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Granted Patent B2
US 8,400,379 · App. 13/480,545 · Granted Mar 19, 2013

Display device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Jun Koyama (Kanagawa, JP); Mitsuaki Osame (Kanagawa, JP); Mai Osada (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,400,379
App. No.
13/480,545
Granted
Mar 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is intended to suppress power consumption of an EL display. In accordance with the brightness of an image to be displayed in a pixel portion, the contrast of the image is determined whether to be inverted or not, and the number of bits of the digital video signal to be input into the pixel portion is reduced, and the magnitude of a current to flow through the EL element is allowed to be maintained at a constant level even when a temperature of an EL layer changes by providing the EL display with another EL element to be used for monitoring a temperature.

Claims (40)

1. A display device comprising:

a transistor including a semiconductor region, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode;

an interlayer insulating film over the transistor;

a pixel electrode over the interlayer insulating film, wherein the pixel electrode is electrically connected with the semiconductor region;

a first resin partly overlapping the pixel electrode;

a second resin over the first resin; and

a light emitting layer including an organic compound over the pixel electrode and the second resin.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first resin and the second resin is a bank.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first resin and the second resin is formed of a same material.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first resin and the second resin is formed of different materials.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second resin is wider than the first resin.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting layer includes a first portion over the second resin and a second portion over the pixel electrode, and the first portion is spaced apart from the second portion.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is incorporated in one selected from the group consisting of a telephone, a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, an image reproduction apparatus, and a personal computer.

8. A display device comprising:

a transistor including a semiconductor region, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode;

an interlayer insulating film over the transistor;

a pixel electrode over the interlayer insulating film, wherein the pixel electrode contains indium tin oxide, and is electrically connected with the semiconductor region;

a first resin partly overlapping the pixel electrode;

a second resin over the first resin; and

a light emitting layer including an organic compound over the pixel electrode and the second resin.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein each of the first resin and the second resin is a bank.

10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the first resin and the second resin is formed of a same material.

11. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the first resin and the second resin is formed of different materials.

12. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the second resin is wider than the first resin.

13. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the light emitting layer includes a first portion over the second resin and a second portion over the pixel electrode, and the first portion is spaced apart from the second portion.

14. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the display device is incorporated in one selected from the group consisting of a telephone, a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, an image reproduction apparatus, and a personal computer.

15. A display device comprising:

a transistor including a semiconductor region, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode;

an interlayer insulating film over the transistor;

a pixel electrode over the interlayer insulating film, wherein the pixel electrode contains indium tin oxide, and is electrically connected with the semiconductor region;

a first resin partly overlapping the pixel electrode;

a second resin over the first resin;

a light emitting layer including an organic compound over the pixel electrode and the second resin; and

a cathode over the light emitting layer and the second resin, wherein the cathode contains Mg and Ag.

16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein each of the first resin and the second resin is a bank.

17. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the first resin and the second resin is formed of a same material.

18. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the first resin and the second resin is formed of different materials.

19. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the second resin is wider than the first resin.

20. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the light emitting layer includes a first portion over the second resin and a second portion over the pixel electrode, and the first portion is spaced apart from the second portion.

21. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the display device is incorporated in one selected from the group consisting of a telephone, a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, an image reproduction apparatus, and a personal computer.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2000-117045 · Apr 18, 2000 · national
JP 2001-059511 · Mar 5, 2001 · national
Continuity (5)
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Continuation 10920279 · Aug 18, 2004
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