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US 10,566,355 · App. 16/293,959 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Semiconductor device and display device including the same

Inventor: Kei Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/124G09G3/2092H01L27/1225H01L27/1251G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0809G09G2300/0814G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0838G09G2300/0842G09G2300/0852G09G2310/0286G09G2310/0291G09G2330/021G09G2330/028
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Patent No.
US 10,566,355
App. No.
16/293,959
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device with reduced power consumption and a display device including the semiconductor are provided. The semiconductor device generates a bias voltage that is to be supplied to a buffer amplifier. When the display device displays a still image, a data signal for updating the image need not be supplied from the buffer amplifier to a pixel array in the next frame; therefore, the circuit is configured so that the buffer amplifier is brought into a standby state (temporarily stopped). Specifically, input of a reference current from a BGR circuit to the semiconductor is stopped and a bias voltage is applied from the semiconductor device to the buffer amplifier to temporarily stop the operation of the buffer amplifier.

Claims (46)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first circuit comprising a first transistor;

a second circuit comprising a second transistor and a third transistor;

a third circuit comprising a fourth transistor;

a fourth circuit comprising a fifth transistor; and

a fifth circuit comprising a sixth transistor,

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

wherein the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor is directly connected to a gate of the first transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the third transistor,

wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to a first output terminal,

wherein the gate of the second transistor is directly connected to one of a source and a drain of the fifth transistor,

wherein a gate of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the sixth transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to a second output terminal,

wherein the second transistor is a p-channel transistor, and

wherein the third transistor is an n-channel transistor.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the other of the source and the drain of each of the first transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, and the sixth transistor is electrically connected to a wiring for supplying a low-level potential.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor and the other of the source and the drain of the fifth transistor are electrically connected to a wiring for supplying a high-level potential.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the gate of the fourth transistor and the gate of the sixth transistor are electrically connected to a wiring for supplying a standby signal, and

wherein a gate of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to a wiring for supplying for an inversion signal of the standby signal.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of a channel formation region of the first transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, and the sixth transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the fourth transistor and the sixth transistor comprises a back gate.

7. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first circuit comprising a first transistor;

a second circuit comprising a second transistor and a third transistor;

a third circuit comprising a fourth transistor;

a fourth circuit comprising a fifth transistor;

and a fifth circuit comprising a sixth transistor,

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

wherein the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor is directly connected to a gate of the first transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the third transistor,

wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to a first output terminal, wherein the gate of the second transistor is directly connected to one of a source and a drain of the fifth transistor,

wherein a gate of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the sixth transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to a second output terminal,

wherein when the semiconductor device is in a driving state, the second circuit is configured to output a first bias voltage from the first output terminal and a second bias voltage from the second output terminal, and

wherein when the semiconductor device is in a standby state, the third circuit is configured to apply a first low-level potential to the first circuit and the second circuit, the fourth circuit is configured to output a high-level potential to the first output terminal, and the fifth circuit is configured to output a second low-level potential to the second output terminal.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the second transistor is a p-channel transistor, and

wherein the third transistor is an n-channel transistor.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the other of the source and the drain of each of the first transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, and the sixth transistor is electrically connected to a wiring for supplying a low-level potential.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor and the other of the source and the drain of the fifth transistor are electrically connected to a wiring for supplying a high-level potential.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the gate of the fourth transistor and the gate of the sixth transistor are electrically connected to a wiring for supplying a standby signal, and

wherein a gate of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to a wiring for supplying for an inversion signal of the standby signal.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein each of a channel formation region of the first transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, and the sixth transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the fourth transistor and the sixth transistor comprises a back gate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2019
From: TAKAHASHI, KEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048519/0636 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-247133 · Dec 18, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15375466 · Dec 12, 2016
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