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US 7,859,488 · App. 11/462,815 · Granted Dec 28, 2010

Semiconductor device, display device and electronic device equipped with the semiconductor device

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,859,488
App. No.
11/462,815
Granted
Dec 28, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a semiconductor device which can prevent a current from flowing into a display element at a signal writing operation, without increasing power consumption and without changing a potential of a power supply for supplying a current to a load in each row. When a predetermined current is supplied to a transistor to set a gate-source voltage of the transistor, a potential of a gate terminal of the transistor is adjusted so as to prevent a current from flowing into a load which is connected to a source terminal of the transistor. Thus, a potential of a wire connected to the gate terminal of the transistor is made different from that of a wire connected to a drain terminal of the transistor. At that time, an operation of a transistor is shifted so as to allow a large amount of current to flow, and influences by intersection capacitance parasitic to a wire or the like or wire resistance are hardly caused, and a set operation is conducted quickly.

Claims (69)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first wire;

a second wire;

a third wire;

a sixth wire;

a first switch;

a second switch;

a first electrode;

a layer containing an organic compound provided over the first electrode;

a second electrode provided over the layer containing the organic compound;

a shift transistor, wherein a first terminal of the shift transistor is electrically connected to the first wire, and a gate terminal of the shift transistor is electrically connected to the second wire via the first switch;

a current source transistor, wherein a second terminal of the current source transistor is electrically connected to a second terminal of the shift transistor, a gate terminal of the current source transistor is electrically connected to the second wire via the first switch, a first terminal of the current source transistor is electrically connected to the first electrode and is electrically connected to the third wire via the second switch;

a capacitor element electrically connected between the gate terminal of the current source transistor and the first terminal of the current source transistor;

means for short circuiting between the first terminal of the shift transistor and the second terminal of the shift transistor; and

a rectifying element connected between the sixth wire and the gate terminal of the current source transistor,

wherein, when a L level signal is input to the sixth wire, a forward direction current flows in a direction from the gate terminal of the current source transistor to the sixth wire to make a potential of the gate terminal of the current source transistor a potential higher than the L level by a forward threshold voltage of the rectifying element and to accumulate a charge in the capacitor element and increase a potential of the first terminal of the current source transistor, to thereby turn off the current source transistor.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first switch and the second switch includes a transistor.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a potential of the first wire is higher than a potential of the second wire.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the shift transistor and the current source transistor have a same conductivity.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the means for short circuiting contains a switch electrically connected to the first terminal and the second terminal of the shift transistor.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device is a display device.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device is one selected from the group consisting of a camera, a computer, an image reproducing device, a goggle-type display, a game machine, and a mobile phone.

8. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first wire;

a second wire;

a third wire;

a first switch;

a second switch;

a fourth wire for controlling ON/OFF of the first switch and the second switch by inputting a signal to the fourth wire;

a sixth wire;

a first electrode;

a layer containing an organic compound provided over the first electrode;

a second electrode provided over the layer containing the organic compound;

a shift transistor, wherein a first terminal of the shift transistor is electrically connected to the first wire and a gate terminal of the shift transistor is electrically connected to the second wire via the first switch;

a current source transistor, wherein a second terminal of the current source transistor is electrically connected to a second terminal of the shift transistor, a gate terminal of the current source transistor is electrically connected to the second wire via the first switch, a first terminal of the current source transistor is electrically connected to the first electrode and is electrically connected to the third wire via the second switch;

a capacitor clement electrically connected between the gate terminal of the current source transistor and the first terminal of the current source transistor;

means for short circuiting between the first terminal of the shift transistor and the second terminal of the shift transistor; and

a rectifying element connected between the sixth wire and the gate terminal of the current source transistor,

wherein when a L level signal is input to the sixth wire, a forward direction current flows in a direction from the gate terminal of the current source transistor to the sixth wire to make a potential of the gate terminal of the current source transistor a potential higher than the L level by a forward threshold voltage of the rectifying element and to accumulate a charge in the capacitor element and increase a potential of the first terminal of the current source transistor, to thereby turn off the current source transistor.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein each of the first switch and the second switch includes a transistor.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein a potential of the first wire is higher than a potential of the second wire.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the shift transistor and the current source transistor have a same conductivity.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the means for short circuiting contains a switch electrically connected to the first terminal and the second terminal of the shift transistor.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the semiconductor device is a display device.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the semiconductor device is one selected from the group consisting of a camera, a computer, an image reproducing device, a goggle-type display, a game machine, and a mobile phone.

15. A semiconductor device comprising:

a signal line driver circuit;

a first wire;

a second wire;

a third wire extended from the signal line driver circuit;

a first switch;

a second switch;

a fourth wire for controlling ON/OFF of the first switch and the second switch by inputting a signal to the fourth wire;

a sixth wire;

a first electrode;

a layer containing an organic compound provided over the first electrode;

a second electrode provided over the layer containing the organic compound;

a shift transistor, wherein a first terminal of the shift transistor is electrically connected to the first wire and a gate terminal of the shift transistor is electrically connected to the second wire via the first switch;

a current source transistor, wherein a second terminal of the current source transistor is electrically connected to a second terminal of the shift transistor, a gate terminal of the current source transistor is electrically connected to the second wire via the first switch, a first terminal of the current source transistor is electrically connected to the first electrode and is electrically connected to the third wire via the second switch;

a capacitor element electrically connected between the gate terminal of the current source transistor and the first terminal of the current source transistor;

means for short circuiting between the first terminal of the shift transistor and the second terminal of the shift transistor; and

a rectifying element connected between the sixth wire and the gate terminal of the current source transistor;

wherein when a L level signal is inputted to the sixth wire, a forward direction current flows in a direction from the gate terminal of the current source transistor to the sixth wire to make a potential of the gate terminal of the current source transistor a potential higher than the L level by a forward threshold voltage of the rectifying element and to accumulate a charge in the capacitor element and increase a potential of the first terminal of the current source transistor, to thereby turn off the current source transistor.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 15 , wherein each of the first switch and the second switch includes a transistor.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 15 , wherein a potential of the first wire is higher than a potential of the second wire.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 15 , wherein the shift transistor and the current source transistor have a same conductivity.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 15 , wherein the means for short circuiting contains a switch electrically connected to the first terminal and the second terminal of the shift transistor.

20. The semiconductor device according to claim 15 , wherein the semiconductor device is a display device.

21. The semiconductor device according to claim 15 , wherein the semiconductor device is one selected from the group consisting of a camera, a computer, an image reproducing device, a goggle-type display, a game machine, and a mobile phone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2006
From: KIMURA, HAJIME
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018068/0596 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-234007 · Aug 12, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070035340A1 · Feb 15, 2007