WO2020024693A1 - 薄膜晶体管、阵列基板、显示面板及显示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and in particular, to a thin film transistor, an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device.
- a thin film transistor is a common electronic device in a display device. For example, it can be applied to an array substrate to drive each pixel of the display device.
- the driving capability of a single thin-film crystal still needs to be improved, which is difficult to apply to a high-load area of a display device.
- a display device for example, a liquid crystal display device
- a thin film transistor still has a large leakage current during operation.
- An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a thin film transistor including: a substrate; at least two active layers on the substrate, each active layer including a first end and a second end opposite to each other; The source and drain on the substrate are described. A first end of each of the at least two active layers is electrically connected to the source, and a second end of each of the at least two active layers is electrically connected to the source. The drain, and each of the at least two active layers is aligned along the upper surface of the substrate and spaced from each other.
- the thin film transistor further includes at least two gates corresponding to the at least two active layers, and an orthographic projection of each active layer on the substrate is located at a corresponding gate Within the orthographic projection on the substrate.
- the thin film transistor further includes at least two gates corresponding to the at least two active layers, and the at least two gates are electrically connected to each other to form an integrated gate Layer, the orthographic projection of the at least two active layers on the substrate is located within the orthographic projection of the gate layer on the substrate.
- the thin film transistor further includes a source signal line and a drain signal line, the source signal line is electrically connected to the source, and the drain signal line is connected to the drain Electric connection.
- the source signal line and the drain signal line extend in an extending direction perpendicular to the source or drain.
- the source signal line and the drain signal line extend along an extending direction parallel to the source or drain.
- the thin film transistor further includes a gate signal line, the gate signal line is electrically connected to the at least two gates, and an extension direction of the gate signal line is same as the source
- the extension directions of the polar signal lines are perpendicular to each other.
- the thin film transistor further includes a gate insulation layer, an etch barrier layer, and a passivation layer on the substrate, wherein the gate insulation layer covers the at least two gate electrodes, each Active layers are located on a side of the gate insulation layer remote from the substrate, the etch stop layer covers the at least two active layers and the gate insulation layer, and the source and drain electrodes are located on The side of the etch barrier layer away from the gate insulation layer, and the passivation layer covers the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the etch barrier layer.
- the etch barrier layer includes a via hole, and the source electrode and the drain electrode are electrically connected to the at least two active layers through the via hole in the etch barrier layer, respectively.
- the distance between the upper surface of each active layer across the first end and the second end is L, and the distance between the upper surface of each active layer and the distance is mutually
- the vertical width is W, and the ratio of W to L is greater than 1.
- a material of the active layer includes any one of amorphous silicon, polysilicon, and an oxide semiconductor.
- Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides an array substrate including the thin film transistor according to any one of the foregoing embodiments.
- Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display panel including the array substrate described in the foregoing embodiment.
- Yet another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device including the display panel according to the foregoing embodiment.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a thin film transistor provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 2 is a schematic top perspective view of a thin film transistor according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic top perspective view of a thin film transistor according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of the thin film transistor shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3 along a line AA ′ therein.
- a channel is usually used TFT (Thin Film Transistor).
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a cross-sectional view of a thin film transistor provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the process of manufacturing the thin film transistor shown in FIG. 1 may include: sequentially forming a gate 12 and a gate insulating layer 13 on a substrate 11, and sequentially forming a continuous active layer 14 and The barrier layer 15 is etched, then a source electrode 16 and a drain electrode 17 are formed on the etch barrier layer 15, and finally a passivation layer 18 is formed.
- the source and drain electrodes may be electrically connected to the continuous active layer 14 through a via in the etch barrier layer 15.
- the channel width between the source electrode 16 and the drain electrode 17 is increased, thereby increasing the channel width-to-length ratio of the thin film transistor manufactured.
- the inventors of the present application are aware of the following problems: due to the large area of the active layer, process defects, impurities, and the like are more likely to affect the active layer, making the active layer's Yield is reduced; in addition, when a thin film transistor is applied to a liquid crystal display device, the light emitted by the backlight source can be easily irradiated to the active layer through refraction, scattering, diffuse reflection, etc., which degrades the material properties of the active layer and causes the thin film The leakage current of the transistor increases.
- a thin film transistor includes: a substrate; at least two active layers on the substrate, each active layer including a first end and a second end opposite to each other; Source and drain. A first end of each of the at least two active layers is electrically connected to the source, and a second end of each of the at least two active layers is electrically connected to the source. The drain, and each of the at least two active layers is aligned along the upper surface of the substrate and spaced from each other. 2 and 3 illustrate different examples of the thin film transistor according to the above-described embodiment of the present disclosure, respectively.
- FIG. 1 illustrate different examples of the thin film transistor according to the above-described embodiment of the present disclosure, respectively.
- the thin film transistor includes a plurality of sub thin film transistor structures 20, and these sub thin film transistor structures 20 may be considered to be connected in parallel with each other.
- Each of the sub-thin film transistor structures 20 includes a gate electrode 22, an active layer 24, a source electrode 26, and a drain electrode 27, and the active layers 24 of two adjacent sub-thin film transistor structures 20 are disposed separately.
- the active layers of these sub-thin-film transistor structures 20 are spaced apart, that is, there is no active layer material between two adjacent sub-thin-film transistor structures 20, so that a continuous large-area active layer region is not generated. In this way, the probability that process defects, impurities, and the like affect the active layer can be reduced, and the yield of the active layer 24 can be improved.
- the active layer of the thin film transistor is not a continuous layer structure, it can reduce the impact of external light (for example, backlight) on its performance, and can reduce the leakage current of the thin film transistor to a certain extent.
- FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 only show an exemplary thin-film transistor, which includes eight sub-thin-film transistor structures 20 connected in parallel. It can be understood that the thin-film transistor in the embodiment of the present disclosure includes the parallel thin-film transistors.
- the number of structures 20 is greater than or equal to two. In practical applications, the number of sub-thin-film transistor structures 20 connected in parallel is set according to actual needs.
- the thin film transistor further includes at least two gates corresponding to the at least two active layers, and an orthographic projection of each active layer on the substrate is located at a corresponding gate in Within the orthographic projection on the substrate.
- each of the at least two gates is independent of each other. That is, the gates of each sub-thin-film transistor structure are not electrically connected.
- the same gate signal can be input to the gates 22 of each sub-thin-film transistor structure 20 at the same time.
- the at least two gate electrodes are electrically connected to each other to form an integrated gate layer, and an orthographic projection of the at least two active layers on the substrate is located on the gate electrode.
- the layers are within an orthographic projection on the substrate, and FIG. 4 shows an example of such a thin film transistor.
- the thin film transistor further includes a source signal line 31 and a drain signal line 32.
- the source signal line 31 is electrically connected to the source 26 of the thin film transistor, and the drain signal line 32 is connected to the drain of the thin film transistor.
- the pole 27 is electrically connected.
- the source signal line 31 is used to input a source signal to the source electrode 26, and the drain signal line 32 is also electrically connected to a high load. When the thin film transistor is on, it is input through the source signal line 31 of the thin film transistor. The source signal is provided to a high load via its drain and drain signal lines 32.
- the source signal line 31 and the drain signal line 32 may be formed at the same time.
- the source signal line 31, the drain signal line 32, and the source 26 may be formed at the same time.
- the same material as the drain electrode 27 is used.
- the source signal line 31 and the drain signal line 32 extend in a direction perpendicular to the source or drain extension of the thin film transistor.
- the source 26 and the drain 27 of the thin film transistor are arranged in parallel, and the source signal line 31 and the drain signal line 32 extend in a direction perpendicular to the source or drain. That is, if the source electrode 26 and the drain electrode 27 extend in the horizontal direction, the source signal line 31 and the drain signal line 32 extend in the vertical direction.
- the source signal line 31 and the drain signal line 32 extend in a direction parallel to the extension of the source or drain.
- the source 26 and the drain 27 are arranged in parallel, and the source signal line 31 and the drain signal line 32 extend in a direction parallel to the source or the drain. If the source 26 and the drain 27 are horizontal, If the direction extends, the source signal line 31 and the drain signal line 32 also extend in the horizontal direction.
- the thin film transistor further includes a gate signal line (not shown in FIGS. 2 to 4), and the gate signal line is electrically connected to the at least two gates of the thin film transistor.
- the extending direction of the gate signal line and the extending direction of the source signal line 31 are perpendicular to each other.
- a distance between an upper surface of each active layer of the thin film transistor across the first end and the second end is L, and an upper surface of each active layer is different from the
- the widths at which the distances are perpendicular to each other are W, and the ratio of W to L is greater than 1, as shown in FIG. 2, which schematically illustrates the distance L.
- W is the dimension of the width of the surface of each active layer perpendicular to the distance L shown. Therefore, for a plurality of sub-thin-film transistor structures 20 that can be regarded as being connected in parallel to each other in the thin-film transistor, the width-to-length ratio of the channel of each sub-thin-film transistor structure is greater than one.
- the channel width-to-length ratio of the thin film transistor is greater than N, and N is a positive integer greater than 1.
- a thin film transistor having a large channel width and length can be obtained, and a high load can be driven. Therefore, the thin film transistor provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a high load area of a display device, such as a cell test (panel test) area, a GOA (Gate On Array), and a Demux area.
- FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the thin film transistor obtained along a line AA ′ in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3. As shown in FIG.
- the thin film transistor 20 further includes a gate insulating layer 23, an etch barrier layer 25, and a passivation layer 28 on the substrate 21; each gate is connected to each other to form an integrated gate layer 22, and the gate insulating layer 23 Covers the gate layer 22, each active layer 24 is located on the side of the gate insulation layer 23 away from the substrate 21, and the etch barrier layer 25 covers each of the active layer 24 and the gate insulation layer 23, and the source and drain are located in the etch The side of the etch stop layer 25 away from the gate insulation layer, and the passivation layer 28 covers the source electrode 26, the drain electrode 27 and the etch stop layer 25.
- the etch barrier layer 25 includes via holes, and the source and drain electrodes are electrically connected to at least two active layers through the via holes in the etch barrier layer, respectively.
- manufacturing the thin film transistor shown in FIG. 4 may involve the following process: forming a gate metal thin film on the substrate 21, and patterning the gate metal thin film to form the gate layer 22, for example, using a mask
- the film plate etches the gate metal thin film by the photolithography process to form the gate layer 22, and then uses PECVD (Plasma Enhanced Chemical Deposition) or other deposition methods to form a gate insulating layer 23 on the gate insulating layer 23
- PECVD Plasma Enhanced Chemical Deposition
- An active layer film is formed, and the active layer film is patterned to form a plurality of mutually spaced active layers 24. There is no active layer material between any two adjacent active layers 24, and then an etch barrier layer 25 is formed.
- the etch barrier layer 25 covers each of the active layer 24 and the gate insulating layer 23. At positions corresponding to the active barrier layer 25 and the active layer 24, a via hole is formed by etching, and the via hole penetrates the etch barrier layer 25. Then, a source-drain metal film is formed on the etch barrier layer 25, and the source-drain metal film is patterned to form a source electrode 26 and a drain electrode 27. When the source-drain metal film is formed on the etch barrier layer 25, the material of the source-drain metal film will also be formed in the vias of the etch barrier layer 25. Therefore, the source electrode 26 and the drain electrode 27 formed by the patterning process will pass through The vias of the etch stop layer 25 are electrically connected to the active layer 24. Finally, a passivation layer 28 is formed, which covers the source electrode 26, the drain electrode 27 and the etch stop layer 25.
- the gate metal film and the source-drain metal film can be made by the same or similar processes, for example, magnetron sputtering, evaporation, and other processes.
- the materials of the gate 22, source 26, and drain 27 can be molybdenum, aluminum, and aluminum nickel. Materials such as alloy, chromium, copper, etc., and the material of the gate insulating layer 23 may be silicon nitride, silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, or the like.
- a material of the active layer 24 includes any one of amorphous silicon, polysilicon, and an oxide semiconductor.
- the material of the active layer 24 is amorphous silicon
- an amorphous silicon film is directly formed on the gate insulating layer 23 by PECVD or other deposition methods, a photoresist is coated on the amorphous silicon film, and a mask is used to align the light. The resist is exposed and developed, and then the amorphous silicon thin film is etched to form a desired pattern.
- the material of the active layer 24 is polysilicon
- amorphous silicon can be formed on the gate insulating layer 23 by using PECVD or other deposition methods.
- the thin film is crystallized to form a polysilicon film by laser annealing or solid-phase crystallization, and then a photoresist is coated on the polysilicon film.
- the photoresist is exposed and developed by using a mask, and then the polysilicon film is progressively processed.
- Etch to form a desired pattern when the material of the active layer 24 is an oxide semiconductor, such as IGZO (Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide, indium gallium zinc oxide), after forming an oxide semiconductor thin film on the gate insulating layer 23, A photoresist is coated on the semiconductor film, and the photoresist is exposed and developed by using a mask. Then, the oxide semiconductor film is etched to form a desired pattern.
- IGZO Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide, indium gallium zinc oxide
- a thin film transistor is formed by connecting at least two sub thin film transistor structures in parallel, and the active layers of two adjacent sub thin film transistor structures are disposed separately. While improving the channel width-to-length ratio of the thin film transistor, it can reduce The area of the active region in the small thin film transistor can improve the yield of the active region and reduce the leakage current of the thin film transistor.
- Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides an array substrate including the thin film transistor according to any one of the above embodiments.
- the substrates of the respective thin film transistors of the array substrate may be connected to each other to form an integrated substrate substrate for the array substrate.
- the substrate 21 may be a glass substrate or a PI (Polyimide) substrate.
- Another embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a display panel including the above-mentioned array substrate.
- Another embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device including the above-mentioned display panel.
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- 一种薄膜晶体管,包括:衬底;位于所述衬底上的至少两个有源层,每个有源层包括彼此相对的第一端和第二端;位于所述衬底上的源极和漏极,其中,所述至少两个有源层中的每个有源层的第一端电连接至所述源极,所述至少两个有源层中的每个有源层的第二端电连接至所述漏极,且所述至少两个有源层中的各个有源层沿所述衬底的上表面排列且彼此隔开。
- 根据权利要求1所述的薄膜晶体管,其中,所述薄膜晶体管还包括与所述至少两个有源层对应的至少两个栅极,每个有源层在所述衬底上的正投影位于相应的栅极在所述衬底上的正投影之内。
- 根据权利要求1所述的薄膜晶体管,其中,所述薄膜晶体管还包括与所述至少两个有源层对应的至少两个栅极,所述至少两个栅极彼此电连接形成一体的栅极层,所述至少两个有源层在所述衬底上的正投影位于所述栅极层在所述衬底上的正投影之内。
- 根据权利要求1所述的薄膜晶体管,其中所述薄膜晶体管还包括源极信号线和漏极信号线,所述源极信号线与所述源极电电连接,所述漏极信号线与所述漏极电电连接。
- 根据权利要求4所述的薄膜晶体管,其中所述源极信号线和所述漏极信号线沿垂直于所述源极或漏极的延伸方向延伸。
- 根据权利要求4所述的薄膜晶体管,其中所述源极信号线和所述漏极信号线沿平行于所述源极或漏极的延伸方向延伸。
- 根据权利要求2或3所述的薄膜晶体管,其中所述薄膜晶体管还包括栅极信号线,所述栅极信号线与所述至少两个栅极电连接,且所述栅极信号线的延伸方向与所述源极信号线的延伸方向相互垂直。
- 根据权利要求2或3所述的薄膜晶体管,其中所述薄膜晶体管还包括位于所述衬底上的栅绝缘层、刻蚀阻挡层和钝化层,其中所述栅绝缘层覆盖所述至少两个栅极,每个有源层位于所述栅绝缘层远离 所述衬底的一侧,所述刻蚀阻挡层覆盖所述至少两个有源层和所述栅绝缘层,所述源极和漏极位于所述刻蚀阻挡层远离所述栅绝缘层的一侧,所述钝化层覆盖所述源极、所述漏极和所述刻蚀阻挡层。
- 根据权利要求8所述的薄膜晶体管,其中所述刻蚀阻挡层包括过孔,所述源极和所述漏极分别通过所述刻蚀阻挡层中的过孔与所述至少两个有源层电连接。
- 根据权利要求1所述的薄膜晶体管,其中每个有源层的上表面的跨所述第一端和所述第二端之间的距离为L,每个有源层的上表面的与所述距离相互垂直的宽度为W,W与L的比值大于1。
- 根据权利要求1所述的薄膜晶体管,其中所述有源层的材料包括非晶硅、多晶硅、氧化物半导体中的任意一种。
- 一种阵列基板,包括如权利要求1-11任一项所述的薄膜晶体管。
- 一种显示面板,包括如权利要求12所述的阵列基板。
- 一种显示装置,包括如权利要求13所述的显示面板。
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