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US 10,204,571 · App. 14/488,935 · Granted Feb 12, 2019

Light-emitting device, electronic device, and driving method thereof

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Hajime Kimura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,204,571
App. No.
14/488,935
Granted
Feb 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display device or the like which can illuminate a subject with high-luminance illumination light. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a display device which can be used as a light source for a subject, or a display device which can be used as a light source for a subject, can display images and texts, and can switch these functions. The transistor of the light-emitting device is configured to operate in a saturation region in a period during which the light-emitting device displays text or an image, and is configured to operate in a linear region in a period during which the light-emitting device emits illumination light to a subject.

Claims (114)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising pixels, each of the pixels comprising:

a first transistor;

a first switch;

a second switch;

a capacitor; and

a light-emitting element,

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

wherein the first transistor is configured to operate in a saturation region in a first period for displaying one of text and an image,

wherein the first transistor is configured to operate in a linear region in a second period for emitting illumination light to a subject,

wherein a first terminal of the first switch is directly connected to a gate of the first transistor and a terminal of the capacitor,

wherein a first terminal of the second switch is directly connected to the gate of the first transistor and the terminal of the capacitor,

wherein the first switch is turned ON and the second switch is turned OFF in the first period, and

wherein the first switch is turned OFF and the second switch is turned ON in the second period.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a second terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to a first wiring,

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

wherein a second terminal of the second switch is electrically connected to a third wiring.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first switch is a second transistor,

wherein the second switch is a third transistor,

wherein a gate of the second transistor in a first row is electrically connected to a fourth wiring and a gate of the second transistor in a second row is electrically connected to a fifth wiring, and

wherein gates of the third transistors of the pixels in the first row are electrically connected to gates of the third transistors of the pixels in the second row.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the pixels further comprising:

a third switch;

a fourth switch; and

a fifth switch,

wherein a first terminal of the third switch is electrically connected to a first wiring,

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

wherein a first terminal of the fourth switch is electrically connected to a second wiring,

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

wherein a second terminal of the second switch is electrically connected to a third wiring,

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

wherein a first terminal of the fifth switch is electrically connected to the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor, and

wherein a second terminal of the fifth switch is electrically connected to the light-emitting element.

5. An electronic device comprising:

a light-emitting device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising pixels, each of the pixels comprising:

a first transistor;

a first switch;

a second switch;

a capacitor; and

a light-emitting element; and

a camera portion,

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

wherein the first transistor is configured to operate in a saturation region in a first period for displaying one of text and an image,

wherein the first transistor is configured to operate in a linear region in a second period for emitting illumination light to a subject,

wherein the camera portion is configured to take an image of the subject, and

wherein a first terminal of the first switch is directly connected to a gate of the first transistor and a terminal of the capacitor,

wherein a first terminal of the second switch is directly connected to the gate of the first transistor and the terminal of the capacitor,

wherein the first switch is turned ON and the second switch is turned OFF in the first period, and

wherein the first switch is turned OFF and the second switch is turned ON in the second period.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the camera portion is configured to take the image of the subject in the second period.

7. The electronic device according to claim 5 ,

wherein a second terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to a first wiring,

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

wherein a second terminal of the second switch is electrically connected to a third wiring.

8. The electronic device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first switch is a second transistor,

wherein the second switch is a third transistor,

wherein a gate of the second transistor in a first row is electrically connected to a fourth wiring and a gate of the second transistor in a second row is electrically connected to a fifth wiring, and

wherein gates of the third transistors of the pixels in the first row are electrically connected to gates of the third transistors of the pixels in the second row.

9. The electronic device according to claim 5 ,

wherein each of the pixels further comprising:

a third switch;

a fourth switch; and

a fifth switch,

wherein a first terminal of the third switch is electrically connected to a first wiring,

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

wherein a first terminal of the fourth switch is electrically connected to a second wiring,

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

wherein a second terminal of the second switch is electrically connected to a third wiring,

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

wherein a first terminal of the fifth switch is electrically connected to the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor, and

wherein a second terminal of the fifth switch is electrically connected to the light-emitting element.

10. A driving method of a light-emitting device comprising:

displaying one of text and an image in a first period;

emitting illumination light to a subject in a second period;

turning ON a first switch in the first period;

turning OFF a second switch in the first period;

turning OFF the first switch in the second period; and

turning ON the second switch in the second period,

wherein the light-emitting device comprises a pixel portion comprising pixels,

wherein each of the pixels comprises a transistor, a light-emitting element electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the transistor, the first switch directly connected to a gate of the transistor, and the second switch directly connected to the gate of the transistor,

wherein the transistor is configured to operate in a saturation region in the first period, and

wherein the transistor is configured to operate in a linear region in the second period.

11. The driving method according to claim 10 , wherein the pixels in a first row and the pixels in a second row are selected simultaneously in the second period.

12. The driving method according to claim 10 , wherein the pixels in a first row is selected after the pixels in a second row is selected in the second period.

13. The driving method according to claim 10 , wherein in the second period, the pixels are selected in a frame period and selected in a next frame period.

14. The driving method according to claim 10 , wherein in the second period, the pixels are selected in a frame period and not selected in a next frame period.

15. A driving method of an electronic device comprising a light-emitting device and a camera portion, comprising:

displaying one of text and an image in a first period;

emitting illumination light to a subject in a second period;

turning ON a first switch in the first period;

turning OFF a second switch in the first period;

turning OFF the first switch in the second period; and

turning ON the second switch in the second period,

wherein the light-emitting device comprises a pixel portion comprising pixels,

wherein each of the pixels comprises a transistor, a light-emitting element electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the transistor, the first switch directly connected to a gate of the transistor, and the second switch directly connected to the gate of the transistor,

wherein the transistor is configured to operate in a saturation region in the first period,

wherein the transistor is configured to operate in a linear region in the second period, and

wherein the camera portion is configured to take an image of the subject.

16. The driving method according to claim 15 , further comprising the step of taking the image of the subject with the camera portion in the second period.

17. The driving method according to claim 15 , wherein the pixels in a first row and the pixels in a second row are selected simultaneously in the second period.

18. The driving method according to claim 15 , wherein the pixels in a first row is selected after the pixels in a second row is selected in the second period.

19. The driving method according to claim 15 , wherein in the second period, the pixels are selected in a frame period and selected in a next frame period.

20. The driving method according to claim 15 , wherein in the second period, the pixels are selected in a frame period and not selected in a next frame period.

21. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the one of the text and the image is the text.

22. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the text and the image are displayed in the first period.

23. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a luminance of the light-emitting element in the second period is 1.5 times or more of a luminance of the light-emitting element with a highest grayscale in the first period.

24. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein a luminance of the light-emitting element in the second period is 1.5 times or more of a luminance of the light-emitting element with a highest grayscale in the first period.

25. The driving method according to claim 10 , wherein a luminance of the light-emitting element in the second period is 1.5 times or more of a luminance of the light-emitting element with a highest grayscale in the first period.

26. The driving method according to claim 15 , wherein a luminance of the light-emitting element in the second period is 1.5 times or more of a luminance of the light-emitting element with a highest grayscale in the first period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2014
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; KIMURA, HAJIME
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-193723 · Sep 19, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150077615A1 · Mar 19, 2015