EL display device, driving method thereof, and electronic equipment provided with the display device
First Claim
1. An EL display device comprising:
- a switching TFT and a current-control TFT formed over a substrate;
an insulating film formed over the switching TFT; and
an EL element formed over the current-control TFT and electrically connected thereto, wherein an edge of the insulating film has a tapered shape, wherein the edge of the insulating film is in contact with the EL element.
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Abstract
An EL display device capable of performing clear multi-gradation color display and electronic equipment provided with the EL display device are provided, wherein gradation display is performed according to a time-division driving method in which the luminescence and non-luminescence of an EL element (109) disposed in a pixel (104) are controlled by time, and the influence by the characteristic variability of a current controlling TFT (108) is prevented. When this method is used, a data signal side driving circuit (102) and a gate signal side driving circuit (103) are formed with TFTs that use a silicon film having a peculiar crystal structure and exhibit an extremely high operation speed.
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14 Claims
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1. An EL display device comprising:
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a switching TFT and a current-control TFT formed over a substrate;
an insulating film formed over the switching TFT; and
an EL element formed over the current-control TFT and electrically connected thereto, wherein an edge of the insulating film has a tapered shape, wherein the edge of the insulating film is in contact with the EL element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An EL display device comprising:
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a switching TFT and a current-control TFT formed over a substrate;
an insulating film formed over the switching TFT; and
an EL element formed over the current-control TFT and electrically connected thereto, wherein the EL element comprises a first electrode, a second electrode and an EL layer interposed therebetween, wherein an edge of the insulating film has a tapered shape, wherein the edge of the insulating film is in contact with the first electrode and the EL layer. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. An electronic equipment having an EL display device, the EL display device comprising:
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a switching TFT and a current-control TFT formed over a substrate;
an insulating film formed over the switching TFT; and
an EL element formed over the current-control TFT and electrically connected thereto, wherein an edge of the insulating film has a tapered shape, wherein the edge of the insulating film is in contact with the EL element. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic equipment having an EL display device, the EL display device comprising:
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a switching TFT and a current-control TFT formed over a substrate;
an insulating film formed over the switching TFT; and
an EL element formed over the current-control TFT and electrically connected thereto, wherein the EL element comprises a first electrode, a second electrode and an EL layer interposed therebetween, wherein an edge of the insulating film has a tapered shape, wherein the edge of the insulating film is in contact with the first electrode and the EL layer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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