IP Library Granted Patent US 8,928,010
Granted Patent B2
US 8,928,010 · App. 13/397,058 · Granted Jan 6, 2015

Display device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Takayuki Ikeda (Atsugi, JP); Takeshi Aoki (Atsugi, JP); Munehiro Kozuma (Isehara, JP); Takashi Nakagawa (Isehara, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3262H01L27/1225H01L27/1266H01L27/322
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Patent No.
US 8,928,010
App. No.
13/397,058
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a pixel area including pixels arranged in a matrix and having a horizontal resolution of 350 ppi or more and a color filter layer overlapping with the pixel area. The pixels each include a first transistor whose gate is electrically connected to a scan line and whose one of a source and a drain is electrically connected to a signal line; a second transistor whose gate is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor and whose one of a source and a drain is electrically connected to a current-supplying line; and a light-emitting element electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor. The first and second transistors each have a channel formation region including a single crystal semiconductor.

Claims (60)

1. A display device comprising:

a pixel area comprising pixels arranged in a matrix, and having a horizontal resolution of 350 ppi or more, the pixels each comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, a capacitor and a light-emitting element; and

a color filter layer overlapping with the pixel area,

wherein in each of the pixels, the first transistor comprises a first region of a first single crystal semiconductor layer, the capacitor comprises a second region of the first single crystal semiconductor layer, and the second transistor comprises a second single crystal semiconductor layer which is spaced from the first semiconductor layer,

wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first line,

wherein the capacitor further comprises a portion of a conductive film over the first single crystal semiconductor layer,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a second line,

wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the light-emitting element,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to a third line,

wherein the conductive film extends substantially parallel to the first line,

wherein the conductive film intersects with the second line and the third line,

wherein the third line is separated from the conductive layer, and

wherein the light-emitting element is configured to emit white light.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first line is a scan line,

wherein the second line is a signal line,

wherein the third line is a current-supplying line, and

wherein the conductive film is a capacity wiring.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first transistor and the second transistor are formed over a substrate,

wherein an insulating film is formed over the first transistor and the second transistor,

wherein the light-emitting element is formed over the insulating film, and

wherein the light-emitting element comprising a reflective electrode over the insulating film, a light-emitting layer over the reflective electrode and a light-transmitting electrode over the light-emitting layer.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a shutter panel provided on a side where light emitted by the light-emitting element is extracted,

wherein the shutter panel comprises a liquid crystal element.

5. The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the shutter panel further comprises a third transistor comprising a channel formation region comprising an oxide semiconductor.

6. An electronic device comprising the display device according to claim 1 , and a battery.

7. A display device comprising:

a pixel area comprising pixels arranged in a matrix, and having a horizontal resolution of 350 ppi or more, the pixels each comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, a capacitor and a light-emitting element; and

a color filter layer overlapping with the pixel area,

wherein in each of the pixels, the first transistor comprises a first region of a first single crystal semiconductor layer, the capacitor comprises a second region of the first single crystal semiconductor layer, and the second transistor comprises a second single crystal semiconductor layer which is spaced from the first semiconductor layer,

wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first line,

wherein the capacitor further comprises a portion of a conductive film over the first single crystal semiconductor layer,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a second line,

wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the light-emitting element,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to a third line,

wherein the conductive film extends substantially parallel to the first line,

wherein the conductive film intersects with the second line and the third line,

wherein the third line is separated from the conductive layer, and

wherein the light-emitting element comprises a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer that emit lights of different colors.

8. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first line is a scan line,

wherein the second line is a signal line,

wherein the third line is a current-supplying line, and

wherein the conductive film is a capacity wiring.

9. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first transistor and the second transistor are formed over a substrate,

wherein an insulating film is formed over the first transistor and the second transistor,

wherein the light-emitting element is formed over the insulating film, and

wherein the light-emitting element comprising a reflective electrode over the insulating film, a light-emitting layer over the reflective electrode and a light-transmitting electrode over the light-emitting layer.

10. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising a shutter panel provided on a side where light emitted by the light-emitting element is extracted,

wherein the shutter panel comprises a liquid crystal element.

11. The display device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the shutter panel further comprises a third transistor comprising a channel formation region comprising an oxide semiconductor.

12. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein colors of lights emitted by the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are complementary colors.

13. An electronic device comprising the display device according to claim 7 , and a battery.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2012
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; IKEDA, TAKAYUKI; AOKI, TAKESHI; KOZUMA, MUNEHIRO; NAKAGAWA, TAKASHI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027709/0256 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-040486 · Feb 25, 2011 · national
JP 2011-260520 · Nov 29, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120217515A1 · Aug 30, 2012