Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 37, Issue 10, 1317(2022)

Parasitic gate effect in photo-resist strip process

Dan LIU1,2, Zhong-hao HUANG1、*, Yi LIU3, Xu WU1, Tai-ye MIN1, Fei GUAN1, Liang FANG2, Cheng-jun QI1, Wei SHEN1, Yong-qiang ZHAO1, Zhi-yong NING1, and Hao-lan FANG1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co.,Ltd.,Chongqing 400700,China
  • 2Department of Applied Physics,Chongqing University,Chongqing 400044,China
  • 3Chongqing school,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Chongqing 400714,China
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    In the common ITO manufacturing process of TFT(Thin Film Transistor),the leakage current(Ioff) of some samples is abnormally high, and these abnormal samples are subjected to the same photo-resist strip equipment. This anomaly causes the strip equipment to suspend production, resulting in a loss of mass production. It is urgent to identify the reason and solve this problem for productivity and quality assurance. Firstly, the stripper of abnormal and normal equipment are collected and analyzed, it is found that the Al ion content in the stripper corresponding to the abnormal equipment was high. Secondly, it is found that Ioff will increase with the increase of stripping time in abnormal equipment. Then, it is proposed that Al ions in stripper are converted into Al2O3 particles adhered to the passivation(PVX) layer of TFT device during the stripping process, forming a parasitic gate effect which causes Ioff to be high. Finally, a series of solutions are proposed based on TRIZ, and then verified. Experimental results show that the Al ion concentration in the stripper increases from 1×10-8 to 2.189×10-6, and the Ioff increases from 3.56 pA to 7.56 pA. Once the stripper contains Al ions, Ioff increases as the number of stripping increases. The increase of Ioff can be suppressed by two measures: enhancement of the plasma treatment power before the PVX depositon and the increase of PVX thickness. In summary, it can be determined that the abnormally high Ioff is caused by the parasitic gate effect formed by Al ion in stripper solution, which can be suppressed by strengthening plasma treatment before PVX deposition and the increase PVX thickness.

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    Dan LIU, Zhong-hao HUANG, Yi LIU, Xu WU, Tai-ye MIN, Fei GUAN, Liang FANG, Cheng-jun QI, Wei SHEN, Yong-qiang ZHAO, Zhi-yong NING, Hao-lan FANG. Parasitic gate effect in photo-resist strip process[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2022, 37(10): 1317

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: May. 8, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 10, 2022

    The Author Email: Zhong-hao HUANG (huangzhonghao@boe.com.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2022-0160

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