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Granted Patent B2
US 9,805,641 · App. 12/873,703 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Display device and electronic device including the same

Inventor: Jun Koyama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G09G3/32G09G3/2074
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Patent No.
US 9,805,641
App. No.
12/873,703
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The display device includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel each including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a light-emitting element. In each of the first to third pixels, a first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a signal line, a second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, a first terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to a power supply line and a second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. A gate of the first transistor in the first pixel is electrically connected to a first scan line. A gate of the first transistor in the second pixel is electrically connected to a second scan line. A gate of the first transistor in the third pixel is electrically connected to a third scan line.

Claims (39)

1. A display device comprising:

a signal line;

a power supply line;

a first scan line;

a first transistor, wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first scan line and wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the signal line so that a signal is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor;

a second transistor, wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor and wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the power supply line so that a voltage is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor;

a first light-emitting element electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor;

a second scan line;

a third transistor, wherein a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to the second scan line and wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the signal line so that the signal is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the third transistor;

a fourth transistor, wherein a gate of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor and wherein one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the power supply line so that the voltage is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor; and

a second light-emitting element electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor,

wherein the first light-emitting element is configured to emit a first light,

wherein the second light-emitting element is configured to emit a second light, and

wherein a first color of the first light is different from a second color of the second light,

wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor and the fourth transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer, the oxide semiconductor layer comprising a channel region, and

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer is heated under an atmosphere comprising nitrogen at a heating temperature and cooled until a temperature drops by 100° C. or more from the heating temperature without exposing to air.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor and the fourth transistor is an n-channel transistor.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element is an organic EL element.

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

5. A display device comprising:

a signal line;

a power supply line;

a first scan line;

a first transistor, wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first scan line and wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the signal line so that a signal is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor;

a second transistor, wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor and wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the power supply line so that a voltage is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor;

a first light-emitting element configured to emit a red light, the first light-emitting element being electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor;

a second scan line;

a third transistor, wherein a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to the second scan line and wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the signal line so that the signal is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the third transistor;

a fourth transistor, wherein a gate of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor and wherein one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the power supply line so that the voltage is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor;

a second light-emitting element configured to emit a green light, the second light-emitting element being electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor;

a third scan line;

a fifth transistor, wherein a gate of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the third scan line and wherein one of a source and a drain of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the signal line so that the signal is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the fifth transistor;

a sixth transistor, wherein a gate of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the fifth transistor and wherein one of a source and a drain of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the power supply line so that the voltage is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the sixth transistor; and

a third light-emitting element configured to emit a blue light, the third light-emitting element being electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the sixth transistor,

wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, the fifth transistor, and the sixth transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer, the oxide semiconductor layer comprising a channel region, and

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer is heated under an atmosphere comprising nitrogen at a heating temperature and cooled until a temperature drops by 100° C. or more from the heating temperature without exposing to air.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor is an n-channel transistor.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein each of the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element and the third light-emitting element is an organic EL element.

8. An electronic device comprising the display device according to claim 5 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2010
From: KOYAMA, JUN
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024981/0142 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-205132 · Sep 4, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110057865A1 · Mar 10, 2011