Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Won-Suk Shin

Jong-Hyun Choung

Hong-Sick Park

Shi-Yul Kim

Bong-Kyun Kim

Byeong-Jin Lee

Sun-Young Hong

Joo-Ae Youn

Doo-Hee Jung

Chang-Oh Jeong

Hong-Sik Park

Jeong-Min Park

Je-Hun Lee

Do-Hyun Kim

Eun-Guk Lee

Joo-Ae Yoon

A thin film transistor array and method of manufacturing the same include a pixel electrode formed of a transparent conductive layer on a substrate, a gate line formed of the transparent conductive layer and an opaque conductive layer on the substrate, a gate electrode connected to the gate line and formed of the transparent conductive layer and an opaque conductive layer on the substrate, a gate insulating layer which covers the gate line and the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer to overlap the gate electrode, a data line which intersects the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line to overlap a part of the semiconductor layer, and a drain electrode connected to the pixel electrode to overlap a part of the semiconductor layer.

Thin film transistor array and method of manufacturing the same

A display substrate includes an insulating substrate, a thin film transistor, a contact electrode, and a pixel electrode. The thin film transistor includes a control electrode, a semiconductor pattern, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The control electrode is on the insulating substrate. The semiconductor pattern is on the control electrode. The first electrode is on the semiconductor pattern. The second electrode is spaced apart from the first electrode on the semiconductor pattern. The contact electrode includes a contact portion and an undercut portion. The contact portion is electrically connected to the second electrode to partially expose the semiconductor pattern. The undercut portion is electrically connected to the contact portion to cover the semiconductor pattern. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second electrode through the contact portion of the contact electrode.

Display substrate, display device having the same and method of manufacturing the same

Provided are an etchant, a method for fabricating a wire using the etchant, and a method for fabricating a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate using the etchant. The etchant includes a material having the formula 1, ammonium acetic acid, and the remainder of deionized water, wherein the formula 1 is expressed by:M(OH)L&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)where M indicates Zn, Sn, Cr, Al, Ba, Fe, Ti, Si, or B, X indicates 2 or 3, L indicates HO, NH, CN, COR, or NHR, Y indicates 0, 1, 2, or 3, and R indicates an alkyl group.

Etchant and method for fabricating a thin film transistor substrate including conductive wires using the etchant and the resulting structure

An etchant, a method for fabricating a multi-layered interconnection line using the etchant, and a method for fabricating a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate using the etchant. The etchant for the multi-layered line comprised of molybdenum/copper/molybdenum nitride illustratively includes 10-20 wt % hydrogen peroxide, 1-5 wt % organic acid, a 0.1-1 wt % triazole-based compound, a 0.01-0.5 wt % fluoride compound, and deionized water as the remainder.

Etchant, method for fabricating interconnection line using the etchant, and method for fabricating thin film transistor substrate using the etchant

A thin film panel includes a substrate, a gate line formed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer formed on the gate line, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer, a data line, including a source electrode, and a drain electrode formed on the gate insulating layer or the semiconductor layer, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, wherein at least one of the gate line and the data line and drain electrode includes a first conductive layer made of a molybdenum Mo-niobium Nb alloy and a second conductive layer made of a copper Cu-containing metal.

Signal line for a display device, etchant, thin film transistor panel, and method for manufacturing the same

A thin film transistor substrate that has reduced production cost and defect rate is presented. The thin film transistor substrate includes a gate wiring line formed on an insulating substrate and including a gate electrode, a data wiring line formed on the gate wiring line and including a source electrode and a drain electrode, a passivation layer pattern formed on parts of the data wiring line other than the drain electrode and a pixel region, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode. The pixel electrode includes zinc oxide.

Producing a thin film transistor substrate by using a photoresist pattern having regions of different thicknesses

A photoresist stripper composition, a method for forming wire structures thereby, and a method of fabricating a thin film transistor substrate using the composition. The photoresist stripper composition includes about 50 WT % to about 70 WT % of butyldiglycol, about 20 to about 40 WT % of an alkylpyrrolidone, about 1 WT % to about 10 WT % of an organic amine compound, about 1 to about 5 WT % of aminopropylmorpholine, and about 0.01 to about 0.5 WT % of a mercapto compound.

Photoresist stripper composition and methods for forming wire structures and for fabricating thin film transistor substrate using composition

A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel includes forming a gate line on a substrate; sequentially forming a gate insulating layer, a silicon layer, and a conductor layer including a lower layer and an upper layer on the gate line, forming a photoresist film, on the conductor layer, patterning the photoresist film to form a photoresist pattern including a first portion and a second portion having a greater thickness than the first portion, etching the upper layer and the lower layer by using the photoresist pattern as art etch mask, etching the silicon layer by using the photoresist pattern as an etch mask to form a semiconductor, removing the second portion of the photoresist pattern by using an etch back process, selectively wet-etching the upper layer of the conductor layer by using the photoresist pattern as an etch mask, dry-etching the lower layer of the conductor layer by using the photoresist pattern as an etch mask to form a data line and a drain electrode including remaining upper and lower layers, and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode.

Method for manufacturing a signal line, thin film transistor panel, and method for manufacturing the thin film transistor panel

A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate includes forming a transistor thin layer pattern, forming a protecting layer, forming a photoresist film, forming a pixel electrode and a conductive layer that are separated from each other, stripping a photoresist pattern to remove the conductive layer using a stripping composition and dissolving the conductive layer. The method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate is capable of improving an efficiency of manufacturing process of the thin film transistor substrate. In addition, the stripping composition is recycled.

Method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate and stripping composition

A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel, including: forming gate lines on a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer on the gate lines; forming semiconductor layers on the gate insulating layer; forming data lines and drain electrodes on the semiconductor layers; depositing a passivation layer on the data lines and the drain electrodes; forming a first photoresist layer including a first portion and a second portion that is thinner than the first portion on the passivation layer; forming a first preliminary contact hole exposing the data lines by etching the passivation layer by using the first photoresist layer as a mask; removing the second portion of the first photoresist; forming a first contact hole by expanding the first preliminary contact hole and opening portions by etching the passivation layer by using the first portion of the first photoresist layer as a mask; depositing a conductor layer; and forming pixel electrodes in the opening portions and a first contact assistant member in the first contact hole by removing the first photoresist layer and the conductor layer located thereon.

Thin film transistor array panel and method of manufacture

Provided are an etchant used for a transparent conductive oxide layer and a method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) using the etchant. The etchant includes 2-5 wt % sulfuric acid, 0.02-10 wt % hydrogen sulfate of alkali metal, and deionized water as the remainder.

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Won-Suk Shin