Method of manufacturing liquid crystal display including active panel

• US 5,982,467 A
• Filed: 09/29/1997
• Issued: 11/09/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Seong Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Sikes, William L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUDEK, JAMES A
• Application Number:
  US08/939,813
• Time in Patent Office: 771 Days
• Field of Search: 349/42, 349/46, 349/122, 349/138, 257/59
• US Class Current: 349/138
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13458 Terminal pads
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136213 Storage capacitors associated with the pixel electrode
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136227 Through-hole connection of the pixel electrode to the active element through an insulation layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136286 Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13629 Multilayer wirings

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes the steps of forming a gate bus line on a substrate by using a first metal, forming a gate electrode, a second gate bus line and a gate pad on the substrate, by using a second metal, forming a gate insulating layer on the substrate including the gate bus line, the gate electrode, the gate pad and the second gate bus line, by using a first insulating material, selectively forming a semiconductor layer and an impure semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, forming a source electrode, a drain electrode, a source bus line and a source pad on the substrate including the impure semiconductor layer, by using a third metal, removing a portion of the impure semiconductor layer exposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode by etching, using the source electrode and the drain electrode as masks, forming a protection layer on the substrate including the source electrode and the drain electrode, by using a second insulating material, forming a drain contact hole on the drain electrode, a source pad contact hole on the source pad and a gate pad contact hole on the gate pad, and forming a pixel electrode on the substrate having the protection layer, using a conductive material.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display comprising the steps of:

forming a first gate bus line on a substrate;

forming a second gate bus line directly on the first gate bus line, wherein the first gate bus line includes a first metal layer with a first resistance, and the second gate bus line includes a second metal layer with a second resistance, the second resistance being higher than the first resistance;

forming a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer and an impure semiconductor layer on the substrate;

forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on the impure semiconductor layer;

forming a protection layer covering the source electrode and the drain electrode;

forming a drain contact hole for exposing the drain electrode; and

forming a pixel electrode which is connected with the drain electrode through the drain contact hole.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming the second gate bus line also forms a gate electrode protruding from the second gate bus line and a gate pad at the end of the second gate bus line;

wherein the step of forming the drain contact hole also forms a gate pad contact hole for exposing the gate pad; and

wherein the step of forming the pixel electrode also forms a gate pad connecting terminal which is connected with the gate pad through the gate pad contact hole.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming the first gate bus line also forms a first gate electrode protruding from the first gate bus line and a first gate pad at the end of the first gate bus line;

wherein the step of forming the second gate bus line also forms a second gate electrode covering the first gate electrode and a second gate pad covering the first gate pad;

wherein the step of forming the drain contact hole also forms a gate pad contact hole for exposing the second gate pad; and

wherein the step of forming the pixel electrode also forms a gate pad connecting terminal which is connected with the second gate pad through the gate pad contact hole.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming the source electrode also forms a source bus line connecting the source electrode and a source pad at the end of the source bus line;

wherein the step of forming the drain contact hole also forms a source pad contact hole for exposing the source pad; and

wherein the step of forming the pixel electrode also forms a source pad connecting terminal which is connected with the source pad through the source pad contact hole.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming the source electrode also forms a storage capacitor electrode over selective part of the second gate bus line;

wherein the step of forming the drain contact hole also forms a storage capacitor contact hole for exposing the storage capacitor electrode; and

wherein the pixel electrode is connected with the storage capacitor electrode through the storage capacitor contact hole.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming the first gate bus line further forms a storage capacitor line parallel with the first gate bus line;

wherein the step of forming the source electrode further forms a storage capacitor electrode to overlap some part of the storage capacitor line;

wherein the step of forming the drain contact hole also forms a storage capacitor contact hole for exposing the storage capacitor electrode; and

wherein the pixel electrode is connected with the storage capacitor electrode through the storage capacitor contact hole.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first gate bus line includes one of aluminum and aluminum alloys.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second gate bus line includes one of chromium, molybdenum, tantalum and antimony.

9. The method according to the claim 1, wherein the pixel electrode includes indium-tin-oxide.