Title : 
TFT-LCD manufacturing technology — current status and future prospect —
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sony Corp., Atsugi
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Current status and future prospect in the thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) manufacturing technology are reviewed. Amorphous Si (a-Si) and low temperature poly-Si (LTPS) TFT-LCDs are discussed in this paper. Each device structure and fabrication process is outlined. Future trends in TFT-LCD manufacturing technologies are described in terms of substrate size enlargement and In-cell integration technologies.
         
        
            Keywords : 
amorphous semiconductors; liquid crystal displays; thin film devices; TFT-LCD manufacturing technology; amorphous Si; low temperature poly-Si; thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display; Assembly; Electrodes; Glass; Inspection; Large scale integration; Liquid crystal displays; Manufacturing; Optical polarization; Substrates; Thin film transistors; IPS mode; LTPS-TFT; TFT-LCD; TN mode; VA mode; a-Si TFT; in-cell; system integration;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Physics of Semiconductor Devices, 2007. IWPSD 2007. International Workshop on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Mumbai
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1728-5
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1728-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IWPSD.2007.4472449