IP Library Granted Patent US 10,461,100
Granted Patent B2
US 10,461,100 · App. 15/953,614 · Granted Oct 29, 2019

Display device having a different type of oxide semiconductor transistor

Inventors: Toshinari Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Marina Shiokawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L27/1225H01L27/127H01L27/1251H01L27/1255H01L29/24H01L29/66969H01L29/7869H01L29/78633
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Patent No.
US 10,461,100
App. No.
15/953,614
Granted
Oct 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device including a substrate, a first insulating layer above the substrate, a first transistor including a first oxide semiconductor layer above the first insulating layer, and a second transistor including a second oxide semiconductor layer above the first insulating layer, a composition of the second oxide semiconductor layer being different from a composition of the first oxide semiconductor layer.

Claims (35)

1. A display device comprising:

a display circuit provided with a plurality of pixel circuits in a matrix shape;

a drive circuit provided in a periphery of the display circuit, the drive circuit driving each of the plurality of pixel circuits;

a first transistor having a first oxide semiconductor layer as a channel and a first gate electrode, the first transistor being included in the drive circuit;

a second transistor having a second oxide semiconductor layer as a channel and a second gate electrode, the second transistor being included in the pixel circuit, and a composition of the first oxide semiconductor layer is different from a composition of the second oxide semiconductor layer,

wherein

the first oxide semiconductor layer and the second oxide semiconductor layer include Sn, and

a content ratio of the Sn included in the first oxide semiconductor layer is more than a content ratio of the Sn included in the second oxide semiconductor layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first insulating layer provided below the first transistor and the second transistor,

wherein

the first oxide semiconductor layer is in contact with the first insulating layer above the first insulating layer, and

the second oxide semiconductor layer is in contact with the first insulating layer above the first insulating layer.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a second insulating layer being in contact with the first oxide semiconductor layer above the first oxide semiconductor layer, and being in contact with the second oxide semiconductor layer above the second oxide semiconductor layer.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the pixel circuit further includes a capacitor element having a first electrode and a second electrode facing the first electrode,

the first electrode is provided above the first insulating layer and includes a stacked oxide semiconductor layer,

the stacked oxide semiconductor includes a third oxide semiconductor layer and a fourth oxide semiconductor layer stacked with the third oxide semiconductor layer,

the third oxide semiconductor layer has the same composition and is the same layer as the first oxide semiconductor layer,

the fourth oxide semiconductor layer has the same composition and is the same layer as the second oxide semiconductor layer,

the second electrode is provided in the same layer as the first gate electrode.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

the third oxide semiconductor layer is in contact with the first insulating layer above the first insulating layer, and

the fourth oxide semiconductor layer is in contact with the third oxide semiconductor layer above the third oxide semiconductor layer.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the first oxide semiconductor layer and the second oxide semiconductor layer are single-layer.

7. A display device comprising:

a display circuit provided with a plurality of pixel circuits in a matrix shape;

a drive circuit provided in a periphery of the display circuit, the drive circuit driving each of the plurality of pixel circuits;

a first transistor having a first oxide semiconductor layer as a channel and a first gate electrode, the first transistor being included in the drive circuit;

a second transistor having a second oxide semiconductor layer as a channel and a second gate electrode, the second transistor being included in the pixel circuit, and a composition of the first oxide semiconductor layer is different from a composition of the second oxide semiconductor layer,

wherein

the first oxide semiconductor layer includes Sn, and

the second oxide semiconductor layer does not include Sn.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein

each of the first oxide semiconductor layer and the second oxide semiconductor layer are single-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 Apr 16, 2018
From: SASAKI, TOSHINARI; SHIOKAWA, MARINA
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 045548/0820 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-096378 · May 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180331127A1 · Nov 15, 2018