Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a display device including forming a polysilicon layer on a substrate, patterning the polysilicon layer to form a polysilicon pattern including a first region and a second region each having a first thickness, and a third region having a second thickness less than the first thickness, forming a gate insulation layer on the polysilicon pattern, forming a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer, partially implanting ions into the polysilicon pattern to form an active layer, forming an insulation interlayer on the gate electrode, forming source and drain contact holes each passing through the insulation interlayer and the gate insulation layer and respectively overlapping the first region and the second region, forming source and drain electrodes respectively filling the source and drain contact holes, and forming a light emitting element electrically connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode.
Abstract:
A method of forming a polycrystalline silicon layer includes forming a first amorphous silicon layer and forming a second amorphous silicon layer such that the first amorphous silicon layer and the second amorphous silicon layer have different film qualities from each other, and crystallizing the first amorphous silicon layer and the second amorphous silicon layer using a metal catalyst to form a first polycrystalline silicon layer and a second polycrystalline silicon layer. A thin film transistor includes the polycrystalline silicon layer formed by the method and an organic light emitting device includes the thin film transistor.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a polysilicon layer includes forming a buffer layer on a substrate, forming a metal catalyst layer on the buffer layer, diffusing a metal catalyst into the metal catalyst layer to the buffer layer, removing the metal catalyst layer, forming an amorphous silicon layer on the buffer layer, and annealing the substrate to crystallize the amorphous silicon layer into a polysilicon layer. The thin film transistor includes a substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer, a gate insulating layer disposed above the substrate and on the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode both electrically connected to the semiconductor layer, and a metal silicide disposed between the buffer layer and the semiconductor layer.
Abstract:
An organic light emitting diode display device is disclosed. The device includes, for example, a thin film transistor with an active layer on a substrate, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a pixel electrode formed on the same layer as the gate electrode, an electrode pattern partially exposing the pixel electrode and formed on the pixel electrode, a pixel electrode contact formed between the electrode pattern and the drain electrode and electrically connected to the drain electrode, a pixel defining film exposing the pixel electrode and formed to cover the drain electrode and the source electrode, an intermediate layer formed on the exposed pixel electrode and comprising an emissive layer, and an opposite electrode formed opposite the pixel electrode to at least partially cover the intermediate layer. A method of manufacturing the device is also disclosed.