WO2017152502A1 - 阵列基板及其制备方法和显示面板 - Google Patents
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- the present invention belongs to the field of display technologies, and in particular, to an array substrate, a method for fabricating the same, and a display panel.
- a thin film transistor is covered with a passivation layer (PVX) 1 , and a pixel electrode 7 is disposed on the passivation layer 1 and passes through a passivation layer.
- the via 19 in 1 is connected to the drain 8 of the thin film transistor.
- the via 19 in the passivation layer 1 is formed by an etching process. Due to the characteristics of the etching process, the via 19 must be in the form of a small upper end and a lower end, so that the via 19 has a certain slope angle ⁇ (ie, the hole wall). The angle between the upper surface of the drain 8 and the upper surface of the substrate 9 is parallel to the upper surface of the substrate 9, so that the angle between the wall of the hole and the upper surface of the drain 8 in the figure represents the slope angle ⁇ ) . According to the existing etching process, the slope angle ⁇ is too large (that is, the via wall is close to the substrate 9), which causes the pixel electrode 7 to easily break at the via 19 (the cross in the figure), thereby failing to complete the signal transmission. And cause problems such as poor display.
- the present invention provides an array substrate, a method for fabricating the same, and a display panel in which a via hole in an insulating layer is provided, which is caused by an excessively large slope angle of a via hole in an insulating layer of an existing array substrate.
- the slope angle is small.
- Embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate including a substrate and an insulating layer on the substrate, the insulating layer including a via formed by etching, wherein
- the insulating layer includes a plurality of stacked sub-insulating layers, the further the sub-insulation away from the substrate in the plurality of sub-insulating layers under the etching conditions for forming the via holes
- the etch rate of the layer is larger.
- the “etching rate” of the sub-insulating layer refers to the thickness of the sub-insulating layer which is etched away per unit time when subjected to the etching treatment”, and the greater the etching rate, the faster the sub-insulating layer is etched;
- the etch rate of the same sub-insulating layer may be different under different etching conditions, and the etch rate of each sub-insulating layer of the present invention is required to be the farther away from the sub-insulating layer of the substrate under the same etching condition.
- the etch rate is larger.
- the insulating layer includes only a first sub-insulating layer and a second sub-insulating layer on a side of the first sub-insulating layer away from the substrate.
- the etching rate of the first sub-insulating layer is The etching rate of the second sub-insulating layer is
- the ratio of the thickness of the first sub-insulating layer to the thickness of the second sub-insulating layer is greater than or equal to 4:1.
- the thickness of the first sub-insulating layer is And the thickness of the second sub-insulating layer is
- each of the sub-insulating layers is a silicon nitride-containing layer; the ratio of the number of silicon-nitrogen bonds to the number of silicon-hydrogen bonds in the sub-insulating layer farther from the substrate is smaller.
- the insulating layer is a passivation layer
- the array substrate further includes a thin film transistor covered by the insulating layer and located on the substrate, and a pixel disposed on a side of the insulating layer away from the substrate And an electrode connected to a drain of the thin film transistor through the via hole in the insulating layer.
- Embodiments of the present invention provide a display panel including the above array substrate.
- Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of fabricating an array substrate, the method comprising the steps of:
- the plurality of sub-insulating layers in the insulating layer are etched under the same etching condition to form via holes.
- the greater the etching rate of the sub-insulating layer farther from the substrate means that in any two sub-insulating layers, the etching rate of the sub-insulating layer farther from the substrate is higher than that of the substrate.
- the etch rate of the nearest sub-insulator layer is greater, and does not mean that different portions of the same sub-insulator layer have different etch rates.
- the plurality of sub-insulating layers are all silicon nitride-containing layers, and the ratio of the number of silicon-nitrogen bonds to the number of silicon-hydrogen bonds in the sub-insulating layer farther from the substrate is smaller.
- the plurality of sub-insulating layers are formed by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process, wherein a mixed gas of silane and ammonia is used as a process gas, and the following condition is satisfied in forming the plurality of sub-insulating layers. And at least one of the conditions C2:
- the insulating layer includes at least two sub-insulating layers having different etching rates, and the higher the etching rate of the sub-insulating layer on the upper side (ie, the farther away from the substrate).
- the inventors have found that in the case of forming via holes by etching, such vias in the insulating layer having a specific etching rate have a small slope angle, thereby facilitating the passage of the conductive structures on the insulating layer through the vias.
- the conductive structures under the insulating layer are connected to prevent defects such as breakage of the conductive structure on the insulating layer due to excessively large slope angle of the via.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a portion of a conventional array substrate including a via hole
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a portion of an array substrate including a via hole according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a scanning electron micrograph of a cross section of a portion of a conventional array substrate including a via hole;
- FIG. 4 is a scanning electron micrograph of a cross section of a portion of an array substrate including a via hole according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- this embodiment provides an array substrate.
- the array substrate can be used in a liquid crystal display device, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device, or the like.
- OLED organic light emitting diode
- These display devices may have a variety of specific structures known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein.
- the array substrate of the present embodiment includes a substrate 9 and an insulating layer on the substrate 9, the insulating layer including via holes 19 formed by etching; the insulating layer includes a plurality of stacked sub-insulating layers, in order to form the via holes 19 Under etch conditions, the etch rate of the sub-insulating layer farther away from the substrate 9 is greater.
- an insulating layer such as the passivation layer 1 for isolating the conductive structures on the upper and lower sides thereof; and the insulating layer is provided in the insulating layer.
- the holes 19 and the via holes 19 are used to connect the conductive structures on the upper and lower sides of the insulating layer (such as the pixel electrode 7 and the drain electrode 8 of the thin film transistor) at desired positions.
- the insulating layer of the present invention includes a plurality of sub-insulating layers, wherein under the same etching conditions, the sub-insulating layers are etched at different rates, the upper (ie, the farther away from the substrate) The faster the sub-insulating layer of 9) is etched, that is, the etch rate of the sub-insulating layer farther away from the substrate 9 is greater.
- a functional layer means that the insulating layer functions as a layer as a whole, and thus there is no other structure between the respective sub-insulating layers.
- the two sub-insulating layers may be in direct contact, but the combination of the two sub-insulating layers directly contacting at a partial position is not It belongs to the insulating layer of the present invention.
- the insulating layer includes at least two etching rates.
- the inventors have found that in the case where the via 19 is formed by etching, such a via 19 in the insulating layer having a specific etching rate (i.e., the etching rate of the sub-insulating layer farther from the substrate 9 is larger)
- the utility model has a small slope angle ⁇ , so that the conductive structure on the insulating layer is connected to the conductive structure under the insulating layer through the via hole 19, and the conductive structure on the insulating layer is prevented from being broken due to excessive slope angle ⁇ of the via hole 19. .
- the insulating layer is a passivation layer 1.
- the array substrate further includes a thin film transistor covered by the insulating layer and located on the substrate 9, and a pixel electrode 7 disposed on a side of the insulating layer (eg, the passivation layer 1) away from the substrate 9.
- the pixel electrode 7 is connected to the drain 8 of the thin film transistor through a via 19 in the insulating layer.
- the insulating layer of the present embodiment can be used for an array substrate of a liquid crystal display device, in which case the insulating layer is a passivation layer (PVX) 1.
- the passivation layer 1 is overlying the thin film transistor, and the pixel electrode 7 is disposed on the passivation layer 1 and is connected to the drain 8 of the thin film transistor through the via 19 above. Since the passivation layer 1 generally has a large thickness, and the pixel electrode 7 generally has a relatively thin thickness, the pixel electrode 7 is connected to the drain electrode 8 through the via hole 19 in the passivation layer 1 (ie, the pixel electrode 7 is extended).
- the insulating layer for example, the passivation layer 1 of the present invention makes the via angle ⁇ of the via hole 19 small, so that the pixel electrode 7 is less likely to be broken.
- the pixel electrode 7 is disposed on the partial passivation layer 1, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the array substrate of the present invention may further include a gate (gate line), a gate insulating layer, an active region, a source (data line), a common electrode, and the like, as needed, and will not be described in detail herein.
- a gate gate line
- a gate insulating layer an active region
- a source data line
- a common electrode and the like, as needed, and will not be described in detail herein.
- the array substrate of the present embodiment is not limited to the array substrate of the liquid crystal display device, and may be an array substrate of an OLED display device or the like.
- the insulating layer in the array substrate is not limited to the passivation layer 1 as long as a via hole (for example, a via hole 19) formed by etching is provided in the insulating layer.
- the insulating layer may also be a gate insulating layer or a flat layer. Other layers such as layers.
- each of the sub-insulating layers is a silicon nitride-containing layer (ie, a layer including silicon nitride);
- the ratio of the number of silicon-nitrogen bonds to the number of silicon-hydrogen bonds in the sub-insulating layer farther away from the substrate 9 is smaller.
- the actual silicon nitride-containing layer necessarily contains silicon-nitrogen bonds (Si-N) and silicon-hydrogen bonds (Si-H).
- Si-N silicon-nitrogen bonds
- Si-H silicon-hydrogen bonds
- the silicon-hydrogen bond is "impurity" to a certain extent, so the more the number of silicon-hydrogen bonds means that the more defects containing the silicon nitride layer, the easier it is to be etched, that is, engraved The greater the eclipse rate.
- the ratio of the number of silicon-nitrogen bonds to the number of silicon-hydrogen bonds in the upper sub-insulating layer should be smaller ( That is, the fewer the silicon-nitrogen bonds and the more silicon-hydrogen bonds.
- the silicon nitride-containing layer having a ratio of the number of silicon-nitrogen bonds to the number of silicon-hydrogen bonds can be manufactured by the same process, as long as the specific process parameters are adjusted.
- a silicon nitride-containing layer is prepared by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process
- the amount of silicon nitrogen bonds and silicon can be changed by adjusting process gas flow rate, plasma RF power (RF), temperature, pressure, and the like.
- RF plasma RF power
- the above sub-insulating layer is not limited to a silicon nitride-containing layer, and may be made of other materials (such as silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride); or, different sub-insulating layers may be made of different materials as long as they are engraved.
- the etch rate meets the above requirements (ie, the etch rate of the sub-insulating layer that is farther away from the substrate 9 is larger).
- the insulating layer includes only the first sub-insulating layer 11 and the second sub-insulating layer 12 on the side of the first sub-insulating layer 11 away from the substrate 9.
- the insulating layer (such as the passivation layer 1) may be composed of only two sub-insulating layers 11 and 12, and under the same etching condition, the second sub-insulating layer 12 is more than the first sub-insulating layer 11 has a larger etch rate.
- the insulating layer is optionally composed of only two sub-insulating layers.
- the etching rate of the first sub-insulating layer 11 is The etching rate of the second sub-insulating layer 12 is
- the insulating layer (such as the passivation layer 1) is composed of two sub-insulating layers, the etching rates of the two are optionally controlled within the above range, respectively. Good effect is to reduce the slope angle ⁇ of the via 19 .
- the ratio of the thickness of the first sub-insulating layer 11 to the thickness of the second sub-insulating layer 12 is greater than or equal to 4:1; further optionally, the thickness of the first sub-insulating layer 11 is The thickness of the second sub-insulating layer 12 is
- the thickness relationship of the two sub-insulation layers also has an effect on the slope angle ⁇ of the via 19 formed. It has been found that the effect of reducing the slope angle ⁇ of the via 19 can be better when the second sub-insulating layer 12 is relatively thin, between the thickness of the first sub-insulating layer 11 and the thickness of the second sub-insulating layer 12. The relationship can be as described above.
- the insulating layer is not limited to including only two sub-insulating layers, and may further include a third sub-insulating layer, a fourth sub-insulating layer, and the like sequentially disposed on the second sub-insulating layer, as long as the sub-insulating layers are etched therein.
- the rate meets the above requirements (ie, the etch rate of the sub-insulating layer that is farther away from the substrate 9 is larger).
- the embodiment further provides a method for preparing the above array substrate, which includes the following steps S1 and S2.
- Step S1 sequentially forming a plurality of sub-insulating layers stacked on the substrate 9 such that the plurality of sub-insulating layers form an insulating layer, and in the plurality of sub-insulating layers, the farther away from the sub-insulating layer of the substrate is etched The greater the rate;
- the plurality of sub-insulating layers in the insulating layer are etched under the same etching condition to form via holes 19.
- a plurality of stacked sub-insulating layers (such as the first sub-insulating layer 11 and the second sub-insulating layer 12) are sequentially formed, and then subjected to an etching process in the same etching condition.
- the via holes 19 are formed in the plurality of sub-insulating layers of the insulating layer. Since the etching rate of each sub-insulating layer satisfies the above conditions, the slope angle ⁇ of the via holes 19 obtained at this time is higher than that of a uniform material. The slope angle ⁇ of the via 19 of the insulating layer is significantly lowered.
- the etching may be performed by a conventional process, such as a dry etching process in which sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) and ozone (O 3 ) gases are used, and the molar ratio of sulfur hexafluoride to ozone is 1:2. .
- SF 6 sulfur hexafluoride
- O 3 ozone
- the plurality of sub-insulating layers are each containing a silicon nitride layer and formed by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) process, wherein a mixed gas of silane (SiH 4 ) and ammonia (NH 3 ) is used as a process.
- PECVD plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
- a mixed gas of silane (SiH 4 ) and ammonia (NH 3 ) is used as a process.
- the gas, using nitrogen (N 2 ) as a carrier gas the deposition apparatus is a 20KPX type produced by AKT Corporation; and at least one of the following conditions C1 and C2 is satisfied in the process of forming a plurality of sub-insulation layers:
- the etching rate of the sub-insulating layer can also be changed by adjusting other process parameters such as pressure and temperature; or, for the sub-insulating layer formed by other materials or other processes, other process parameters can be adjusted.
- the etch rate is controlled; alternatively, different sub-insulation layers can be formed using different types of materials having different etch rates.
- the specific process type, process parameters, materials, etc. No longer described in detail.
- FIG. 3 is a scanning electron micrograph of a cross section of a portion of a conventional array substrate including a via 19 in an insulating layer (eg, a silicon nitride-containing layer), showing the existing The slope angle of the via in the insulating layer of the array substrate.
- the slope angle ⁇ is the angle formed by the edge of the thin layer in the "PVX Slope Angle" box in Figure 3.
- the thickness of the insulating layer (excluding the sub-layer) is The etching rate of the insulating layer is The slice of the conventional array substrate was analyzed by an electron microscope, and the slope angle ⁇ of the via 19 in the insulating layer was measured to be 73.4 degrees.
- the insulating layer is composed of a first sub-insulating layer 11 (containing a silicon nitride layer) and a second sub-insulating layer 12 (including a silicon nitride layer). The thickness of the first sub-insulating layer 11 is tested.
- the thickness of the second sub-insulating layer 12 is The etching rate of the first sub-insulating layer 11 is The etching rate of the second sub-insulating layer 12 is The slice of the array substrate of this example was analyzed by an electron microscope, and the slope angle ⁇ of the via 19 in the insulating layer was measured to be 34.8 degrees.
- the slope angle ⁇ of the via holes 19 in the insulating layer can be effectively reduced, thereby avoiding the conductive structure on the insulating layer. Defects such as breakage occur at the via hole 19 to achieve a better display effect.
- the embodiment provides a display panel including the array substrate provided in Embodiment 1.
- the display device can be a liquid crystal display panel, an OLED panel, or the like, and can be used in any product having a display function such as an electronic paper, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a television, a display, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, a navigator, and the like.
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- 一种阵列基板,包括基底和位于所述基底上的绝缘层,所述绝缘层包括通过刻蚀形成的过孔,其中,所述绝缘层包括叠置的多个子绝缘层,在用于形成所述过孔的刻蚀条件下,在所述多个子绝缘层中越远离所述基底的子绝缘层的刻蚀速率越大。
- 根据权利要求1所述的阵列基板,其中,所述绝缘层仅包括第一子绝缘层和位于所述第一子绝缘层远离所述基底一侧的第二子绝缘层。
- 根据权利要求2所述的阵列基板,其中,所述第一子绝缘层的厚度与所述第二子绝缘层的厚度的比大于等于4∶1。
- 根据权利要求1所述的阵列基板,其中,各所述子绝缘层均为含氮化硅层;并且越远离所述基底的子绝缘层中硅氮键数量与硅氢键数量的比值越小。
- 根据权利要求1所述的阵列基板,其中,所述绝缘层为钝化层,所述阵列基板还包括被所述绝缘层覆盖且位于所述基底上的薄膜晶体管和设于所述绝缘层远离所述基底一侧的像素电极,所述像素电极通过所述绝缘层中的所述过孔与所述薄膜晶体管的漏极连接。
- 一种显示面板,包括:根据权利要求1至7中任意一项所述的阵列基板。
- 一种阵列基板的制备方法,包括以下步骤:在基底上依次形成叠置的多个子绝缘层,使得所述多个子绝缘层形成绝缘层,并且在所述多个子绝缘层中,越远离所述基底的子绝缘层的刻蚀速率越大;以及在同一刻蚀条件下对所述绝缘层中的所述多个子绝缘层进行刻蚀,以形成过孔。
- 根据权利要求9所述的制备方法,其中,所述多个子绝缘层均为含氮化硅层,并且越远离所述基底的子绝缘层中硅氮键数量与硅氢键数量的比值越小。
- 根据权利要求10所述的制备方法,其中,所述多个子绝缘层均通过等离子体增强化学气相沉积工艺形成,其中使用硅烷和氨气的混合气体为工艺气体,在形成所述多个子绝缘层的过程中满足以下条件C1和条件C2中的至少一种:C1:形成越远离所述基底的子绝缘层时,硅烷流量越小,氨气流量越小,硅烷流量与氨气流量的比值越小;以及C2:形成越远离所述基底的子绝缘层时,等离子射频功率越小。
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