US 9,805,641 B2Granted

Display device and electronic device including the same

AssigneeSemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

InventorJun Koyama

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Abstract

The display device includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel each including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a light-emitting element. In each of the first to third pixels, a first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a signal line, a second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, a first terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to a power supply line and a second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. A gate of the first transistor in the first pixel is electrically connected to a first scan line. A gate of the first transistor in the second pixel is electrically connected to a second scan line. A gate of the first transistor in the third pixel is electrically connected to a third scan line.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A display device comprising:

a signal line;
a power supply line;
a first scan line;
a first transistor, wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first scan line and wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the signal line so that a signal is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor;
a second transistor, wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor and wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the power supply line so that a voltage is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor;
a first light-emitting element electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor;
a second scan line;
a third transistor, wherein a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to the second scan line and wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the signal line so that the signal is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the third transistor;
a fourth transistor, wherein a gate of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor and wherein one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the power supply line so that the voltage is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor;
and
a second light-emitting element electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor,
wherein the first light-emitting element is configured to emit a first light,
wherein the second light-emitting element is configured to emit a second light, and
wherein a first color of the first light is different from a second color of the second light,
wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor and the fourth transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer, the oxide semiconductor layer comprising a channel region, and
wherein the oxide semiconductor layer is heated under an atmosphere comprising nitrogen at a heating temperature and cooled until a temperature drops by 100° C. or more from the heating temperature without exposing to air.

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A display device comprising:

a signal line;
a power supply line;
a first scan line;
a first transistor, wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first scan line and wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the signal line so that a signal is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor;
a second transistor, wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor and wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the power supply line so that a voltage is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the second transistor;
a first light-emitting element configured to emit a red light, the first light-emitting element being electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor;
a second scan line;
a third transistor, wherein a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to the second scan line and wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the signal line so that the signal is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the third transistor;
a fourth transistor, wherein a gate of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor and wherein one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the power supply line so that the voltage is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor;
a second light-emitting element configured to emit a green light, the second light-emitting element being electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor;
a third scan line;
a fifth transistor, wherein a gate of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the third scan line and wherein one of a source and a drain of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the signal line so that the signal is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the fifth transistor;
a sixth transistor, wherein a gate of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the fifth transistor and wherein one of a source and a drain of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the power supply line so that the voltage is supplied to the one of the source and the drain of the sixth transistor;
and
a third light-emitting element configured to emit a blue light, the third light-emitting element being electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the sixth transistor,
wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, the fifth transistor, and the sixth transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer, the oxide semiconductor layer comprising a channel region, and
wherein the oxide semiconductor layer is heated under an atmosphere comprising nitrogen at a heating temperature and cooled until a temperature drops by 100° C. or more from the heating temperature without exposing to air.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.