in FIG. 9A.
- FIG. 10A is a diagram showing a TFT structure having no side contact.
- FIG. 10B is a diagram showing TFT characteristics in the TFT structure shown in FIG. 10A.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing characteristics when the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film of the TFT shown in FIG. 10A is changed.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing characteristics when the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film of the TFT shown in FIG. 10A is changed.
- the light emitting display device is a light emitting display device in which a plurality of light emitting pixels are arranged on a substrate, and each of the light emitting pixels includes a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, and a light emitting element.
- the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor respectively include a gate electrode provided on the substrate, a gate insulating film provided on the gate electrode, and the gate electrode on the gate insulating film.
- the TFT for example, a switching transistor
- the TFT whose off-state current needs to be reduced by changing the thickness of the side contact portion of the semiconductor layer while keeping the laminated structure the same, and a current value greater than a predetermined value in the saturation region It is possible to form a TFT (for example, a drive transistor) which needs to secure a simple structure on the same substrate.
- the doped semiconductor layer is provided so as to cover side surfaces of both ends in the channel length direction of the semiconductor layer.
- the light emitting display device further includes, on the substrate, a plurality of data lines and power supply lines for supplying current to the light emitting pixels, and the second thin film transistor A data voltage is applied from the corresponding data line to the gate electrode, and a current corresponding to the applied data voltage is supplied to the light emitting element from the power supply line through the second thin film transistor.
- the light emitting display device includes a plurality of scanning lines on the substrate, and the gate electrode of the first thin film transistor is connected to the corresponding scanning line, A scanning signal is supplied via the corresponding scanning line, one of the source and drain electrodes of the first thin film transistor is connected to the gate electrode of the second thin film transistor, and the scanning signal is supplied. A data voltage is applied from the corresponding data line via the first thin film transistor.
- the semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor layer provided on the gate insulating film, and a second semiconductor layer provided on the first semiconductor layer.
- the first semiconductor layer is made of a crystalline semiconductor
- the second semiconductor layer is made of an amorphous semiconductor.
- the thicknesses of the source region and the drain region of the first semiconductor layer of the first thin film transistor are the same as the thicknesses of the source region and the drain region of the first semiconductor layer of the second thin film transistor
- the thickness in the source region and the drain region of the second semiconductor layer of the first thin film transistor is larger than the thickness of the second semiconductor layer in the source region and the drain region of the second thin film transistor.
- the thickness of the channel region which is a region other than the source region and the drain region in the semiconductor layer of the second thin film transistor is equal to the thickness of the semiconductor layer of the first thin film transistor.
- the thickness in the channel region which is a region other than the source region and the drain region is larger than the thickness in the source region and the drain region.
- the thickness of the end portion on the channel region side of the source region and the drain region of the semiconductor layer is relatively thick, the electric field formed at the end portion is relaxed, and the breakdown due to the electric field concentration is prevented. it can.
- the thickness of the source region and the drain region and the thickness in the channel region are formed so as to change discontinuously .
- the thickness of the source region and the drain region of the semiconductor layer of the second thin film transistor is adjusted by etching using a multi-tone mask.
- the light emitting element is an organic electroluminescent element.
- a plurality of light emitting pixels are arrayed on a substrate, and each of the light emitting pixels includes a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, and a light emitting element.
- a method of manufacturing a device comprising: a first step of forming gate electrodes of the first and second thin film transistors on the substrate; and a gate insulating film of the first and second thin film transistors on the gate electrode.
- a second step of forming a semiconductor layer of the first and second thin film transistors on the gate insulating film, and a thickness of a source region and a drain region of the semiconductor layer of the second Forming a thickness smaller than the thickness in the source region and the drain region of the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor, and forming the first and the second steps on the semiconductor layer Including the a fourth step of forming a doped semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor, and a fifth step of forming source and drain electrodes of said first and second thin film transistor to said doped semiconductor layer.
- the thickness of the semiconductor layer of the second thin film transistor is adjusted by etching using a multi-tone mask.
- FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a configuration of Sw Tr included in the light emitting display device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a configuration of Dr Tr included in the light emitting display device according to the present embodiment.
- the switching transistor 1 (also described as Sw Tr in the drawing) corresponds to the first thin film transistor in the present invention.
- the switching transistor 1 is a reverse stagger TFT, as shown in FIG. 1A, and comprises an insulating substrate 10 (not shown), a gate electrode 11a, a gate insulating film 12a, a crystalline silicon film 14a and an amorphous silicon.
- a semiconductor layer composed of a film 15a, an n + silicon film 17a, and a source / drain electrode 19b are provided.
- the insulating substrate 10 is a substrate made of transparent glass or quartz.
- the gate electrode 11a is provided on the insulating substrate 10, and for example, a metal such as molybdenum (Mo) or Mo alloy, a metal such as titanium (Ti), aluminum (Al) or Al alloy, copper (Cu) or Cu alloy It is composed of a metal or a metal such as silver (Ag), chromium (Cr), tantalum (Ta) or tungsten (W).
- a metal such as molybdenum (Mo) or Mo alloy
- a metal such as titanium (Ti), aluminum (Al) or Al alloy, copper (Cu) or Cu alloy
- It is composed of a metal or a metal such as silver (Ag), chromium (Cr), tantalum (Ta) or tungsten (W).
- the gate insulating film 12a is provided on the gate electrode 11b.
- the gate insulating film 12 b is formed to cover the gate electrode 11 a, and, for example, silicon oxide (SiO x ), silicon nitride (SiN x ), or silicon oxide (SiO x ) and silicon nitride It comprises a laminated structure with (SiN x ).
- the gate insulating film 12a is formed to have a thickness of, for example, about 75 nm to 500 nm.
- the semiconductor layer is provided on the gate insulating film 12a, and is composed of a crystalline semiconductor, ie, a crystalline silicon film 14a, and an amorphous semiconductor, ie, an amorphous silicon film 15b. Further, this semiconductor layer has a source region and a drain region in a region corresponding to the source / drain electrode 19a and a channel region in a region other than the source region and the drain region, and functions as a channel layer. Specifically, the semiconductor layer (channel layer) is formed of amorphous silicon on a crystalline silicon film 14a having a source region, a channel region, and a drain region provided corresponding to the gate electrode 11a on the gate insulating film 12a. The film 15b is stacked. The thicknesses of the source region and the drain region of the channel layer (semiconductor layer) of the switching transistor 1 are larger than the thicknesses of the source region and the drain region of the channel layer (semiconductor layer) of the driving transistor 2.
- the crystalline silicon film 14a corresponds to a first semiconductor layer according to the present invention, and is formed on the gate insulating film 12a.
- the crystalline silicon film 14a is a polycrystalline silicon film formed on the gate insulating film 12a, and its thickness is, for example, 30 nm.
- an amorphous silicon film 13 (not shown) is formed on the gate insulating film 12a, and the formed amorphous silicon film 13 is polycrystalline (microcrystallization) by laser. Are also included).
- polycrystal as used herein is a broad sense including not only a polycrystal in a narrow sense consisting of crystals of 50 nm or more but also a microcrystal in a narrow sense consisting of crystals of 50 nm or less.
- polycrystals will be described in a broad sense.
- the amorphous silicon film 15a corresponds to a second semiconductor layer according to the present invention, and is, for example, an amorphous silicon film formed on the crystalline silicon film 14a.
- the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15a is, for example, 75 nm.
- the n + silicon film 17a is a doped semiconductor layer provided so as to cover the top surfaces of the source region and the drain region of the semiconductor layer (the amorphous silicon film 15a and the gate insulating film 12a), and functions as a contact layer. Specifically, the n + silicon film 17a is provided so as to cover the amorphous silicon film 15a and the gate insulating film 12a.
- the n + silicon film 17a is provided to cover the side surfaces of the crystalline silicon film 14a and the amorphous silicon film 15a.
- the n + silicon film 17a is provided so as to cover both side surfaces of the channel layer (semiconductor layer, ie, the crystalline silicon film 14a and the amorphous silicon film 15a) opposite to each other in the channel length direction.
- the n + silicon film 17a thus provided functions as a side contact for electrically connecting the source / drain electrode 19a to the channel layer.
- the thickness of the n + silicon film 17a is, for example, 25 nm.
- the source / drain electrode 19a is provided on the n + silicon film 17a.
- the source / drain electrode 19a is made of, for example, a metal such as molybdenum (Mo) or Mo alloy, a metal such as titanium (Ti), aluminum (Al) or Al alloy, a metal such as copper (Cu) or Cu alloy, Ag), chromium (Cr), tantalum (Ta) or tungsten (W) or other metal material.
- the switching transistor 1 is configured as described above.
- the driving transistor 2 (also described as Dr Tr in the drawing) corresponds to a second thin film transistor in the present invention.
- the drive transistor 2 is a reverse stagger TFT, and the insulating substrate 10 (not shown), the gate electrode 11 b, the gate insulating film 12 b, the crystalline silicon film 14 b and the amorphous silicon A semiconductor layer composed of a film 15b, an n + silicon film 17b, and a source / drain electrode 19b are provided.
- the insulating substrate 10 is a substrate made of transparent glass or quartz.
- the gate electrode 11 b is provided on the insulating substrate 10 and is made of the same metal as the gate electrode 11 a. That is, the gate electrode 11 b is made of, for example, a metal such as molybdenum (Mo) or Mo alloy, a metal such as titanium (Ti), aluminum (Al) or Al alloy, a metal such as copper (Cu) or Cu alloy, Ag), chromium (Cr), tantalum (Ta) or tungsten (W) or other metals.
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- W tungsten
- the gate insulating film 12 b is provided on the gate electrode 11 b.
- the gate insulating film 12b is made of the same material as the gate insulating film 12a, and is formed to cover the gate electrode 11b. That is, the gate insulating film 12b has a laminated structure of silicon oxide (SiO x ), silicon nitride (SiN x ), or silicon oxide (SiO x ) and silicon nitride (SiN x ), and the same material is used for the gate insulating film 12a. It is configured.
- the gate insulating film 12b is formed to have a thickness of, for example, about 75 nm to 500 nm.
- the semiconductor layer is provided on the gate insulating film 12b, and is composed of a crystalline silicon film 14b and an amorphous silicon film 15b.
- the semiconductor layer also has a source region and a drain region in the region corresponding to the source / drain electrode 19b, and further has a channel region in the region other than the source region and the drain region, and functions as a channel layer.
- a semiconductor layer (channel layer) is provided on the gate insulating film 12b corresponding to the gate electrode 11b, and an amorphous silicon film is formed on the crystalline silicon film 14b having a source region, a channel region, and a drain region. 15b is stacked.
- the thicknesses of the source region and the drain region of the semiconductor layer (channel layer) of the drive transistor 2 are thinner (smaller) than the thickness of the semiconductor layer (channel layer) of the switching transistor 1. Since the thickness of the channel region (central portion) of the semiconductor layer (channel layer) is relatively thicker than the thicknesses of the source region and the drain region of the semiconductor layer (channel layer) as described above, the semiconductor layer (channel layer) The electric field formed is relaxed, and the breakdown due to the electric field concentration can be prevented. That is, off current can be suppressed.
- the crystalline silicon film 14 b is formed on the gate insulating film 12 b.
- the crystalline silicon film 14 b is a polycrystalline silicon film formed on the gate insulating film 12 b and has a thickness of, for example, 30 nm.
- an amorphous silicon film 13 (not shown) is formed, and the formed amorphous silicon film 13 is polycrystallized (including microcrystallization) by a laser. It is formed by
- the amorphous silicon film 15 b is, for example, an amorphous silicon film formed on the crystalline silicon film 14 b.
- the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15b is, for example, 30 nm in the source region and the drain region, and is, for example, 75 nm in the channel region.
- the thicknesses of the source region and the drain region of the semiconductor layer (in this case, the amorphous silicon film 15b) of the drive transistor 2 are respectively from the channel region side (the central portion of the semiconductor layer) to the opposite side of the channel region (semiconductor Change discontinuously towards the outer periphery of the layer).
- the thicknesses of the source and drain regions and the thickness in the channel region are formed to change discontinuously. That is, the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15b is formed thinner in the region corresponding to the source / drain electrode 19b than in the region corresponding to the source / drain electrode 19a of the amorphous silicon film 15a in the switching transistor 1 In the region (channel region) corresponding to the electrode 11 b, the region corresponding to the gate electrode 11 b of the amorphous silicon film 15 a in the switching transistor 1 is the same.
- the n + silicon film 17b is a doped semiconductor layer provided so as to cover the upper surfaces of the source region and the drain region of the semiconductor layer (the amorphous silicon film 15b and the gate insulating film 12b), and functions as a contact layer. Specifically, the n + silicon film 17 b is provided so as to cover the amorphous silicon film 15 b and the gate insulating film 12 b.
- the n + silicon film 17 b is provided to cover the side surfaces of the crystalline silicon film 14 b and the amorphous silicon film 15 b.
- the n + silicon film 17 b is provided so as to cover the side surfaces of both ends in the channel length direction of the channel layer (semiconductor layer, ie, the crystalline silicon film 14 b and the amorphous silicon film 15 b).
- the n + silicon film 17 b thus provided functions as a side contact for electrically conducting the source / drain electrode 19 b and the channel layer.
- the thickness of the n + silicon film 17 b is, for example, 25 nm.
- the source / drain electrode 19 b is provided on the n + silicon film 17 b and is made of the same material as the source / drain electrode 19 a. That is, the source / drain electrode 19b is made of, for example, a metal such as molybdenum (Mo) or Mo alloy, a metal such as titanium (Ti), aluminum (Al) or Al alloy, a metal such as copper (Cu) or Cu alloy, or It is made of a metal material such as silver (Ag), chromium (Cr), tantalum (Ta) or tungsten (W).
- Mo molybdenum
- Mo molybdenum
- Mo molybdenum
- Ti titanium
- Al aluminum
- Cu copper
- It is made of a metal material such as silver (Ag), chromium (Cr), tantalum (Ta) or tungsten (W).
- the drive transistor 2 is configured.
- FIG. 2 is a view showing an equivalent circuit of the light emitting display according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the light emitting display device shown in FIG. 2 has a plurality of light emitting pixels arranged on the insulating substrate 10, and displays an image based on a video signal which is a luminance signal input to the light emitting display device from the outside.
- a video signal which is a luminance signal input to the light emitting display device from the outside.
- the details of the circuit configuration of each of the plurality of light emitting pixels included in the light emitting display device will be described below.
- Each light emitting pixel includes a switching transistor 1, a driving transistor 2, a data line 3, a scanning line 4, a high voltage power supply line 8, a low voltage power supply line 9, a capacitance 6, and an organic EL element 7.
- a switching transistor 1 a driving transistor 2
- data line 3 a scanning line 4
- a high voltage power supply line 8 a low voltage power supply line 9
- a capacitance 6 a capac
- the switching transistor 1 In the switching transistor 1, one electrode of the source / drain electrode 19 a is connected to the data line 3, the other electrode of the source / drain electrode 19 a is connected to the capacitance 6, and the gate electrode 11 a is connected to the scanning line 4 .
- the switching transistor 1 switches conduction and non-conduction between the data line 3 and the capacitance 6 by supplying a scanning signal via the scanning line 4.
- the gate electrode 11 b of the drive transistor 2 is connected to one of the source / drain electrode 19 a of the switching transistor 1, and is connected to the data line 3 via the switching transistor 1.
- one (source electrode) of the source / drain electrode 19 b is connected to the anode of the organic EL element 7, and the other (drain electrode) of the source / drain electrode 19 b is connected to the high voltage side power supply line 8. It is done.
- a data voltage is applied to the gate electrode 11 b of the drive transistor 2 from the data line 3 via the switching transistor 1, and a current corresponding to the applied data voltage flows to the organic EL element 7 to emit light.
- the high voltage side power supply line 8 is a power supply line for supplying a large current to the drive transistor 2 and the organic EL element 7.
- the voltage supplied to the high voltage side power supply line 8 is Vdd, for example, 20V.
- the data line 3 is a wiring used to transmit to the organic EL element 7 a data voltage (magnitude of voltage value) that determines the brightness of the pixel of the organic EL element 7.
- the scanning line 4 is a wiring used to transmit a scanning signal that determines the switch (ON / OFF) of the pixel of the organic EL element 7 to the organic EL element 7.
- the capacitance 6 holds a voltage value (charge) for a fixed time.
- the organic EL element 7 corresponds to the light emitting element in the present invention, and emits light by the driving current of the driving transistor 2. That is, the organic EL element 7 emits light when a current (drive current) is supplied from the high voltage side power supply line 8 through the drive transistor 2.
- the cathode of the organic EL element 7 is connected to the low voltage side power supply line 9, and the anode is connected to the source electrode of the drive transistor 2.
- the voltage supplied to the low voltage side power supply line 9 is Vss, and is 0 V, for example.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing manufacturing steps of the light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- 4A to 4J are views for explaining a method of manufacturing a light emitting display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- gate electrodes of the switching transistor 1 and the driving transistor 2 are formed on the insulating substrate 10 (S1).
- the metal film 11 of MoW is deposited on the insulating substrate 10 by sputtering, and the gate electrode 11a in the switching transistor 1 region and the gate electrode 11b in the driving transistor 2 region by capacitance and etching.
- An electrode 11c at 6 and a metal 11d of the wiring portion are formed (FIG. 4A).
- the metal 11 d of the wiring portion is, for example, a wiring including the data line 3, the scanning line 4, the high voltage side power supply line 8, the low voltage side power supply line 9 and the like.
- a region to be the switching transistor 1 after manufacturing is described as a switching transistor 1 region
- a region to be a driving transistor 2 after manufacturing is described as a driving transistor 2 region.
- the gate insulating film 12 of the switching transistor 1 and the driving transistor 2 is formed on the gate electrode (S2). Then, on the gate insulating film 12, the semiconductor layers of the switching transistor 1 and the drive transistor 2 are gate-insulated so that the thicknesses of the source region and the drain region of the semiconductor layer of the switching transistor 1 become larger than the thicknesses of the drive transistor 2. Semiconductor layers having different thicknesses are formed on the film 12 (S3).
- the insulating substrate 10, the gate electrode 11a, the gate electrode 11b, the electrode 11c, and the metal 11d are covered on the gate electrode 11a, the gate electrode 11b, the electrode 11c, and the metal 11d by plasma CVD.
- a gate insulating film 12 is formed, and an amorphous silicon film 13 is continuously formed on the formed gate insulating film 12 (FIG. 4B).
- the gate insulating film 12 has a laminated structure of silicon oxide (SiO 2 ) and silicon nitride (SiN x ).
- the gate insulating film 12 is formed to have a thickness of about 75 to 500 nm, and the amorphous silicon film 13 is formed to have a thickness of, for example, 30 nm.
- the amorphous silicon film 13 is converted to a crystalline silicon film 14 by laser annealing. More specifically, the formed amorphous silicon film 13 is subjected to a dehydrogenation treatment, and then the amorphous silicon film 13 is crystallized by laser (including microcrystals) to form crystals. Quality silicon film 14 is formed (FIG. 4C).
- an amorphous silicon film 15 is formed on the formed crystalline silicon film 14, and the film thickness of the channel layer region (semiconductor layer region) is adjusted by etching using a high gradation mask.
- an amorphous silicon film 15 is formed on the crystalline silicon film 14 by plasma CVD, and a photoresist 16 is applied on the formed amorphous silicon film 15.
- the amorphous silicon film 15 is formed to have a thickness of, for example, about 75 nm.
- a SC mask for example, a high gradation mask such as a halftone mask
- the crystalline silicon film 14 and the amorphous silicon film 15 are etched.
- dry etching is used for the etching.
- the etching gas for example, a gas containing fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), or a mixed gas thereof is used.
- the SC mask is a mask for simultaneously patterning the crystalline silicon film 14 and the amorphous silicon film 15, and here, a high gradation mask such as a halftone mask is used.
- a region to be a channel layer in the switching transistor 1 region (a region to be a semiconductor layer) and a region to be a channel layer in the driving transistor 2 region (a region to be a semiconductor layer) are left.
- the region to be the channel layer (the region to be the semiconductor layer) and the region to be the channel layer in the drive transistor 2 region (the region to be the semiconductor layer) are formed to have different thicknesses (FIG. 4E).
- FIGS. 5A and 6A are diagrams for explaining in detail the process of forming semiconductor layers of different film thicknesses on the gate insulating film 12.
- FIG. FIGS. 5A and 6A are diagrams for explaining the step of adjusting the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15 in the switching transistor 1 region, and FIGS. 5B and 6B are amorphous silicon in the driving transistor 2 region.
- FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a process of adjusting the film thickness of the film 15;
- the applied photoresist is exposed with a high gradation mask to leave a photoresist 16a covering the entire channel layer region with a similar thickness.
- the applied photoresist is exposed by using a high gradation mask to leave the photoresist 16b functioning as a halftone mask.
- the photoresist 16b is left so as to have the same thickness as the photoresist 16a in the region inside the channel layer region, and to be thinner than the photoresist 16a in the region outside the channel layer region, and the halftone mask Act as.
- the crystalline silicon film 14a and the amorphous silicon film 15a in the channel layer region remain with the thickness as they were formed. That is, in the switching transistor 1 region, the thickness of the crystalline silicon film 14a remains at 30 nm, and the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15a remains at 75 nm.
- the photoresist 16b is made to have a thickness different from the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15b in the region inside the channel layer region and the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15b in the region outside the channel layer region. Act as a halftone mask to etch into.
- the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15b is the same as the region outside and inside the channel layer region. The thickness is different in the area of That is, in the drive transistor 2 region, the thickness of the crystalline silicon film 14 b is 30 nm, which is the same as the thickness of the crystalline silicon film 14 a in the switching transistor 1 region.
- the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15b is 30 nm in the region outside the channel layer region, and is 75 nm the same as the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15a in the switching transistor 1 region inside the channel layer region.
- the thickness of the channel layer region (specifically, the amorphous silicon film 15a) in the switching transistor 1 region and the channel layer region in the driving transistor 2 region. (Specifically, the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15b) is formed to be different.
- doped semiconductor layers of the switching transistor 1 and the driving transistor 2 that is, contact layers are formed on the semiconductor layer (S4).
- the photoresist 16a and the photoresist 16b are peeled off, and aqueous cleaning is performed.
- an amorphous silicon film is formed by plasma CVD and doped with an element of Group V such as phosphorus (P), for example, to form a doped semiconductor layer, ie, an n + silicon film 17.
- the n + silicon film 17 is formed to a thickness of, for example, 25 nm and functions as a contact layer.
- a photoresist 18 is applied to the formed n + silicon film 17 (contact layer) to perform exposure.
- the photoresist 18 in the region to be etched is peeled (ashed) (FIG. 4F).
- the n + silicon film 17 (contact layer) in the region to be etched and the gate insulating film 12 are etched (FIG. 4G).
- dry etching is used for the etching.
- a mixed gas of sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6) and chlorine (Cl) is used as an etching gas.
- the gate insulating film 12 is dry etched, if the gate insulating film 12 is made of SiO 2 , for example, a mixed gas of carbon trifluoride (CF 3 ) and oxygen (O) is used.
- CF 3 carbon trifluoride
- oxygen (O) oxygen
- SiN SiN
- a mixed gas of sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ), oxygen (O) and helium (He) is used. Then, after the etching, the photoresist 18 is peeled off.
- source / drain electrodes of the switching transistor 1 and the driving transistor 2 are formed on the doped semiconductor layer (S5).
- the metal 19 is sputtered on the formed n + silicon film 17 (more specifically, on the n + silicon film 17 and the exposed and exposed gate electrode 11b, the electrode 11c and the metal 11d). accumulate.
- the metal 19 to be deposited is, for example, MoW / Al-0.5 wt% Cu / MoW: 80 nm / 300 nm / 20 nm.
- a photoresist 20 is applied to the deposited metal 19 and exposed to light, thereby peeling (ashing) the photoresist 20 in the region to be etched (FIG. 4H).
- the metal 19 in the region to be etched is etched (FIG. 4I).
- wet etching is used for the etching
- mixed acid such as aqua regia is used for the etching solution, for example.
- the dry etching gas a mixed gas of, for example, sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) and chlorine (Cl) is used as described above.
- the light emitting display is manufactured by peeling off the photoresist 20 (FIG. 4J).
- the switching transistor 1, the driving transistor 2, the capacitance 6, and the wiring portion can be easily and collectively formed.
- the thicknesses of the source region and the drain region of the semiconductor layer of the driving transistor 2 can be adjusted by etching using a multi-tone mask (halftone mask). That is, it is possible to form the switching transistor 1 and the driving transistor 2 having semiconductor layers different in film thickness using a halftone mask as the SC mask. As a result, reduction of the off current can be realized in the state where the on current is secured in the switching transistor 1, and a sufficient on current can be secured in the drive transistor 2.
- the switching transistor 1 achieves the reduction of the off current while securing the on current, and the driving transistor 2 has the effect of securing the on current.
- the principle to be obtained will be described.
- FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are graphs showing the TFT characteristics of a general thin film transistor.
- FIG. 7 shows the relationship between the drain current Id and the gate voltage Vg, that is, the behavior of the drain current Id when the gate voltage Vg is changed at a predetermined source-drain voltage (Vds).
- Vds source-drain voltage
- the vertical axis represents the drain current Id
- the horizontal axis represents the gate voltage Vg (V).
- FIG. 7 shows the relationship between the drain current Id and the gate voltage Vg, that is, the behavior of the drain current Id when the gate voltage Vg is changed at a predetermined source-drain voltage (Vds).
- Vds source-drain voltage
- drain current Id shows the relationship between the drain current Id and the drain voltage Vd, that is, the behavior of the drain current Id when the drain voltage Vd is changed at a predetermined gate voltage Vg.
- the drain current Id (A) is taken on the vertical axis
- the drain voltage Vd (V) is taken on the horizontal axis.
- the switching transistor 1 is basically used in the linear region shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 (the region indicated by a dotted line in the drawings).
- the linear region is a region in which the value (Vg ⁇ Vth) of the gate voltage Vg from the threshold voltage Vth exceeds the source-drain voltage (Vds). That is, it is a region proportional to the gate voltage Vg to which the drain voltage Vd is applied, and is a region where Vg-Vth> Vds.
- the switching transistor 1 in order to hold the charge written in the capacitance 6, the switching transistor 1 needs to have the off current in the off region as low as, for example, 1 pA or less.
- the drive transistor 2 is basically used in the saturation region (region indicated by a line in the drawings) shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.
- the saturated region is a region where the source-drain voltage (Vds) is larger than the value (Vg ⁇ Vth) of the gate voltage Vg from the threshold voltage Vth.
- the drive transistor 2 since the drive transistor 2 is used to supply a current to the organic EL element 7 as shown in FIG. 2, the drive transistor 2 does not require an off current like the switching transistor 1, but the organic EL It is necessary to be able to supply a current amount in the current range (0.5 nA to 5 ⁇ A) corresponding to the current-luminance characteristics of the element 7. That is, the drive transistor 2 needs to secure the on current in the above current range in the saturation region.
- FIG. 9A shows a TFT with side contacts.
- FIG. 9B is a diagram showing the characteristics of the TFT shown in FIG. 9A.
- FIG. 10A is a diagram showing a TFT structure without side contact.
- FIG. 10B is a diagram showing TFT characteristics in the TFT structure shown in FIG. 10A.
- the TFT shown in FIG. 9A is a reverse stagger TFT, and is provided on an insulating substrate 110 (not shown) made of transparent glass or quartz, a gate electrode 111 provided on the insulating substrate 110, and a gate electrode 111.
- An n + silicon film 117 provided so as to cover the side surface of the film 115 and a source / drain electrode 119 are provided.
- FIG. 9B shows the relationship between the drain current Id and the gate voltage Vg, where the ordinate represents the drain current Id (A), and the gate voltage Vg is changed at different source-drain voltages (Vds). The behavior of the drain current Id is shown.
- the vertical axis is the drain current Id, and the horizontal axis is the gate voltage Vg (V).
- the TFT shown in FIG. 10A shows a structure without side contact in which the crystalline silicon film 114 and the n + silicon film 117 are not in contact with each other.
- this embodiment is the same as the TFT shown in FIG. 9A except that the length of the crystalline silicon film 114 (channel layer) is short, and the others are the same.
- FIG. 10B shows the relationship between the drain current Id and the drain voltage Vd, and shows the behavior of the drain current Id when the drain voltage Vd is changed at different gate voltages Vg.
- the drain current Id (A) is taken on the vertical axis
- the drain voltage Vd (V) is taken on the horizontal axis.
- FIG. 10B shows a case where the length of the crystalline silicon film 114 (channel layer) is further changed to three.
- the switching transistor 1 since the switching transistor 1 is basically used in a linear region, it is preferable to have a side contact. Further, as described above, the switching transistor 1 and the driving transistor 2 in the first embodiment have side contacts.
- 11 and 12 are diagrams showing characteristics when the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film of the TFT shown in FIG. 10A is changed.
- FIG. 11 shows the relationship between the drain current Id and the drain voltage Vds, where the vertical axis is the drain current Id (A), and the horizontal axis is the drain voltage Vds (V). Specifically, when the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 115 is 0 nm and 30 nm, the behavior of the drain current Id when the drain voltage Vds is changed at a constant (2 V) gate voltage Vg is shown.
- FIG. 12 shows the relationship between the drain current Id and the gate voltage Vg, and the vertical axis represents the drain current Id (A).
- the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 115 in the SD (source / drain) region of the amorphous silicon film 15a in order to reduce the off current.
- the drive transistor 2 it can be seen that it is effective to increase the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 115 in the SD region of the amorphous silicon film 15 a in the drive transistor 2 in order to obtain an on current.
- the switching transistor 1 and the driving transistor 2 having semiconductor layers having different thicknesses of the amorphous silicon film in the SD region by using the halftone mask as the SC mask.
- the switching transistor 1 can ensure the on characteristics in the linear region, in particular.
- the switching transistor has a side contact structure for securing the on current in the linear region, and the thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15a is increased to reduce the off current.
- the driving transistor 2 the film thickness of the amorphous silicon film 15b is reduced in order to secure the on current in the saturation region.
- the switching transistor 1 can realize the reduction of the off current while securing the on current, and the driving transistor 2 can ensure the sufficient on current.
- the on current of the drive transistor is sufficiently secured while the reduction of the off current is realized in the state where the on current of the switching transistor 1 is secured with the same number of process processing as the conventional. It also has the effect of being able to
- the manufacturing method of the light emitting display device and the light emitting display device of the present invention has been described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. Without departing from the spirit of the present invention, various modifications that may occur to those skilled in the art may be made to the present embodiment, or a form constructed by combining components in different embodiments is also included in the scope of the present invention. .
- the present invention is applicable to a light emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same, and in particular to a light emitting display device such as a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL display device and a method of manufacturing the same.
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図1Aは、本実施の形態における発光表示装置が備えるSw Trの構成を模式的に示す断面図である。図1Bは、本実施の形態における発光表示装置が備えるDr Trの構成を模式的に示す断面図である。
2 駆動トランジスタ
3 データ線
4 走査線
6 キャパシタンス
7 有機EL素子
8 高電圧側電源線
9 低電圧側電源線
10、110 絶縁基板
11 金属膜
11a、11b、111 ゲート電極
11c 電極
11d、19 金属
12、12a、12b、112 ゲート絶縁膜
13、15、15a、15b、115 非晶質シリコン膜
14、14a、14b、114 結晶質シリコン膜
16、16a、16b、18、20 フォトレジスト
17、17a、17b、117 n+シリコン膜
19a、19b、119 ソース・ドレイン電極
Claims (12)
- 基板上に複数の発光画素が配列され、該発光画素の各々は、第1の薄膜トランジスタと、第2の薄膜トランジスタと、発光素子とを有する発光表示装置であって、
前記第1の薄膜トランジスタ及び前記第2の薄膜トランジスタはそれぞれ、
前記基板上に設けられたゲート電極と、
該ゲート電極上に設けられたゲート絶縁膜と、
該ゲート絶縁膜上に該ゲート電極に対応して設けられ、ソース領域、チャネル領域及びドレイン領域を有する半導体層と、
該半導体層のソース領域及びドレイン領域の上面を被覆するように設けられたドープ半導体層と、
該ドープ半導体層上に設けられたソース及びドレイン電極とを具備し、
前記第1の薄膜トランジスタの半導体層のソース領域及びドレイン領域における厚みは、前記第2の薄膜トランジスタの半導体層のソース領域及びドレイン領域における厚みよりも大きく、
前記ドープ半導体層は、前記半導体層のチャネル長さ方向における両端部の側面を被覆するように設けられている、
発光表示装置。 - 前記発光表示装置は、さらに、前記基板上に、複数のデータ線と、前記発光画素に電流を供給するための電源線とを備え、
前記第2の薄膜トランジスタのゲート電極は、対応するデータ線からデータ電圧が印加され、
前記発光素子には、前記電源線から前記第2の薄膜トランジスタを介して、印加された前記データ電圧に応じた電流が供給される、
請求項1に記載の発光表示装置。 - 前記発光表示装置は、前記基板上に、複数の走査線を備えており、
前記第1の薄膜トランジスタのゲート電極は、対応する走査線と接続されており、前記対応する走査線を介して走査信号が供給され、
前記第2の薄膜トランジスタのゲート電極には、前記第1の薄膜トランジスタのソース・ドレイン電極の一方が接続されており、前記走査信号が供給された前記第1の薄膜トランジスタを介して、前記対応するデータ線からデータ電圧が印加される、
請求項2に記載の発光表示装置。 - 前記半導体層は、前記ゲート絶縁膜上に設けられた第1半導体層と、該第1半導体層上に設けられた第2半導体層とからなり、
前記第1半導体層は、結晶質の半導体からなり、
前記第2半導体層は、非晶質の半導体からなる、
請求項1に記載の発光表示装置。 - 前記第1の薄膜トランジスタの第1半導体層のソース領域及びドレイン領域における厚みは、前記第2の薄膜トランジスタの第1半導体層のソース領域及びドレイン領域における厚みと同じであり、
前記第1の薄膜トランジスタの第2半導体層の前記ソース領域及びドレイン領域における厚みは、前記第2の薄膜トランジスタの前記ソース領域及びドレイン領域の第2半導体層の厚みよりも大きい、
請求項4に記載の発光表示装置。 - 前記第2の薄膜トランジスタの半導体層におけるソース領域及びドレイン領域以外の領域であるチャネル領域の厚みは、前記第1の薄膜トランジスタの半導体層の厚みと等しい、
請求項1に記載の発光表示装置。 - 前記第2の薄膜トランジスタの半導体層では、ソース領域及びドレイン領域における厚みより、当該ソース領域及びドレイン領域以外の領域であるチャネル領域における厚みのほうが大きい、
請求項1に記載の発光表示装置。 - 前記第2の薄膜トランジスタの半導体層では、前記ソース領域及びドレイン領域の厚みと、前記チャネル領域における厚みとは、不連続的に変化するように形成されている、
請求項7に記載の発光表示装置。 - 前記第2の薄膜トランジスタの半導体層のソース領域及びドレイン領域の厚みは、多階調マスクを用いたエッチングによって調整されて形成されている、
請求項1に記載の発光表示装置。 - 前記発光素子は、有機エレクトロルミネッセンス素子である、
請求項1に記載の発光表示装置。 - 基板上に複数の発光画素が配列され、該発光画素の各々は、第1の薄膜トランジスタと、第2の薄膜トランジスタと、発光素子とを有する発光表示装置の製造方法であって、
前記基板上に、前記第1及び第2の薄膜トランジスタのゲート電極を形成する第1の工程と、
前記ゲート電極上に前記第1及び第2の薄膜トランジスタのゲート絶縁膜を形成する第2の工程と、
前記ゲート絶縁膜上に前記第1及び第2の薄膜トランジスタの半導体層を、該第2の薄膜トランジスタの半導体層のソース領域及びドレイン領域における厚みが、該第1の薄膜トランジスタの半導体層のソース領域及びドレイン領域における厚みよりも小さくなるように形成する第3の工程と、
前記半導体層上に前記第1及び第2の薄膜トランジスタのドープ半導体層を形成する第4の工程と、
前記ドープ半導体層上に前記第1及び第2の薄膜トランジスタのソース・ドレイン電極を形成する第5の工程とを含む、
発光表示装置の製造方法。 - 前記第3の工程において、多階調マスクを用いたエッチングによって、前記第2の薄膜トランジスタの半導体層の厚みを調整する、
請求項11に記載の発光表示装置の製造方法。
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