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US 11,205,387 · App. 16/810,101 · Granted Dec 21, 2021

Display device and electronic device

Inventors: Hidetomo Kobayashi (Isehara, JP); Kouhei Toyotaka (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,205,387
App. No.
16/810,101
Granted
Dec 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device that can be easily and more flexibly designed is provided. The display device includes a pixel circuit and a driver circuit in a display portion. The driver circuit includes a plurality of pulse output circuits. Each of the plurality of pulse output circuits has a function of driving a gate line. The pixel circuit is electrically connected to the gate line. Each of the plurality of pulse output circuits includes a first transistor. The pixel circuit includes a second transistor. A layer including the second transistor is over a layer including the first transistor, and the first transistor and the second transistor overlap with each other.

Claims (31)

1. A display device comprising:

a first pixel circuit comprising a first transistor;

a second pixel circuit, directly adjacent to the first pixel circuit, comprising a second transistor; and

a driver circuit comprising a third transistor and a fourth transistor,

wherein a second layer comprising the first transistor and the second transistor is stacked over a first layer comprising the third transistor and the fourth transistor,

wherein the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit overlap the driver circuit,

wherein the third transistor and the second pixel circuit do not overlap each other, and

wherein the fourth transistor and the second pixel circuit overlap with each other.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor have the same polarity.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit further comprises a light-emitting element.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the driver circuit comprises a pulse output circuit comprising the third transistor and the fourth transistor.

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

6. A display device comprising:

a first pixel circuit comprising a first transistor;

a second pixel circuit, directly adjacent to the first pixel circuit, comprising a second transistor; and

a driver circuit comprising a third transistor and a fourth transistor,

wherein a second layer comprising the first transistor and the second transistor is stacked over a first layer comprising the third transistor and the fourth transistor,

wherein the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit overlap the driver circuit,

wherein the third transistor and the second pixel circuit do not overlap each other,

wherein the fourth transistor and the second pixel circuit overlap with each other, and

wherein each of the first transistor and the second transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor have the same polarity.

8. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein each of the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit further comprises a light-emitting element.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the driver circuit comprises a pulse output circuit comprising the third transistor and the fourth transistor.

10. An electronic device comprising the display device according to claim 6 .

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the third transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer,

wherein the fourth transistor comprises a second semiconductor layer, and

wherein an area of the first semiconductor layer is smaller than an area of the second semiconductor layer.

12. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the third transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer,

wherein the fourth transistor comprises a second semiconductor layer, and

wherein an area of the first semiconductor layer is smaller than an area of the second semiconductor layer.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-144075 · Jul 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15651192 · Jul 17, 2017
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