WO2014205892A1 - 像素单元、阵列基板及其制造、修复方法和显示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of display, and in particular, to a pixel unit, an array substrate, and a manufacturing, repairing, and display device therefor.
- Thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-L €D) is mainly formed by aligning the array substrate and the color filter substrate into a liquid crystal, and a thin film transistor is disposed on the array substrate (Thin Film Transistor, TFT), a color filter is disposed on the color filter substrate, and a signal and a voltage change applied to each pixel are controlled by the thin film transistor to control the rotation direction of the liquid crystal molecules, thereby controlling whether the polarized light of each pixel is emitted or not Display purpose.
- TFT Thin film transistor liquid crystal display
- the standby thin film transistor In the process of manufacturing the array substrate, various defects such as thin film transistor damage may not work properly due to the limitation of the process conditions.
- the standby thin film transistor In order to improve the yield, the standby thin film transistor is generally required to be formed on the array substrate at the same time, when the thin film transistor is not working normally, The post-repair is used to make the standby thin film transistor a working thin film transistor, controlling the signal and voltage changes applied to the pixel.
- the existing repairable array substrate is shown in FIG. i, and the working thin film transistor and the spare thin film transistor are formed on the same gate metal layer 21.
- the metal layer is deposited by the CVD method to form the first connecting bridge 12 and the first
- the second connection bridge 13 connects the source 33 of the standby thin film transistor to the data line 31 by laser puncturing, and the drain 32 of the standby thin film transistor is connected to the pixel electrode 11, but obviously, this design makes the repair limited to the array process ( In the array stage), the damage of the thin film transistor after the array process cannot be repaired, and the repair process is complicated, and the implementation process is long.
- Embodiments of the present invention provide a pixel unit, an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a repairing method, and a display device, which solve the problem that the repair of the damage of the conventional thin film transistor is limited to the array process, and the thin film transistor after the array process cannot be repaired, and Can also reduce the electricity caused by the backup thin film transistor Capacity, product performance is guaranteed, product repair rate and product yield are improved.
- a pixel unit comprising: a pixel electrode, a data line, and a thin film transistor, further comprising: a standby thin film transistor disposed adjacent to the thin film transistor for replacing the thin film transistor when the thin film transistor is damaged, a source of the standby thin film transistor is isolated from the data line, and a drain of the standby thin film transistor is isolated from the pixel electrode;
- a first repair line one end of which is isolated from the source of the standby thin film transistor and has an overlapping region; the other end is isolated from the data line or the source of the thin film transistor and has an overlapping region;
- the second repair line has one end separated from the drain of the standby thin film transistor and has an overlapping region; the other end is isolated from the drain of the pixel electrode or the thin film transistor and has an overlapping region.
- the first repair line and/or the second repair line are disposed in the same layer as the gate of the thin film transistor.
- the first repair line and/or the second repair line are disposed in the same layer as the pixel electrode.
- the pixel unit further includes: a common electrode,
- the first repair line and/or the second repair line are disposed in the same layer as the common electrode.
- the pixel unit further includes: a gate line;
- the thin film transistor and the standby thin film transistor are located at intersections of the gate line and the data line, and the thin film transistor and the standby thin film transistor are disposed on the same gate line.
- the gate of the standby thin film transistor is disposed in the same layer as the gate of the thin film transistor;
- the semiconductor layer of the standby thin film transistor is disposed in the same layer as the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor;
- the source and drain of the standby thin film transistor are disposed in the same layer as the source and drain of the thin film transistor.
- the present invention also provides an array substrate comprising a plurality of pixel units, the pixel m-element comprising: a pixel electrode, a data line, and a thin film transistor for loading a display signal of the data line onto the pixel electrode, further comprising: Provided next to the thin film transistor, a thin film transistor for replacing the operation of the thin film transistor when the thin film transistor is damaged, the source of the standby thin film transistor is isolated from the data line, the standby thin film transistor The drain is isolated from the pixel electrode;
- a first repair line one end of which is isolated from the source of the standby thin film transistor and has an overlapping region; the other end is isolated from the data line or the source of the thin film transistor and has an overlapping region;
- the second repair line has one end isolated from the drain of the standby thin film transistor and has an overlapping region; the other end is isolated from the pixel electrode or the drain of the thin film transistor and has an overlapping region.
- the first repair line and/or the second repair line are disposed in the same layer as the gate of the thin film transistor.
- the first repair line and/or the second repair line are disposed in the same layer as the pixel electrode.
- the pixel unit further includes: a common electrode,
- the first repair line and/or the second repair line are disposed in the same layer as the common electrode.
- the pixel unit on the array substrate further includes: a gate line;
- the thin film transistor, the standby thin film transistor and the transparent pixel electrode are located at an intersection of the gate line and the data line, and the thin film transistor and the thin film transistor are disposed in the same.
- the present invention further provides a display device
- the invention includes the array substrate according to any one of the preceding claims.
- the present invention provides a method of fabricating an array substrate, including:
- a gate metal layer on the substrate Forming a gate metal layer on the substrate, forming a gate line, a gate of the thin film transistor, a gate of the standby thin film transistor, a first repair line, and a second repair line by a patterning process;
- the source of the standby thin film transistor is isolated from the other end of the first repair line and has an overlap region, and the drain of the standby thin film transistor is isolated from the other end of the second repair line and has a heavy Stacked area
- a transparent conductive layer is formed on the substrate on which the passivation layer is formed, and a pixel electrode is formed by a patterning process.
- the present invention also provides a method for repairing an array substrate for repairing when a thin film transistor is damaged, and the repair method includes:
- Laser cutting is performed to disconnect the source of the damaged thin film transistor from the data line, and the drain of the damaged thin film transistor is disconnected from the pixel electrode;
- the overlapping area of the second repair line and the drain of the pixel electrode or the thin film transistor is laser-welded, the source of the standby thin film transistor is connected to the data line, and the drain of the standby thin film transistor is connected to the pixel electrode.
- the pixel unit, the array substrate, the manufacturing method thereof, the repairing method and the display device provided by the invention are provided with an isolated standby thin film transistor, and when the thin film transistor is damaged and cannot work normally, the laser thin film transistor is used to stop the damaged thin film transistor, and then the method is adopted.
- the laser welding method connects the source of the standby thin film transistor to the data line, and the drain is connected to the pixel electrode, thereby allowing the standby thin film transistor to operate in place of the damaged thin film transistor.
- the repairing method of the present invention is not limited to the array process. For the thin film transistor detected after the array substrate and the counter substrate are damaged, the laser cutting and laser welding can be performed from the non-faceted side of the array substrate. The product repair rate and product yield are improved.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a pixel unit according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another pixel unit according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an array substrate according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a front panel array substrate thin film transistor according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a method for repairing a thin film transistor of a rear-array substrate according to a third embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a method for manufacturing an array substrate according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- FIG. 8(a) to 8(d) are schematic views showing the manufacturing process of the array substrate provided in the fourth embodiment; and Fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view along the A-B direction in Fig. 8(d).
- drain of 32 spare thin film transistor drain of 33-spare thin film transistor : drain of 22-thin film transistor, source of 23-thin film transistor, 20-thin film transistor,
- the pixel unit includes: a pixel electrode 11, a data line 31, and a thin film transistor 20 for loading a display signal of the data line 31 onto the pixel electrode 11. Also includes:
- the standby thin film transistor 30 for replacing the operation of the thin film transistor 20 when the thin film transistor 20 is damaged, the source 33 and the data line of the standby thin film transistor 30 31 is isolated, the drain 32 of the standby thin film transistor 30 is isolated from the pixel electrode ii;
- the first repair line 43 has one end separated from the source 33 of the standby thin film transistor 30 and has an overlapping region; the other end is isolated from the source 23 (or the data line 31) of the thin film transistor 20 and overlaps the second repair line 42.
- One end is isolated from the drain 32 of the standby thin film transistor 30 and has an overlapping region; the other end is isolated from the drain 22 (or the pixel electrode 11) of the thin film transistor 20 and has an overlapping region.
- the standby thin film transistor 30 in this embodiment remains isolated, that is, the source 33 of the standby thin film transistor 30 is isolated from the data line 31, the drain 32 is isolated from the pixel electrode 11, and the standby thin film transistor 30 before repair is not in the Working state; after repair, the damaged thin film transistor is also isolated and not in operation, so the presence of the standby thin film transistor 30 does not affect the display performance of the product.
- the pixel unit preferably further includes: a gate line 41; the thin film transistor 20 and the spare thin film transistor 30 are located at intersections of the gate line 41 and the data line 31, and the thin film transistor 20 and the standby thin film transistor 30 are disposed on the same gate.
- the first repair line 43 and the second repair line 42 of the thin film transistor 20 and the backup thin film transistor 30 are parallel to the gate line 4!, and both ends of the first repair line 43 and the source 23 of the thin film transistor 20 are respectively reserved.
- the source 33 of the thin film transistor 30 is isolated and has an overlapping region.
- the two ends of the second repair line 42 are respectively separated from the drain 22 of the thin film transistor 20 and the drain 32 of the standby thin film transistor 30, and there is an overlapping region, wherein There is an overlap area, which means that the two are disposed in different layers, and there is a crossover area, and "isolation" means that there is no contact between the two, and of course there is no electrical connection. If the laser welding method is used in the crossover area, the two can be electrically connected.
- the first repair line 43 and the second repair line 42 are disposed on the gate layer of the thin film transistor 20, and the gate metal layer is formed in addition to the gate line, the drain of the thin film transistor 20, and the gate of the thin film transistor 30.
- a repair line 43 and a second repair line 42 are disposed on the gate layer of the thin film transistor 20, and the gate metal layer is formed in addition to the gate line, the drain of the thin film transistor 20, and the gate of the thin film transistor 30.
- a repair line 43 and a second repair line 42 are disposed on the gate layer of the thin film transistor 20, and the gate metal layer is formed in addition to the gate line, the drain of the thin film transistor 20, and the gate of the thin film transistor 30.
- the first repair line 43 and the second repair line 42 may be disposed in parallel with the gate line 41, and one end of the first repair line 43 is disposed on the thin film crystal via an insulating layer Below (or above) the source 23 of the tube, the other end is disposed below (or above) the source 33 of the standby thin film transistor via the gate insulating layer; one end of the second repair line 42 is disposed on the thin film via the gate insulating layer
- the lower side (or upper side) of the drain 22 of the transistor is disposed below (or above) the drain 32 of the standby thin film transistor with the gate insulating layer interposed therebetween.
- one end of the first repairing line 43 is disposed under the data line 31 (or above) via a gate insulating layer, and the other end is disposed at the source 33 of the standby thin film transistor via a gate insulating layer.
- One end of the second repairing line 43 may be disposed under (or above) the pixel electrode 1 1 via a gate insulating layer, and the other end may be disposed below (or above) the drain 32 of the standby thin film transistor via a gate insulating layer.
- the first repair line 43 and/or the second repair line 42 may also be disposed as a transparent conductive layer, that is, the first repair line 43 and/or the second repair line 42 may also be combined with the pixel electrode 11 or the common
- the electrodes are disposed in the same layer, except that the line widths of the first repair line 43 and the second repair line 42 are designed to take into account the transparent conductive layer and the metal film layer (the first repair line 43 and the second repair line 42 are disposed on the gate metal). There is a difference in the resistivity of the layer), which avoids the display effect due to the difference in resistance after repair.
- the gate of the standby thin film transistor 30 is disposed in the same layer as the gate of the thin film transistor 20; the semiconductor layer of the standby thin film transistor 30 is disposed in the same layer as the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor 20; the source and drain of the standby thin film transistor 30 are The source and drain of the thin film transistor 20 are disposed in the same layer.
- the standby thin film transistor 30 can be formed in synchronization with the thin film transistor 20.
- the thin film transistor 20 and the backup thin film transistor 30 may be a bottom gate structure or a top gate structure. However, in order to facilitate repair from the back surface of the array substrate (on the side opposite to the surface of the substrate), it is preferable to use the method shown in FIG. Bottom gate structure.
- the pixel unit provided by the invention is provided with an isolated spare thin film transistor.
- the damaged thin film transistor is stopped by laser cutting, and the source and the data line of the standby thin film transistor are made by the ffi laser welding method.
- the drain is connected to the pixel electrode, thereby allowing the standby thin film transistor to operate in place of the damaged thin film transistor.
- the laser cutting and laser splicing can be performed from the non-faceted side of the array substrate, which is not limited to the array process, thereby improving the product repair. Rate and Product yield, and the spare thin-film transistor is isolated and not in operation before repair.
- the damaged thin-film transistor is also isolated and not in operation. Therefore, it can avoid the extra capacitance generated by setting the standby thin film transistor. , to ensure the display performance of the product.
- the present invention also provides an array substrate, as shown in FIG. 4, and referring to FIG. 2, the array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units.
- the pixel unit includes: a pixel electrode I data line 31 and
- the thin film transistor 20 for loading the display signal of the data line 31 onto the pixel electrode 11 further includes: a standby thin film transistor 30 disposed beside the thin film transistor 20 for replacing the operation of the thin film transistor 20 when the thin film transistor 20 is damaged,
- the source 33 of the standby thin film transistor 30 is isolated from the data line 31, and the drain 32 of the standby thin film transistor 30 is isolated from the pixel electrode 11;
- the first repair line 43 has one end separated from the source 33 of the thin film transistor 30 and overlapped.
- the other end is isolated from the source 23 (or the data line 31) of the thin film transistor 20 and has an overlapping region; the second repair line 42 has one end separated from the drain 32 of the standby thin film transistor 30 and has an overlapping region;
- the drain 22 (or the pixel electrode 11) of the thin film transistor 20 is isolated and has an overlap region.
- the first repair line 43 and/or the second repair line 42 are disposed in the same layer as the gate of the thin film transistor 20.
- the second selection repair line 43 and/or the second repair line 42 may also be disposed in the same layer as the pixel electrode 11 or the common electrode.
- the pixel unit on the array substrate further includes: a gate line 41; the thin film transistor 20, the standby thin film transistor 30 is located at an intersection of the gate line 41 and the data line 3!, and the thin film transistor 20 and the standby thin film transistor 30 are disposed on the same gate line 41.
- the source and the drain of the ffi thin film transistor 30 are disposed in the same layer as the source and drain of the thin film transistor 20.
- the thin film transistor 20 and the backup thin film transistor 30 may be a bottom gate structure or a top» structure, but in order to facilitate repair from the back surface of the array substrate (non-face side)
- the bottom gate structure shown in Fig. 2 is preferably employed.
- the array substrate provided by the present invention is provided with an isolated standby thin film transistor for each pixel unit.
- the source of the standby thin film transistor is connected to the data line, and the drain is connected to the pixel electrode, thereby
- the thin film transistor works in place of the damaged thin film transistor.
- the laser cutting and laser splicing can be performed from the non-faceted side of the array substrate, which is not limited to the array process, thereby improving the product repair. Rate and product yield, and, before repair, the spare thin film transistor is isolated. After the thin film transistor is damaged, it is repaired to make the standby thin film transistor in operation, and the damaged thin film transistor is turned off and stopped.
- the embodiment of the invention further provides a display device comprising any of the above array substrates.
- the display device may be: a liquid crystal panel, an electronic paper, an OLED panel, a mobile phone, a tablet, a television, a display, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, a navigation device, and the like, or any display product or component.
- the present invention further provides a method for repairing an array substrate, which is used for repairing damage of a thin film transistor, and the repair method includes:
- Step 1 Laser cutting is performed along cutting marks A1 and A2 shown by broken lines in FIGS. 5 and 6, so that the source 23 of the damaged thin film transistor 20 is disconnected from the data line 31, and the drain 22 and the pixel of the damaged thin film transistor are The electrode 11 is turned off, and the damaged thin film transistor 20 is stopped.
- Step 2 an overlapping area of the first repair line 43 and the source 33 of the standby thin film transistor, an overlap area of the first repair line 43 and the source 23 (or the data line 31) of the thin film transistor, the second repair line 42 and the spare
- the overlapping area of the drain electrode 32 of the thin film transistor and the overlapping area of the second repair line 42 and the drain electrode 32 (or the pixel electrode 11) of the thin film transistor are laser-bonded, as shown in FIG. 5, the splicing marks B4, B3, B2, Bi is laser-welded at the places indicated by the welding marks B4, B3, B2, and Bl, so that the source 33 of the ffi thin film transistor is connected to the data line 31, and the drain 32 of the standby thin film transistor is connected to the pixel electrode II.
- the standby thin film transistor 30 replaces the damaged thin film transistor 20 to operate, and the display signal of the data line is transmitted to the pixel power through the standby thin film transistor 30. Extreme.
- the laser cutting and laser splicing are performed from the side of the opposite side of the array substrate of the array substrate, as shown in FIG. 6 .
- Laser cutting through the substrate usually a transparent glass substrate
- laser welding through the substrate at the positions indicated by the welding marks B4, B3, B2, and B1, thereby replacing the damaged thin film transistor with the standby thin film transistor. Work offline.
- laser cutting and laser welding may be performed from the side of the array surface of the array substrate, as shown in FIG. 5, or as shown in FIG.
- the ⁇ of the array substrate is laser cut and laser fused.
- the array substrate and the repairing method thereof provided by the invention are not limited to the array process, and the product repair rate and the product yield are improved. Moreover, the repairing front film transistor is isolated, and after the thin film transistor is damaged, it is repaired. The standby thin film transistor is operated, and the damaged thin film transistor is turned off and stopped. Therefore, the additional capacitance generated by the provision of the standby thin film transistor can be avoided, and the display performance of the product is ensured.
- the invention also provides a method for manufacturing an array substrate, as shown in FIG. 7, the method comprises: steps! 01. Form a gate metal layer on the substrate, and form a gate line, a gate of the thin film transistor, a gate of the standby thin film transistor, a first repair line, and a second repair line by a patterning process.
- the gate of the thin film transistor and the gate of the standby thin film transistor are the gate lines, and the gate metal layer formed in step 101 forms the gate line 41 and the first repair.
- the pattern of the line 43 and the second repair line 42 is specifically as shown in Fig. 8(a).
- Step 102 as shown in FIG. 8(b), forming a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and a source/drain metal layer on the substrate on which the gate line 41, the gate electrode, the first repair line 43 and the second repair line 42 are formed,
- the patterning process forms the thin film transistor 20, the backup thin film transistor 30, and the data line 31, and the source 23 (or the data line 31) of the thin film transistor is isolated from one end of the first repair line 43 and has an overlapping region, and the drain 22 of the thin film transistor (or the pixel electrode) is isolated from one end of the second repair line 42 and has an overlapping region, and the source 33 of the standby thin film transistor is isolated from the other end of the first repair line 43 and exists In the overlap region, the drain 32 of the spare thin film transistor is isolated from the other end of the second repair line 43 and has an overlap region;
- This step mainly includes: deposition of a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, and a source/drain metal layer; and channel etching of a data line, a source and a drain of the thin film transistor (the thin film transistor 20 and the backup thin film transistor 30), and a thin film transistor.
- Step 103 as shown in FIG. 8(c), forming a transparent passivation layer (not shown) and a passivation layer via 50 on the substrate on which the thin film transistor 20, the backup thin film transistor 30, and the data line 31 are formed.
- the passivation layer via 50 is used to connect the drain 22 of the thin film transistor 20 with a subsequently formed pixel electrode.
- Step 104 forming a transparent conductive layer on the substrate on which the passivation layer is formed, and forming the pixel electrode 11 by a patterning process, and the array substrate formed is as shown in FIG. 8(d).
- the cross-sectional structure of the first repairing line 43 (along the broken line AB) is as shown in FIG. 9.
- the substrate 40 is sequentially arranged from the bottom to the top, and the gate metal layer is disposed on the substrate 40 (the first in the figure) Repair line 43, and gate of thin film transistor and gate of spare thin film transistor), gate insulating layer 44-, semiconductor layer 45, source/drain metal layer 46 (forming source 23 of thin film transistor and standby thin film transistor in the figure) a source 33) and a passivation layer 47, wherein both ends of the first repair line 43 overlap the source 23 of the thin film transistor and the source 33 of the standby thin film transistor via the gate insulating layer 44 and the semiconductor layer 45, respectively
- the laser welding is performed at the overlapping portion (corresponding to the welding marks B4 and B3 in FIG.
- the laser welding here may be from the back surface of the substrate 40 (ie, the non-onset side of the array substrate, corresponding to the lower surface of the substrate 40 in FIG. 9).
- the side may be performed from the top (on the side of the array substrate to the side of the panel, corresponding to the top of FIG. 9), and the source 23 of the thin film transistor is electrically connected to the left end of the first repair line 43 below.
- Source of the transistor 33 is connected to the right end of the first repair line griefful 43 below.
- the cross-sectional structure at the second repair line 42 and the repair weld at both ends of the second repair line 42 are similar, and will not be described again.
- the semiconductor layer between the gate metal layer and the source/drain metal layer in FIG. 9 can also be removed by synchronous etching.
- the first repair line 43 only needs to be ensured in this embodiment.
- the two ends are separated from and overlap with the source 23 (or the data line 31) of the thin film transistor and the source 33 of the standby thin film transistor, and both ends of the second repair line 42 and the drain 22 of the thin film transistor (or image)
- the pixel electrode 1 1 ) and the drain 32 of the standby thin film transistor are isolated and overlap. This embodiment does not limit whether there are other film layers between the gate metal layer and the source/drain metal layer in FIG. 9 .
- the method for manufacturing an array substrate provided by the present invention comprises an isolated thin film transistor.
- laser dicing is used to stop the damaged thin film transistor, and the source of the standby thin film transistor is replaced by laser welding.
- the data lines are connected, and the drain is connected to the pixel electrodes, so that the standby thin film transistors operate in place of the damaged thin film transistors.
- the laser cutting and laser welding can be performed from the side of the non-opposing surface of the array substrate, which is not limited to the array process, and the product is improved.
- the repair rate and the yield of the product, and the spare thin film transistor is isolated before the repair, and is not in operation, therefore, the extra capacitance generated by the provision of the standby thin film transistor can be avoided, and the production port is guaranteed.
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