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Granted Patent B2
US 8,779,431 · App. 14/037,437 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Light emitting device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Jun Koyama (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuya Arao (Kanagawa, JP); Munehiro Azami (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,779,431
App. No.
14/037,437
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device is provided which can prevent a change in gate voltage due to leakage or other causes and at the same time can prevent the aperture ratio from lowering. A capacitor storage is formed from a connection wiring line, an insulating film, and a capacitance wiring line. The connection wiring line is formed over a gate electrode and an active layer of a TFT of a pixel, and is connected to the active layer. The insulating film is formed on the connection wiring line. The capacitance wiring line is formed on the insulating film. This structure enables the capacitor storage to overlap the TFT, thereby increasing the capacity of the capacitor storage while keeping the aperture ratio from lowering. Accordingly, a change in gate voltage due to leakage or other causes can be avoided to prevent a change in luminance of an OLED and flickering of screen in analog driving.

Claims (39)

1. A light-emitting device including a pixel portion, the pixel portion comprising:

a first transistor and a second transistor, each including a semiconductor region, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode, wherein the gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the semiconductor region of the first transistor;

a first wiring electrically connected to the semiconductor region of the first transistor;

a second wiring electrically connected to the semiconductor region of the second transistor;

a first insulating film over the first transistor and the second transistor;

a pixel electrode over and in contact with the first insulating film; and

a third wiring over and in contact with the first insulating film, wherein the third wiring crosses over the first wiring and the second wiring.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first wiring is a source line, the second wiring is a power supply line, and the third wiring is a capacitance wiring line.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising an organic light emitting layer over the pixel electrode, and a cathode over the organic light emitting layer.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrode and the third wiring include indium tin oxide.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulating film includes an organic insulating film.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device is incorporated in one selected from the group consisting of a display device, a camera, a computer, an image reproducing device, a goggle type display, and a cellular phone.

7. A light-emitting device including a pixel portion, the pixel portion comprising:

a first transistor and a second transistor, each including a semiconductor region, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode, wherein the gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the semiconductor region of the first transistor;

a first wiring electrically connected to the semiconductor region of the first transistor;

a second wiring electrically connected to the semiconductor region of the second transistor;

a first insulating film over the first transistor and the second transistor;

a pixel electrode over and in contact with the first insulating film; and

a third wiring over and in contact with the first insulating film, wherein the third wiring crosses over the first wiring and the second wiring, and wherein the third wiring overlaps the gate electrode of the first transistor.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein the first wiring is a source line, the second wiring is a power supply line, and the third wiring is a capacitance wiring line.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 , further comprising an organic light emitting layer over the pixel electrode, and a cathode over the organic light emitting layer.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein the pixel electrode and the third wiring include indium tin oxide.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein the first insulating film includes an organic insulating film.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein the light-emitting device is incorporated in one selected from the group consisting of a display device, a camera, a computer, an image reproducing device, a goggle type display, and a cellular phone.

13. A light-emitting device including a pixel portion, the pixel portion comprising:

a first transistor and a second transistor, each including a semiconductor region, a gate insulating film over the semiconductor region, and a gate electrode over the gate insulating film, wherein the gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the semiconductor region of the first transistor;

a first wiring over the gate insulating film, wherein the gate electrode of the first transistor is part of the first wiring;

a first insulating film over the first transistor, the second transistor, and the first wiring;

a second wiring and a third wiring over the first insulating film, wherein the second wiring is electrically connected to the semiconductor region of the first transistor and wherein the third wiring is electrically connected to the semiconductor region of the second transistor;

a second insulating film over the second wiring and the third wiring; and

a pixel electrode and a fourth wiring over and in contact with the second insulating film,

wherein each of the second wiring and the third wiring crosses over the first wiring, and

wherein the fourth wiring crosses over the second wiring and the third wiring.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the first wiring is a gate line, the second wiring is source line, the third wiring is a power supply line, and the fourth wiring is a capacitance wiring line.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 , further comprising an organic light emitting layer over the pixel electrode, and a cathode over the organic light emitting layer.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the pixel electrode and the fourth wiring include indium tin oxide.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the second insulating film includes an organic insulating film.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the light-emitting device is incorporated in one selected from the group consisting of a display device, a camera, a computer, an image reproducing device, a goggle type display, and a cellular phone.

19. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the fourth wiring overlaps the gate electrode of the first transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2014
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; KOYAMA, JUN; ARAO, TATSUYA; AZAMI, MUNEHIRO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032505/0538 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-008379 · Jan 17, 2001 · national
Continuity (7)
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