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US 7,499,121 · App. 11/314,955 · Granted Mar 3, 2009

Display capable of inhibiting instable operation of a transitor resulting from fluctuation of the potential of a corresponding shielding film

Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,499,121
App. No.
11/314,955
Granted
Mar 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display capable of inhibiting a transistor from an instable operation resulting from fluctuation of the potential of a shielding film and suppressing occurrence of a malfunction is provided. This display comprises a first region including a first transistor, a first shielding film provided on the first region, arranged on a region corresponding to the first transistor and supplied with a first potential, a second region including a second transistor and a second shielding film provided on the second region, arranged on a region corresponding to the second transistor and supplied with a second potential.

Claims (72)

1. A display comprising:

a first region having a prescribed function and including a first transistor;

a first shielding film provided on said first region, arranged on a region corresponding to said first transistor and supplied with a first potential;

a second region having a prescribed function and including a second transistor; and

a second shielding film provided on said second region, arranged on a region corresponding to said second transistor and supplied with a second potential, wherein

said first region including said first transistor includes a first circuit part having said prescribed function,

said second region including said second transistor includes a second circuit part having said prescribed function,

said first circuit part includes a pixel part having said first transistor,

said second circuit part includes a peripheral circuit part, provided around a display part including said pixel part, having said second transistor,

said first shielding film includes a pixel part shielding film arranged under said first transistor included in said pixel part,

said second shielding film includes a peripheral circuit part shielding film arranged under said second transistor included in said peripheral circuit part, and

said first potential supplied to said pixel part shielding film is identical to a potential applied to the gate electrode of corresponding said first transistor.

2. The display according to claim 1 , wherein

said pixel part shielding film is electrically connected to the gate electrode of said first transistor.

3. A display comprising:

a first region having a prescribed function and including a first transistor;

a first shielding film provided on said first region, arranged on a region corresponding to said first transistor and supplied with a first potential;

a second region having a prescribed function and including a second transistor; and

a second shielding film provided on said second region, arranged on a region corresponding to said second transistor and supplied with a second potential, wherein

said first region including said first transistor includes a first circuit part having said prescribed function,

said second region including said second transistor includes a second circuit part having said prescribed function,

said first circuit part includes a pixel part having said first transistor,

said second circuit part includes a peripheral circuit part, provided around a display part including said pixel part, having said second transistor,

said first shielding film includes a pixel part shielding film arranged under said first transistor included in said pixel part,

said second shielding film includes a peripheral circuit part shielding film arranged under said second transistor included in said peripheral circuit part, and

said first potential supplied to said pixel part shielding film is identical to a potential applied to either the source region or the drain region of corresponding said first transistor.

4. The display according to claim 3 , wherein

said pixel part shielding film is electrically connected to either the source region or the drain region of said first transistor.

5. A display comprising:

a first region having a prescribed function and including a first transistor;

a first shielding film provided on said first region, arranged on a region corresponding to said first transistor and supplied with a first potential;

a second region having a prescribed function and including a second transistor; and

a second shielding film provided on said second region, arranged on a region corresponding to said second transistor and supplied with a second potential, wherein

said first region including said first transistor includes a first circuit part having said prescribed function,

said second region including said second transistor includes a second circuit part having said prescribed function,

said first circuit part includes a pixel part having said first transistor,

said second circuit part includes a peripheral circuit part, provided around a display part including said pixel part, having said second transistor,

said first shielding film includes a pixel part shielding film arranged under said first transistor included in said pixel part,

said second shielding film includes a peripheral circuit part shielding film arranged under said second transistor included in said peripheral circuit part,

said pixel part includes a p-channel transistor, and

said first potential supplied to said pixel part shielding film arranged under said p-channel transistor of said pixel part is a positive potential applied to the drain region of said p-channel transistor.

6. A display comprising:

a first region having a prescribed function and including a first transistor;

a first shielding film provided on said first region, arranged on a region corresponding to said first transistor and supplied with a first potential;

a second region having a prescribed function and including a second transistor;

a second shielding film provided on said second region, arranged on a region corresponding to said second transistor and supplied with a second potential;

a first gate insulating film of said first transistor having a first thickness;

a first insulating film, provided between said first transistor and said first shielding film, having a second thickness of at least three times said first thickness of said first gate insulating film;

a second gate insulating film of said second transistor having a third thickness; and

a second insulating film, provided between said second transistor and said second shielding film, having a fourth thickness of at least three times said third thickness of said second gate insulating film.

7. The display according to claim 6 , wherein

said first gate insulating film and said first insulating film are made of the same material, and

said second gate insulating film and said second insulating film are made of the same material.

8. A display comprising:

a first region having a prescribed function and including a first transistor;

a first shielding film provided on said first region, arranged on a region corresponding to said first transistor and supplied with a first potential;

a second region having a prescribed function and including a second transistor; and

a second shielding film provided on said second region, arranged on a region corresponding to said second transistor and supplied with a second potential, wherein

said first potential is an intermediate potential between a positive potential and a negative potential supplied to the gate electrode of said first transistor, and

said second potential is an intermediate potential between a positive potential and a negative potential supplied to the gate electrode of said second transistor.

9. The display according to claim 8 , further comprising a potential generation circuit part for generating said intermediate potentials between said positive potentials and said negative potentials.

10. The display according to claim 8 , wherein

at least either said first region or said second region includes both of an n-channel transistor and a p-channel transistor.

11. A display comprising:

a first region having a prescribed function and including a first transistor;

a first shielding film provided on said first region, arranged on a region corresponding to said first transistor and supplied with a first potential;

a second region having a prescribed function and including a second transistor; and

a second shielding film provided on said second region, arranged on a region corresponding to said second transistor and supplied with a second potential, wherein

said first region includes a pixel part having said first transistor and a first peripheral circuit part having said first transistor,

said second region includes a second peripheral circuit part having said second transistor,

said first shielding film is arranged under said first transistor included in said pixel part and said first transistor included in said first peripheral circuit part, and

said second shielding film is arranged under said second transistor included in said second peripheral circuit part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2006
From: NOGUCHI, YUKIHIRO; MATSUMOTO, SHOICHIRO; SOTANI, NAOYA; IDE, DAISUKE; KOBAYASHI, YASUTAKA; ISHIZUKA, YOSHIYUKI; HASEGAWA, ISAO
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018078/0911 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2004-372448 · Dec 24, 2004 · national
JP 2005-365699 · Dec 20, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060250592A1 · Nov 9, 2006