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US 7,746,311 B2Granted
Thin-film transistor circuit and a semiconductor display using the same
AssigneeSemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
InventorsShunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama
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Abstract
To provide thin-film transistor circuits used for a driving circuit that realizes a semiconductor display capable of producing an image with high resolution and high precision without image unevenness. TFTs with small channel widths are used to form an analog buffer which comprises a differential amplifier circuit and a current mirror circuit and which is used in a driving circuit of an active matrix semiconductor display. A plurality of such analog buffer circuits are connected in parallel to secure an analog buffer that has a sufficient current capacity.
Claims20
A semiconductor device comprising:
- n analog buffer circuits directly connected in parallel, wherein n is a natural number equal to or greater than 2;
- each of the n analog buffer circuits having a differential circuit and a current mirror circuit,
- wherein the differential circuit comprising a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, wherein one of source and drain of the first thin film transistor is electrically connected to one of source and drain of the second thin film transistor, and wherein the other one of source and drain of the second thin film transistor is directly connected to a gate electrode of the second thin film transistor,
- wherein the current mirror circuit comprising a third thin film transistor and a fourth thin film transistor, wherein one of source and drain of the third thin film transistor is electrically connected to one of source and drain of the fourth thin film transistor, and wherein the other one of source and drain of the third thin film transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the third thin film transistor,
- wherein the n analog buffer circuits are inputted a signal, simultaneously.
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A semiconductor device comprising:
- n analog buffer circuits directly connected in parallel, wherein n is a natural number equal to or greater than 2;
- each of the n analog buffer circuits having a differential circuit and a current mirror circuit,
- wherein the differential circuit comprising a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, wherein one of source and drain of the first thin film transistor is electrically connected to one of source and drain of the second thin film transistor, wherein the other one of source and drain of the second thin film transistor is directly connected to a gate electrode of the second thin film transistor, and wherein a gate electrode of the first thin film transistor is electrically connected to an input terminal, and the gate electrode of the second thin film transistor is electrically connected to an output terminal,
- wherein the current mirror circuit comprising a third thin film transistor and a fourth thin film transistor, wherein one of source and drain of the third thin film transistor is electrically connected to one of source and drain of the fourth thin film transistor, and wherein the other one of source and drain of the third thin film transistor is electrically connected to the gate electrode of the third thin film transistor,
- wherein the n analog buffer circuits are inputted a signal, simultaneously.
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A semiconductor device comprising:
- n analog buffer circuits directly connected in parallel, wherein n is a natural number equal to or greater than 2;
- each of the n analog buffer circuits having a differential circuit and a current minor circuit,
- wherein the differential circuit comprising a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, wherein one of source and drain of the first thin film transistor is electrically connected to one of source and drain of the second thin film transistor, and wherein the other one of source and drain of the second thin film transistor is directly connected to a gate electrode of the second thin film transistor,
- wherein the current mirror circuit comprising a third thin film transistor and a fourth thin film transistor, wherein one of source and drain of the third thin film transistor is electrically connected to one of source and drain of the fourth thin film transistor, and wherein the other one of source and drain of the third thin film transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the third thin film transistor,
- wherein the other one of source and drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the other one of source and drain of the third transistor,
- wherein the other one of source and drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the other one of source and drain of the fourth transistor,
- wherein the n analog buffer circuits are inputted a signal, simultaneously.
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A semiconductor device comprising:
- a pixel matrix circuit;
- a source signal line side driving circuit;
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- a gate signal line side driving circuit;
- n analog buffer circuits directly connected in parallel in the source signal line side driving circuit, wherein n is a natural number equal to or greater than 2;
- each of the n analog buffer circuits having a differential circuit and a current mirror circuit,
- wherein the differential circuit comprising a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, wherein one of source and drain of the first thin film transistor is electrically connected to one of source and drain of the second thin film transistor, and wherein the other one of source and drain of the second thin film transistor is directly connected to a gate electrode of the second thin film transistor,
- wherein the current mirror circuit comprising a third thin film transistor and a fourth thin film transistor, wherein one of source and drain of the third thin film transistor is electrically connected to one of source and drain of the fourth thin film transistor, and wherein the other one of source and drain of the third thin film transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the third thin film transistor,
- wherein the n analog buffer circuits are inputted a signal, simultaneously.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.