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Granted Patent B2
US 9,368,527 · App. 14/874,605 · Granted Jun 14, 2016

Light emitting device, driving method of light emitting device and electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Mai Akiba (Kanagawa, JP); Jun Koyama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,368,527
App. No.
14/874,605
Granted
Jun 14, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

By controlling the luminance of light emitting element not by means of a voltage to be impressed to the TFT but by means of controlling a current that flows to the TFT in a signal line drive circuit, the current that flows to the light emitting element is held to a desired value without depending on the characteristics of the TFT. Further, a voltage of inverted bias is impressed to the light emitting element every predetermined period. Since a multiplier effect is given by the two configurations described above, it is possible to prevent the luminance from deteriorating due to a deterioration of the organic luminescent layer, and further, it is possible to maintain the current that flows to the light emitting element to a desired value without depending on the characteristics of the TFT.

Claims (31)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor;

a first wiring, a second wiring, a third wiring, a fourth wiring, and a fifth wiring;

a capacitor; and

a light-emitting element,

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

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

wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring, the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the other electrode of the capacitor and to the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor, and a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to the fifth wiring, and

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

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first wiring is a signal line, the second wiring is a power supply line, and the third wiring, the fourth wiring and the fifth wiring are scan lines.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fifth transistor whose gate is electrically connected to the gate of the second transistor.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein one of a source and a drain of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the other electrode of the capacitor.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a sixth transistor between the light-emitting element and the second transistor.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device is incorporated in one selected from the group consisting of a camera, a computer, a goggle-type display, and a telephone.

8. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor;

a first wiring, a second wiring, a third wiring, a fourth wiring, and a fifth wiring;

a capacitor; and

a light-emitting element,

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

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

wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring, the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the other electrode of the capacitor and to the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor, and a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to the fifth wiring,

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

wherein the gate of the second transistor includes a first electrode below a channel-formation region and a second electrode over the channel-formation region.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein the first wiring is a signal line, the second wiring is a power supply line, and the third wiring, the fourth wiring and the fifth wiring are scan lines.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , further comprising a fifth transistor whose gate is electrically connected to the gate of the second transistor.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , wherein one of a source and a drain of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the other electrode of the capacitor.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , further comprising a sixth transistor between the light-emitting element and the second transistor.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein the light-emitting device is incorporated in one selected from the group consisting of a camera, a computer, a goggle-type display, and a telephone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2015
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; AKIBA, MAI; KOYAMA, JUN
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037182/0139 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-290290 · Sep 21, 2001 · national
Continuity (8)
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