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Granted Patent B2
US 11,754,873 · App. 17/180,950 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Display panel, data processor, and method for manufacturing display panel

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Koji Kusunoki (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshiharu Hirakata (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,754,873
App. No.
17/180,950
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable, a novel data processor that is highly convenient or reliable, or a method for manufacturing a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable. The display panel includes a pixel and a terminal electrically connected to the pixel. The pixel includes a first insulating film, a first contact portion in a first opening provided in the first insulating film, a pixel circuit electrically connected to the first contact portion, a second contact portion electrically connected to the pixel circuit, a first display element electrically connected to the first contact portion, and a second display element electrically connected to the second contact portion. The first insulating film includes a region lying between the first display element and the second display element. The terminal includes a surface at which contact with other component can be made.

Claims (74)

1. A semiconductor device comprising a pixel, the pixel comprising:

a first transistor;

a first display element;

a second transistor;

a second display element;

a third transistor;

a first wiring electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor and one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor;

a second wiring electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor;

a third wiring electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor;

a fourth wiring electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the third transistor;

a fifth wiring electrically connected to a first electrode of the first display element; and

a sixth wiring electrically connected to a first electrode of the second display element,

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is directly connected to a second electrode of the first display element,

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

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to a second electrode of the second display element, and

wherein the sixth wiring is not electrically connected to the first transistor.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display element has a region overlapping with the second display element.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a functional layer between the first display element and the second display element, the functional layer comprising a first contact electrically connected to the first display element and a second contact electrically connected to the second display element.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising an opening, the opening overlapping with the second display element.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein one of the first to third transistors includes an oxide semiconductor.

6. A semiconductor device comprising a pixel, the pixel comprising:

a first transistor;

a first display element;

a second transistor;

a second display element;

a third transistor;

a first wiring electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor and one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor;

a second wiring electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor;

a third wiring electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor;

a fourth wiring electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the third transistor;

a fifth wiring electrically connected to a first electrode of the first display element;

a sixth wiring electrically connected to a first electrode of the second display element; and

a seventh wiring electrically connected to the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor,

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is directly connected to a second electrode of the first display element,

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

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to a second electrode of the second display element,

wherein the first display element is a liquid-crystal element,

wherein the second display element is a light-emitting element, and

wherein the seventh wiring is not electrically connected to the sixth wiring.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the first display element has a region overlapping with the second display element.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , further comprising a functional layer between the first display element and the second display element, the functional layer comprising a first contact electrically connected to the first display element and a second contact electrically connected to the second display element.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , further comprising an opening, the opening overlapping with the second display element.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,

wherein one of the first to third transistors includes an oxide semiconductor.

11. A semiconductor device comprising a pixel, the pixel comprising:

a first transistor;

a first display element;

a first capacitor;

a second transistor;

a second display element;

a second capacitor;

a third transistor;

a first wiring electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor and one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor;

a second wiring electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor;

a third wiring electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor;

a fourth wiring electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the third transistor;

a fifth wiring electrically connected to a first electrode of the first display element; and

a sixth wiring electrically connected to a first electrode of the second display element,

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is directly connected to a second electrode of the first display element,

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

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to a second electrode of the second display element, and

wherein the first electrode of the second display element is not electrically connected to the second electrode of the first display element.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 ,

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

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

wherein the first electrode of the first display element is electrically connected to a second electrode of the first capacitor,

wherein the second electrode of the second display element is electrically connected to a second electrode of the second capacitor, and

wherein the one of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the third transistor is not connected to the second electrode of the second capacitor.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the first display element has a region overlapping with the second display element.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , further comprising a functional layer between the first display element and the second display element, the functional layer comprising a first contact electrically connected to the first display element and a second contact electrically connected to the second display element.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , further comprising an opening, the opening overlapping with the second display element.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 ,

wherein one of the first to third transistors includes an oxide semiconductor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2021
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; KUSUNOKI, KOJI; HIRAKATA, YOSHIHARU
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055349/0254 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2015-081519 · Apr 13, 2015 · national
JP 2015-115638 · Jun 8, 2015 · national
JP 2015-150202 · Jul 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16693498 · Nov 25, 2019
Continuation 15290073 · Oct 11, 2016
Division 15092221 · Apr 6, 2016
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