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US 9,070,649 B2Granted
Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTakehiko Kubota, Eiji Kanda, Ryoichi Nozawa
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Abstract
A light-emitting device includes a drive transistor for controlling the quantity of current supplied to a light-emitting element, a capacitor element electrically connected to a gate electrode of the drive transistor, and an electrical continuity portion for electrically connecting the drive transistor and the light-emitting element, these elements being disposed on a substrate. The electrical continuity portion is disposed on the side opposite to the capacitor element with the drive transistor disposed therebetween.
Claims21
A light-emitting device, comprising;
- a substrate;
- a first data line extending along a first direction;
- a selection line extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction;
- a power line disposed above a plane of the substrate, the power line extending along the second direction;
- a light-emitting element disposed above the plane of the substrate, the light-emitting element having:
- a first electrode;
- a second electrode;
- a luminescent layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;
- a first transistor having:
- a first gate electrode;
- a first semiconductor layer having a first channel region opposing the first gate electrode;
- a first terminal;
- a second terminal;
- a first gate insulating film disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, the first transistor controlling an electrical connection between the power line and the light-emitting element according to data signal supplied via the first data line, the data signal being supplied when a selection signal is supplied to the selection line;
- a second transistor coupled between the first gate electrode and the first terminal of the first transistor, the second transistor having a second gate electrode, a third terminal and a fourth terminal;
- and
- a first connecting portion electrically connecting the first gate electrode of the first transistor to the third terminal of the second transistor, the first connecting portion being disposed on a negative side of the first transistor in the first direction such that a space is formed for the power line on a positive side of the first transistor, wherein
- the power line overlaps the first gate electrode when viewed from a vertical direction to the plane of the substrate, and
- the power line does not overlap the second gate electrode when viewed from a vertical direction to the plane of the substrate.
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A light-emitting device, comprising;
- a substrate;
- a data line that extends along a first direction;
- a power line that is disposed above a plane of the substrate, the power line having a first portion extending along a second direction;
- a first electrode;
- a second electrode;
- a luminescent layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;
- a first transistor having:
- a first gate electrode;
- a first semiconductor layer having a first channel region opposing the first gate electrode;
- a first terminal;
- a second terminal;
- a first gate insulating film disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, the first transistor controlling an electrical connection between the power line and the luminescent layer according to data signal supplied via the data line;
- a second transistor that is coupled between the first gate electrode and the first terminal of the first transistor, the second transistor having a second gate electrode, a third terminal and a fourth terminal;
- a first connecting portion that electrically connects the first gate electrode of the first transistor to the third terminal of the second transistor;
- the first portion being disposed between the data line and the first connecting portion;
- the power line overlapping the first gate electrode when viewed from a vertical direction to the plane of the substrate;
- and
- the power line not overlapping the second gate electrode when viewed from a vertical direction to the plane of the substrate.
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A light-emitting device, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a first data line that extends along a first direction;
- a second data line next to the first data line;
- a power line disposed above a plane of the substrate, the power line having a first portion and extending along a second direction, the first portion being disposed between the first data line and the second data line;
- a first electrode;
- a second electrode;
- a luminescent layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;
- a first transistor having:
- a first gate electrode;
- a first semiconductor layer having a first channel region opposing the first gate electrode;
- a first terminal;
- a second terminal;
- a gate insulating film disposed between the first semiconducting layer and the first gate electrode, the first transistor controlling an electrical connection between the power line and the luminescent layer according to data signal supplied via the first data line;
- a second transistor that is coupled between the first gate electrode and the first terminal of the first transistor, the second transistor having a second gate electrode, a second semiconductor layer having a second channel region opposing the second gate electrode, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal;
- a first connecting portion that electrically connects the first gate electrode of the first transistor to the third terminal of the second transistor;
- the first connecting portion being disposed between the power line and the second data line;
- a third transistor that has a third gate electrode coupled to a scanning line;
- a capacitor element that is coupled to the first gate electrode;
- the capacitor element being disposed between the first transistor and the third transistor;
- and
- the power line overlapping the first transistor and the capacitor element when viewed from a vertical direction to the plane of the substrate.
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