IP Library Granted Patent US 8,300,295
Granted Patent B2
US 8,300,295 · App. 12/722,868 · Granted Oct 30, 2012

Thin film semiconductor device, electrooptic device, and electronic equipment

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,300,295
App. No.
12/722,868
Granted
Oct 30, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thin film semiconductor device includes, on a substrate, a thin film transistor of which channel is N-type, and a thin film transistor of which channel is P-type, wherein a source region of the N-type thin film transistor and a source region of the P-type thin film transistor are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other at least in some region and are electrically connected to a first electrode through one contact hole formed on the some region, and a drain region of the N-type thin film transistor and a drain region of the P-type thin film transistor are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other at least in some region and are electrically connected to a second electrode through one contact hole formed on the some region.

Claims (45)

1. A thin film semiconductor device comprising:

a first thin film transistor of which channel is N-type, and

a second thin film transistor of which channel is P-type, wherein:

a source region of the first thin film transistor and a source region of the second thin film transistor are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other in a first region and are electrically connected to a first electrode through one contact hole formed on the first region; and

a drain region of the first thin film transistor and a drain region of the second thin film transistor are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other in a second region and are electrically connected to a second electrode through one contact hole formed on the second region.

2. The thin film semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a signal line which is extended in a first directions;

a first scan line which is extended in a second direction, the second direction intersecting with the first direction; and

a second scan line which is extended in the second direction, wherein:

one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a unit electrode formed on a region defined by the signal line and the first scan line and the second scan line or an electrode connected to the unit electrode; and

the other of the first electrode and the second electrode is the signal line.

3. The thin film semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein:

a gate electrode of the first thin film transistor is electrically connected to the first scan line and a gate electrode of the second thin film transistor is electrically connected to the second scan line; and

the gate electrode of the first thin film transistor and the gate electrode of the second thin film transistor are formed while being offset in the second direction.

4. An electrooptic device comprising:

the film semiconductor device according to claim 3 ; and

for each pixel, a pixel electrode to which a voltage or a current is applied, wherein:

the electrooptic device displays an image by electrooptic conversion in which a voltage change or a current change is converted to an optical change; and

the unit electrode in the thin film semiconductor device is formed as the pixel electrode.

5. The electrooptic device according to claim 4 , wherein:

the pixel is a sub-pixel of which display color is red, green, or blue and which is formed such that the display colors are arranged in a predetermined order in the first direction.

6. The electrooptic device according to claim 4 , wherein:

the pixel electrode is a reflection electrode which reflects light.

7. The electrooptic device according to claim 4 , wherein

one of the thin film semiconductor devices is set as one substrate, an opposed substrate which is arranged so as to be opposed to the one substrate is set as the other substrate, and a liquid crystal layer is held between the one substrate and the other substrate in a sandwiched manner.

8. An electronic equipment comprising the electrooptic device according to claim 4 .

9. An electrooptic device comprising:

the film semiconductor device according to claim 2 ; and

for each pixel, a pixel electrode to which a voltage or a current is applied, wherein:

the electrooptic device displays an image by electrooptic conversion in which a voltage change or a current change is converted to an optical change; and

the unit electrode in the thin film semiconductor device is formed as the pixel electrode.

10. The electrooptic device according to claim 9 , wherein:

the pixel is a sub-pixel of which display color is red, green, or blue and which is formed such that the display colors are arranged in a predetermined order in the first direction.

11. The electrooptic device according to claim 9 , wherein:

the pixel electrode is a reflection electrode which reflects light.

12. The electrooptic device according to claim 9 , wherein

one of the thin film semiconductor devices is set as one substrate, an opposed substrate which is arranged so as to be opposed to the one substrate is set as the other substrate, and a liquid crystal layer is held between the one substrate and the other substrate in a sandwiched manner.

13. An electronic equipment comprising the electrooptic device according to claim 9 .

14. A thin film semiconductor device comprising:

a first thin film transistor of which channel is N-type; and

a thin film transistor of which channel is P-type,

wherein:

a source region of the first thin film transistor and a source region of the second thin film transistor are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other in a first region and are electrically connected to a first electrode through one contact hole formed on the first region;

a drain region of the first thin film transistor and a drain region of the second thin film transistor are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other in a second region and are electrically connected to a second electrode through one contact hole formed on the second region; and

a semiconductor layer constituting the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor are integrally formed in a circular form.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2019
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050197/0212 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2010
From: HIROSHIMA, YASUSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024072/0972 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2009-060743 · Mar 13, 2009 · national
JP 2009-243207 · Oct 22, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100232004A1 · Sep 16, 2010