Active matrix assembly for a liquid crystal display device including an insulated-gate-transistor
First Claim
1. An active matrix assembly for a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of liquid crystal display elements and associated drive circuit components in the matrix arranged in columns and rows, comprising:
- a transparent substrate selected from the group consisting of glass, soda glass, high melting point glass and quartz;
a first thin film of silicon selectively deposited on said substrate;
an insulation film deposited on said first film of silicon; and
a second thin film of silicon selectively deposited on said first insulation film;
one of said first and second films of silicon defining one of a source, channel and drain region of a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor and a gate of said transistor, said transistor coupled to an associated display element for driving said display element.
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Abstract
An active matrix assembly for a liquid crystal display device utilizing an MIS (metal-insulator-semiconductor) transistor array is provided. The active matrix assembly includes a transparent substrate, a first thin layer of silicon disposed thereon, an insulating film on the first silicon layer and a second thin layer of silicon disposed on the insulating film. The layers are selectively etched for forming a gate and the silicon layers are doped for forming a MOS transistor for a display element of the device. The two silicon layers and insulating material intersect to form capacitors with the upper electrode of the storage capacitor being the driving electrode for the liquid crystal. An active matrix assembly constructed and arranged in accordance with the invention permits 90 percent or more of incident light coming from above to pass therethrough. Use of such a transparent substrate in an active matrix liquid crystal display device permits utilization of a transparent liquid crystal drive, such as the field effect type liquid crystal for providing a maximum degree of contrast. Operation of the device with peripheral drive circuits for the gate lines and data lines including non-inverting rationless shift registers formed in the same manner as the active matrix permits a substantial reduction in power consumption due to reduced parasitic capacitance.
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53 Claims
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1. An active matrix assembly for a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of liquid crystal display elements and associated drive circuit components in the matrix arranged in columns and rows, comprising:
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a transparent substrate selected from the group consisting of glass, soda glass, high melting point glass and quartz; a first thin film of silicon selectively deposited on said substrate; an insulation film deposited on said first film of silicon; and a second thin film of silicon selectively deposited on said first insulation film; one of said first and second films of silicon defining one of a source, channel and drain region of a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor and a gate of said transistor, said transistor coupled to an associated display element for driving said display element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A liquid crystal display device including an active matrix assembly having a plurality of liquid crystal display elements and associated drive circuit components in matrix array, comprising:
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a transparent substrate; a first thin film of silicon deposited on said transparent substrate, said first film of silicon selectively formed to define one of a transistor gate and a transistor source, channel and gate coupled to each said display element; an insulation film deposited on said first film of silicon for defining the gate insulation film for said transistor; a second film of silicon deposited on said first insulation film, said second silicon layer being selectively formed and doped to define the other of the transistor gate and the transistor source, channel and drain; conductive means carried by said substrate and electically coupled to the source-drain path of each said transistor for defining the liquid crystal drive electrode for each said display element; a first polarizer plate disposed adjacent to said transparent substrate; a reflection plate disposed adjacent to said first polarizer plate; a transparent plate having common transparent electrode means disposed on the interior surface thereof, said transparent plate placed opposite to and spaced apart from said matrix array for forming a space therebetween; a second polarizer disposed on the exterior surface of said transparent plate; and a liquid crystal material in the space formed between said matrix array and the transparent plate. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An active matrix assembly for a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of liquid crystal display elements and associated drive circuit components in the matrix arranged in columns and rows, comprising:
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a transparent substrate selected from the group consisting of glass, soda glass, high melting point glass and quartz; a first thin film of silicon selectively deposited on said substrate for defining a source, channel and drain region of a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor associated with each display element; an insulation film deposited on said first film of silicon; and a second film of silicon selectively deposited on said first insulation film defining a gate of said transistor and one electrode of a storage capacitor associated with said transistor. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An active matrix assembly for a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of liquid crystal display elements and associated drive circuit components in the matrix arranged in columns and rows, comprising:
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a transparent substrate selected from the group consisting of glass, soda glass, high melting point glass and quartz; a first thin film of silicon selectively deposited on said substrate; an insulation film deposited on said first film of silicon; a second thin film of silicon selectively deposited on said first insulation film; one of said first and second films of silicon defining one of a source, channel and drain region of a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor and a gate of said transistor, said transistor coupled to an associated display element for driving said display element; and a transparent conductive wiring material deposited for forming spaced data lines and an array of transparent driving electrodes, each of said driving electrodes coupled to an associated transistor. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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45. An active matrix assembly for a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of liquid crystal display elements and associated drive circuit components in the matrix arranged in columns and rows, each of said display elements comprisng:
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a transparent substrate selected from the group consisting of glass, soda glass, high-melting point glass or quartz; a thin film of silicon selectively deposited on said substrate for defining a source, channel and drain region of a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor; a gate insulation film on said film of silicon; a gate on said gate insulation film; and a thin film of a transparent conductive material selectively deposited on said substrate for defining an associated liquid crystal driving electrode coupled to said transistor. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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48. An active matrix assembly for a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of liquid crystal display elements and associated drive circuit components in the matrix arranged in columns and rows, comprising:
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a transparent substrate selected from the group consisting of glass, soda glass, high-melting point glass or quartz; a thin film of silicon selectively deposited on said substrate for defining a source, channel and drain region of a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor associated with each display element in the matrix; a gate insulation film on said thin film of silicon; a gate on said gate insulation film; and a transparent conductive material film selectively deposited on said substrate for defining spaced gate lines and gates of said transistors and a matrix of associated liquid crystal driving electrodes, each driving electrode coupled to associated transistor. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50)
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51. An active matrix assembly for a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of liquid crystal display elements and associated drive circuit components in the matrix arranged in columns and rows, comprising:
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a transparent substrate selected from the group consisting of glass, soda glass, high-melting point glass or quartz; a thin film of silicon selectively deposited on said substrate for defining a source, channel and drain region of a metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor associated with each display element in the matrix; a gate insulation film on said thin film of silicon; a gate on said gate insulation film; and a transparent conductive film selectively deposited on said substrate for defining gates of said transistors and one electrode of a storage capacitor associated with each said transistor. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53)
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