IP Library Granted Patent US 9,508,709
Granted Patent B2
US 9,508,709 · App. 14/640,235 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Semiconductor device, light-emitting device, and electronic device

Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/0629G09G3/3233G09G3/3275H01L27/06H01L27/1225G09G2300/0852G09G2300/0861G09G2320/045H01L27/3241
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Patent No.
US 9,508,709
App. No.
14/640,235
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to prevent an operation defect and to reduce an influence of fluctuation in threshold voltage of a field-effect transistor. A field-effect transistor, a switch, and a capacitor are provided. The field-effect transistor includes a first gate and a second gate which overlap with each other with a channel formation region therebetween, and the threshold voltage of the field-effect transistor varies depending on the potential of the second gate. The switch has a function of determining whether electrical connection between one of a source and a drain of the field-effect transistor and the second gate of the field-effect transistor is established. The capacitor has a function of holding a voltage between the second gate of the field-effect transistor and the other of the source and the drain of the field-effect transistor.

Claims (53)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first transistor;

a second transistor;

a third transistor;

a first capacitor;

a second capacitor; and

a light-emitting element,

wherein the first transistor comprises a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode, and a semiconductor layer that comprises a channel formation region,

wherein the first transistor is capable of supplying current to the light-emitting element,

wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a region interposed between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode,

wherein the first gate electrode is electrically connected to a data signal line through the second transistor,

wherein the first gate electrode is electrically connected to the first capacitor,

wherein the second gate electrode is electrically connected to a potential supply line through the third transistor, and

wherein the second gate electrode is electrically connected to the second capacitor.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer is an oxide semiconductor layer.

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

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises regions whose c-axes are perpendicular to a surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, and

wherein a direction of a-axis of one of regions is different from a direction of a-axis of another of regions.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises an In—Ga—Zn-based oxide.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a threshold voltage of the first transistor is capable of varying depending on a potential of the second gate electrode.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting element is an electroluminescent element.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a fourth transistor; and

a fifth transistor,

wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to a potential supply line through the fourth transistor, and

wherein the second gate electrode is electrically connected to a potential supply line through the fifth transistor.

8. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first transistor;

a second transistor;

a third transistor;

a first capacitor;

a second capacitor; and

a light-emitting element,

wherein the first transistor comprises a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode, and a semiconductor layer that comprises a channel formation region,

wherein the first transistor is capable of supplying current to the light-emitting element,

wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a region interposed between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode,

wherein the first gate electrode is electrically connected to a data signal line through the second transistor,

wherein the first gate electrode is electrically connected to the first capacitor,

wherein the second gate electrode is electrically connected to a potential supply line through the third transistor,

wherein the second gate electrode is electrically connected to the second capacitor,

wherein the second gate electrode is directly connected to a first terminal of the second capacitor, and one of a source or drain of the first transistor is directly connected to a second terminal of the second capacitor.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein the semiconductor layer is an oxide semiconductor layer.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises regions whose c-axes are perpendicular to a surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, and

wherein a direction of a-axis of one of regions is different from a direction of a-axis of another of regions.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises an In—Ga—Zn-based oxide.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein a threshold voltage of the first transistor is capable of varying depending on a potential of the second gate electrode.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein the light-emitting element is an electroluminescent element.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a fourth transistor; and

a fifth transistor,

wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to a potential supply line through the fourth transistor, and

wherein the second gate electrode is electrically connected to a potential supply line through the fifth transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2015
From: MIYAKE, HIROYUKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035344/0840 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-202690 · Sep 16, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13612073 · Sep 12, 2012
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