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Granted Patent B2
US 11,670,344 · App. 17/540,314 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Tomoaki Atsumi (Kanagawa, JP); Kiyoshi Kato (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuya Onuki (Kanagawa, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G11C7/04G11C5/14G11C11/4074H01L27/108H01L27/1225H01L29/221
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Patent No.
US 11,670,344
App. No.
17/540,314
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device with a high on-state current and high operating speed is provided. The semiconductor device includes a transistor and a first circuit. The transistor includes a first gate and a second gate, and the first gate and the second gate include a region where they overlap each other with a semiconductor layer therebetween. The first circuit includes a temperature sensor and a voltage control circuit. The temperature sensor has a function of obtaining temperature information and outputting the temperature information to the voltage control circuit. The voltage control circuit has a function of converting the temperature information into a control voltage. The first circuit applies the control voltage to the second gate.

Claims (19)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor comprising a first gate and a second gate;

a voltage generation circuit electrically connected to the second gate of the transistor;

a capacitor, a first electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to the second gate of the transistor; and

a voltage control circuit electrically connected to a second electrode of the capacitor,

wherein the first gate and the second gate overlap each other with a semiconductor layer therebetween, and

wherein the voltage control circuit is configured to convert a temperature information into a control voltage.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage control circuit comprises a microcomputer or an amplifier.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a metal oxide.

4. A semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor comprising a first gate and a second gate;

a voltage generation circuit electrically connected to the second gate of the transistor;

a capacitor, a first electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to the second gate of the transistor;

a voltage control circuit electrically connected to a second electrode of the capacitor; and

a temperature sensor configured to obtain a temperature information,

wherein the first gate and the second gate overlap each other with a semiconductor layer therebetween, and

wherein the voltage control circuit is configured to convert the temperature information into a control voltage.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the voltage control circuit comprises a microcomputer or an amplifier.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a metal oxide.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2021
From: ATSUMI, TOMOAKI; KATO, KIYOSHI; ONUKI, TATSUYA; YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058265/0582 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2017-236145 · Dec 8, 2017 · national
JP 2018-027585 · Feb 20, 2018 · national
JP 2018-131207 · Jul 11, 2018 · national
JP 2018-167559 · Sep 7, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16764955
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