Abstract:
A thin-film transistor substrate includes a gate line, and a gate electrode connected to the gate line, on a base substrate; an insulating layer on the gate electrode, the insulating layer including a first part and a second part, the first part having a hydrophobic property and the second part having a hydrophilic property; a data line extended in a different direction from the gate line, and a source electrode connected to the data line and on the second part of the insulating layer; a drain electrode on the second part of the insulating layer, the drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode; a semi-conductor pattern overlapping the source electrode, the drain electrode and a gap between the spaced apart source and drain electrodes, where the semi-conductor pattern exposes the first part of the insulating layer; and a pixel electrode in contact with the drain electrode.
Abstract:
A thin film transistor is provided. A thin film transistor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a gate line disposed on the substrate and including a gate electrode; a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and including at least a portion overlapping the gate electrode; a gate insulating layer disposed between the gate line and the semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the substrate and facing each other over a channel region of the semiconductor layer. The gate insulating layer includes a first region and a second region, the first region corresponds to the channel region of the semiconductor layer, the first region is made of a first material, the second region is made of a second material, and the first material and the second material have different atomic number ratios of carbon and silicon.
Abstract:
A thin film transistor array panel includes: gate lines; data lines insulated from and crossing the gate lines; and shorting bars disposed outside of a display area in which the gate lines cross the data lines. The shorting bars overlap portions of the data lines disposed outside of the display area. The shorting bar includes a semiconductor material.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a thin-film transistor substrate includes: applying a composition on a substrate to form a thin-film on the substrate, heating the thin-film, and patterning the thin-film to form an oxide semiconductor pattern. The composition includes a metal nitrate and water. The potential of hydrogen (pH) of the composition is about 1 to about 4.