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Electrode interconnection material, semiconductor device using this material and driving circuit substrate for display device

Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1989-09-25
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Granted: 1990-12-04
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Expires: 2009-09-25
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Abstract

Abstract There is provided a semiconductor device using a molybdenum-tantalum alloy having a tantalum composition ratio of 30 to 84 atomic percent. Using this Mo-Ta alloy, there is provided an electrode interconnection material comprising a multi-layered structure having an underlying metal film having a crystalline form of a body-centered cubic system and overlying a molybdenum-tantalum alloy film having a tantalum composition ratio of above 84 atomic percent. Further using this Mo-Ta alloy, there is provided a display device driving circuit substrate comprising an insulating substrate, a plurality of address lines and data lines intersecting each other on the substrate, the address line being formed of a molybdenum-tantalum alloy having a tantalum composition ratio of 30 to 84 atomic percent, a plurality of thin-film transistors each formed at an intersection of said address and data lines and having its gate electrode connected to an address line and its source electrode connected to data line, and a plurality of display electrodes connected to the drain electrode of the thin-film transistor.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masayuki Dohjo
  • 👤 Yasuhisa Oana
  • 👤 Mitsushi Ikeda

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 12:50
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W70/62; H10W70/66; H10D; H10D86/00; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; H10W20/41; H10W20/44; H10W20/4403; H10W20/4437; H10W20/4441; G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/136; G02F1/1362; G02F1/136286; G02F1/13629

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 106 words
A driving circuit substrate for a display device comprising: an insulating substrate; a plurality of address lines and data lines formed on said address lines with an insulation layer interposed therebetween intersecting each other on the substrate, the address line being formed of a molybdenum-tantalum alloy having a tantalum composition ratio of 30 to 84 atomic %; a plurality of thin-film transistors each formed at an intersection of said address and data lines and having its gate electrode connected to an address line and its source electrode connected to data lines; and a plurality of display electrodes connected to the drain electrode of the thin-film transistor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 106 words
A driving circuit substrate for a display device comprising: an insulating substrate; a plurality of address lines and data lines formed on said address lines with an insulation layer interposed therebetween intersecting each other on the substrate, the address line being formed of a molybdenum-tantalum alloy having a tantalum composition ratio of 30 to 84 atomic %; a plurality of thin-film transistors each formed at an intersection of said address and data lines and having its gate electrode connected to an address line and its source electrode connected to data lines; and a plurality of display electrodes connected to the drain electrode of the thin-film transistor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
A driving circuit substrate for display device according to claim 1, in which said alloy contains above 95 atomic percent of molybdenum and tantalum as a total quantity.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 21 words
A driving circuit substrate for display device according to claim 1, in which it contains at least one said alloy layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 69 words
A driving circuit substrate for display device according to claim 1, in which said thin-film transistors have a gate electrode formed integral with said address line, a semiconductor thin film formed over said gate electrode through a gate insulating film containing an anodic oxidation film or thermal oxidation film, and drain and source electrodes formed by the same conductive material as said data line on the semiconductor thin film.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 54 words
A driving circuit substrate for display device according to claim 1, in which an insulating interlayer film containing an anode oxidation film or thermal oxidation film for the address line and semiconductor thin film formed simultaneously with the semiconductor thin film for the thin-film transistor are formed between the respective address and data lines.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 19 words
The driving circuit substrate according to claim 1 wherein said tantalum composition ratio is 55 to 84 atomic %.

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