IP Library Granted Patent US 8,941,790
Granted Patent B2
US 8,941,790 · App. 13/110,403 · Granted Jan 27, 2015

Liquid crystal display device

Inventors: Hajime Kimura (Kanagawa, JP); Atsushi Umezaki (Kanagawa, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/1225G09G3/3648G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0447G09G2320/0214
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Patent No.
US 8,941,790
App. No.
13/110,403
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device or the like with low off-state current is provided. A semiconductor device or the like for displaying images accurately is provided. A display device or the like with a wide viewing angle is provided. A display device or the like in which image burn-in is suppressed is provided. In order to achieve any of the above objects, a circuit is formed using a transistor including an oxide semiconductor (OS), particularly a thin film MOS transistor including an oxide semiconductor. The oxide semiconductor is a substantially intrinsic semiconductor. Thus, the off-state current of the transistor is extremely low.

Claims (68)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a pixel including a first transistor, a second transistor, a first liquid crystal element, a second liquid crystal element, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a third capacitor,

wherein a first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring,

wherein a second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first liquid crystal element,

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

wherein a first terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring,

wherein a second terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second liquid crystal element,

wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring,

wherein a first terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to the first liquid crystal element,

wherein a second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a third wiring,

wherein a first terminal of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the second liquid crystal element,

wherein a second terminal of the second capacitor is electrically connected to a fourth wiring,

wherein a first terminal of the third capacitor is electrically connected to the first liquid crystal element, and

wherein a second terminal of the third capacitor is electrically connected to the second liquid crystal element,

wherein the third wiring is supplied with a first pulse signal,

wherein the fourth wiring is supplied with a second pulse signal, and

wherein the first transistor and the second transistor include a channel region including an oxide semiconductor.

2. An electronic device comprising the liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 and an operation switch.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the third wiring is supplied with a first pulse signal, and

wherein the fourth wiring is supplied with a second pulse signal.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first pulse signal and the second pulse signal have opposite polarities.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first transistor and the second transistor include a channel region including an oxide semiconductor.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein the oxide semiconductor is an In—Ga—Zn—O-based oxide semiconductor.

7. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a pixel including a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a first liquid crystal element, a second liquid crystal element, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a third capacitor,

wherein a first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring,

wherein a second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first liquid crystal element,

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

wherein a first terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring,

wherein a second terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second liquid crystal element,

wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring,

wherein a first terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to the first liquid crystal element,

wherein a second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a third wiring,

wherein a first terminal of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the second liquid crystal element,

wherein a second terminal of the second capacitor is electrically connected to a fourth wiring,

wherein a first terminal of the third transistor is electrically connected to the second liquid crystal element,

wherein a second terminal of the third transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the third capacitor, and

wherein a second terminal of the third capacitor is electrically connected to a fifth wiring.

8. An electronic device comprising the liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 and an operation switch.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the third wiring is supplied with a first pulse signal, and

wherein the fourth wiring is supplied with a second pulse signal.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first pulse signal and the second pulse signal have opposite polarities.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first transistor and the second transistor include a channel region including an oxide semiconductor.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11 , wherein the oxide semiconductor is an In—Ga—Zn—O-based oxide semiconductor.

13. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a pixel including a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a first liquid crystal element, a second liquid crystal element, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a third capacitor,

wherein a first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring,

wherein a second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first liquid crystal element,

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

wherein a first terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring,

wherein a second terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second liquid crystal element,

wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring,

wherein a first terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to the first liquid crystal element,

wherein a second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a third wiring,

wherein a first terminal of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the second liquid crystal element,

wherein a second terminal of the second capacitor is electrically connected to a fourth wiring,

wherein a first terminal of the third capacitor is electrically connected to the second liquid crystal element,

wherein a second terminal of the third capacitor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the third transistor, and

wherein a second terminal of the third transistor is electrically connected to a fifth wiring.

14. An electronic device comprising the liquid crystal display device according to claim 13 and an operation switch.

15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the third wiring is supplied with a first pulse signal, and

wherein the fourth wiring is supplied with a second pulse signal.

16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 15 , wherein the first pulse signal and the second pulse signal have opposite polarities.

17. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first transistor and the second transistor include a channel region including an oxide semiconductor.

18. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17 , wherein the oxide semiconductor is an In—Ga—Zn—O-based oxide semiconductor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2011
From: KIMURA, HAJIME; UMEZAKI, ATSUSHI; YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026630/0013 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-117300 · May 21, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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