IP Library Granted Patent US 10,050,094
Granted Patent B2
US 10,050,094 · App. 15/496,043 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Display device

Inventors: Tetsuo Morita (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Shibusawa (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Tabatake (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Ogawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L27/3262H01L27/3265H01L29/7869H01L29/78675H01L29/78696
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Patent No.
US 10,050,094
App. No.
15/496,043
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display device including a plurality of pixels at least one of which has a first transistor and a light-emitting element. The first transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film, and a first terminal and a second terminal electrically connected to the semiconductor film. The second terminal is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. A region in which the first terminal overlaps with the gate electrode can be smaller than a region in which the second terminal overlaps with the gate electrode.

Claims (54)

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels, at least one of the plurality of pixels including:

a first transistor comprising:

a gate electrode;

a gate insulating film over the gate electrode;

an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film; and

a first terminal and a second terminal electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film;

a capacitor under the first transistor, the capacitor including:

a first electrode;

an insulating film over the first electrode; and

the gate electrode over the insulating film; and

a light-emitting element electrically connected to the second terminal,

wherein a region of the first terminal overlapping with the gate electrode is smaller than a region of the second terminal overlapping with the gate electrode.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a first side and a second side opposing each other, and

wherein a portion of the first side overlapping with the first terminal is shorter than a portion of the second side overlapping with the second terminal.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second terminal has an open shape, and

wherein the first terminal is arranged so as to intersect an opening of the open shape.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first transistor is configured so that current flows from the first terminal to the second terminal.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the gate electrode is shared by the first transistor and the capacitor.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first electrode overlaps with the oxide semiconductor film.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of pixels further comprises a second transistor including:

a gate electrode;

a semiconductor film;

the insulating film sandwiched between the gate electrode and the semiconductor film; and

a first terminal and a second terminal electrically connected to the semiconductor film, and

the second terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor.

8. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the semiconductor film includes silicon.

9. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the semiconductor film includes an oxide semiconductor.

10. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the semiconductor film has a first side and a second side opposing each other, and

wherein, in the second transistor, a portion of the first side of the second transistor overlapping with the first terminal of the second transistor is longer than a portion of the second side of the second transistor overlapping with the second terminal of the second transistor.

11. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein, in the second transistor, the first terminal of the second transistor has an open shape, and the second terminal of the second transistor is arranged so as to intersect an opening of the open shape of the second transistor.

12. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein, in the second transistor, a region of the first terminal of the second transistor overlapping with the gate electrode of the second transistor is larger than a region of the second terminal of the second transistor overlapping with the gate electrode of the second transistor.

13. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one of the pixels further comprises a second transistor including:

a second gate electrode existing in the same layer as the gate electrode;

a second gate insulating film arranged under the second gate electrode; and

a semiconductor film arranged under the second gate insulating film.

14. The display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein at least one of the pixels further comprises a capacitor including:

the gate electrode;

the second gate insulating film; and

an electrode existing in the same layer as the semiconductor film.

15. The display device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the semiconductor film and the electrode are each a polycrystalline semiconductor film.

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 Apr 25, 2017
From: MORITA, TETSUO; KIMURA, HIROYUKI; SHIBUSAWA, MAKOTO; TABATAKE, HIROSHI; OGAWA, YASUHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 042133/0777 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-140360 · Jul 15, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180019291A1 · Jan 18, 2018