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Granted Patent B2
US 11,937,475 · App. 18/120,022 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Display device and semiconductor device

Inventor: Mizuki Sato (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10K59/131H01L27/1222H01L27/124H01L27/1251H01L27/1255H01L27/156H01L29/786H01L29/78654H01L29/78663H01L29/78672H01L29/78696H10K59/1213H10K59/1216H10K59/124G02F1/1362H10B12/30H10K59/12
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Patent No.
US 11,937,475
App. No.
18/120,022
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to provide a display device with a high aperture ratio or a semiconductor device in which the area of an element is large. A channel formation region of a TFT with a multi-gate structure is provided under a wiring that is provided between adjacent pixel electrodes (or electrodes of an element). In addition, a channel width direction of each of a plurality of channel formation regions is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the pixel electrode. In addition, when a channel width is longer than a channel length, the area of the channel formation region can be increased.

Claims (25)

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

a first transistor comprising a plurality of channel formation regions;

a second transistor comprising a channel formation region in a semiconductor layer; and

an EL element,

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

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

wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the EL element,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to a second wiring,

wherein the semiconductor layer is electrically connected to the EL element through a conductive layer,

wherein, in a plane view, each of the first wiring and the second wiring has a region extending in a first direction,

wherein, in the plane view, the second wiring has a first region overlapping with the plurality of channel formation regions of the first transistor, a second region overlapping with the channel formation region of the second transistor, and a third region opposite to the conductive layer,

wherein a width of the third region of the second wiring is larger than a width of the first wiring, and

wherein the width of the third region of the second wiring is smaller than a width of each of the first region and the second region of the second wiring.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the plurality of channel formation regions of the first transistor comprises a region in which carriers flow in the first direction, and

wherein the channel formation region of the second transistor comprises a region in which carriers flow in a second direction intersecting with the first direction.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the plane view, the second wiring has a fourth region between the first wiring and the conductive layer.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel further comprises a capacitor, and

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

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the plane view, the semiconductor layer has a bent shape.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the semiconductor layer comprises polycrystalline silicon.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2023
From: SATO, MIZUKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-199292 · Jul 21, 2006 · national
Continuity (14)
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