IP Library Granted Patent US 8,803,589
Granted Patent B2
US 8,803,589 · App. 13/733,291 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Analog circuit and semiconductor device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Jun Koyama (Kanagawa, JP); Atsushi Hirose (Kanagawa, JP); Masashi Tsubuku (Kanagawa, JP); Kosei Noda (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,803,589
App. No.
13/733,291
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to obtain a semiconductor device having a high sensitivity in detecting signals and a wide dynamic range, using a thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor layer is used. An analog circuit is formed with the use of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor which has a function as a channel formation layer, has a hydrogen concentration of 5×10 19 atoms/cm 3 or lower, and substantially functions as an insulator in the state where no electric field is generated. Thus, a semiconductor device having a high sensitivity in detecting signals and a wide dynamic range can be obtained.

Claims (65)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor;

a second transistor;

a capacitor;

a light-emitting element;

a first line; and

a second line,

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

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

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

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

wherein each of the first transistor and the second transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor, and

wherein an off-state current of the first transistor is 10 −13 A or less at a drain voltage of 1V to 10V and a gate voltage of −5V to −20V.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein an off-state current of the second transistor is 10 −13 A or less at a drain voltage of 1V to 10V and a gate voltage of −5V to −20V.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first line is a signal line.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second line is a power supply line.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second transistor functions as a mirror transistor.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor has a hydrogen concentration of 5×10 19 atoms/cm 3 or lower.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a channel region of the oxide semiconductor has a carrier concentration of 5×10 14 /cm 3 or lower.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third transistor;

a fourth transistor; and

a third line,

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

wherein a gate of the first transistor and a gate of the third transistor are electrically connected to the third line,

wherein the other one of the source and the drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor,

wherein the other one of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the other one terminal of the capacitor, the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor, and the light-emitting element,

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

wherein each of the third transistor and the fourth transistor comprises the oxide semiconductor.

9. A display device comprising a display portion and a speaker, wherein the display portion comprises the semiconductor device according to claim 1 .

10. A cellular phone comprising a display portion, a speaker, an operation button, and a microphone,

wherein the display portion comprises the semiconductor device according to claim 1 .

11. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor;

a second transistor;

a capacitor;

a light-emitting element;

a first line; and

a second line,

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

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

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

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

wherein each of the first transistor and the second transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor,

wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises In, Ga, and Zn, and

wherein an off-state current of the first transistor is 10 −13 A or less at a drain voltage of 1V to 10V and a gate voltage of −5V to −20V.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein an off-state current of the second transistor is 10 −13 A or less at a drain voltage of 1V to 10V and a gate voltage of −5V to −20V.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the first line is a signal line.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the second line is a power supply line.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the second transistor functions as a mirror transistor.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the oxide semiconductor has a hydrogen concentration of 5×10 19 atoms/cm 3 or lower.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein a channel region of the oxide semiconductor has a carrier concentration of 5×10 14 /cm 3 or lower.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a third transistor;

a fourth transistor; and

a third line,

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

wherein a gate of the first transistor and a gate of the third transistor are electrically connected to the third line,

wherein the other one of the source and the drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor,

wherein the other one of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the other one terminal of the capacitor, the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor, and the light-emitting element,

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

wherein each of the third transistor and the fourth transistor comprises the oxide semiconductor.

19. A display device comprising a display portion and a speaker, wherein the display portion comprises the semiconductor device according to claim 11 .

20. A cellular phone comprising a display portion, a speaker, an operation button, and a microphone,

wherein the display portion comprises the semiconductor device according to claim 11 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2014
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; KOYAMA, JUN; HIROSE, ATSUSHI; TSUBUKU, MASASHI; NODA, KOSEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-242853 · Oct 21, 2009 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13568186 · Aug 7, 2012
Continuation 12907559 · Oct 19, 2010
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