Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.

Maxim Lisachenko

Ki-Yong Lee

Dong-Hyun Lee

Jin-Wook Seo

Byoung-Keon Park

Tae-Hoon Yang

Kil-Won Lee

Jong-Ryuk Park

Bo-Kyung Choi

Yun-Mo Chung

Ji-Su Ahn

Heung-Yeol Na

Min-Jae Jeong

Young-Dae Kim

Jae-Wan Jung

Soo-Beom Jo

Eu-Gene Kang

Taehoon Yang

Dae-Woo Lee

Jong-Won Hong

Seok-Rak Chang

Sang-Yon Yoon

Kiyong Lee

Jinwook Seo

Hyun-Gue Kim

Byoungkeon Park

Seihwan Jung

A thin film transistor, a method of fabricating the same, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device including the same. The thin film transistor includes a substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and including a channel region; source/drain regions including ions and an offset region; a gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer; a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer; a first insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer; and source/drain electrodes disposed on the second insulating layer, and electrically connected to the source/drain regions of the semiconductor layer, respectively. The sum of thicknesses of the gate insulating layer and the first insulating layer that are on the source/drain regions is less than the vertical dispersion depth of the ions included in the source/drain regions.

Thin film transistor, method of fabricating the same and organic light emitting diode display device including the same

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The OLED display device includes a substrate having a thin film transistor region and a capacitor region, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a lower capacitor electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer in the capacitor region, an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the substrate, and an upper capacitor electrode disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and facing the lower capacitor electrode, wherein regions of each of the buffer layer, the gate insulating layer, the interlayer insulating layer, the lower capacitor electrode, and the upper capacitor electrode have surfaces in which protrusions having the same shape as grain boundaries of the semiconductor layer are formed. The resultant capacitor has an increased surface area, and therefore, an increased capacitance.

Organic light emitting diode display device and method of fabricating the same

A method of forming a polycrystalline silicon layer, a thin film transistor (TFT), an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device having the same, and methods of fabricating the same. The method of forming a polycrystalline silicon layer includes providing a substrate, forming a buffer layer on the substrate, forming an amorphous silicon layer on the buffer layer, forming a groove in the amorphous silicon layer, forming a capping layer on the amorphous silicon layer, forming a metal catalyst layer on the capping layer, and annealing the substrate and crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer into a polycrystalline silicon layer.

Method of forming polycrystalline silicon layer, thin film transistor, organic light emitting diode display device having the same, and methods of fabricating the same

A method of forming a polycrystalline silicon layer and an atomic layer deposition apparatus used for the same. The method includes forming an amorphous silicon layer on a substrate, exposing the substrate having the amorphous silicon layer to a hydrophilic or hydrophobic gas atmosphere, placing a mask having at least one open and at least one closed portion over the amorphous silicon layer, irradiating UV light toward the amorphous silicon layer and the mask using a UV lamp, depositing a crystallization-inducing metal on the amorphous silicon layer, and annealing the substrate to crystallize the amorphous silicon layer into a polycrystalline silicon layer. This method and apparatus provide for controlling the seed position and grain size in the formation of a polycrystalline silicon layer.

Method of forming polycrystalline silicon layer and atomic layer deposition apparatus used for the same

A thin film transistor, a method of fabricating the thin film transistor, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device equipped with the thin film transistor of which the thin film transistor includes a substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer, a gate electrode insulated from the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer insulating the gate electrode from the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and source and drain electrodes insulated from the gate electrode and partially connected to the second semiconductor layer, wherein the second semiconductor layer is disposed on the first semiconductor layer.

Method of fabricating polysilicon, thin film transistor, method of fabricating the thin film transistor, and organic light emitting diode display device including the thin film transistor

A thin film transistor (TFT) includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and including source and drain regions, each having a first metal catalyst crystallization region and a second metal catalyst crystallization region, and a channel region having the second metal catalyst crystallization region, a gate electrode disposed in a position corresponding to the channel region of the semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer interposed between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode to electrically insulate the semiconductor layer from the gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes electrically insulated from the gate electrode and electrically connected to the source and drain regions, respectively. An OLED display device includes the thin film transistor and a first electrode, an organic layer, and a second electrode electrically connected to the source and drain electrodes.

Thin film transistor, method of fabricating the same, and organic light emitting diode display device including the thin film transistor

A thin film transistor, a method of fabricating the thin film transistor, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device including the thin film transistor, the thin film transistor including: a substrate; a buffer layer formed on the substrate; a first semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer; a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, which is larger than the first semiconductor layer; a gate electrode insulated from the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a gate insulating layer to insulate the gate electrode from the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; source and drain electrodes insulated from the gate electrode and connected to the second semiconductor layer; an insulating layer disposed on the source and drain electrodes, and an organic light emitting diode connected to one of the source and drain electrodes.

A transistor includes a substrate, an active region including a source region, a channel region, and a drain region which are crystallized using an SGS crystallization method and are formed on the substrate so that a grain size of a first annealed portion and a second annealed portion are different from each other, a gate insulating layer formed on the active region, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating layer.

Method for fabricating a transistor including a polysilicon layer formed using two annealing processes

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