IP Library Granted Patent US 9,887,253
Granted Patent B2
US 9,887,253 · App. 14/950,897 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Light emitting element display device

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Patent No.
US 9,887,253
App. No.
14/950,897
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes two or more transistors in one pixel, and the two or more transistors include a first transistor of which a channel semiconductor layer is polycrystalline silicon, and a second transistor of which a channel semiconductor layer is an oxide semiconductor.

Claims (65)

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels including a first polycrystalline silicon layer, a second polycrystalline silicon layer, a continuous layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic emitting element, each of the pixels sharing a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, and a third insulation layer in the plurality of pixels,

wherein, each of the pixels has a lamination construction including:

the first polycrystalline silicon layer on the substrate;

the second polycrystalline silicon layer on the substrate;

the first insulation layer on the first polycrystalline silicon layer and the second polycrystalline silicon layer;

the continuous layer on the first insulation layer;

the second insulation layer on the continuous layer;

the first electrode on the second insulation layer;

the second electrode on the second insulation layer;

the third insulation layer on the first electrode and the second electrode; and

the organic emitting element on the third insulation layer,

the continuous layer consists of a compound of an oxide with an indium, a zinc, a tin, or gallium,

each of the pixels includes:

a first transistor;

a second transistor connected to the first transistor and the organic emitting element; and

a capacitor connected to the second transistor,

the continuous layer of each of the pixels has a first plane region, a second plane region, and a third plane region,

the first plane region of the continuous layer is a first channel region of the first transistor,

the second plane region of the continuous layer is a second gate electrode of the second transistor,

the third plane region of the continuous layer is a first capacitor electrode of the capacitor,

a first gate insulation film of the first transistor is made of the second insulation layer and overlaps the first plane region of the continuous layer,

a second gate insulation film of the second transistor is made of the first insulation layer and overlaps the second plane region of the continuous layer,

a first capacitor insulation film of the capacitor is made of the first insulation layer and overlaps the third plane region of the continuous layer,

a first gate electrode of the first transistor is made of the first electrode and overlaps the first plane region of the continuous layer,

a second channel region of the second transistor is made of the first polycrystalline silicon layer and overlaps the second plane region of the continuous layer,

a second capacitor electrode of the capacitor is made of the second polycrystalline silicon layer and overlaps the third plane region of the continuous layer,

a second capacitor insulation film of the capacitor is made of the second insulation layer and overlaps the third plane region of the continuous layer,

a third capacitor electrode of the capacitor is made of the second electrode, is connected to the second capacitor electrode, and overlaps the third plane region of the continuous layer, and

the organic emitting element overlaps the second plane region and the third plane region of the continuous layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the lamination construction of each of the pixels further includes:

a signal line on the third insulation layer;

a power supply line on the third insulation layer; and

a fourth insulation layer on the signal line and the power line,

the fourth insulation layer is arranged between the organic emitting element and the signal line,

the power supply line is connected to the first and second polycrystalline silicon layers, and

the signal line is connected to the continuous layer.

3. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels including a first polycrystalline silicon layer, a second polycrystalline silicon layer, a continuous layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic emitting element, each of the pixels sharing a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, and a third insulation layer in the plurality of pixels,

wherein, each of the pixels has a lamination construction including:

the first polycrystalline silicon layer on the substrate;

the second polycrystalline silicon layer on the substrate;

the first insulation layer on the first polycrystalline silicon layer and the second polycrystalline silicon layer;

the continuous layer on the first insulation layer;

the second insulation layer on the continuous layer;

the first electrode on the second insulation layer;

the second electrode on the second insulation layer;

the third insulation layer on the first electrode and the second electrode; and

the organic emitting element on the third insulation layer,

the continuous layer consists of a compound of an oxide with an indium, a zinc, a tin, or gallium,

each of the pixels includes:

a first transistor;

a second transistor connected to the first transistor and the organic emitting element; and

a capacitor connected to the second transistor,

the second transistor includes the first polycrystalline silicon layer,

the continuous layer of each of the pixels has a first plane region and a second plane region,

the first plane region of the continuous layer is a first channel region of the first transistor,

the second plane region of the continuous layer is a first capacitor electrode of the capacitor,

a first gate insulation film of the first transistor is made of the second insulation layer and overlaps the first plane region of the continuous layer,

a first capacitor insulation film of the capacitor is made of the first insulation layer and overlaps the second plane region of the continuous layer,

a first gate electrode of the first transistor is made of the first electrode and overlaps the first plane region of the continuous layer,

a second capacitor electrode of the capacitor is made of the second polycrystalline silicon layer and overlaps the second plane region of the continuous layer,

a second capacitor insulation film of the capacitor is made of the second insulation layer and overlaps the second plane region of the continuous layer,

a third capacitor electrode of the capacitor is made of the second electrode, is connected to the second capacitor electrode, and overlaps the second plane region of the continuous layer, and

the organic emitting element overlaps the second plane region of the continuous layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2015
From: SATO, TOSHIHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 037134/0813 →