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US 10,074,687 B2Granted
Semiconductor device and electronic device
AssigneeSemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshiyuki Kurokawa
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Abstract
A semiconductor device including pixels arranged in a matrix of n rows and m columns, in which the pixels in the m-th column are shielded from light, is provided.
Claims10
A semiconductor device comprising:
- memory elements arranged in a matrix of n rows and m columns, where each of n and m is a natural number of 2 or more memory elements each including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a first capacitor;
- a first circuit;
- and
- a second circuit,
- wherein one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the second transistor,
- wherein the gate electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the first capacitor,
- wherein the other electrode of the first capacitor is electrically connected to a first wiring provided in each row,
- wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a second wiring provided in each row,
- wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a third wiring provided in each column,
- wherein one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to a fourth wiring provided in each column,
- wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to a fifth wiring provided in each column,
- wherein the first wiring is capable of supplying a different potential to each row,
- wherein the fifth wirings electrically connected to the memory elements in the first to (m−1)th columns are each electrically connected to the first circuit,
- wherein the fifth wiring electrically connected to memory elements in an m-th column is electrically connected to a first power supply line,
- wherein one input terminal of the second circuit is electrically connected to the fifth wirings electrically connected to the memory elements in the first to (m−1)th columns and the first circuit through a first current mirror circuit, and
- wherein the other input terminal of the second circuit is electrically connected to the fifth wiring electrically connected to the memory elements in the m-th column and the first circuit through a second current mirror circuit.
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A semiconductor device comprising:
- cells arranged in a matrix of n rows and m columns, where each of n and m is a natural number of 2 or more,
- wherein the cells are configured to output pulse, depending on a threshold, so that the semiconductor device performs image processing by vector matrix multiplication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.