IP Library Granted Patent US 9,768,201
Granted Patent B2
US 9,768,201 · App. 15/256,968 · Granted Sep 19, 2017

Display device and electronic device

Inventors: Daiki Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Kensuke Yoshizumi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/124H01L27/15H01L27/323H01L27/3262H01L27/3276H01L33/0041H01L33/62H01L51/0097
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Patent No.
US 9,768,201
App. No.
15/256,968
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes overlapping two display panels. The display panel on the upper side includes a first display region and a region that transmits visible light. The display panel on the lower side includes a second display region and a region that blocks visible light. The second display region overlaps with the region that transmits visible light. The region that blocks visible light overlaps with the first display region. The display panel on the lower side includes a third display region between the second display region and the region that blocks visible light. The gate signal and the source signal supplied to a first pixel in the third display region are the same as the gate signal and the source signal supplied to a second pixel in the second display region. The second pixel is closer to the first pixel than any other pixels included in the second display region.

Claims (88)

1. A display device comprising:

a first display panel; and

a second display panel,

wherein the first display panel comprises a first display region and a region that transmits visible light,

wherein the second display panel comprises a second display region, a third display region, and a region that blocks visible light,

wherein the first display region is adjacent to the region that transmits visible light,

wherein the third display region is positioned between the second display region and the region that blocks visible light and is adjacent to the second display region and the region that blocks visible light,

wherein the region that transmits visible light is located on a display surface side of the second display region to overlap with the second display region,

wherein the region that blocks visible light overlaps with the first display region,

wherein at least one of the first display region and the region that transmits visible light overlaps with the third display region,

wherein the second display region comprises a plurality of pixels arranged in m rows and n columns,

wherein the third display region comprises a plurality of pixels arranged in a column direction,

wherein the third display region is adjacent to the pixel in an n-th column in the second display region,

wherein a gate signal and a source signal supplied to the pixel in an i-th row in the third display region are the same as a gate signal and a source signal supplied to the pixel in the i-th row and the n-th column in the second display region,

wherein m and n separately represent an integer of greater than or equal to 2, and

wherein i represents an integer of greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel in the i-th row and the n-th column in the second display region comprises a first light-emitting element and a first driving transistor,

wherein the pixel in the i-th row in the third display region comprises a second light-emitting element and a second driving transistor,

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

wherein a source or a drain of the second driving transistor is electrically connected to the second light-emitting element.

3. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein an area of the second light-emitting element is larger than an area of the first light-emitting element.

4. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein a W/L ratio between a channel length (L) and a channel width (W) of the second driving transistor is larger than a W/L ratio of the first driving transistor.

5. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first driving transistor is a single-gate transistor, and

wherein the second driving transistor is a dual-gate transistor.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second display panel comprises a plurality of source lines, and

wherein the source lines in n+1-th and subsequent columns are connected to the source line in the n-th column.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel in the i-th row and the n-th column in the second display region comprises a first light-emitting element, a first driving transistor, and a selection transistor,

wherein the pixel in the i-th row in the third display region comprises a second light-emitting element and a second driving transistor,

wherein a source or a drain of the first driving transistor is electrically connected to the first light-emitting element,

wherein a source or a drain of the second driving transistor is electrically connected to the second light-emitting element, and

wherein a source or a drain of the selection transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the first driving transistor and a gate of the second driving transistor.

8. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel in the i-th row and the n-th column in the second display region comprises a first light-emitting element, a selection transistor, and a first driving transistor,

wherein the pixel in the i-th row in the third display region comprises a second light-emitting element,

wherein a source or a drain of the first driving transistor is electrically connected to a pixel electrode of the first light-emitting element and a pixel electrode of the second light-emitting element, and

wherein a source or a drain of the selection transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the first driving transistor.

9. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel in the i-th row in the third display region has the same color as the pixel in the i-th row and the n-th column in the second display region.

10. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the third display region comprises a plurality of pixels arranged in a row direction,

wherein the third display region is adjacent to the pixel in an m-th row in the second display region,

wherein a gate signal and a source signal supplied to the pixel in a j-th column in the third display region are the same as a gate signal and a source signal supplied to the pixel in the m-th row and the j-th column in the second display region, and

wherein j represents an integer of greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to n.

11. The display device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the second display panel comprises a plurality of gate lines, and

wherein the gate lines in m+1-th and subsequent rows are connected to the gate line in the m-th row.

12. The display device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the pixel in the j-th column in the third display region has the same color as the pixel in the m-th row and the j-th column in the second display region.

13. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second display region and the third display region comprise m+x rows and n+y columns of pixels in total,

wherein a gate signal and a source signal supplied to each of the pixels in an m+1-th and subsequent rows and n+1-th and subsequent columns are the same as a gate signal and a source signal supplied to the pixel in the m-th row and the n-th column, and

wherein x and y separately represent an integer of greater than or equal to 1.

14. The display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the pixels in the m+1-th and subsequent rows and the n+1-th and subsequent columns have the same color as the pixel in the m-th row and the n-th column.

15. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first display panel and the second display panel have flexibility.

16. An electronic device comprising:

the display device according to claim 1 , and

an antenna, a battery, a housing, a camera, a speaker, a microphone, or an operation button.

17. A display device comprising:

a first display panel; and

a second display panel,

wherein the first display panel comprises a first display region and a region that transmits visible light,

wherein the second display panel comprises a second display region and a region that blocks visible light,

wherein the first display region is adjacent to the region that transmits visible light,

wherein the second display region is adjacent to the region that blocks visible light,

wherein the region that transmits visible light is located on a display surface side of the second display region to overlap with the second display region,

wherein the region that blocks visible light overlaps with the first display region,

wherein the second display region comprises a plurality of pixels arranged in m rows and n columns,

wherein the region that blocks visible light is adjacent to the pixel in an n-th column,

wherein the pixel in an i-th row and an n−1-th column comprises a first light-emitting element and a first driving transistor,

wherein the pixel in the i-th row and the n-th column comprises a second light-emitting element and a second driving transistor,

wherein a source or a drain of the first driving transistor is electrically connected to the first light-emitting element,

wherein a source or a drain of the second driving transistor is electrically connected to the second light-emitting element,

wherein an area of the second light-emitting element is larger than an area of the first light-emitting element,

wherein m and n separately represent an integer of greater than or equal to 2, and

wherein i represents an integer of greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m.

18. The display device according to claim 17 ,

wherein a W/L ratio between a channel length (L) and a channel width (W) of the second driving transistor is larger than a W/L ratio of the first driving transistor.

19. The display device according to claim 17 ,

wherein the first driving transistor is a single-gate transistor, and

wherein the second driving transistor is a dual-gate transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2016
From: NAKAMURA, DAIKI; YOSHIZUMI, KENSUKE
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039636/0434 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-176532 · Sep 8, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170069664A1 · Mar 9, 2017