IP Library Granted Patent US 8,981,372
Granted Patent B2
US 8,981,372 · App. 14/018,776 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Display device and electronic appliance

Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L29/78669H01L27/1255H01L27/1225
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Patent No.
US 8,981,372
App. No.
14/018,776
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device with low manufacturing cost, with low power consumption, capable of being formed over a large substrate, with a high aperture ratio of a pixel, and with high reliability is provided. The display device includes a transistor electrically connected to a light-transmitting pixel electrode and a capacitor. The transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film over the gate electrode, and a first multilayer film including an oxide semiconductor over the gate insulating film. The capacitor includes the pixel electrode and a conductive electrode formed of a second multilayer film which overlaps with the pixel electrode with a predetermined distance therebetween, and has the same layer structure as the first multilayer film. A channel formation region of the transistor is at least one layer, which is not in contact with the gate insulating film, of the first multilayer film.

Claims (50)

1. A display device comprising:

a transistor comprising:

a gate electrode;

a first insulating film over the gate electrode; and

a first multilayer film including an oxide semiconductor over the first insulating film,

a light-transmitting pixel electrode electrically connected to the transistor; and

a capacitor comprising:

a second multilayer film as a capacitor electrode over the first insulating film; and

part of the light-transmitting pixel electrode overlapping with the second multilayer film,

wherein a channel formation region in the first multilayer film is not in contact with the first insulating film, and

wherein carrier density of the second multilayer film is higher than carrier density of the first multilayer film.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second multilayer film contains an impurity imparting n-type conductivity at a concentration higher than that in the first multilayer film.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first multilayer film comprises a first oxide layer over and in contact with the first insulating film and a second oxide layer over and in contact with the first oxide layer, and

wherein the second oxide layer includes the channel formation region.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein concentration of aluminum, silicon, titanium, gallium, germanium, yttrium, zirconium, tin, lanthanum, cerium, or hafnium in the first oxide layer is 1.5 times or more as high as concentration in the second oxide layer.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second insulating film between the part of the light-transmitting pixel electrode and the second multilayer film.

6. An electronic appliance comprising the display device according to claim 1 .

7. A display device comprising:

a transistor comprising:

a gate electrode;

a first insulating film over the gate electrode; and

a first multilayer film comprising a first oxide layer over and in contact with the first insulating film and a second oxide layer over and in contact with the first oxide layer,

a light-transmitting pixel electrode electrically connected to the transistor; and

a capacitor comprising:

a second multilayer film as a capacitor electrode over the first insulating film; and

part of the light-transmitting pixel electrode overlapping with the second multilayer film,

wherein the second oxide layer includes a channel formation region, and

wherein carrier density of the second multilayer film is higher than carrier density of the first multilayer film.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the second multilayer film contains an impurity imparting n-type conductivity at a concentration higher than that in the first multilayer film.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the second multilayer film comprises the first oxide layer and the second oxide layer.

10. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein concentration of aluminum, silicon, titanium, gallium, germanium, yttrium, zirconium, tin, lanthanum, cerium, or hafnium in the first oxide layer is 1.5 times or more as high as concentration in the second oxide layer.

11. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising a second insulating film between the part of the light-transmitting pixel electrode and the second multilayer film.

12. An electronic appliance comprising the display device according to claim 7 .

13. A display device comprising:

a transistor comprising:

a gate electrode;

a first insulating film over the gate electrode; and

a first multilayer film comprising a first oxide layer over and in contact with the first insulating film, a second oxide layer over and in contact with the first oxide layer, and a third oxide layer over and in contact with the second oxide layer,

a light-transmitting pixel electrode electrically connected to the transistor; and

a capacitor comprising:

a second multilayer film as a capacitor electrode over the first insulating film; and

part of the light-transmitting pixel electrode overlapping with the second multilayer film,

wherein the second oxide layer includes a channel formation region, and

wherein carrier density of the second multilayer film is higher than carrier density of the first multilayer film.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second multilayer film contains an impurity imparting n-type conductivity at a concentration higher than that in the first multilayer film.

15. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second multilayer film comprises the first oxide layer, the second oxide layer and the third oxide layer.

16. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein concentration of aluminum, silicon, titanium, gallium, germanium, yttrium, zirconium, tin, lanthanum, cerium, or hafnium in each of the first oxide layer and the third oxide layer is 1.5 times or more as high as concentration in the second oxide layer.

17. The display device according to claim 13 , further comprising a second insulating film between the part of the light-transmitting pixel electrode and the second multilayer film.

18. An electronic appliance comprising the display device according to claim 13 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2013
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031273/0133 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-202124 · Sep 13, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140070224A1 · Mar 13, 2014