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Liquid crystal device including tantalum nitride with specific nitriding ratio
Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-01-23
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Granted: 1992-11-17
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Expires: 2011-01-23
Abstract
Abstract A metal-insulator-metal substrate for a liquid crystal display device including an insulating substrate; a first conductor layer of tantalum nitride formed on a region of the insulating substrate; an insulator layer formed to cover at least a portion of the first conductor layer; a second conductor layer formed to cover at least a portion of the insulator layer; and a pixel element formed on another region of the insulating substrate and connected to the second conductor layer, one of the conductor layers having a nitriding ratio in the range of 0.05 to 0.14 or being formed of sublayers having different nitriding ratios.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshihiko Tanaka
- 👤 Naoto Fukuta
- 👤 Shouji Nakanishi
- 👤 Hiroshi Inamura
- 👤 Takao Yamauchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 08:27
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/136; G02F1/1362; G02F1/1365; H; H10; H10N; H10N70/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
93 words
A substrate for a liquid crystal display device, comprising: an insulating substrate, a first conductor layer including a lower first sub layer and an upper second sub layer of tantalum nitride formed on a region of said insulating substrate and having different nitriding ratios, an insulator layer formed to cover at least a portion of said first conductor layer, a second conductor layer formed to cover at least a portion of said insulator layer, and a pixel electrode formed on another region of said insulating substrate and connected to said second conductor layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
93 words
A substrate for a liquid crystal display device, comprising: an insulating substrate, a first conductor layer including a lower first sub layer and an upper second sub layer of tantalum nitride formed on a region of said insulating substrate and having different nitriding ratios, an insulator layer formed to cover at least a portion of said first conductor layer, a second conductor layer formed to cover at least a portion of said insulator layer, and a pixel electrode formed on another region of said insulating substrate and connected to said second conductor layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
67 words
The substrate of claim 1, wherein said insulator layer includes a portion serving as an insulator layer in an MIM element, and in said MIM element, a ratio of an area of an interface between said insulator layer and said first sub layer to an area of an interface between said insulator layer and said second sub layer is in the range of from 1/5 to 1/30.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The substrate of claim 1, wherein said first sub layer has the nitriding ratio in the range of from 0.05 to 0.2, and said second sub layer has the nitriding ratio in the range of from 0.6 to 1.0.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The substrate of claim 3, wherein said insulator layer has a thickness in the range of from 500 Å to 700 Å.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The substrate of claim 1, wherein said substrate is used in a liquid crystal display device including a nematic liquid crystal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The substrate of claim 1, wherein said liquid crystal is of the nematic type oriented in a state twisted by 90° between said substrate for the liquid crystal display device and another substrate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
88 words
A substrate for a liquid crystal display device, comprising: an insulating substrate, a first conductor layer of tantalum nitride formed on a region of said insulating substrate and having a nitriding ratio in the range of 0.05 to 0.14, an insulator layer formed to cover at least a portion of said first conductor layer, a second conductor layer formed to cover at least a portion of said insulator layer, and a pixel electrode formed on another region of said insulating substrate and connected to said second conductor layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
88 words
A substrate for a liquid crystal display device, comprising: an insulating substrate, a first conductor layer of tantalum nitride formed on a region of said insulating substrate and having a nitriding ratio in the range of 0.05 to 0.14, an insulator layer formed to cover at least a portion of said first conductor layer, a second conductor layer formed to cover at least a portion of said insulator layer, and a pixel electrode formed on another region of said insulating substrate and connected to said second conductor layer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The substrate of claim 7, wherein said insulator layer has a thickness in the range of from 480 Å to 800 Å.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The substrate of claim 7, wherein said substrate is used in a liquid crystal display device including a nematic liquid crystal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
The substrate of claim 7, wherein said liquid crystal is of the nematic type oriented in a state twisted by 90° between said substrate for the liquid crystal display device and another substrate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
The substrate of claim 7 wherein said first conductor layer includes a portion serving as a signal line, a portion serving as a first metal layer of an MIM element, and a portion serving as a terminal.
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