IP Library Granted Patent US 10,319,743
Granted Patent B2
US 10,319,743 · App. 15/837,270 · Granted Jun 11, 2019

Semiconductor device, display system, and electronic device

Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kurokawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,319,743
App. No.
15/837,270
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A novel semiconductor device or display device is provided. A semiconductor substrate is used as a substrate of a display portion and a transistor in the display portion is formed using the semiconductor substrate. In this way, variation in the characteristics of the transistors among pixels is reduced and pixel density can be increased. Moreover, transistors used for a driver circuit, a signal generation circuit, and a level shifter are formed using the semiconductor substrate. As a result, these circuits can be formed directly on the substrate of the display portion, whereby bonding of a chip and the substrate is unnecessary. Furthermore, these circuits can be easily connected to each other, so that signal delay or an increase in power consumption due to complicated wirings can be prevented.

Claims (34)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising a pixel comprising a first transistor;

a driver circuit comprising a second transistor;

a signal generation circuit comprising a third transistor and a fourth transistor; and

a level shifter comprising a fifth transistor,

wherein the level shifter is configured to amplify a signal input from the signal generation circuit and output an amplified signal to the driver circuit,

wherein a channel region of the first transistor, a channel region of the second transistor, and a channel region of the third transistor are formed in a semiconductor substrate,

wherein each of a channel region of the fourth transistor and a channel region of the fifth transistor is formed in a semiconductor film, and

wherein the semiconductor film comprises a metal oxide.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the signal generation circuit comprises a memory device, and

wherein the memory device comprises the fourth transistor.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fourth transistor and the fifth transistor are stacked over the first transistor, the second transistor, and the third transistor.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel comprises a sixth transistor 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 light-emitting element,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor, and

wherein a channel region of the sixth transistor is formed in a semiconductor film containing a metal oxide.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the semiconductor substrate is a single crystal silicon substrate, a single crystal germanium substrate, a compound semiconductor substrate, or an SOI substrate.

6. A display system comprising:

the semiconductor device according to claim 1 ; and

a host,

wherein the signal generation circuit is configured to generate a video signal on the basis of image data input from the host.

7. The display system according to claim 6 ,

wherein the semiconductor device comprises an arithmetic circuit,

wherein the host comprises software,

wherein the arithmetic circuit constitutes a first neural network,

wherein the software constitutes a second neural network,

wherein the first neural network is configured to output a parameter used for image processing on the basis of information on an environment where video displayed on the pixel portion is seen,

wherein the second neural network is configured to perform supervised learning, and

wherein a weight coefficient of the second neural network updated by the supervised learning is output to the first neural network.

8. An electronic device comprising the display system according to claim 6 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2017
From: KUROKAWA, YOSHIYUKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044424/0270 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-244323 · Dec 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180175074A1 · Jun 21, 2018
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