摘要:
A display device and a method for production thereof. The display device comprises a substrate, thin film transistors and a transparent conductive film which are formed on the substrate, and an aluminum alloy film which electrically connects the thin film transistors to the transparent conductive film, such that there exists an oxide film of said aluminum alloy at the interface between said aluminum alloy film and said transparent conductive film, said oxide film having a thickness of 1 to 10 nm and containing oxygen in an amount no more than 44 atom %. The display device has the aluminum alloy film and the transparent conducive film in direct contact with each other, obviating the necessity of barrier metal between them.
摘要:
Provided is a wiring structure for display device which does not generate hillocks even when exposed to high temperatures at levels around 450 to 600° C., has excellent high-temperature heat resistance, keeps electrical resistance (wiring resistance) of the entire wiring structure low, and further has excellent resistance to hydrofluoric acid. This wiring structure for a display device comprises a structure in which are laminated, in order from the substrate side, a first layer of an Al alloy that contains at least one chemical element selected from the group (group X) consisting of Ta, Nb, Re, Zr, W, Mo, V, Hf, Ti, Cr, and Pt and contains at least one rare earth element, and a second layer of an Al alloy nitride, or a nitride of at least one chemical element selected from the group Y consisted of Ti, Mo, Al, Ta, Nb, Re, Zr, W, V, Hf, and Cr.
摘要:
The present invention provides a display device which is provided with a Cu alloy film having high adhesion to an oxygen-containing insulator layer and a low electrical resistivity. The present invention relates to a Cu alloy film for a display device, said film having a stacked structure including a first layer (Y) composed of a Cu alloy containing, in total, 1.2-20 atm % of at least one element selected from among a group composed of Zn, Ni, Ti, Al, Mg, Ca, W, Nb and Mn, and a second layer (X) composed of pure Cu or a Cu alloy having Cu as a main component and an electrical resistivity lower than that of the first layer (Y). A part of or the whole first layer (Y) is directly in contact with an oxygen-containing insulator layer (27), and in the case where the first layer (Y) contains Zn or Ni, the thickness of the first layer (Y) is 10-100 nm, and in the case where the first layer (Y) does not contain Zn and Ni, the thickness of the first layer (Y) is 12-100 nm. The present invention also relates to a display device having the Cu alloy film.
摘要:
An oxide semiconductor includes a first material including at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc (Zn) and tin (Sn), and a second material, where a value acquired by subtracting an electronegativity difference value between the second material and oxygen (O) from the electronegativity difference value between the first material and oxygen (O) is less than about 1.3.
摘要:
The interconnect structure of the present invention includes at least a gate insulator layer and an oxide semiconductor layer on a substrate, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer is a layered product having a first oxide semiconductor layer containing at least one element (Z group element) selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, Zn and Sn; and a second oxide semiconductor layer containing at least one element (X group element) selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, Zn and Sn and at least one element (Y group element) selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Ti, Hf, Ta, Ge, W and Ni, and wherein the second oxide semiconductor layer is interposed between the first oxide semiconductor layer and the gate insulator layer. The present invention makes it possible to obtain an interconnect structure having excellent switching characteristics and high stress resistance, and in particular, showing a small variation of threshold voltage before and after the stress tests, and thereby having high stability.
摘要:
There is provided an oxide semiconductor layer capable of making stable the electric characteristics of a thin-film transistor without requiring an oxidatively-treated layer when depositing a passivation layer or the like in display devices such as organic EL displays and liquid crystal displays. The thin-film transistor structure of the present invention at least having, on a substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer, a source-drain electrode, and a passivation layer in order from the substrate side, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer is a stacked product of a first oxide semiconductor layer and a second oxide semiconductor layer; the first oxide semiconductor layer has a Zn content of 50 atomic % or more as a percentage of all metal elements contained therein, and the first oxide semiconductor layer is formed on the source-drain electrode and passivation layer side; the second oxide semiconductor layer contains Sn and at least one element selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, and Zn, and the second oxide semiconductor layer is formed on the substrate side; and the first oxide semiconductor layer is in direct contact both with the source-drain electrode and with the passivation layer.
摘要:
Provided is a technique that allows oxidation of Cu wires to be effectively prevented during plasma processing when forming a passivation film for a display device that utilizes an oxide semiconductor layer. This wiring structure comprises a semiconductor layer (oxide semiconductor) for a thin film transistor, a Cu alloy film (laminated structure comprising a first layer (X) and a second layer (Z)), and a passivation film that are formed on a substrate, starting from the substrate side. The first layer (X) is made of an element that exhibits low electrical resistivity, such as pure Cu; and the second layer contains a plasma-oxidation-resistance improving element. The second layer (Z) is directly connected, at least partially, to the passivation film.
摘要:
A display device in which an Al alloy film and a conductive oxide film are directly connected without interposition of refractory metal and some or all of Al alloy components deposit or are concentrated at the interface of contact between the Al alloy film and the conductive oxide film. The Al alloy film contains 0.1 to 6 at % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Ag, Zn, Cu and Ge, and further contains 1) 0.1 to 2 at % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ir, Pt, La, Ce, Pr, Gd, Tb, Sm, Eu, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and Dy or 2) 0.1 to 1 at % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta and W, as the alloy components.
摘要:
A thin-film transistor substrate in which an aluminum alloy film composing a source/drain wiring is directly connected with a transparent electrode. The thin-film transistor substrate includes a gate wiring, and source wiring and drain wiring, the gate wiring and the source and drain wiring being arranged orthogonally to each other. The single-layer aluminum alloy film composing the gate wiring and the single-layer aluminum alloy film composing the source wiring and the drain wiring are the same in composition. Furthermore, display devices can be mounted with the above thin-film transistor substrates.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an Al-based alloy sputtering target, comprising Ni in an amount of 0.05 to 10 atomic percent, wherein the Al-based alloy sputtering target satisfies: (1) that a ratio of a P value to a total area of a sputtering surface is 70% or more, wherein the P value indicates a total of area fractions of ±15°, ±15°, ±15° and ±15°; (2) that a ratio of the area fraction of ±15° to the P value is 30% or more; and (3) that a ratio of the area fraction of ±15° to the P value is 10% or less, when crystallographic orientations , , and in a normal line direction to a sputtering surface of the Al-based alloy sputtering target are observed in accordance with the electron backscatter diffraction pattern method.