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Granted Patent B2
US 11,513,409 · App. 17/042,326 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Display device

Inventors: Kouhei Toyotaka (Kanagawa, JP); Koji Kusunoki (Kanagawa, JP)
G02F1/1368H01L27/1225
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Patent No.
US 11,513,409
App. No.
17/042,326
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A highly visible display device is provided. The display device includes a transistor, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer. The channel width of the transistor is greater than or equal to 30 μm and less than or equal to 1000 μm. The transistor includes 2 to 50 semiconductor layers, each of which includes a first region, a second region, and a channel formation region. The channel formation region has a region overlaps with the first conductive layer. The first region overlaps with the second conductive layer and does not overlap with the first conductive layer. The second region overlaps with the third conductive layer and does not overlap with the first conductive layer. The third conductive layer has a function of transmitting visible light, and the second region and the third conductive layer in a stacked state have a function of transmitting visible light.

Claims (56)

1. A display device comprising a transistor, an insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer,

wherein a channel width of the transistor is greater than or equal to 30 μm and less than or equal to 1000 μm,

wherein the transistor comprises a plurality of semiconductor layers,

wherein the number of the plurality of semiconductor layers is greater than 2 and less than or equal to 50,

wherein each of the plurality of semiconductor layers comprises a channel formation region, a first region, and a second region,

wherein the channel formation region of each of the plurality of semiconductor layers is between the first region and the second region when seen from above,

wherein the channel formation region of each of the plurality of semiconductor layers comprises a metal oxide,

wherein the metal oxide comprises at least indium or zinc,

wherein the channel formation region of each of the plurality of semiconductor layers comprises a region overlapping with the first conductive layer,

wherein the second conductive layer overlaps with the first region,

wherein the third conductive layer overlaps with the second region,

wherein the first region and the second region do not overlap with the first conductive layer,

wherein the insulating layer is over the second conductive layer,

wherein the third conductive layer is over the insulating layer,

wherein the third conductive layer is in contact with at least one of the plurality of semiconductor layers,

wherein the third conductive layer is configured to transmit visible light, and

wherein the second region and the third conductive layer in a stacked state are configured to transmit visible light.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a width of the channel formation region of each of the plurality of semiconductor layers is greater than or equal to 2 μm and less than or equal to 300 μm.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region is one of a source region and a drain region of the transistor,

wherein the second region is the other of the source region and the drain region of the transistor,

wherein the first region and the second region have electrical resistance lower than electrical resistance of the channel formation region, and

wherein the first region and the second region comprise boron or phosphorus.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is configured to perform display by a field-sequential driving method.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a liquid crystal element,

wherein the liquid crystal element is a light-scattering liquid crystal element, and

wherein the liquid crystal element scatters light when being on and transmits light when being off.

6. A display device comprising a transistor, an insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer,

wherein a channel width of the transistor is greater than or equal to 30 μm and less than or equal to 1000 μm,

wherein the transistor comprises a plurality of semiconductor layers,

wherein each of the plurality of semiconductor layers comprises a channel formation region, a first region, and a second region,

wherein the channel formation region of each of the plurality of semiconductor layers is between the first region and the second region when seen from above,

wherein the channel formation region of each of the plurality of semiconductor layers comprises a metal oxide,

wherein the metal oxide comprises at least indium or zinc,

wherein the channel formation region of each of the plurality of semiconductor layers comprises a region overlapping with the first conductive layer,

wherein the second conductive layer overlaps with the first region,

wherein the third conductive layer overlaps with the second region,

wherein the first region and the second region do not overlap with the first conductive layer,

wherein the insulating layer is over the second conductive layer,

wherein the third conductive layer is over the insulating layer,

wherein the third conductive layer is in contact with at least one of the plurality of semiconductor layers, and

wherein the third conductive layer is configured to transmit visible light.

7. The display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein a width of the channel formation region of each of the plurality of semiconductor layers is greater than or equal to 2 μm and less than or equal to 300 μm.

8. The display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first region is one of a source region and a drain region of the transistor,

wherein the second region is the other of the source region and the drain region of the transistor,

wherein the first region and the second region have electrical resistance lower than electrical resistance of the channel formation region, and

wherein the first region and the second region comprise boron or phosphorus.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the display device is configured to perform display by a field-sequential driving method.

10. The display device according to claim 6 , further comprising a liquid crystal element,

wherein the liquid crystal element is a light-scattering liquid crystal element, and

wherein the liquid crystal element scatters light when being on and transmits light when being off.

11. The display device according to claim 6 , further comprising a fourth conductive layer over the plurality of semiconductor layers,

wherein the second conductive layer overlaps with the fourth conductive layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2020
From: TOYOTAKA, KOUHEI; KUSUNOKI, KOJI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053899/0639 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-066787 · Mar 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210026176A1 · Jan 28, 2021
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