Driving circuit of a semiconductor display device and the semiconductor display device
View Patent ↗There are provided a driving circuit of a semiconductor display device which can obtain an excellent picture without picture blur (display unevenness) and with high fineness/high resolution, and the semiconductor display device. A buffer circuit used in the driving circuit of the semiconductor display device is constituted by a plurality of TFTs each having a small channel width, and a plurality of such buffer circuits are connected in parallel with each other.
1. A semiconductor device including a display device, comprising:
a pixel matrix circuit; and
a first gate signal line side driving circuit and a second gate signal line side driver circuit, wherein the pixel matrix circuit is located between the first gate signal line side driving circuit and the second gate signal line side driver circuit, each of the first gate signal line side driving circuit and the second gate signal line side driver circuit including a shift register circuit and a buffer circuit electrically connected with the shift register circuit, the buffer circuit comprising an inverter,
wherein the inverter comprises a plurality of n-channel thin film transistors and a plurality of p-channel thin film transistors, and
wherein each of the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors is connected in parallel with each other and each of the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors is connected in parallel with each other, and
wherein a channel region of the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors and the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors comprises crystalline silicon.
2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device is selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a still camera, a projector, a head mount display, a car navigation system, a personal computer, a portable information terminal, and a portable phone.
3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device has an electroluminescence element.
4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors and the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors has a plurality of gate electrodes, respectively.
5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors share a first semiconductor film for a channel region thereof and the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors share a second semiconductor film for a channel region thereof.
6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is a liquid crystal display device.
7. A semiconductor device including a display device, comprising:
a pixel matrix circuit;
a source signal line side driving circuit electrically connected to the pixel matrix circuit and including a shift register; and
a gate signal line side driving circuit electrically connected to the pixel matrix circuit,
wherein the source signal line side driving circuit includes a buffer circuit electrically connected with the shift register, the buffer circuit having a plurality of inverters,
wherein each of the plurality of inverters comprises a plurality of n-channel thin film transistors and a plurality of p-channel thin film transistors, and
wherein each of the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors is connected in parallel with each other and each of the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors is connected in parallel with each other, and
wherein a channel region of the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors and the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors comprises crystalline silicon.
8. A semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the semiconductor device is selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a still camera, a projector, a head mount display, a car navigation system, a personal computer, a portable information terminal, and a portable phone.
9. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the display device has an electroluminescence element.
10. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors and the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors has a plurality of gate electrodes.
11. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors share a first semiconductor film for a channel region thereof and the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors share a second semiconductor film for a channel region thereof.
12. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the display device is a liquid crystal display device.
13. A semiconductor device including a display device, comprising:
a pixel matrix circuit; and
a first gate signal line side driving circuit and a second gate signal line side driver circuit, wherein the pixel matrix circuit is located between the first gate signal line side driving circuit and the second gate signal line side driver circuit, each of the first gate signal line side driving circuit and the second gate signal line side driver circuit including a shift register circuit and a buffer circuit electrically connected with the shift register circuit, the buffer circuit comprising a plurality of inverters,
wherein each of the plurality of inverters comprises a plurality of n-channel thin film transistors and a plurality of p-channel thin film transistors, and
wherein each of the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors is connected in parallel with each other and each of the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors is connected in parallel with each other, and
wherein a channel region of the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors and the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors comprises crystalline silicon.
14. The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein the semiconductor device is selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a still camera, a projector, a head mount display, a car navigation system, a personal computer, a portable information terminal, and a portable phone.
15. The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein the display device has an electroluminescence element.
16. The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors and the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors has a plurality of gate electrodes, respectively.
17. The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors share a first semiconductor film for a channel region thereof and the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors share a second semiconductor film for a channel region thereof.
18. The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein the display device is a liquid crystal display device.
19. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a channel width of the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors and the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors is 100 μm or less.
20. The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein a channel width of the plurality of n-channel thin film transistors and the plurality of p-channel thin film transistors is 100 μm or less.