IP Library Granted Patent US 9,165,502
Granted Patent B2
US 9,165,502 · App. 14/540,326 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Display device and electronic device including display device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Jun Koyama (Sagamihara, JP); Hiroyuki Miyake (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3233H01L27/1225
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Patent No.
US 9,165,502
App. No.
14/540,326
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Objects are to provide a display device the power consumption of which is reduced, to provide a self-luminous display device the power consumption of which is reduced and which is capable of long-term use in a dark place. A circuit is formed using a thin film transistor in which a highly-purified oxide semiconductor is used and a pixel can keep a certain state (a state in which a video signal has been written). As a result, even in the case of displaying a still image, stable operation is easily performed. In addition, an operation interval of a driver circuit can be extended, which results in a reduction in power consumption of a display device. Moreover, a light-storing material is used in a pixel portion of a self-luminous display device to store light, whereby the display device can be used in a dark place for a long time.

Claims (55)

1. A display device comprising:

a scan line;

a signal line;

a wiring; and

a pixel region comprising:

a first transistor;

a second transistor; and

a light-emitting element,

wherein the second transistor comprises a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode and an oxide semiconductor layer, the first gate electrode being electrically connected to the scan line,

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

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the signal line,

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

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first electrode of the light-emitting element,

wherein a first voltage applied to the wiring is greater than a second voltage applied to a second electrode of the light-emitting element,

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer includes a channel formation region,

wherein when the second transistor is off state, a drain current of the second transistor per a channel width of 1 μm is less than or equal to 1×10 −16 A/μm, and

wherein the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode overlap with the channel formation region and sandwich the oxide semiconductor layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor layer of the second transistor has a band gap of greater than or equal to 2 eV.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide semiconductor layer of the second transistor has a hydrogen concentration of less than or equal to 5×10 19 /cm 3 .

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a carrier concentration of the oxide semiconductor layer is less than 1×10 14 /cm 3 .

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second transistor is configured to hold the first transistor in an on state and connect the wiring to the light-emitting element to display a still image.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring supplies a DC current.

7. The display device according to claim 1

wherein the light-emitting element comprises:

a layer containing a light-emitting organic substance between the first and the second electrodes.

8. An electronic device comprising the display device according to claim 1 .

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is a lighting device.

10. A display device comprising:

a scan line;

a signal line;

a wiring; and

a pixel region comprising:

a first transistor;

a second transistor; and

a light-emitting element,

wherein the second transistor comprises a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode and a first oxide semiconductor layer, the first gate electrode being electrically connected to the scan line,

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

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the signal line,

wherein the first transistor comprises a second oxide semiconductor layer,

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

wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first electrode of the light-emitting element,

wherein a first voltage applied to the wiring is greater than a second voltage applied to a second electrode of the light-emitting element,

wherein the first oxide semiconductor layer includes a channel formation region,

wherein, when the second transistor is off state, a drain current of the second transistor per a channel width of 1 μm is less than or equal to 1×10 −16 A/μm, and

wherein the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode overlap with the channel formation region and sandwich the first oxide semiconductor layer.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the first oxide semiconductor layer of the second transistor has a band gap of greater than or equal to 2 eV.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the first oxide semiconductor layer of the second transistor has a hydrogen concentration of less than or equal to 5×10 19 /cm 3 .

13. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein a carrier concentration of the first oxide semiconductor layer is less than 1×10 14 /cm 3 .

14. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the second transistor is configured to hold the first transistor in an on state and connect the wiring to the light-emitting element to display a still image.

15. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the wiring supplies a DC current.

16. The display device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the light-emitting element comprises:

a layer containing a light-emitting organic substance between the first and the second electrodes.

17. An electronic device comprising the display device according to claim 10 .

18. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the display device is a lighting device.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2009-242757 · Oct 21, 2009 · national
JP 2009-278997 · Dec 8, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12906538 · Oct 18, 2010
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