WO2016170571A1 - 薄膜トランジスタの製造方法、薄膜トランジスタ及び表示パネル - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor, a thin film transistor, and a display panel including the thin film transistor.
- a TFT (Thin Film Transistor) type liquid crystal display is obtained by bonding a TFT substrate and a color filter substrate having R (red), G (green), and B (blue) colors with a necessary gap therebetween.
- An image can be displayed by injecting liquid crystal between the substrate and the color filter substrate and controlling the light transmittance of the liquid crystal molecules for each pixel.
- data lines source bus lines
- scanning lines gate bus lines
- pixels composed of TFTs are formed at the intersections of the data lines and the scanning lines. It is.
- a drive circuit configured by TFTs and driving data lines and scanning lines is formed around a display region including a plurality of pixels.
- a-Si TFTs amorphous silicon TFTs
- amorphous p-Si (polysilicon) TFTs depending on the crystalline state of the semiconductor (silicon).
- the a-Si TFT has a high resistance and a small leakage current (leakage current).
- the p-Si TFT has a significantly higher electron mobility than the a-Si TFT. For this reason, an a-Si TFT having a small leakage current is used for each pixel constituting the display region, and a p-Si TFT having a high electron mobility is used for the drive circuit.
- the bottom gate structure in which the gate electrode is disposed in the lowermost layer is generally used in the a-Si TFT, and the gate electrode is disposed on the upper side of the semiconductor film in the p-Si TFT.
- a top gate structure is used.
- Patent Document 1 in a TFT having a bottom gate structure, an a-Si layer is formed so as to cover a p-Si layer, and the p-Si layer is not in direct contact with a source electrode and a drain electrode.
- An apparatus is disclosed.
- a specific pattern (alignment mark) is used in the case of processing such as so-called channel region formation and source electrode and drain electrode formation. That is, by determining the position of each process based on the position of the alignment mark, alignment between the structures of the layers in the stacking direction (hereinafter referred to as alignment) has been achieved.
- alignment mark is formed together in the gate electrode forming process, which is the initial process of manufacturing the bottom gate TFT.
- the channel region forming step after the gate electrode forming step is performed using an already formed alignment mark, but usually a certain range of deviation occurs. Thereafter, in the step of forming the source electrode and the drain electrode after the formation of the plurality of layers, the alignment mark is covered with the plurality of layers and is not easily recognized, and further, a certain range of deviation occurs. To do. As a result, the alignments were shifted in alignment in this way, and the performance of the manufactured bottom gate type TFTs varied.
- the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor capable of reducing deviation in alignment and suppressing variation in accuracy, a thin film transistor, and a display panel including the thin film transistor. To do.
- the method of manufacturing a thin film transistor according to the present invention includes a step of forming a gate electrode on a surface of a substrate, a step of forming an insulating film on the surface of the substrate on which the gate electrode is formed, A step of forming a first amorphous silicon layer on the surface of the formed substrate; and annealing for irradiating an energy beam to a plurality of required locations separated from the first amorphous silicon layer to change the required locations to a polysilicon layer.
- a gate electrode is formed on the surface of the substrate, and an insulating film is formed on the surface of the substrate on which the gate electrode is formed.
- a first amorphous silicon layer (a-Si film) is formed on the surface of the substrate on which the insulating film is formed.
- an energy beam is irradiated to a plurality of required portions separated from each other in the first amorphous silicon layer to change the required portions into a polysilicon layer (poly-Si film). Each required portion is above the gate electrode and is a channel region between the source and the drain.
- the energy beam for example, an ultraviolet excimer laser having a large absorption of an amorphous silicon layer (a-Si film) can be used.
- the laser light When laser light from a laser light source is incident on, for example, a multi-lens array, the laser light is partially irradiated to each required portion via a different optical path for each lens. As a result, only the region (a plurality of spaced apart required portions) that becomes the channel region in the first amorphous silicon layer is selectively changed to the polysilicon layer (poly-Si film).
- the removal portion forming step is performed together with the annealing step. That is, during the annealing step, the first amorphous silicon layer, which is the other portion associated with the plurality of required portions, is irradiated and ablated.
- ablation means that high energy is given to the amorphous silicon layer and silicon is evaporated and lost.
- a removal portion having a required shape is formed in the other portion, and the removal portion serves as an alignment mark as will be described later.
- a second amorphous silicon layer is formed to cover the polysilicon layer formed by the annealing process, and an n + silicon layer is formed on the surface of the second amorphous silicon layer.
- the n + silicon layer (n + Si film) is a contact layer with the source electrode and the drain electrode, and is a semiconductor layer having a high impurity concentration such as phosphorus or arsenic.
- a required pattern is formed on the n + silicon layer.
- the required pattern can be appropriately determined according to the arrangement or structure of the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the semiconductor layer.
- the first amorphous silicon layer, the second amorphous silicon layer, and the n + silicon layer are etched, and a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the etched n + silicon layer.
- a metal layer is formed on the n + silicon layer after etching, and a patterning process is performed on the metal layer to form a source electrode and a drain electrode.
- the formation of the metal layer is also performed on the removal portion, and a recess is formed following the shape of the removal portion as a recess.
- the removal part is linked
- region can be pinpointed from the position of the said hollow. Therefore, by using the depression as an alignment mark, the source electrode and the drain electrode can be formed at appropriate positions above the channel region.
- the amorphous silicon layer formed on the entire surface of the substrate is irradiated with an energy beam (for example, a laser) over the entire surface of the substrate to change the polysilicon layer, and then the polysilicon layer is exposed, developed and etched.
- an energy beam for example, a laser
- the channel region of the first amorphous silicon layer is not irradiated with the energy beam (for example, laser) over the entire surface of the substrate. Since the energy beam is partially irradiated only on the region to be formed, the channel region can be formed only by the annealing process. For this reason, the steps of exposure, development and etching for forming the channel region are not necessary, and the manufacturing process can be shortened.
- the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed on the upper side of the channel region by using the removed portion formed in the channel region formation (annealing step) as an alignment mark, the gap between them in the stacking direction is formed. Can be suppressed as much as possible.
- the method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to the present invention is characterized in that the annealing step and the removal portion forming step are performed together using a halftone mask having a plurality of light transmitting portions having different light transmittances.
- the removal portion forming step is performed during the annealing step. Further, in the annealing step and the removal portion forming step, the halftone mask is used, and the formation of the channel region by crystallization and the formation of the removal portion by ablation can be performed even when the same energy beam is used. it can.
- the method of manufacturing a thin film transistor according to the present invention is characterized in that a plurality of the depressions are formed and are formed in the vicinity of the plurality of required portions and on a gate bus line connected to the gate electrode.
- the depression is associated with the plurality of required portions (channel areas), the depression is plural, and the position of the channel area can be specified from the position of the depression.
- the depressions are formed in the vicinity of the plurality of required portions and on the gate bus line connected to the gate electrode so as not to overlap the source bus line. That is, since the recess is located near the channel region, the recess can function as an alignment mark more effectively.
- the thin film transistor according to the present invention includes a gate electrode formed on the surface of the substrate, a polysilicon layer formed above the gate electrode, an amorphous silicon layer formed above the polysilicon layer, and n + A silicon layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode formed by patterning a metal layer formed on the n + silicon layer; and a depression formed on the metal layer and indicating a position related to the patterning. To do.
- the thin film transistor includes a gate electrode formed on the surface of the substrate, a polysilicon layer (poly-Si film) formed on the upper side of the gate electrode, and an amorphous formed on the upper side of the polysilicon layer.
- a silicon layer (a-Si film) and an n + silicon layer (n + Si film), and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the n + silicon layer are provided.
- the polysilicon layer is a channel region.
- the n + silicon layer is a contact layer with the source electrode and the drain electrode, and is a semiconductor layer having a high impurity concentration such as phosphorus or arsenic.
- the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed by patterning a metal layer formed on the n + silicon layer, and a depression is formed in the metal layer. Since the depression represents a position related to the patterning, for example, the position of the channel region, the depression is used as an alignment mark.
- the thin film transistor according to the present invention is characterized in that the depression is formed in the vicinity of the gate electrode and on a gate bus line connected to the gate electrode.
- the depression is formed near the gate and on the gate bus line connected to the gate electrode so as not to overlap the source bus line. That is, since the recess is located near the channel region, the recess can function as an alignment mark more effectively.
- the amorphous silicon layer is formed around the polysilicon layer, and has a first amorphous silicon layer having a thickness similar to the thickness of the polysilicon layer, the polysilicon layer, And a second amorphous silicon layer formed on the surface of the first amorphous silicon layer.
- the amorphous silicon layer includes the first amorphous silicon layer formed around the polysilicon layer and having a thickness approximately equal to the thickness of the polysilicon layer, the polysilicon layer, and the first amorphous silicon layer. And a second amorphous silicon layer formed on the surface. That is, the polysilicon layer is obtained by changing only the region corresponding to the channel region of the first amorphous silicon layer formed on the upper side of the gate electrode into a polysilicon layer in a polycrystalline state. It can be seen that the exposure, development, and etching processes are not performed to form the film.
- the second amorphous silicon layer is for preventing direct contact between the source and drain electrodes and the channel region, and has a characteristic that leakage current (leakage current) is small.
- a display panel according to the present invention includes the thin film transistor according to any one of the above-described inventions.
- a display panel capable of shortening the manufacturing process can be provided.
- deviation in alignment can be reduced and variation in accuracy can be suppressed, and performance of the manufactured bottom gate TFT can be stabilized.
- FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of Vg-Id characteristics of the thin film transistor of this embodiment.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a first example of the structure of a bottom gate type thin film transistor according to the present embodiment.
- a thin film transistor (TFT: Thin Film Transistor, also referred to as a TFT substrate) 100 has a gate electrode 2 formed on the surface of a glass substrate 1 (hereinafter also referred to as a substrate) and covers the gate electrode 2.
- a gate insulating film 3 for example, SiO 2 film, SiO 2 / SiN film stack, SiN film, SiON film, etc. is formed.
- a polysilicon layer (poly-Si film) 5 is formed on the surface of the gate insulating film 3 and above the gate electrode 2.
- the polysilicon layer includes a microcrystal having a relatively smaller crystal grain size than a polycrystal or a single crystal having a larger crystal grain size.
- a first amorphous silicon layer (a-Si film) 4 having the same thickness as the polysilicon layer 5 is formed.
- a second amorphous silicon layer (a-Si film) 6 is formed on the surfaces of the polysilicon layer 5 and the first amorphous silicon layer 4.
- the first amorphous silicon layer 4 and the second amorphous silicon layer 6 are collectively referred to as an amorphous silicon layer.
- n + silicon layer (n + Si film) 7 is formed at a required position on the surface of the second amorphous silicon layer 6.
- the n + silicon layer 7 is a contact layer with a source electrode 8 and a drain electrode 9 described later, and is a semiconductor layer having a high impurity concentration such as phosphorus or arsenic.
- a source electrode 8 and a drain electrode 9 having a required pattern are formed on the surface of the n + silicon layer 7, the side surfaces of the second amorphous silicon layer 6 and the first amorphous silicon layer 4, and a partial surface of the gate insulating film 3. It is.
- the polysilicon layer 5 corresponds to a channel region.
- the first amorphous silicon layer 4, the second amorphous silicon layer 6, and the polysilicon layer 5 are also collectively referred to as a semiconductor layer.
- a TFT composed of the gate electrode 2, the semiconductor layer, the source electrode 8, the drain electrode 9, and the like shown in FIG. 1 is a TFT for a driving circuit for driving a pixel or a TFT for a pixel.
- the method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to this embodiment can be applied to any of a TFT for a driver circuit for driving a pixel and a TFT for a pixel.
- the application of the method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to this embodiment is not limited to this.
- a passivation film 10 made of, for example, SiN is formed on the entire TFT substrate so as to cover the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9, and an organic film 11 is formed on the surface of the passivation film 10 to flatten the surface. ing.
- a through hole is formed at a required position of the passivation film 10 and the organic film 11, and the pixel electrode 12 and the drain electrode 9 (and the source electrode 8) are electrically connected through the through hole.
- the pixel electrode 12 is formed of a transparent conductive film, for example, ITO.
- the polysilicon layer 5 has a thickness approximately equal to the thickness of the first amorphous silicon layer 4 around it, so that the first amorphous silicon formed on the upper side of the gate electrode 2.
- the region corresponding to the channel region is changed to the polysilicon layer 5 in a polycrystalline state by annealing using an energy beam (for example, laser). It can be seen that the exposure, development and etching processes are not performed to form the polysilicon layer 5 as the channel region.
- the boundary surface between the polysilicon layer 5 and the first amorphous silicon layer 4 is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate 1. That is, if the polysilicon layer 5 is formed by conventional photo-etching, the side surface of the polysilicon layer 5 is not substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate 1 and is widened toward the gate electrode 2 side. It becomes a taper shape. On the other hand, when the polysilicon layer 5 is formed by laser annealing as in this embodiment, the line width on the gate electrode 2 side of the polysilicon layer 5 is wider than the line width on the source electrode 8 and drain electrode 9 sides.
- the line width on the gate electrode 2 side and the line width on the source electrode 8 and drain electrode 9 side are approximately the same, so that at least one of the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 is attached to the surface of the substrate 1. It is easy to avoid overlapping with the polysilicon layer 5 at the position projected onto. Further, since the gate insulating film 3 in the channel region is not exposed to etching, deterioration of TFT characteristics can be suppressed.
- the second amorphous silicon layer 6 is for preventing the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 from directly contacting the channel region, and uses a characteristic of a small leakage current (leakage current). Therefore, by using the polysilicon layer 5 as the channel region, the operating speed of the TFT for the drive circuit is increased, and the second amorphous silicon layer 6 is interposed between the polysilicon layer 5 and the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9. By providing this, the leakage current is reduced.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of an essential part showing a first example of the structure of the thin film transistor 100 of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 for convenience of explanation, the positional relationship of the first amorphous silicon layer 4, the polysilicon layer 5, the source electrode 8, and the drain electrode 9 in a plan view is shown.
- a first amorphous silicon layer 4 is formed around the polysilicon layer 5.
- a second amorphous silicon layer having substantially the same dimensions as the dimensions (vertical and horizontal dimensions) of the first amorphous silicon layer 4 is formed on the surfaces of the polysilicon layer 5 and the first amorphous silicon layer 4. 6 is formed.
- the thin film transistor 100 is configured such that a position where the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 and the polysilicon layer 5 (channel region) are projected onto the surface of the glass substrate 1 (hereinafter referred to as a projected position) does not overlap. It is. More specifically, when viewed from the stacking direction of the source electrode 8, the drain electrode 9, and the polysilicon layer 5, the polysilicon layer 5 is separated from the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 by about 1 ⁇ m. Thereby, the leakage current between the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 and the polysilicon layer 5 can be further reduced.
- a specific portion is ablated to form a removal portion, and the removal portion is aligned between the structures of the respective layers of the thin film transistor 100 (hereinafter, referred to as the following) , Called alignment). This will be described in detail below.
- FIG. 3 is a manufacturing process diagram showing an example of a manufacturing method of the thin film transistor 100 of the present embodiment. Hereinafter, a manufacturing process of the thin film transistor 100 of this embodiment will be described.
- the gate electrode 2 is formed on the glass substrate 1 by performing film formation and patterning (S11). At this time, an alignment mark (not shown) used for the alignment is formed on the metal for the gate electrode 2.
- the gate insulating film 3 is formed on the surface of the glass substrate 1 so as to cover the gate electrode 2 (S12). Then, an a-Si film 4 as a first amorphous silicon layer is formed on the surface of the glass substrate 1 on which the gate insulating film 3 is formed (S13). Thereafter, in order to perform laser annealing on the a-Si film 4, a dehydrogenation annealing process is performed (S14), and laser pre-cleaning is performed (S15).
- the crystallization step is an annealing step (also referred to as a laser annealing step).
- a required portion of the a-Si film 4 is irradiated with an energy beam through a multi-lens array, and the required portion is formed on a polysilicon layer ( poly-Si film) 5.
- the required portion is determined based on the position of the alignment mark, is located above the gate electrode 2, and is a channel region between the source and the drain.
- the energy beam for example, an ultraviolet excimer laser having a large absorption of an amorphous silicon layer (a-Si film) or a solid laser having a green wavelength or less can be used.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the partial irradiation laser according to the present embodiment.
- the glass substrate 1 on which the a-Si film 4 is formed is placed on a mounting table (not shown) and is translated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 4 at a required speed. is there.
- a multi-lens array is arranged in which individual lenses are arranged at an appropriate distance along a direction intersecting the moving direction of the glass substrate 1.
- the laser beam is partially irradiated to a plurality of required locations separated via different optical paths for each lens. That is, partial laser annealing can be performed. Thereby, only the region to be the channel region in the a-Si film 4 is selectively changed to the polysilicon layer (poly-Si film) 5.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the formation of the removal portion 20 in the method for manufacturing the thin film transistor 100 of the present embodiment.
- a halftone mask is used to form the removal unit 20.
- the halftone mask is a mask having, for example, a semi-transmissive portion different from the light transmittance of the transmissive portion and the transmittance of the light-shielded portion in addition to the laser light transmissive portion and the light-shielded portion.
- the a-Si film 4 can be ablated together with the crystallization of the a-Si film 4. In this way, the removal portion 20 is formed by ablation of the a-Si film 4.
- n + Si film (n + silicon layer) 7 is formed on the surface of the a-Si film 6 (S19).
- the n + Si film 7 is a contact layer with the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 and is a semiconductor layer having a high impurity concentration such as phosphorus or arsenic.
- the required pattern can be appropriately determined according to the arrangement or structure of the source electrode 8, the drain electrode 9, and the semiconductor layer.
- the a-Si films 4 and 6 and the n + Si film 7 are etched (S21).
- the metal layer M for the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 is formed on the etched n + Si film 7 by, for example, sputtering, vapor deposition or the like. At this time, the lower side of the metal layer M is removed. A recess having a shape following the removal portion 20 is formed at a position corresponding to the portion 20 (S22).
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the formation of the recess 21 in the method for manufacturing the thin film transistor 100 of the present embodiment.
- the removal unit 20 is a recess ablated by laser light. Therefore, when the metal layer M is formed on the n + Si film 7 after etching, that is, on the removal portion 20, the depression 21 is formed on the upper side of the removal portion 20, and the depression 21 follows the shape of the removal portion 20. Shape.
- a recess 21 is formed at a position facing the removal part 20 of the metal layer M, and the position and shape of the removal part 20 are clearly defined. Recognizable.
- the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 are formed by patterning the metal layer M using the depression 21 as an alignment mark (S23).
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the position of the recess 21 in the method of manufacturing the thin film transistor 100 of the present embodiment.
- the shape of the depression 21 (removal part 20) is a “ten” shape will be described as an example, but such a shape is not limited thereto.
- the depression 21 is formed in the vicinity of the gate electrode 2 and on the gate bus line GL connected to the gate electrode 2. More specifically, on the line extending in the direction intersecting the juxtaposed direction at the center position of the polysilicon layer 5 in the juxtaposed direction of the source electrode 8, the polysilicon layer 5 and the drain electrode 9, the gate bus line It is formed at a position on the GL. That is, the position (or shape) of the recess 21 indicates the position of the polysilicon layer 5.
- the recess 21 as an alignment mark, patterning can be performed so that the projected positions of the source electrode 8, the drain electrode 9, and the polysilicon layer 5 do not overlap each other.
- the position (or shape) of the recess 21 indicates the patterning position.
- the formation position of the depression 21 is not particularly limited.
- the corner or edge of the glass substrate 1 may be used.
- the formation position of the recess 21 (removal portion 20) is in the vicinity of the gate electrode 2, the source electrode 8, the drain electrode 9, the polysilicon layer 5, and the like, the alignment accuracy can be further improved. That is, it may be on the gate bus line GL as long as it does not overlap with the source bus line.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the relevant part showing the structure of a conventional thin film transistor
- FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view of the relevant part showing the structure of the conventional thin film transistor.
- a gate electrode 102 is formed on the surface of a glass substrate 101, and a gate insulating film 103 is formed so as to cover the gate electrode 102.
- a polysilicon layer (poly-Si film) 104 is formed on the surface of the gate insulating film 103 and above the gate electrode 102.
- An amorphous silicon layer (a-Si film) 105 is formed so as to cover the polysilicon layer 104.
- An n + silicon layer (n + Si film) 106 is formed at a required position on the surface of the amorphous silicon layer 105.
- a source electrode 107 and a drain electrode 108 having a required pattern are formed on the surface of the n + silicon layer 106, the side surface of the amorphous silicon layer 105, and the surface of the gate insulating film 103.
- the source electrode 107 and the drain electrode 108 are projected onto the surface of the glass substrate, a part of each of the source electrode 107 and the drain electrode 108 and the polysilicon are formed. Part of the layer 104 overlaps.
- FIG. 10 is a manufacturing process diagram showing a conventional method of manufacturing a thin film transistor.
- the gate electrode 102 is formed on the glass substrate 101 (S101).
- alignment marks (not shown) are formed on the metal for the gate electrode.
- a gate insulating film 103 is formed on the surface of the glass substrate 101 so as to cover the gate electrode 102 (S102).
- An a-Si film is formed on the surface of the glass substrate 101 on which the gate insulating film 103 is formed (S103).
- a dehydrogenation annealing process is performed (S104), and laser pre-cleaning is performed (S105).
- the a-Si film is crystallized by the whole surface irradiation type laser (S106).
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a conventional full-irradiation laser.
- a glass substrate 101 having an a-Si film formed on its surface is placed on a mounting table (not shown) and is translated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 11 at a required speed.
- a mirror having a length substantially the same as the width direction of the glass substrate 101 (direction intersecting the direction of parallel movement) is disposed.
- the laser light is irradiated on the entire surface of the glass substrate 101.
- the a-Si film is entirely changed to a polysilicon layer (poly-Si film).
- n + Si film (n + silicon layer) 106 is formed on the surface of the a-Si film 105 (S111).
- the source electrode 107 and the drain electrode 108 are formed by patterning the metal layer using the alignment mark (S115).
- the channel region formation process (S108) and the source electrode and drain electrode formation process (S108) are performed based on the alignment marks formed on the metal for the gate electrode. S115). Usually, in each process, a deviation of about 1 to 2 ⁇ m occurs during alignment based on the alignment mark. Furthermore, since the alignment mark was formed in the initial step (gate electrode forming step) of the manufacturing method, after the formation of the plurality of layers, the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed in such a process. The alignment mark is covered with a plurality of layers and is difficult to be recognized.
- the processing for forming the channel region by crystallization is performed using the alignment mark as in the prior art.
- the depression 21 indicates the position of the polysilicon layer 5 and can be clearly recognized, so that the processing for forming the source electrode and the drain electrode is not displaced. Accordingly, a shift occurs only when the channel region is formed, so that the shift can be reduced in the entire manufacturing process of the thin film transistor.
- the channel region is formed by performing the steps of exposure, development and etching on the polysilicon layer.
- the energy beam for example, laser
- the energy beam is not irradiated on the entire surface of the substrate, but only the region of the first amorphous silicon layer that becomes the channel region. Therefore, the channel region can be formed only by the annealing process. For this reason, the steps of exposure, development, and etching for forming the channel region (steps S107 and S108 shown in FIG. 10) are unnecessary, and the manufacturing process can be shortened as compared with the conventional manufacturing method. .
- the thin film transistor of this embodiment can be used for a display panel. That is, the thin film transistor (TFT substrate) of this embodiment and the color filter substrate having the colors of R (red), G (green), and B (blue) are bonded to each other with a necessary gap, and the TFT substrate and the color are bonded. By injecting liquid crystal between the filter substrate, a TFT liquid crystal display panel (liquid crystal display) can be manufactured. Thereby, the display panel which can shorten a manufacturing process can be provided.
- the laser light can be uniformly applied to a substrate size larger than the sixth generation.
- the crystallinity is different within the substrate surface, the characteristic distribution is uneven, and the quality is poor.
- the present embodiment it is only necessary to irradiate not a whole substrate but only a necessary portion on the substrate. Therefore, even if the substrate size is increased (for example, the 10th generation), polysilicon is used. The problem that the crystallinity of the layers is different and the characteristic distribution is uneven can be improved. Further, in the laser annealing using the multi-lens array as shown in FIG. 4, the control of the line width of the channel region becomes easier than in the case of the conventional exposure, development and etching processes, and the manufacture of the thin film transistor is facilitated. .
- the energy beam is irradiated to a required portion so that the positions where the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 and the channel region are projected onto the surface of the glass substrate 1 do not overlap.
- the leakage current can be reduced.
- a second amorphous silicon layer 6 is formed so as to cover the polysilicon layer 5 which is a channel region, and a source electrode 8 and a drain electrode 9 are formed above the second amorphous silicon layer 6 via an n + silicon layer 7. It is. That is, the second amorphous silicon layer 6 is used to prevent the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 from directly contacting the channel region, and has a characteristic that leakage current (leakage current) is further reduced.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the main part showing a second example of the structure of the thin film transistor 100 of the present embodiment
- FIG. 13 is a schematic plan view of the main part of a second example of the structure of the thin film transistor 100 of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 12 and 13 in the second embodiment, the polysilicon layer 5 as the channel region is located closer to the source electrode 8 side than in the first embodiment. That is, as shown in FIG. 13, the positions where the drain electrode 9 and the polysilicon layer 5 are projected onto the surface of the glass substrate 1 are not overlapped. Thereby, the leakage current between the drain electrode 9 and the polysilicon layer 5 can be further reduced.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a third example of the structure of the thin film transistor 100 of the present embodiment
- FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view of an essential part of the third example of the structure of the thin film transistor 100 of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 14 and 15 in the second embodiment, the polysilicon layer 5 as the channel region is located closer to the drain electrode 9 side than in the first embodiment. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the positions where the source electrode 8 and the polysilicon layer 5 are projected onto the surface of the glass substrate 1 are prevented from overlapping. Thereby, the leakage current between the source electrode 8 and the polysilicon layer 5 can be further reduced.
- the leakage current can be reduced by preventing the position where at least one of the source electrode 8 and the drain electrode 9 and the polysilicon layer 5 are projected onto the surface of the glass substrate 1 from overlapping.
- FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the Vg-Id characteristics of the thin film transistor 100 of the present embodiment.
- the horizontal axis indicates Vg (gate voltage), and the vertical axis indicates Id (drain current).
- the curve indicated by reference symbol A in FIG. 16 is a conventional TFT as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, where the channel region is a polysilicon layer, and the source electrode, drain electrode and polysilicon layer are the surface of the glass substrate. The characteristic is shown when a part of each of the source electrode and the drain electrode overlaps with a part of the polysilicon layer.
- a curve indicated by a symbol B in FIG. 16 indicates the characteristics of a conventional TFT in which the channel region is composed of an amorphous silicon layer.
- the polarity indicated by symbol C in the figure indicates the characteristic in the case of the second example of the present embodiment.
- a TFT having a structure in which a part of each of the source electrode and the drain electrode and a part of the polysilicon layer overlap is a TFT having a channel region formed by an amorphous silicon layer (reference symbol B).
- reference symbol A a TFT having a channel region formed by an amorphous silicon layer
- reference symbol B a TFT having a channel region formed by an amorphous silicon layer
- the drain current in the on state can be made larger than that of a TFT (curve B) having a channel region formed of an amorphous silicon layer.
- the leakage current in the off state can be reduced to the same extent as in the case of a TFT (curve B) having a channel region formed of an amorphous silicon layer.
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また、ソース電極及びドレイン電極は、n+シリコン層上に形成された金属層をパターニングすることにより形成された、該金属層には窪みが形成されている。該窪みは前記パターニングに係る位置、例えば、前記チャネル領域の位置を表すので、該窪みがアライメントマークとして用いられる。
2 ゲート電極
3 ゲート絶縁膜
4 第1のアモルファスシリコン層
5 ポリシリコン層
6 第2のアモルファスシリコン層
7 n+シリコン層
8 ソース電極
9 ドレイン電極
20 除去部
21 窪み
M 金属層
GL ゲートバスライン
Claims (7)
- 薄膜トランジスタの製造方法において、
基板の表面にゲート電極を形成する工程と、
ゲート電極が形成された前記基板の表面に絶縁膜を形成する工程と、
絶縁膜が形成された前記基板の表面に第1アモルファスシリコン層を形成する工程と、
前記第1アモルファスシリコン層の離隔した複数の所要箇所にエネルギービームを照射して前記所要箇所をポリシリコン層に変化させるアニール工程と、
該アニール工程の際、前記複数の所要箇所に対応付けた他の箇所にエネルギービームを照射して該他の箇所に所要形状の除去部を形成する除去部形成工程と、
前記ポリシリコン層を覆って第2アモルファスシリコン層を形成する工程と、
前記第2アモルファスシリコン層の表面にn+シリコン層を形成する工程と、
前記n+シリコン層に所要のパターンを形成する工程と、
前記第1アモルファスシリコン層、第2アモルファスシリコン層及びn+シリコン層をエッチングする工程と、
エッチング後の前記n+シリコン層上に金属層を形成する工程と、
前記金属層の形成の際、前記除去部により形成される窪みの位置に基づいてソース電極及びドレイン電極を形成する工程と
を含むことを特徴とする薄膜トランジスタの製造方法。 - 前記アニール工程及び除去部形成工程は、透光率の異なる複数の透光部を有するハーフトーンマスクを用いて共に行われることを特徴とする薄膜トランジスタの製造方法。
- 前記窪みは複数であり、前記複数の所要箇所近傍であって、前記ゲート電極と接続されるゲートバスライン上に形成されることを特徴とする薄膜トランジスタの製造方法。
- 薄膜トランジスタにおいて、
基板の表面に形成されたゲート電極と、
前記ゲート電極の上側に形成されたポリシリコン層と、
前記ポリシリコン層の上側に形成されたアモルファスシリコン層及びn+シリコン層と、
前記n+シリコン層上に形成された金属層のパターニングにより形成されたソース電極及びドレイン電極と、
前記金属層に形成され、前記パターニングに係る位置を表す窪みと
を備えることを特徴とする薄膜トランジスタ。 - 前記窪みは前記ゲート電極近傍であって、該ゲート電極と接続されるゲートバスライン上に形成されていることを特徴とする請求項4に記載の薄膜トランジスタ。
- 前記アモルファスシリコン層は、
前記ポリシリコン層の周囲に形成され、該ポリシリコン層の厚みと同程度の厚みを有する第1のアモルファスシリコン層と、
前記ポリシリコン層及び第1のアモルファスシリコン層の表面に形成された第2のアモルファスシリコン層と
を有することを特徴とする請求項4又は請求項5に記載の薄膜トランジスタ。 - 請求項4から請求項6までのいずれか1項に記載の薄膜トランジスタを備えることを特徴とする表示パネル。
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