Method for manufacturing display device and method for manufacturing electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016351641-A1
Application number	US-201615163072-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 24, 2016
Priority date	May 28, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a display device, which does not easily damage an electrode, is provided. In the first step, a terminal electrode, a wiring, and a functional layer are provided over a first substrate; the terminal electrode, the wiring, and the functional layer are electrically connected to one another; an insulating layer is provided over the terminal electrode; a first layer is provided over the terminal electrode and the insulating layer; an adhesive layer is sandwiched between the first substrate and a second substrate; the second substrate and the adhesive layer include a first opening overlapping with part of the first layer; and the insulating layer includes a second opening inside the first opening in a top view. In the second step, part of the first layer is removed by emitting particles having a high sublimation property to the first layer, so that the terminal electrode is exposed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for manufacturing a display device, comprising:
a first step of preparing a process member comprising:
providing a terminal electrode, a wiring, and a functional layer over a first substrate, wherein the terminal electrode, the wiring, and the functional layer are electrically connected to one another;
providing an insulating layer over the terminal electrode;
providing a first layer over the terminal electrode and the insulating layer; and
providing an adhesive layer sandwiched between the first substrate and a second substrate,
wherein the second substrate and the adhesive layer comprise a first opening in a region overlapping with part of the first layer, and
wherein the insulating layer comprises a second opening inside the first opening in a top view; and
a second step of removing part of the first layer,
wherein part of the first layer is removed by emitting particles having a high sublimation property to the first layer, so that the terminal electrode is exposed.

2 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the particles are a solid form of carbon dioxide.

3 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein (180°−α1)/2−10°<β1<(180°−α1)/2+10° is satisfied where α1 is an inclination angle of an edge of the insulating layer and β1 is an emission angle of the particles in the second step.

4 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first layer is an organic film formed by vapor deposition.

5 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the second step, the part of the first layer is removed by emitting the particles having a high sublimation property and dry air to the first layer.

6 . A method for manufacturing a display device, comprising a first process, a second process, a third process, a fourth process, a fifth process, a sixth process, a seventh process, and an eighth process,
wherein the first process comprises the steps of:
providing a first layer over a first surface of a first substrate;
providing a first insulating layer over the first layer;
providing a first electrode over the first insulating layer;
providing a second insulating layer over the first electrode;
providing a first opening by removing part of the second insulating layer; and
providing a display element, a second electrode, and a second layer over the second insulating layer,
wherein the second process comprises the steps of:
providing a third layer over a second surface of a second substrate;
providing a third insulating layer over the third layer; and
providing a second opening by removing part of the third layer and part of the third insulating layer,
wherein the third process comprises the step of overlapping the first substrate and the second substrate with each other with an adhesive layer therebetween so that the first surface and the second surface face each other and the first opening and the second opening overlap with each other in a region, wherein the fourth process comprises the step of separating the first substrate and the first layer from the first insulating layer, wherein the fifth process comprises the step of overlapping a third substrate and the first insulating layer with each other, wherein the sixth process comprises the step of separating the second substrate and the third layer from the third insulating layer, wherein the seventh process comprises the step of removing part of the second layer, wherein the eighth process comprises the step of overlapping a fourth substrate and the third insulating layer with each other, wherein in the first process, the second electrode and the second layer are stacked with each other in this order over the first electrode at a position overlapping with the first opening, wherein in the third process, the adhesive layer comprises a first region where the adhesive layer and the second opening overlap with each other and the second layer comprises a second region where the second layer and the second opening overlap with each other, wherein in the sixth process, at least part of the adhesive layer in the first region and at least part of the second layer in the second region are separated from each other, and wherein in the seventh process, the part of the second layer is removed by emitting particles having a high sublimation property to the second layer which remains over the second electrode in the sixth process, so that at least part of the second electrode is exposed.

7 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 ,
wherein (180°−α2)/2−10°<β2<(180°−α2)/2+10° is satisfied where α2 is an inclination angle of an edge of the second insulating layer and β2 is an emission angle of the particles in the seventh process.

8 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the second layer comprises a stack of an EL layer and a conductive layer.

9 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the first substrate is a glass substrate, a quartz substrate, a sapphire substrate, a ceramic substrate, a metal substrate, a semiconductor substrate, or a plastic substrate, and wherein the second substrate is a glass substrate, a quartz substrate, a sapphire substrate, a ceramic substrate, a metal substrate, a semiconductor substrate, or a plastic substrate.

10 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the third substrate and the fourth substrate have flexibility.

11 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the first layer comprises tungsten, molybdenum, titanium, tantalum, niobium, nickel, cobalt, zirconium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, or silicon, and wherein the third layer comprises tungsten, molybdenum, titanium, tantalum, niobium, nickel, cobalt, zirconium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, or silicon.

12 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the display element is a light-emitting element.

13 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 ,
wherein in the seventh process, the part of the second layer is removed by emitting the particles having a high sublimation property and dry air to the second layer.

14 . A method for manufacturing an electronic device comprising a display device, the electronic device comprising a battery, a touch sensor, or a housing,
wherein the display device is manufactured by the method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 .

15 . A method for manufacturing a display device, comprising the steps of:
providing a first electrode over a substrate; providing a first insulating layer over the first electrode; providing an opening by removing part of the first insulating layer; providing a display element, a second electrode, and a layer over the first insulating layer; and removing part of the layer in a region, wherein the opening and the region overlap with each other, wherein the second electrode and the layer are stacked with each other in this order over the first electrode at a position overlapping with the opening, and wherein the part of the layer is removed by emitting particles having a high sublimation property to the layer, so that at least part of the second electrode is exposed.

16 . The method for manufacturing a display device according to claim 15 ,
wherein (180°−α2)

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Ito Minato
• Jinbo Yasuhiro

Classifications

• H10K59/876

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• H10D86/441

  Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines · CPC title

• H10D86/0214

  using temporary substrates · CPC title

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title

• H10D86/021 Primary

  of multiple TFTs · CPC title