Display, array substrate, and display manufacturing method
AssigneeToshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorMakoto Shibusawa
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Abstract
Each pixel of a display includes a first thin film transistor whose source is connected to a first power supply terminal, a second thin film transistor which is different in conduction type from the first thin film transistor and whose source and drain are connected to the drain of the first thin film transistor and the first power supply terminal, respectively, an output control switch, and a display element connected in series with the output control switch between a second power supply terminal and the drain of the first thin film transistor.
Claims13
A display comprising an insulating substrate, pixels arranged in a matrix form on the insulating substrate, and video signal lines arranged correspondently with columns which the pixels form, wherein each of the pixels comprises:
- a first thin film transistor including a polycrystalline semiconductor layer in which source, drain and channel are formed, the source of the first thin film transistor being connected to a first power supply terminal;
- a second thin film transistor different in conduction type from the first thin film transistor and including a polycrystalline semiconductor layer in which source, drain and channel are formed, the source of the second thin film transistor being connected to the drain of the first thin film transistor, and the drain of the second thin film transistor being connected to the first power supply terminal;
- a first capacitor connected between a constant potential terminal and a gate of the first thin film transistor;
- a second capacitor connected between the source of the second thin film transistor and a gate of the second thin film transistor;
- switch group including a first diode-connecting switch and a video signal supply control switch and switching a connection state between first and second states, the first state being a state that the gate of the first thin film transistor, the drain of the first thin film transistor, and the video signal line are electrically connected to one another, and the second state being a state that the gate of the first thin film transistor, the drain of the first thin film transistor, and the video signal line are electrically disconnected from one another;
- a second diode-connecting switch connected between the source of the second thin film transistor and the gate of the second thin film transistor;
- an output control switch;
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- a display element, the display element and the output control switch being connected in series between a second power supply terminal and the drain of the first thin film transistor.
An array substrate comprising an insulating substrate, pixel circuits arranged in a matrix form on the insulating substrate, and video signal lines arranged correspondently with columns which the pixel circuits form, wherein each of the pixel circuits comprises:
- a first thin film transistor including a polycrystalline semiconductor layer in which source, drain and channel are formed, the source of the first thin film transistor being connected to a first power supply terminal;
- a second thin film transistor different in conduction type from the first thin film transistor and including a polycrystalline semiconductor layer in which source, drain and channel are formed, the source of the second thin film transistor being connected to the drain of the first thin film transistor, and the drain of the second thin film transistor being connected to the first power supply terminal;
- a first capacitor connected between a constant potential terminal and a gate of the first thin film transistor;
- a second capacitor connected between the source of the second thin film transistor and a gate of the second thin film transistor;
- switch group including a first diode-connecting switch and a video signal supply control switch and switching a connection state between first and second states, the first state being a state that the gate of the first thin film transistor, the drain of the first thin film transistor, and the video signal line are electrically connected to one another, and the second state being a state that the gate of the first thin film transistor, the drain of the first thin film transistor, and the video signal line are electrically disconnected from one another;
- a second diode-connecting switch connected between the source of the second thin film transistor and the gate of the second thin film transistor;
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- an output control switch which is to be connected in series with a display element between a second power supply terminal and the drain of the first thin film transistor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.