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Granted Patent B2
US 11,605,696 · App. 17/104,235 · Granted Mar 14, 2023

Display device and semiconductor device

Inventor: Mizuki Sato (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3276H01L27/124H01L27/1222H01L27/1251H01L27/1255H01L27/156H01L27/3258H01L27/3262H01L27/3265H01L29/786H01L29/78654H01L29/78663H01L29/78672H01L29/78696G02F1/1362H01L27/10805H01L27/3244
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Patent No.
US 11,605,696
App. No.
17/104,235
Granted
Mar 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object is to provide a display device with a high aperture ratio or a semiconductor device in which the area of an element is large. A channel formation region of a TFT with a multi-gate structure is provided under a wiring that is provided between adjacent pixel electrodes (or electrodes of an element). In addition, a channel width direction of each of a plurality of channel formation regions is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the pixel electrode. In addition, when a channel width is longer than a channel length, the area of the channel formation region can be increased.

Claims (55)

1. A display device comprising a pixel, the pixel comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first channel formation region in a semiconductor layer;

a second transistor;

a capacitor; and

a pixel electrode,

wherein one of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the pixel electrode,

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

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor,

wherein the semiconductor layer has a bent shape in a plane view,

wherein the first wiring comprises a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer with a conductive layer therebetween,

wherein the second wiring comprises a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer, and

wherein the conductive layer serves as a gate electrode of the first transistor and one electrode of the capacitor.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the semiconductor layer comprises polycrystalline silicon.

3. A display device comprising a pixel, the pixel comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first channel formation region;

a second transistor;

a capacitor; and

an EL element comprising a pixel electrode, wherein one of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the pixel electrode through a contact hole,

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

wherein a semiconductor layer comprises the first channel formation region of the first transistor,

wherein the semiconductor layer has a bent shape in a plane view,

wherein the first wiring comprises a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer with a conductive layer therebetween,

wherein the conductive layer serves as a gate electrode of the first transistor and one electrode of the capacitor,

wherein the first wiring extends in a first direction,

wherein the second wiring extends in the first direction,

wherein the first channel formation region of the first transistor comprises a region in which carriers flow in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and

wherein the first wiring is positioned between the contact hole and the second wiring in the plane view.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the bent shape of the semiconductor layer comprises a region extending in the first direction and a second region extending in the second direction.

5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein a width of the first wiring is larger than a width of the second wiring.

6. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the second wiring comprises a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer.

7. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the semiconductor layer comprises polycrystalline silicon.

8. A display device comprising a pixel, the pixel comprising:

a first transistor comprising a first channel formation region;

a second transistor comprising a second channel formation region;

a capacitor; and

an EL element comprising a pixel electrode,

wherein one of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the pixel electrode through a contact hole,

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

wherein a semiconductor layer comprises the first channel formation region of the first transistor,

wherein the semiconductor layer has a bent shape in a plane view,

wherein the first wiring comprises a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer with a conductive layer therebetween,

wherein the conductive layer serves as a gate electrode of the first transistor and one electrode of the capacitor,

wherein the first wiring extends in a first direction,

wherein the second wiring extends in the first direction,

wherein the first channel formation region of the first transistor comprises a region in which carriers flow in a second direction intersecting with the first direction,

wherein the first wiring is positioned between the contact hole and the second wiring in the plane view, and

wherein the second channel formation region of the second transistor comprises a region in which carriers flow in the first direction.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the bent shape of the semiconductor layer comprises a region extending in the first direction and a second region extending in the second direction.

10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein a width of the first wiring is larger than a width of the second wiring.

11. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the second wiring comprises a region overlapping with the semiconductor layer.

12. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the semiconductor layer comprises polycrystalline silicon.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2020
From: SATO, MIZUKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054472/0670 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-199292 · Jul 21, 2006 · national
Continuity (13)
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