# US 2024/0178360 A1 · Display apparatus and electronic device

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- Number: US 2024/0178360 A1
- Document ID: US20240178360A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/274,263
- Filed: 2022-02-01
- Published: 2024-05-30
- Earliest claimed: 2021-02-12
- Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI; Hajime KIMURA; Takayuki IKEDA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240178360A1

## CPC

- G09G 3/32: semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED]
- G09G 3/30: using electroluminescent panels
- G09G 3/3225: using an active matrix
- G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element
- H10H 20/857: Interconnections, e.g. lead-frames, bond wires or solder balls
- H10W 90/00: Package configurations
- G09F 9/30: in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements (panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell controlling light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. electro-optical or magneto-optical cell, G02F1/00)
- G09F 9/33: being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes
- G09G 3/20: for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters}
- G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections
- G09G 2300/0452: Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components
- G09G 2300/0842: forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor
- G09G 2300/0852: being a dynamic memory with more than one capacitor
- G09G 2310/08: Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery
- G09G 2330/021: Power management, e.g. power saving
- H05B 33/02: Details
- H05B 33/06: Electrode terminals
- H05B 33/12: Light sources with substantially two-dimensional [2D] radiating surfaces
- H05B 33/14: characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the electroluminescent material {, or by the simultaneous addition of the electroluminescent material in or onto the light source}
- H10D 30/67: Thin-film transistors [TFT] {(Stacked nanowire, nanosheet or nanoribbon FETs H10D30/501)}
- H10D 84/00: Integrated devices formed in or on semiconductor substrates that comprise only semiconducting layers, e.g. on Si wafers or on GaAs-on-Si wafers
- H10D 84/0126: {the components including insulated gates, e.g. IGFETs}
- H10D 84/038: {using silicon technology, e.g. SiGe}
- H10D 84/08: using combinations of technologies, e.g. using both Si and SiC technologies or using both Si and Group III-V technologies
- H10D 84/83: of only insulated-gate FETs [IGFET]
- H10D 88/00: Three-dimensional [3D] integrated devices
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)
- H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS
- H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

## Abstract

A novel display apparatus that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The display apparatus includes a first pixel set, a second pixel set, a first conductive film, and a second conductive film; the first pixel set includes a first light-emitting device set and a first pixel circuit set; the first pixel circuit set includes a first group of pixel circuits; and the first group of pixel circuits include a first pixel circuit. The second pixel set includes a second light-emitting device set and a second pixel circuit set; the second light-emitting device set is electrically connected to the second pixel circuit set; the second pixel circuit set includes a second group of pixel circuits; and the second group of pixel circuits include a second pixel circuit. The first conductive film is electrically connected to the first group of pixel circuits and the second group of pixel circuits, and the second conductive film is electrically connected to the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display apparatus comprising:
a first pixel set;
a second pixel set;
a third pixel set;
a first conductive film; and
a second conductive film,
wherein the first pixel set comprises a first light-emitting device set, a first pad, a second pad, a conductive material, and a first pixel circuit set,
wherein the first light-emitting device set is electrically connected to the first pad,
wherein the first pad overlaps with the second pad,
wherein the conductive material is sandwiched between the first pad and the second pad,
wherein the conductive material electrically connects the first pad and the second pad,
wherein the second pad is electrically connected to the first pixel circuit set,
wherein the first pixel circuit set comprises a first group of pixel circuits,
wherein the first group of pixel circuits comprise a first pixel circuit,
wherein the second pixel set comprises a second light-emitting device set and a second pixel circuit set,
wherein the second light-emitting device set is electrically connected to the second pixel circuit set,
wherein the second pixel circuit set comprises a second group of pixel circuits,
wherein the second group of pixel circuits comprise a second pixel circuit,
wherein the third pixel set comprises a third light-emitting device set and a third pixel circuit set,
wherein the third light-emitting device set is electrically connected to the third pixel circuit set,
wherein the first conductive film is electrically connected to the first group of pixel circuits and the second group of pixel circuits, and
wherein the second conductive film is electrically connected to the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit.

### Claim 2

A display apparatus comprising:
a first pixel set;
a second pixel set;
a third pixel set;
a first conductive film; and
a third conductive film,
wherein the first pixel set comprises a first light-emitting device set, a first pad, a second pad, a conductive material, and a first pixel circuit set,
wherein the first light-emitting device set is electrically connected to the first pad,
wherein the first pad overlaps with the second pad,
wherein the conductive material is sandwiched between the first pad and the second pad,
wherein the conductive material electrically connects the first pad and the second pad,
wherein the second pad is electrically connected to the first pixel circuit set,
wherein the first pixel circuit set comprises a first group of pixel circuits,
wherein the first group of pixel circuits comprise a first pixel circuit,
wherein the second pixel set comprises a second light-emitting device set and a second pixel circuit set,
wherein the second light-emitting device set is electrically connected to the second pixel circuit set,
wherein the second pixel circuit set comprises a second group of pixel circuits,
wherein the second group of pixel circuits comprise a second pixel circuit,
wherein the third pixel set comprises a third light-emitting device set and a third pixel circuit set,
wherein the third light-emitting device set is electrically connected to the third pixel circuit set,
wherein the third pixel circuit set comprises a third group of pixel circuits,
wherein the third group of pixel circuits comprise a third pixel circuit,
wherein the first conductive film is electrically connected to the first group of pixel circuits and the second group of pixel circuits, and
wherein the third conductive film is electrically connected to the first pixel circuit and the third pixel circuit.

### Claim 3

A display apparatus comprising:
a first pixel set;
a second pixel set;
a third pixel set;
a first conductive film;
a fourth conductive film; and
a fifth conductive film,
wherein the first pixel set comprises a first light-emitting device set, a first pad, a second pad, a conductive material, and a first pixel circuit set,
wherein the first light-emitting device set is electrically connected to the first pad,
wherein the first pad overlaps with the second pad,
wherein the conductive material is sandwiched between the first pad and the second pad,
wherein the conductive material electrically connects the first pad and the second pad,
wherein the second pad is electrically connected to the first pixel circuit set,
wherein the first pixel circuit set comprises a first group of pixel circuits,
wherein the first group of pixel circuits comprise a first pixel circuit,
wherein the second pixel set comprises a second light-emitting device set and a second pixel circuit set,
wherein the second light-emitting device set is electrically connected to the second pixel circuit set,
wherein the second pixel circuit set comprises a second group of pixel circuits,
wherein the second group of pixel circuits comprise a second pixel circuit,
wherein the third pixel set comprises a third light-emitting device set and a third pixel circuit set,
wherein the third light-emitting device set is electrically connected to the third pixel circuit set,
wherein the third pixel circuit set comprises a third group of pixel circuits,
wherein the third group of pixel circuits comprise a third pixel circuit,
wherein the first conductive film is electrically connected to the first group of pixel circuits and the second group of pixel circuits,
wherein the fourth conductive film is electrically connected to the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit, and
wherein the fifth conductive film is electrically connected to the first pixel circuit and the third pixel circuit.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a sixth conductive film,
wherein the first light-emitting device set comprises a first light-emitting device,
wherein the second light-emitting device set comprises a second light-emitting device, and
wherein the sixth conductive film is electrically connected to the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a seventh conductive film,
wherein the first light-emitting device set comprises a first light-emitting device,
wherein the third light-emitting device set comprises a third light-emitting device, and
wherein the seventh conductive film is electrically connected to the first light-emitting device and the third light-emitting device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The display apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein the first light-emitting device is a light-emitting diode.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an eighth conductive film and a ninth conductive film,
wherein the first pixel circuit comprises a first switch, a second switch, a transistor, a capacitor, and a node,
wherein the first switch comprises a first terminal electrically connected to the eighth conductive film and a second terminal electrically connected to the node, and is configured to control an on/off state on the basis of a potential of the first conductive film,
wherein the transistor comprises a gate electrode electrically connected to the node and a first electrode electrically connected to the ninth conductive film,
wherein the capacitor comprises a conductive film electrically connected to the node and a conductive film electrically connected to the ninth conductive film, and
wherein the second switch comprises a first terminal electrically connected to a second electrode of the transistor and a second terminal electrically connected to the second pad, and is configured to control an on/off state on the basis of a second selection signal.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The display apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a first driver circuit,
wherein the first driver circuit supplies a first selection signal to the first conductive film,
wherein the first driver circuit supplies a second selection signal, and
wherein the first driver circuit controls a potential of the sixth conductive film.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a first functional layer and a second functional layer,
wherein the first functional layer comprises the first pixel circuit set and the second pad,
wherein the second functional layer overlaps with the first functional layer, and
wherein the second functional layer comprises the first light-emitting device set and the first pad.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The display apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a third functional layer,
wherein the third functional layer comprises a region where the first functional layer is sandwiched between the second functional layer and the third functional layer,
wherein the third functional layer comprises a second driver circuit, and
wherein the second driver circuit is configured to supply an image signal.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

An electronic device comprising:
an arithmetic portion; and
the display apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the arithmetic portion generates image information, and
wherein the display apparatus displays the image information.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

An electronic device comprising:
the display apparatus according to claim 10; and
an arithmetic portion,
wherein the third functional layer comprises the arithmetic portion,
wherein the arithmetic portion generates image information, and
wherein the display apparatus displays the image information.
