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公开(公告)号:US20230352493A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-02
申请号:US18140593
申请日:2023-04-27
Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
Inventor: Yoshihito HARA , Tohru DAITOH , Jun NISHIMURA , Kengo HARA , Yohei TAKEUCHI
IPC: H01L27/12 , G02F1/1368 , G02F1/1362 , G02F1/1337 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1335 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044
CPC classification number: H01L27/1248 , G02F1/1368 , G02F1/136227 , G02F1/1337 , G02F1/134372 , G02F1/13338 , G02F1/136286 , G02F1/133512 , G02F1/136204 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/04164 , G06F3/0446
Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, an interlayer insulating layer covering the thin film transistor, a pixel electrode provided above the interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistor, a common electrode provided between the pixel electrode and the interlayer insulating layer, a first dielectric layer provided between the common electrode and the pixel electrode, and an alignment film covering the pixel electrode. The first dielectric layer includes a plurality of openings each of which exposes a part of the common electrode and includes the alignment film positioned therein.
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公开(公告)号:US20230317739A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-05
申请号:US18130444
申请日:2023-04-04
Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
Inventor: Hajime IMAI , Tohru DAITOH , Yoshihito HARA , Tetsuo KIKUCHI , Teruyuki UEDA , Masaki MAEDA , Tatsuya KAWASAKI , Yoshiharu HIRATA
IPC: H01L27/12
CPC classification number: H01L27/1248 , H01L27/1288
Abstract: The active matrix substrate includes a plurality of oxide semiconductor TFTs supported by a substrate. Each of the plurality of oxide semiconductor TFTs includes an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel region, a lower electrode positioned between the oxide semiconductor layer and the substrate, and an insulating layer positioned between the oxide semiconductor layer and the lower electrode. The insulating layer has a layered structure including a lower layer, an upper layer positioned between the lower layer and the oxide semiconductor layer, and an intermediate layer positioned between the lower layer and the upper layer. The upper layer is a silicon oxide layer, the intermediate layer contains at least silicon and nitrogen, and the lower layer contains at least silicon, nitrogen, and oxygen. A hydrogen desorption amount in the lower layer is larger than a hydrogen desorption amount in the intermediate layer. Each of the hydrogen desorption amount of the lower layer and the hydrogen desorption amount of the intermediate layer is a desorption amount of hydrogen molecules per unit thickness in a range from 25° C. to 600° C. by TDS analysis.
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公开(公告)号:US20220406942A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-22
申请号:US17835273
申请日:2022-06-08
Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
Inventor: Tetsuo KIKUCHI , Tohru DAITOH , Masahiko SUZUKI , Setsuji NISHIMIYA , Kengo HARA , Hitoshi TAKAHATA
IPC: H01L29/786
Abstract: Each first thin film transistor of a semiconductor device includes: a lower electrode; a first oxide semiconductor layer including a channel region and first and second contact regions; a gate electrode disposed on the channel region with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween; and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the first contact region and the second contact region, respectively. When viewed from a normal direction of the substrate, at least a part of the channel region overlaps the lower electrode, and at least one of the first and second contact regions is located outside the lower electrode. The channel region has a layered structure including a lower layer, an upper layer located between the lower layer and the gate insulating layer, and a high mobility layer disposed between the lower layer and the upper layer and having mobility higher than mobility of the lower layer and the upper layer. In the channel region, the thickness of the upper layer is equal to or less than 1/3 of the thickness of the lower layer, and the thickness of the high mobility layer is equal to or less than 1/2 of the thickness of the lower layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20240414940A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-12
申请号:US18696886
申请日:2021-12-06
Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
Inventor: Masaki MAEDA , Hajime IMAI , Yoshiharu HIRATA , Teruyuki UEDA , Tatsuya KAWASAKI , Tohru DAITOH
IPC: H10K59/121 , H01L27/12 , H10K59/131 , H10K59/80
Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate; a thin-film transistor layer provided on the base substrate and having a first metal layer containing a copper film; and a light-emitting element layer provided on the thin-film transistor layer, and including a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of light-emitting functional layers, and a common electrode, all of which are sequentially stacked on top of another and corresponding to a plurality of subpixels. A terminal unit includes a plurality of terminals formed of a same material as, and arranged in a same layer as, the first metal layer. Each of the pixel electrodes is formed of a second metal layer containing a silver film. On each of the terminals, a terminal protective layer formed of a transparent conductive film is provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20240154038A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-09
申请号:US18378165
申请日:2023-10-10
Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
Inventor: Tetsuo KIKUCHI , Tohru DAITOH , Masahiko SUZUKI , Setsuji NISHIMIYA , Hitoshi TAKAHATA
IPC: H01L29/786 , G02F1/1368 , H01L29/417 , H01L29/66 , H10K59/121
CPC classification number: H01L29/7869 , G02F1/1368 , H01L29/41733 , H01L29/6675 , H01L29/78696 , H10K59/1213
Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first TFT of a first conductivity type and a second TFT of a second conductivity type. The first TFT includes a first semiconductor layer made of an oxide semiconductor material of the first conductivity type, a first gate insulating layer provided on the first semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode located opposite to a channel region of the first semiconductor layer with the first gate insulating layer interposed therebetween, and a first source electrode. The second TFT includes a second semiconductor layer made of an oxide semiconductor material of the second conductivity type or a transparent semiconductor material of the second conductivity type, a second gate insulating layer provided on the second semiconductor layer, a second gate electrode located opposite to a channel region of the second semiconductor layer with the second gate insulating layer interposed therebetween, and a second source electrode. The first gate insulating layer includes a first layer and a second layer provided on the first layer. The second layer of the first gate insulating layer and the second gate insulating layer are provided in the same layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20240112646A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-04
申请号:US18233359
申请日:2023-08-14
Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
Inventor: Jun NISHIMURA , Kengo HARA , Yohei TAKEUCHI , Yoshihito HARA , Tohru DAITOH
CPC classification number: G09G3/3677 , G06F3/04166 , G09G3/2096 , G09G2310/0286 , G09G2330/021
Abstract: A set circuit in a unit circuit in a gate driver of a display device includes a setting transistor, a first auxiliary transistor, and a second auxiliary transistor. The setting transistor includes a source terminal connected to an internal node, a gate terminal connected to a set input terminal, and a drain terminal connected to the set input terminal via the first auxiliary transistor and also connected to an input terminal via the second auxiliary transistor in a diode-connected form. Each transistor is controlled to be in an on state and an off state during normal drive and is controlled to be in the off state and the on state during a pause period by a control signal supplied to the input terminal.
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公开(公告)号:US20230252951A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-10
申请号:US18101270
申请日:2023-01-25
Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
Inventor: Kengo HARA , Tohru DAITOH , Yoshihito HARA , Jun NISHIMURA , Yohei TAKEUCHI
CPC classification number: G09G3/3677 , H01L27/124 , H01L27/1225 , G09G2310/0286 , G09G2330/021
Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a gate driver including a shift register including a plurality of unit circuits connected in multiple stages. Each of the plurality of unit circuits includes an output node, a first node, a first TFT including a first gate terminal supplied with the set signal, a first source terminal connected to the first node, and a first drain terminal supplied with a first power supply potential higher than a low-level potential of the set signal, and a second TFT including a second gate terminal connected to the first node, a second source terminal connected to the output node, and a second drain terminal supplied with the clock signal. The first TFT includes a semiconductor layer, and a first and a second gate electrodes disposed on a side of the semiconductor layer opposite to the substrate and connected to the first gate terminal. The semiconductor layer includes a source contact region electrically connected to the first source terminal, a drain contact region electrically connected to the first drain terminal, and a first and a second channel regions separated from each other in a channel length direction between the contact regions when viewed from a normal direction of the substrate. The first gate electrode overlaps the first channel region via an upper gate insulating layer, and the second gate electrode overlaps the second channel region via the upper gate insulating layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20230221605A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-13
申请号:US18096056
申请日:2023-01-12
Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
Inventor: Tetsuo KIKUCHI , Masahiko SUZUKI , Setsuji NISHIMIYA , Hitoshi TAKAHATA , Takuya WATANABE , Tohru DAITOH
IPC: G02F1/1362 , H01L27/12 , H01L29/786 , G02F1/1368 , G02F1/133 , G09G3/36
CPC classification number: G02F1/136286 , H01L27/1225 , H01L27/124 , H01L29/78648 , H01L29/7869 , G02F1/1368 , G02F1/13306 , G09G3/3648 , G09G3/3677 , G09G2310/0286 , G09G2310/08 , G09G2300/08 , G09G2310/0291
Abstract: A semiconductor device including a substrate, and a first circuit supported by the substrate and including a plurality of TFTs including a first TFT, wherein the first TFT includes a semiconductor layer, a lower gate electrode located on a side of the substrate of the semiconductor layer and overlapping a part of the semiconductor layer via a lower gate insulating layer, and an upper gate electrode located on a side opposite to the substrate of the semiconductor layer and overlapping a part of the semiconductor layer via an upper gate insulating layer, one of the lower gate electrode and the upper gate electrode is a first gate electrode and the other is a second gate electrode, a first signal is supplied to the first gate electrode, and a second signal different from the first signal is supplied to the second gate electrode, the first TFT has a threshold voltage between a high-level potential and a low-level potential of the first signal and between a high-level potential and a low-level potential of the second signal, and a period during which the first signal is at the high-level potential and a period during which the second signal is at the high-level potential do not overlap each other.
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公开(公告)号:US20230215395A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-06
申请号:US18075300
申请日:2022-12-05
Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
Inventor: Jun NISHIMURA , Yoshihito HARA , Yohei TAKEUCHI , Kengo HARA , Tohru DAITOH
IPC: G09G3/36
CPC classification number: G09G3/3677 , G11C19/28
Abstract: A shift register includes stages each constituted by a unit circuit provided with thin-film transistors that separate a control node (i.e. a node that controls output from a unit circuit) into an output-side first control node and an input-side second control node. One of the thin-film transistors has a control terminal that is supplied with a set signal that is an output signal from a unit circuit constituting a preceding stage. The other of the thin-film transistors has a control terminal that is supplied with a reset signal that is an output signal from a unit circuit constituting a subsequent stage.
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公开(公告)号:US20220342246A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-27
申请号:US17717235
申请日:2022-04-11
Applicant: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
Inventor: Yoshihito HARA , Tohru DAITOH , Hajime IMAI , Teruyuki UEDA , Masaki MAEDA , Tatsuya KAWASAKI , Yoshiharu HIRATA
IPC: G02F1/1368 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1362 , G02F1/1345 , G06F3/041 , G03F7/20
Abstract: An active matrix substrate includes a plurality of thin film transistors including an oxide semiconductor layer, an interlayer insulating layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged above the interlayer insulating layer, a common electrode arranged between the pixel electrode and the interlayer insulating layer and also configured to function as a touch sensor electrode, a first dielectric layer arranged between the interlayer insulating layer and the common electrode, a second dielectric layer arranged between the common electrode and the pixel electrode, a plurality of touch wiring lines arranged between the interlayer insulating layer and the common electrode and formed of a third conductive film, and a plurality of pixel contact portions, in which each of the plurality of pixel contact portions includes a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, a connection electrode formed of the third conductive film and electrically connected to the drain electrode in a lower opening formed in the interlayer insulating layer, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the connection electrode in an upper opening formed in the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer.
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