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US 2010.0248405A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2010/0248405 A1 TANAKA (43) Pub. Date: Sep. 30, 2010 (54) METHOD OF FABRICATING DISPLAY (30) Foreign Application Priority Data DEVICE Aug. 29, 2006 (JP) ................................. 2006-231956 (75) Inventor: Koichiro TANAKA, Isehara (JP) Publication Classification (51) Int. Cl. Correspondence Address: HOIL 2/336 (2006.01) NIXON PEABODY, LLP HOIL 33/00 (2010.01) 4019TH STREET, NW, SUITE 900 (52) U.S. Cl. ................... 438/34:438/158; 257/E33.053; WASHINGTON, DC 20004-2128 (US) 257/E21.414 (57) ABSTRACT (73) Assignee: SEMCONDUCTOR ENERGY To improve the use efficiency of materials and provide a LABORATORY CO.,LTD., technique of fabricating a display device by a simple process. Atsugi-shi (JP) The method includes the steps of providing a mask on a conductive layer, forming an insulating film over the conduc tive layer provided with the mask, removing the mask to form (21) Appl. No.: 12/795,771 an insulating layer having an opening; and forming a conduc tive film in the opening so as to be in contact with the exposed (22) Filed: Jun. 8, 2010 conductive layer, whereby the conductive layer and the con ductive film can be electrically connected through the insu Related U.S. Application Data lating layer. The shape of the opening reflects the shape of the mask. A mask having a columnar shape (e.g., a prism, a (63) Continuation of application No. 1 1/889.546, filed on cylinder, or a triangular prism), a needle shape, or the like can Aug. 14, 2007, now Pat. No. 7,736,936. be used. 586 99 587a 590a 590b. 594 595587b 589 588 E Sy: Patent Application Publication Sep. 30, 2010 Sheet 1 of 35 US 2010/0248405 A1 FIG. A NNNSNNNNN 700 70 C8 x s w E. nNYNN 702 w v. W . a w NSNSNs N w S Sw A. 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YY XXX:St. X : X X 33 s:xa:8 : C kXX a N.A N ^^^X^3 XX FIG. 34B . in me u, u, a. m. m. m. a- - - a m me a me m wrap- a - mm am - m as m male m - - m man r air . or me arm mm. sm was a ram man - all as - - - - - us as a ma man m in a an an a T- a mem. - - a mum Patent Application Publication Sep. 30, 2010 Sheet 35 of 35 US 2010/0248405 A1 FIG. 35 YW Axsway WWr IIII US 2010/0248405 A1 Sep. 30, 2010 METHOD OF FABRICATING DISPLAY whereby the conductive layer and the conductive film are DEVICE electrically connected at the opening provided in the insulat ing layer. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 0008. The shape of the opening reflects the shape of the 0001 1. Field of the Invention mask. Therefore, any mask with which an opening with a 0002 The present invention relates to a method of fabri desired shape can beformed is acceptable. The mask can have cating a display device having a stacked structure of thin a columnar shape (e.g., a prism, a cylinder, or a triangular films. More specifically, the invention relates to the step of prism), a needle shape, or the like. In addition, the depth forming an opening in a thin film in the process of fabricating direction of the opening can be determined by the force gen a display device. erated upon providing the mask and by the film strength of the 0003 2. Description of the Related Art conductive layer that is provided with the mask. When a 0004. Thin film transistors (also referred to as “TFTs) needle-shaped mask having a sharp end is provided in Such a and electronic circuits having TFTs are fabricated by the steps manner that a part of the sharp end Sticks into the conductive of stacking various thin films such as a semiconductor film, an layer, an opening with a recessed portion can beformed in the insulating film, and a conductive film, and forming predeter conductive layer. Further, after the formation of the opening, mined patterns in the films by a photolithography technique the conductive layer exposed at the bottom of the opening as appropriate. A photolithography technique is a technique may be removed by etching, using the insulating layer having of transferring a circuit pattern or the like, which is called a the opening as a mask. photomask and is formed from a non-light-transmissive material on a transparent flat plate, onto a Substrate through 0009. The insulating layer can be formed by an evapora light exposure, and is widely used in the process of fabricating tion method, a PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) method semiconductor integrated circuits and the like.