Liquid crystal display having a bus line formed of two metal layers and method of manufacturing the same

• US 6,088,072 A
• Filed: 05/05/1999
• Issued: 07/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: LG Philips LCD Company Limited (LG Display Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Seong Su
• Primary Examiner(s): Dudek, James A.
• Application Number:
  US09/305,641
• Time in Patent Office: 433 Days
• Field of Search: 349/42, 349/38, 349/39
• US Class Current: 349/39
• 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 liquid crystal display device comprising:

a substrate;

a gate bus line;

a source bus line;

a thin film transistor having a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein the gate electrode is connected with the gate bus line, and the source electrode is connected with the source bus line;

a protection layer on the thin film transistor;

a pixel electrode, wherein the drain electrode of the thin film transistor is connected with the pixel electrode;

a storage capacitor adjacent the thin film transistor, the storage capacitor including a storage capacitor electrode between the gate insulating layer and the protection layer;

a gate pad at an end of the gate bus line; and

a source pad at an end of the source bus line;

wherein

the gate bus line includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer, the second metal layer covering the first metal layer,

the gate pad is connected with a first conductive layer through a gate pad contact hole formed on the gate pad through a gate insulating layer and the protection layer, the source pad is connected with a second conductive layer through a source pad contact hole formed on the gate insulating layer through the protection layer.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the gate pad and the gate electrode includes the first metal layer and the second metal layer covering the metal layer.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein, the storage capacitor electrode formed over the gate insulating layer overlaps a portion of the gate bus line.

4. The device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a storage capacitor line formed over the substrate in parallel with the gate bus line; and

a storage capacitor electrode formed over the gate insulating layer to overlap a portion of the gate bus line.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first metal layer includes one of aluminum and aluminum alloys.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second metal layer includes one of chromium, molybdenum, tantalum and antimony.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer of includes indium-tin oxide.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is made of the same material used for forming the pixel electrode, and is formed when the pixel electrode is formed.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second metal layer completely covers the first metal layer.