IP Library Granted Patent US 10,546,526
Granted Patent B2
US 10,546,526 · App. 15/633,960 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

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.
G09G3/3225H01L27/1225H01L27/3262H01L29/7869H01L29/78672G09G2300/0842G09G2310/0291G09G2310/08
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Patent No.
US 10,546,526
App. No.
15/633,960
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixel and a driver circuit outside the pixel region. The pixels have a driving transistor and a switching transistor having a gate and a pair of terminals, a light-emitting element having an input terminal, and a storage capacitor having a pair of terminals. One terminal of the switching transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the driving transistor and one terminal of the storage capacitor. One terminal of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the other terminal of the storage capacitor and the input terminal. The driver circuit includes first and second transistors having a gate and a pair of terminal. The other terminal of the switching transistor is electrically connected to one terminal of the first transistor and one terminal of the second transistor. The second transistor has a channel region including an oxide semiconductor.

Claims (24)

1. A display device comprising: a pixel region comprising a plurality of pixels, at least one of the plurality of pixels including: a driving transistor having a gate and a pair of terminals; a switching transistor having a gate and a pair of terminals; a light-emitting element having an input terminal and an output terminal; and a storage capacitor having a pair of terminals; and a driver circuit outside the pixel region, wherein: one terminal of the switching transistor is directly connected to the gate of the driving transistor and one terminal of the storage capacitor; one terminal of the driving transistor is directly connected to the other terminal of the storage capacitor and the input terminal; the driver circuit comprises a first transistor and a second transistor each having a pair of terminals; the other terminal of the switching transistor is directly connected to one terminal of the first transistor and one terminal of the second transistor; the first transistor has a channel region; the second transistor has a channel region including an oxide semiconductor; the channel region of the second transistor overlaps with the channel region of the first transistor in a plan view, the first transistor comprises: a first semiconductor film, a first insulating film over the first semiconductor film, and a gate over the first insulating film, and the second transistor comprises: the gate of the first transistor, a second insulating film over the gate of the first transistor; and a second semiconductor film over the second insulating film.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the gate of the first transistor and the gate of the second transistor are electrically connected to each other.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the channel region of the first transistor includes silicon.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the channel region of the first transistor includes polysilicon.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the other terminal of the first transistor is configured to be applied with a first potential, and

the other terminal of the second transistor is configured to be applied with a second potential lower than the first potential.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the other terminal of the first transistor is configured to be applied with a signal which activates the switching transistor.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the gate of the first transistor is shared by the first transistor and the second transistor.

8. A display device comprising: a pixel over a substrate, the pixel including a switching transistor; and a driver circuit over the substrate, the driver circuit comprising an analogue circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor, wherein: the first transistor and the second transistor each have a gate and a pair of terminals; one terminal of the first transistor is directly connected to one terminal of the second transistor and the pixel; the other terminal of the second transistor is configured to be applied with a signal which activates the switching transistor; the first transistor has a channel region including silicon; the second transistor has a channel region including an oxide semiconductor, the channel region of the second transistor overlaps with the channel region of the first transistor in a plan view, and a channel length of the second transistor is shorter than a channel length of the first transistor.

9. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first transistor comprises:

a first semiconductor film;

a first insulating film over the first semiconductor film; and

a gate over the first insulating film, and

the second transistor comprises:

the gate;

a second insulating film over the gate; and

a second semiconductor film over the second insulating film.

10. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the gate is shared by the first transistor and the second transistor.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a channel length of the second transistor is shorter than a channel length of the first transistor.

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 Jun 27, 2017
From: MORITA, TETSUO; KIMURA, HIROYUKI; SHIBUSAWA, MAKOTO; TABATAKE, HIROSHI; OGAWA, YASUHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 043012/0649 →