IP Library Granted Patent US 9,368,525
Granted Patent B2
US 9,368,525 · App. 13/415,625 · Granted Jun 14, 2016

Display device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,368,525
App. No.
13/415,625
Granted
Jun 14, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a display element, a transistor as a drive element of the display element, and a holding capacitance element holding electric charge corresponding to a video signal. The display element, the transistor, and the holding capacitance element are provided on the substrate. The holding capacitance element includes a first semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor, a first conductive film provided on the first semiconductor layer, a first insulating film provided between the first semiconductor layer and the first conductive film, and a recess formed by removing part or all in thickness of the first conductive film and the first insulating film in a selective region on the first semiconductor layer.

Claims (52)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a display element;

a transistor as a drive element of the display element; and

a holding capacitance element holding electric charge corresponding to a video signal,

wherein the display element, the transistor, and the holding capacitance element are provided on the substrate, and

the holding capacitance element includes:

a first semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor;

a first conductive film;

a first insulating film provided between the first semiconductor layer and the first conductive film, and

a recess formed by removing part or all in thickness of the first conductive film and the first insulating film in a selective region on the first semiconductor layer, wherein the holding capacitance element includes at least three adjacent sectional structures formed from at least two parallel recesses, wherein each of the adjacent sectional structures includes a portion of the first conductive film and a portion of the first insulating film, wherein for each adjacent sectional structure an entire first surface of the portion of the first insulating film is in contact with the portion of the first conductive film, an entire second surface opposite the first surface is in contact with the first semiconductor layer, and third and fourth surfaces between the first and second surfaces are in contact with an oxide film, and wherein the portion of the first conductive film and the portion of the first insulating film of each of the adjacent sectional structures are separated from the portion of the first conductive film and the portion of the first insulating film of an adjacent sectional structure by at least the oxide film.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transistor includes, in order of closeness to the substrate,

a second semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor,

a second insulating film as a gate insulating film provided in a selective region on the second semiconductor layer,

a second conductive film as a gate electrode provided in a region corresponding to the second insulating film, and

a source/drain electrode layer provided in electrical connection with the first semiconductor layer.

3. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first and second semiconductor layers are formed of a same material,

the first and second conductive films are formed of a same material, and

the first and second insulating films are formed of a same material.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first semiconductor layer is integrally provided with the second semiconductor layer.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first and second semiconductor layers have a low-resistance region having a lower electric resistance than a region unopposed to each of the first conductive film and the holding capacitance element.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the source/drain electrode layer is electrically connected to the low-resistance region of the second semiconductor layer.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display element is an organic electroluminescence element.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display element is a liquid crystal display element.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display device including:

a substrate, and including, on the substrate,

a display element;

a transistor as a drive element of the display element; and

a holding capacitance element holding electric charge corresponding to a video signal,

wherein the holding capacitance element includes:

a first semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor;

a first conductive film;

a first insulating film provided between the first semiconductor layer and the first conductive film, wherein a first surface of the first insulating film is in contact with a first surface of the first conductive film; and

at least a first recess formed by removing part or all in thickness of the first conductive film and the first insulating film in a selective region on the first semiconductor layer, wherein the holding capacitance element includes at least three adjacent sectional structures formed from at least two parallel recesses, wherein for each adjacent sectional structure the first surface of the first insulating film is entirely in contact with the first surface of the first conductive film, an entire second surface of the first insulating film opposite the first surface is in contact with the first semiconductor layer, and third and fourth surfaces of the first insulating film between the first and second surfaces are in contact with an oxide film, and wherein a width of at least the first surface of the first conductive film of the holding capacitance element is equal to a width of the first surface of the first insulating film of the holding capacitance element.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein the transistor includes, in order of closeness to the substrate,

a second semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor,

a second insulating film as a gate insulating film provided in a selective region on the second semiconductor layer,

a second conductive film as a gate electrode provided in a region corresponding to the second insulating film, and

a source/drain electrode layer provided in electrical connection with the first semiconductor layer.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 ,

wherein the first and second semiconductor layers are formed of a same material,

the first and second conductive films are formed of a same material, and

the first and second insulating films are formed of a same material.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer is integrally provided with the second semiconductor layer.

13. The electronic apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the first and second semiconductor layers have a low-resistance region having a lower electric resistance than a region unopposed to each of the first conductive film and the holding capacitance element.

14. The electronic apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the source/drain electrode layer is electrically connected to the low-resistance region of the second semiconductor layer.

15. The electronic apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the display element is an organic electroluminescence element.

16. The electronic apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the display element is a liquid crystal display element.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2015
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 035657/0115 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2012
From: MOROSAWA, NARIHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027838/0031 →