IP Library Granted Patent US 9,799,267
Granted Patent B2
US 9,799,267 · App. 15/441,965 · Granted Oct 24, 2017

Display device and electronic apparatus

Inventor: Takeshi Nomura (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
G09G3/3233G09G3/3266G09G3/3283H01L27/1244H01L27/3211H01L27/3262H01L27/3276G09G3/006G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0809G09G2310/08G09G2320/0209G09G2320/0626
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Patent No.
US 9,799,267
App. No.
15/441,965
Granted
Oct 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an active matrix display device using an organic EL panel including: a plurality of pixel circuits each including an organic light emitting diode arranged in a pixel region of the organic EL panel and a plurality of transistors configured to drive the organic light emitting diode; a plurality of scanning lines arranged along a first direction in the organic EL panel; and a plurality of data lines arranged along a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. In at least one set of pixel circuits that are adjacent in the first direction, gate electrodes and impurity diffusion regions of the plurality of transistors have an axisymmetric layout. Gate electrodes of at least one set of transistors that are symmetrically arranged in the at least one set of pixel circuits are integrated.

Claims (73)

1. A light emitting device, comprising:

a first data line;

a second data line;

a control line;

a first potential line and a second potential line that a first potential is applied to;

a first pixel circuit comprising:

a first light emitting element having a first anode;

a first transistor that supplies a first current to the first light emitting element in accordance with a first pixel signal from the first data line;

a second transistor connected between the first anode and the first potential line;

a second pixel circuit comprising:

a second light emitting element having a second anode;

a third transistor that supplies a second current to the second light emitting element in accordance with a second pixel signal from the second data line;

a fourth transistor connected between the second anode and the second potential line,

wherein the first data line and the second data line extend in a first direction,

wherein the second transistor and the fourth transistor have an integrated gate electrode connected to the control line at one connection point, and

wherein, in the first direction, the integrated gate electrode forms a mirror image about the connection point.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second transistor and the fourth transistor are disposed in linear symmetry for the first direction.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a shielding line arranged between the first data line and the second data line.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first transistor and the third transistor are disposed in linear symmetry for the first direction.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first data line, the second data line, the control line, the first pixel circuit, and the second pixel circuit are formed on a semiconductor substrate.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first light emitting element and second light emitting element are organic light emitting diodes.

7. A light emitting device, comprising:

a first data line;

a second data line;

a control line;

a first pixel circuit comprising:

a first light emitting element having a first anode;

a first transistor that supplies a first current to the first light emitting element in accordance with a first pixel signal from the first data line and that has a first gate and a first drain;

a second transistor connected between the first gate and the first drain;

a second pixel circuit comprising:

a second light emitting element;

a third transistor that supplies a second current to the second light emitting element in accordance with a second pixel signal from the second data line and that has a second gate and a second drain;

a fourth transistor connected between the second gate and the second drain,

wherein the first data line and the second data line extend in a first direction,

wherein the second transistor and the fourth transistor have an integrated gate electrode connected to the control line at one connection point, and

wherein, in the first direction, the integrated gate electrode forms a mirror image about the connection point.

8. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the second transistor and the fourth transistor are disposed in linear symmetry for the first direction.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a shielding line arranged between the first data line and the second data line.

10. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first transistor and the third transistor are disposed in linear symmetry for the first direction.

11. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first data line, the second data line, the control line, the first pixel circuit, and the second pixel circuit are formed on a semiconductor substrate.

12. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first light emitting element and second light emitting element are organic light emitting diodes.

13. A light emitting device, comprising:

a first data line;

a second data line;

a scanning line;

a first pixel circuit comprising:

a first light emitting element having a first anode;

a first transistor that supplies a first current to the first light emitting element in accordance with a first pixel signal from the first data line and that has a first gate;

a second transistor connected between the first gate and the first data line;

a second pixel circuit comprising:

a second light emitting element;

a third transistor that supplies a second current to the second light emitting element in accordance with a second pixel signal from the second data line and that has a second gate;

a fourth transistor connected between the second gate and the second data line,

wherein the first data line and the second data line extend in a first direction,

wherein the second transistor and the fourth transistor have an integrated gate electrode connected to the scanning line at one connection point, and

wherein, in the first direction, the integrated gate electrode forms a mirror image about the connection point.

14. An electronic apparatus comprising the display device according to claim 1 .

15. An electronic apparatus comprising the display device according to claim 2 .

16. An electronic apparatus comprising the display device according to claim 4 .

17. An electronic apparatus comprising the display device according to claim 7 .

18. An electronic apparatus comprising the display device according to claim 8 .

19. An electronic apparatus comprising the display device according to claim 10 .

20. An electronic apparatus comprising the display device according to claim 13 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2026
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: SHIHENG CREATION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 074265/0049 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-138659 · Jul 2, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15164290 · May 25, 2016
Continuation 14322408 · Jul 2, 2014
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