Display device comprising first and second transistors wherein gates of the first and second transistors are supplied with a same selection signal

• US 10,241,373 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2018
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Shunpei, Takahashi, Kei
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Paul
• Application Number:
  US15/868,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20180203319A1
• Time in Patent Office: 439 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13338 Input devices, e.g. touch panels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133514 Colour filters
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13606 having means for reducing parasitic capacitance
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136286 Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13629 Multilayer wirings
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1368 in which the switching element is a three-electrode device G02F1/136277 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2202/103 a-Si
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0426 Layout of electrodes and connections
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0452 Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0876 Supplementary capacities in pixels having special driving circuits and electrodes instead of being connected to common electrode or ground; Use of additional capacitively coupled compensation electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0205 Simultaneous scanning of several lines in flat panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0281 Arrangement of scan or data electrode driver circuits at the periphery of a panel not inherent to a split matrix structure
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0283 Arrangement of drivers for different directions of scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3648 using an active matrix G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3677 suitable for active matrices only
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3688 suitable for active matrices only

Abstract

A display device that is suitable for increasing in size is provided. A display device with high resolution is provided. The display device has a structure in which two adjacent gate lines are supplied with the same selection signal. In addition, two pixels adjacent in the column direction are connected to respective source lines. Furthermore, one of the two source lines overlaps with a conductive layer functioning as a pixel electrode. Moreover, part of a semiconductor layer of a transistor is provided between the two source lines.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a first wiring;

a second wiring;

a third wiring;

a fourth wiring;

a first transistor;

a second transistor;

a first conductive layer; and

a second conductive layer,

wherein the third wiring and the fourth wiring extend in a first direction, are arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and intersect with the first wiring and the second wiring,

wherein the first wiring and the second wiring extend in the second direction and are arranged in the first direction,

wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the third wiring, one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring, and the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first conductive layer,

wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to the fourth wiring, one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring, and the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second conductive layer,

wherein each of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer comprises a portion overlapping with part of the second wiring,

wherein the first wiring and the second wiring are supplied with respective signals, and

wherein the third wiring and the fourth wiring are supplied with the same selection signal.

2. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a liquid crystal;

a first coloring layer; and

a second coloring layer,

wherein the liquid crystal and the first coloring layer overlap with the first conductive layer,

wherein the liquid crystal and the second coloring layer overlap with the second conductive layer, and

wherein the first coloring layer and the second coloring layer transmit light of the same color.

3. The display device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a fifth wiring;

a sixth wiring;

a third transistor;

a fourth transistor;

a third conductive layer; and

a fourth conductive layer,

wherein the fifth wiring and the sixth wiring extend in the second direction,

wherein a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to the third wiring, one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the fifth wiring, and the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the third conductive layer,

wherein a gate of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the fourth wiring, one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the sixth wiring, and the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the fourth conductive layer,

wherein each of the third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer comprises a portion overlapping with part of the sixth wiring, and

wherein the fifth wiring and the sixth wiring are supplied with respective signals.

4. The display device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a third coloring layer; and

a fourth coloring layer,

wherein the liquid crystal and the third coloring layer overlap with the third conductive layer,

wherein the liquid crystal and the fourth coloring layer overlap with the fourth conductive layer, and

wherein the third coloring layer and the fourth coloring layer transmit light of the same color whose color is different from the color of the light transmitted through the first coloring layer.

5. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the fifth wiring is positioned between the second wiring and the sixth wiring.

6. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the sixth wiring is positioned between the second wiring and the fifth wiring.

7. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the first transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer,

wherein the second transistor comprises a second semiconductor layer, and

wherein each of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer comprises a portion positioned between the first wiring and the second wiring.

8. The display device according to claim 7, wherein each of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer comprises metal oxide.

9. The display device according to claim 7, wherein each of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer comprises amorphous silicon.

10. The display device according to claim 7, wherein each of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer comprises microcrystalline silicon or polycrystalline silicon.

11. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a capacitor electrically connected to the first transistor,

wherein the capacitor is positioned between the first wiring and the second wiring, and

wherein the capacitor comprises a portion overlapping with the first conductive layer.

12. The display device according to claim 11,

wherein the capacitor comprises a fifth conductive layer and a sixth conductive layer, and

wherein each of the fifth conductive layer and the sixth conductive layer is configured to transmit visible light.