IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,097,925
Granted Patent B2
US 9,097,925 · App. 13/942,468 · Granted Aug 4, 2015

Display device

Inventors: Masatoshi Yokoyama (Tochigi, JP); Shigeki Komori (Tochigi, JP); Manabu Sato (Tochigi, JP); Kenichi Okazaki (Tochigi, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G02F1/133345G02F1/136227G02F2202/02
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Patent No.
US 9,097,925
App. No.
13/942,468
Granted
Aug 4, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

To suppress a variation in characteristics of a transistor due to a released gas from an organic insulating film so that reliability of a display device is increased. The display device includes a transistor, an organic insulating film which is provided over the transistor in order to reduce unevenness due to the transistor, and a capacitor over the organic insulating film. An entire surface of the organic insulating film is not covered with components (a transparent conductive layer and an inorganic insulating film) of the capacitor, and a released gas from the organic insulating film can be released to the outside from exposed part of an upper surface of the organic insulating film.

Claims (59)

1. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising:

a transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer;

a first inorganic insulating film covering the transistor;

an organic insulating film over the first inorganic insulating film;

a first transparent conductive layer over the organic insulating film;

a second inorganic insulating film over the first transparent conductive layer; and

a second transparent conductive layer over the first transparent conductive layer with the second inorganic insulating film interposed therebetween and electrically connected to one of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer of the transistor in an opening formed in the organic insulating film and the first inorganic insulating film,

wherein an edge portion of the second inorganic insulating film overlaps with the organic insulating film, and

wherein the second inorganic insulating film does not overlap with the gate electrode layer of the transistor.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a channel of the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film comprises silicon and nitrogen.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic insulating film comprises acrylic.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a difference in refractive index between the second inorganic insulating film and the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer is less than or equal to 10% of the refractive index of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel portion further comprises a liquid crystal layer over the second transparent conductive layer, and

wherein an alignment of the liquid crystal layer is controlled in accordance with an electric field generated between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the first inorganic insulating film is in contact with a part of the second inorganic insulating film.

8. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel portion further comprises a capacitor, and

wherein the capacitor comprises the first transparent conductive layer, the second inorganic insulating film and the second transparent conductive layer.

9. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising:

a transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer;

a first inorganic insulating film covering the transistor;

an organic insulating film over the first inorganic insulating film;

a first transparent conductive layer over the organic insulating film;

a second inorganic insulating film over the first transparent conductive layer; and

a second transparent conductive layer over the first transparent conductive layer with the second inorganic insulating film interposed therebetween and electrically connected to one of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer of the transistor in an opening formed in the organic insulating film and the first inorganic insulating film,

wherein an edge portion of the second inorganic insulating film overlaps with the organic insulating film, and

wherein the second inorganic insulating film does not overlap with the semiconductor layer of the transistor.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein a channel of the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein each of the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film comprises silicon and nitrogen.

12. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the organic insulating film comprises acrylic.

13. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein a difference in refractive index between the second inorganic insulating film and the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer is less than or equal to 10% of the refractive index of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer.

14. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the pixel portion further comprises a liquid crystal layer over the second transparent conductive layer, and

wherein an alignment of the liquid crystal layer is controlled in accordance with an electric field generated between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer.

15. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein a part of the first inorganic insulating film is in contact with a part of the second inorganic insulating film.

16. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the pixel portion further comprises a capacitor, and

wherein the capacitor comprises the first transparent conductive layer, the second inorganic insulating film and the second transparent conductive layer.

17. A display device comprising:

a transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer;

a first inorganic insulating film covering the transistor;

an organic insulating film over the first inorganic insulating film;

a first transparent conductive layer over the organic insulating film;

a second inorganic insulating film over the first transparent conductive layer;

a second transparent conductive layer over the first transparent conductive layer with the second inorganic insulating film interposed therebetween and electrically connected to one of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer of the transistor in an opening formed in the organic insulating film and the first inorganic insulating film; and

a liquid crystal layer over the second transparent conductive layer,

wherein a part of the liquid crystal layer is in contact with a part of the organic insulating film.

18. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the liquid crystal layer is in contact with the organic insulating film in a region which overlaps with the transistor.

19. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein a channel of the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

20. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein each of the first inorganic insulating film and the second inorganic insulating film comprises silicon and nitrogen.

21. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the organic insulating film comprises acrylic.

22. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein a difference in refractive index between the second inorganic insulating film and the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer is less than or equal to 10% of the refractive index of the first transparent conductive layer or the second transparent conductive layer.

23. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein an alignment of the liquid crystal layer is controlled in accordance with an electric field generated between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer.

24. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein a part of the first inorganic insulating film is in contact with a part of the second inorganic insulating film.

25. The display device according to claim 17 further comprising a capacitor, wherein the capacitor comprises the first transparent conductive layer, the second inorganic insulating film and the second transparent conductive layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2013
From: YOKOYAMA, MASATOSHI; KOMORI, SHIGEKI; SATO, MANABU; OKAZAKI, KENICHI; YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030800/0395 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-161726 · Jul 20, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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