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Granted Patent B2
US 8,536,937 · App. 13/784,876 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Electric circuit

Inventors: Hajime Kimura (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuko Watanabe (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,536,937
App. No.
13/784,876
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transistor has variation in a threshold voltage or mobility due to accumulation of factors such as variation in a gate insulating film which is caused by a difference of a manufacturing process or a substrate to be used and variation in a crystal state of a channel formation region. The present invention provides an electric circuit which is arranged such that both electrodes of a capacitance device can hold a voltage between the gate and the source of a specific transistor. Further, the present invention provides an electric circuit which has a function capable of setting a potential difference between both electrodes of a capacitance device so as to be a threshold voltage of a specific transistor.

Claims (102)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor;

a second transistor;

a third transistor;

a fourth transistor;

a fifth transistor;

a sixth transistor;

a seventh transistor;

an eighth transistor;

a ninth transistor;

a first capacitor; and

a second capacitor,

wherein 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 third transistor are electrically connected to a first wiring,

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

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

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor, other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the fourth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the fifth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the sixth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the eighth transistor, and one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the ninth transistor are electrically connected one another,

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

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the fifth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the seventh transistor, and a second electrode of the first capacitor are electrically connected one another,

wherein a gate electrode of the eighth transistor, other of other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the ninth transistor, and a first electrode of the second capacitor are electrically connected one another, and

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the eighth transistor and a second electrode of the second capacitor are electrically connected to a second wiring.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to a third wiring from which a first input signal is input, and

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to a fourth wiring from which a second input signal is input.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to a wiring to which an output signal is output.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a tenth transistor; and

a third capacitor,

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

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the sixth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the tenth transistor and a second electrode of the third capacitor are electrically connected one another.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the third transistor.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode of the third transistor are electrically connected to the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring through a switching element.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first transistor to the ninth transistor comprises a polycrystalline semiconductor.

9. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor;

a second transistor;

a third transistor;

a fourth transistor;

a fifth transistor;

a sixth transistor;

a seventh transistor;

an eighth transistor;

a ninth transistor;

a first capacitor;

a second capacitor;

a first power supply line; and

a second power supply line,

wherein 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 third transistor are electrically connected to the first power supply line,

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

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

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor, other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the fourth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the fifth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the sixth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the eighth transistor, and one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the ninth transistor are electrically connected one another,

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

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the fifth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the seventh transistor, and a second electrode of the first capacitor are electrically connected one another,

wherein a gate electrode of the eighth transistor, other of other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the ninth transistor, and a first electrode of the second capacitor are electrically connected one another, and

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the eighth transistor and a second electrode of the second capacitor are electrically connected to the second power supply line.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 ,

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring from which a first input signal is input, and

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to a second wiring from which a second input signal is input.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to a wiring to which an output signal is output.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a tenth transistor; and

a third capacitor,

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

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the sixth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the tenth transistor and a second electrode of the third capacitor are electrically connected one another.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the third transistor.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode of the third transistor are electrically connected to the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein the gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first power supply line through a switching element.

16. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first transistor;

a second transistor;

a third transistor;

a fourth transistor;

a fifth transistor;

a sixth transistor;

a seventh transistor;

an eighth transistor;

a ninth transistor;

a first capacitor;

a second capacitor;

a first power supply line; and

a second power supply line,

wherein 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 third transistor are electrically connected to the first power supply line,

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

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

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor, other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the fourth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the fifth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the sixth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the eighth transistor, and one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the ninth transistor are electrically connected one another,

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

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the fifth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the seventh transistor, and a second electrode of the first capacitor are electrically connected one another,

wherein a gate electrode of the eighth transistor, other of other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the ninth transistor, and a first electrode of the second capacitor are electrically connected one another,

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the eighth transistor and a second electrode of the second capacitor are electrically connected to the second power supply line, and

wherein each of the first transistor to the ninth transistor comprises a polycrystalline semiconductor.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 ,

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring from which a first input signal is input, and

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to a second wiring from which a second input signal is input.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to a wiring to which an output signal is output.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a tenth transistor; and

a third capacitor,

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

wherein other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the sixth transistor, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the tenth transistor and a second electrode of the third capacitor are electrically connected one another.

20. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the third transistor.

21. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode of the third transistor are electrically connected to the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor.

22. The semiconductor device according to claim 21 , wherein the gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first power supply line through a switching element.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-363484 · Nov 28, 2001 · national
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