IP Library Granted Patent US 12,190,812
Granted Patent B2
US 12,190,812 · App. 18/283,844 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Display device comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a light-emitting element

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Kenichi Okazaki (Atsugi, JP); Koji Kusunoki (Isehara, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3233H10K59/1213G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0452G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2320/0233G09G2330/021
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Patent No.
US 12,190,812
App. No.
18/283,844
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device that has high display quality is provided. A highly reliable display device is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. A light-emitting element is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a first transistor. The other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a second transistor. A gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of a third transistor. A semiconductor layer of the second transistor and a semiconductor layer of the third transistor each include indium, zinc and a third metal. The ratio of the number of indium atoms to the total number of the indium atoms, zinc atoms, and atoms of the third metal in the semiconductor layer of the second transistor is higher than or equal to 30 atomic % and lower than or equal to 100 atomic %. The second transistor has a function of controlling the amount of light emission of the light-emitting element.

Claims (29)

1. A display device comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a light-emitting element,

wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor,

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

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

wherein a semiconductor layer of the second transistor comprises indium, zinc, and an element M,

wherein the element M is one or more kinds selected from gallium, aluminum, yttrium, tin, silicon, boron, copper, vanadium, beryllium, titanium, iron, nickel, germanium, zirconium, molybdenum, lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, magnesium, and cobalt,

wherein a semiconductor layer of the third transistor comprises indium, zinc and the element M,

wherein a ratio of the number of indium atoms to a total number of the indium atoms, zinc atoms, and atoms of the element M in the semiconductor layer of the second transistor is higher than or equal to 30 atomic % and lower than or equal to 100 atomic %,

wherein a ratio of the number of atoms of the element M to a total number of indium atoms, zinc atoms, and the atoms of the element M in the semiconductor layer of the third transistor is higher than that in the semiconductor layer of the second transistor, and

wherein the second transistor is configured to control the amount of light emission of the light-emitting element.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

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

wherein the ratio of the number of the indium atoms to the total number of the indium atoms, the zinc atoms, and the atoms of the element M in the semiconductor layer of the second transistor is higher than that in the semiconductor layer of the third transistor.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ratio of the number of the atoms of the element M to the total number of atoms of contained metal elements in the semiconductor layer of the third transistor is higher than or equal to 20 atomic % and lower than or equal to 60 atomic %.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a first wiring, a capacitor, and a driver circuit,

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

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

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring,

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

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

wherein the first wiring is configured to supply a video signal output from the driver circuit to the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor.

5. The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the display device is configured to write a potential to the gate of the second transistor by turning on the second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor and turning off the first transistor and the fifth transistor, and

wherein the display device is configured to retain the written potential by turning off the third transistor and the fourth transistor after the potential is written.

6. The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the display device is configured to write a potential to the gate of the second transistor by turning on the second transistor, the third transistor, and the fourth transistor and turning off the first transistor and the fifth transistor,

wherein the display device is configured to retain the written potential by turning off the third transistor and the fourth transistor after the potential is written, and

wherein the display device is configured to control the amount of light emission of the light-emitting element by turning on the first transistor, the second transistor, and the fifth transistor and flowing current through the light-emitting element, after the potential is retained.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2023
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; OKAZAKI, KENICHI; KUSUNOKI, KOJI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-072618 · Apr 22, 2021 · national
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