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Granted Patent B2
US 11,018,161 · App. 16/471,962 · Granted May 25, 2021

Display device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Kei Takahashi (Isehara, JP); Yoshiyuki Kurokawa (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/124G02F1/1368G02F1/136286H01L27/1222H01L27/1225H01L27/1259H01L29/24H01L29/7869H01L29/78666H01L29/78675G02F2202/10G02F2202/103G02F2202/104G09G3/3648G09G3/3688
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Patent No.
US 11,018,161
App. No.
16/471,962
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device that is suitable for increasing its size is provided. The display device includes first to third wirings, a first transistor, first to third conductive layers, and a first pixel electrode; the first wiring extends in a first direction and intersects with the second and the third wirings; the second and the third wirings each extend in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring; one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring through the first to the third conductive layers; the second conductive layer includes a region overlapping with the third wiring; the first conductive layer, the third conductive layer, and the first pixel electrode contain the same material; the first wiring and the second conductive layer contain the same material; the first wiring is supplied with a selection signal; and the second and the third wirings are supplied with different signals.

Claims (42)

1. A display device comprising:

a first wiring, a second wiring, a third wiring, a transistor, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a third conductive layer, and a pixel electrode,

wherein the first wiring extends in a first direction,

wherein the second wiring and the third wiring each extend in a second direction intersecting with the first direction,

wherein a gate of the transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring through the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, and the third conductive layer,

wherein the second conductive layer comprises a region overlapping with the third wiring,

wherein the first conductive layer, the third conductive layer, and the pixel electrode comprise the same material,

wherein the first wiring and the second conductive layer comprise the same material,

wherein the first wiring is supplied with a selection signal, and

wherein the second wiring and the third wiring are supplied with different signals.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first source driver and a second source driver electrically connected to the second wiring and the third wiring.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer comprising amorphous silicon.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer comprising microcrystalline silicon or polycrystalline silicon.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer comprising a metal oxide.

6. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the metal oxide contains indium, zinc, and M, and

wherein the M is aluminum, titanium, gallium, germanium, yttrium, zirconium, lanthanum, cerium, tin, neodymium, or hafnium.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first wiring is a gate line, and

wherein the second wiring and the third wiring are a first source line and a second source line, respectively.

8. A display device comprising:

a first wiring, a second wiring, a third wiring, a transistor, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a third conductive layer, a pixel electrode, a first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer,

wherein the first wiring extends in a first direction,

wherein the second wiring and the third wiring each extend in a second direction intersecting with the first direction,

wherein a gate of the transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring through the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, and the third conductive layer,

wherein the second conductive layer comprises a region overlapping with the third wiring,

wherein the first conductive layer, the third conductive layer, and the pixel electrode comprise the same material,

wherein the first wiring and the second conductive layer comprise the same material,

wherein the first conductive layer is in contact with the one of the source and the drain of the transistor through a first opening portion in the second insulating layer and in contact with the second conductive layer through a second opening portion in the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, and

wherein the third conductive layer is in contact with the second conductive layer through a third opening portion in the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer and in contact with the second wiring through a fourth opening portion of the second insulating layer.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , further comprising a first source driver and a second source driver electrically connected to the second wiring and the third wiring.

10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer comprising amorphous silicon.

11. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer comprising microcrystalline silicon or polycrystalline silicon.

12. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer comprising a metal oxide.

13. The display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the metal oxide contains indium, zinc, and M, and

wherein the M is aluminum, titanium, gallium, germanium, yttrium, zirconium, lanthanum, cerium, tin, neodymium, or hafnium.

14. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first wiring is a gate line, and

wherein the second wiring and the third wiring are a first source line and a second source line, respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2019
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; TAKAHASHI, KEI; KUROKAWA, YOSHIYUKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049545/0171 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2017-004905 · Jan 16, 2017 · national
JP JP2017-012927 · Jan 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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