Patent ID: 9470973
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G02F,G03F,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising the following steps: (1) providing a substrate; (2) forming a gate on the substrate through sputtering a metal layer and patterning the metal layer with a first-round masking operation by using a first mask; (3) forming a gate insulation layer on the gate through chemical vapor deposition; (4) forming an oxide semiconductor layer on the gate insulation layer through sputtering and a second-round masking operation by using a second mask; (5) forming a first protection layer that serves as an etch stop layer on the oxide semiconductor layer through chemical vapor deposition, forming a metal layer on the first protection layer through sputter operation, and forming a data line electrode through a third-round masking operation by using a third mask; (6) forming a second protection layer that serves as a passivation layer on the first protection layer and the data line electrode through chemical vapor deposition and forming first, second, and third bridging holes in the passivation layer through a fourth-round masking operation by using a fourth mask such that the first bridging hole is formed on the data line electrode and the second and third bridging holes are respectively formed on two ends of the oxide semiconductor layer; and (7) forming a transparent conductive layer on the second protection layer through sputtering and patterning the transparent conductive layer with a fifth-round masking operation by using a fifth mask such that a first portion of the transparent conductive layer is electrically connected to the data line electrode and one of the two ends of the oxide semiconductor layer through the first and second bridging holes and a second portion of the transparent conductive layer is electrically connected to the other one of the two ends of the oxide semiconductor layer through the third bridging hole for formation of a pixel electrode; wherein the first mask comprises a pattern that forms the gate and a mark pattern that forms a metal positioning mark on the metal layer; and wherein the fourth mask comprises a pattern that forms the first, second, and third bridging holes in the passivation layer and the fourth mask also comprises a mark pattern that is formed in a predetermined location of the fourth mask for forming a passivation layer positioning mark in the passivation layer during the fourth-round masking operation such that the passivation layer positioning mark corresponds in position to the metal positioning mark formed on the metal layer with which the gate is formed.