IP Library Granted Patent US 9,853,068
Granted Patent B2
US 9,853,068 · App. 14/567,388 · Granted Dec 26, 2017

Light-emitting device

Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/1255H01L27/1225H01L29/7869H01L27/3248H01L29/78648
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Patent No.
US 9,853,068
App. No.
14/567,388
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a light-emitting device in which variation in luminance among pixels caused by variation in threshold voltage of transistors can be suppressed. The light-emitting device includes a transistor including a first gate and a second gate overlapping with each other with a semiconductor film therebetween, a first capacitor maintaining a potential difference between one of a source and a drain of the transistor and the first gate, a second capacitor maintaining a potential difference between one of the source and the drain of the transistor and the second gate, a switch controlling conduction between the second gate of the transistor and a wiring, and a light-emitting element to which drain current of the transistor is supplied.

Claims (39)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first gate, a second gate and a semiconductor film between the first gate and the second gate;

a first capacitor configured to hold a potential difference between one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and the first gate of the first transistor;

a second capacitor configured to hold a potential difference between the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor and the second gate of the first transistor;

a first switch configured to control connection between the second gate of the first transistor and a wiring;

a second switch configured to control connection between the first gate of the first transistor and the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor; and

a light-emitting element to which drain current of the first transistor is supplied.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first transistor is an n-channel transistor.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the first transistor includes a channel formation region in an oxide semiconductor film.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second switches each includes a second transistor.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein the second transistor is an n-channel transistor.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein the second transistor includes a channel formation region in an oxide semiconductor film.

7. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first gate, a second gate and a semiconductor film between the first gate and the second gate;

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

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

a first switch, wherein a first terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to the second gate of the first transistor, and a second terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to a wiring;

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

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

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein the first transistor is an n-channel transistor.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein the first transistor includes a channel formation region in an oxide semiconductor film.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 , wherein the first and second switches each includes a second transistor.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the second transistor is an n-channel transistor.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein the second transistor includes a channel formation region in an oxide semiconductor film.

13. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first gate, a second gate and a semiconductor film between the first gate and the second gate;

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

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

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

a first switch, wherein a first terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to the second gate of the first transistor, and a second terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to a wiring;

a second switch, wherein a first terminal of the second switch is electrically connected to the first gate of the first transistor, and a second terminal of the second switch is electrically connected to the light-emitting element;

a third switch electrically connected to the first gate of the first transistor; and

a fourth switch electrically connected to the light-emitting element.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the first transistor is an n-channel transistor.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 14 , wherein the first transistor includes a channel formation region in an oxide semiconductor film.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 , wherein the first to fourth switches each includes a second transistor.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 16 , wherein the second transistor is an n-channel transistor.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 17 , wherein the second transistor includes a channel formation region in an oxide semiconductor film.

19. The light-emitting device according to claim 13 , further comprising a fifth switch, wherein the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor and the light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other through the fifth switch.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2015
From: MIYAKE, HIROYUKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034725/0415 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-257337 · Dec 12, 2013 · national
JP 2014-242835 · Dec 1, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150171156A1 · Jun 18, 2015