IP Library Granted Patent US 11,664,391
Granted Patent B2
US 11,664,391 · App. 16/657,243 · Granted May 30, 2023

Light-emitting device

Inventor: Hiroyuki Miyake (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/1255G09G3/3233H01L27/1225H01L29/7869H01L27/3248H01L29/78648
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Patent No.
US 11,664,391
App. No.
16/657,243
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a light-emitting device in which variation in luminance among pixels caused by variation in threshold voltage of transistors can be suppressed. The light-emitting device includes a transistor including a first gate and a second gate overlapping with each other with a semiconductor film therebetween, a first capacitor maintaining a potential difference between one of a source and a drain of the transistor and the first gate, a second capacitor maintaining a potential difference between one of the source and the drain of the transistor and the second gate, a switch controlling conduction between the second gate of the transistor and a wiring, and a light-emitting element to which drain current of the transistor is supplied.

Claims (44)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a pixel comprising:

a first transistor, the first transistor comprising a gate, a backgate and a semiconductor film between the gate and the backgate;

a second transistor comprising a gate;

a third transistor comprising a gate;

a capacitor; and

a light-emitting element,

wherein each of the second transistor and the third transistor does not comprise a backgate,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the light-emitting element,

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

wherein the backgate of the first transistor is connected to a first wiring through a fourth transistor,

wherein a second electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is directly connected to the gate of the first transistor,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to a second wiring to which a potential of an image signal is supplied,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the second electrode of the capacitor, and

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the first transistor.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second capacitor,

wherein a first electrode of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the backgate of the first transistor, and

wherein a second electrode of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first transistor comprises the semiconductor film comprising an oxide semiconductor.

4. A light-emitting device comprising:

a pixel comprising:

a first transistor, the first transistor comprising a gate, a backgate and a semiconductor film between the gate and the backgate;

a second transistor comprising a gate;

a third transistor comprising a gate;

a capacitor; and

a light-emitting element,

wherein each of the second transistor and the third transistor does not comprise a backgate,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is directly connected to the light-emitting element,

wherein a first electrode of the capacitor is directly connected to the gate of the first transistor,

wherein the backgate of the first transistor is connected to a first wiring through a fourth transistor,

wherein a second electrode of the capacitor is directly connected to the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is directly connected to the gate of the first transistor,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is directly connected to a second wiring to which a potential of an image signal is supplied,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is directly connected to the second electrode of the capacitor, and

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor is directly connected to the gate of the first transistor.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , further comprising a second capacitor,

wherein a first electrode of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the backgate of the first transistor, and

wherein a second electrode of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first transistor comprises the semiconductor film comprising an oxide semiconductor.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first wiring is configured to be supplied with a potential for making the first transistor normally-on.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 4 , wherein the first wiring is configured to be supplied with a potential for making the first transistor normally-on.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2019
From: MIYAKE, HIROYUKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050785/0664 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-257337 · Dec 12, 2013 · national
JP 2014-242835 · Dec 1, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15838476 · Dec 12, 2017
Continuation 14567388 · Dec 11, 2014
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