Transistor and display device having the same
A transistor includes a semiconductor layer comprising a channel portion, a first contact portion and a second contact portion, a gate electrode facing the floating gate, and a floating gate disposed between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, the floating gate being insulated from the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The floating gate comprises an oxide semiconductor.
1. A display device comprising:
a gate line;
a data line;
a switching transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; and
a driving transistor connected to an anode of an organic light emitting diode,
wherein the switching transistor comprising:
a first semiconductor layer comprising a first channel portion, a first contact portion and a second contact portion;
a first floating gate facing the first channel portion of the first semiconductor layer;
a first gate electrode facing the first floating gate; and
a first source electrode and a first drain electrode contacted with the first contact portion and the second contact portion, respectively, wherein the first floating gate comprises an oxide semiconductor, and
wherein the driving transistor comprising:
a second semiconductor layer which comprises a second channel portion, a third contact portion, and a fourth contact portion, the second semiconductor layer being a material different from the first semiconductor;
a second floating gate facing the second channel portion of the second semiconductor layer;
a second gate electrode facing the second floating gate; and
a second source electrode and a second drain electrode contacted with the third contact portion and the fourth contact portion, respectively, wherein the second floating gate comprises a metal that is not the oxide semiconductor.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the organic light emitting diode has the anode and a cathode.
3. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a control transistor controlling the operation of the driving transistor.
4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the control transistor comprises a plurality of transistor, at least one of the plurality of transistor is the switching transistor.
5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises poly silicon.
6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises an oxide semiconductor.
7. The display device of claim 6 , further comprising:
a first insulating layer covering the first semiconductor layer, wherein the floating gate and the second semiconductor layer are disposed on the first insulating layer; and
a second insulating layer covering the floating gate and the second semiconductor, wherein the gate electrode is disposed on the second insulating layer.
8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein each of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer comprises an inorganic material such as silicon oxide SiOx, silicon nitride SiNx, silicon oxynitride SiON, fluorinated silicon oxide SiOF or aluminum oxide AlOx, or an organic material.
9. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises zinc oxide ZnO, zinc-tin oxide ZTO, zinc-indium oxide ZIO, indium oxide InO, titanium oxide TiO, indium-gallium-zinc oxide IGZO or indium-zinc-tin oxide IZTO.
10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises the IGZO having a hydrogen doping concentration of 1E+17/cm 3 or more.
11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display element comprises a liquid crystal capacitor.
12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the switching transistor is a pixel transistor connected to a first electrode of the liquid crystal capacitor.