DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20150144946A1
• Filed: 11/24/2014
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: KUSUNOKI, Koji, MIYAKE, Hiroyuki, SHISHIDO, Hideaki
• Application Number:
  US14/552,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20150144946A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/43
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133345 Insulating layers G02F1/1335, G02F1/1337, G02F1/135, G02F1/136 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133621 providing coloured light G02F1/133617, G02F1/133533 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/134309 characterised by their geometrical arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/134354 the sub-pixels being capacitively coupled
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136286 Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1368 in which the switching element is a three-electrode device G02F1/136277 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/1225 with semiconductor materials not belonging to the group IV of the periodic table, e.g. InGaZnO

Abstract

A display device that includes a capacitor with low power consumption even when the number of subpixels included in a pixel is increased is provided. The area of an opening in a subpixel that controls transmission of white light is smaller than the area of an opening in each of subpixels that control transmission of red light, green light, and blue light. A transistor included in each subpixel includes an oxide semiconductor film. The capacitor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is a metal oxide film in contact with an inorganic insulating film over the transistor. The second electrode is a light-transmitting conductive film that is over the inorganic insulating film and is electrically connected to the transistor.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a pixel comprising a first subpixel, a second subpixel, a third subpixel, and a fourth subpixel,

wherein the first subpixel is configured to control transmission of a red light and comprises a first opening for transmitting the red light,

wherein the second subpixel is configured to control transmission of a green light and comprises a second opening for transmitting the green light,

wherein the third subpixel is configured to control transmission of a blue light and comprises a third opening for transmitting the blue light,

wherein the fourth subpixel is configured to control transmission of a white light and comprises a fourth opening for transmitting the white light, and

wherein the fourth opening has the smallest area of the first opening, the second opening, the third opening, and the fourth opening.

2. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the first subpixel, the second subpixel, the third subpixel, and the fourth subpixel are arranged in two rows by two columns in the pixel.

3. A display device comprising:

a pixel comprising a first subpixel, a second subpixel, a third subpixel, and a fourth subpixel,

wherein the first subpixel is configured to control transmission of a red light and comprises a first opening for transmitting the red light,

wherein the second subpixel is configured to control transmission of a green light and comprises a second opening for transmitting the green light,

wherein the third subpixel is configured to control transmission of a blue light and comprises a third opening for transmitting the blue light,

wherein the fourth subpixel is configured to control transmission of a white light and comprises a fourth opening for transmitting the white light,

wherein the fourth opening has the smallest area of the first opening, the second opening, the third opening, and the fourth opening,

wherein each of the first subpixel, the second subpixel, the third subpixel, and the fourth subpixel comprises a transistor and a capacitor,

wherein the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the capacitor comprises a first electrode comprising a metal oxide film and a second electrode comprising a light-transmitting conductive film,

wherein an inorganic insulating film is over the transistor and over and in contact with the metal oxide film, and

wherein the light-transmitting conductive film is over the inorganic insulating film and electrically connected to the transistor.

4. The display device according to claim 3,

wherein the first subpixel, the second subpixel, the third subpixel, and the fourth subpixel are arranged in two rows by two columns in the pixel.

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

a first wiring electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the transistor of each of the first subpixel and the second subpixel;

a second wiring electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the transistor of each of the third subpixel and the fourth subpixel;

a third wiring electrically connected to a gate of the transistor of each of the first subpixel and the third subpixel;

a fourth wiring electrically connected to a gate of the transistor of each of the second subpixel and the fourth subpixel; and

a fifth wiring electrically connected to the second electrode of the capacitor.

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

a first wiring configured to supply a first data signal to the first subpixel and the second subpixel;

a second wiring configured to supply a second data signal to the third subpixel and the fourth subpixel;

a third wiring configured to supply a signal for controlling writing of the first data signal or the second data signal to the first subpixel and the third subpixel;

a fourth wiring configured to supply a signal for controlling writing of the first data signal or the second data signal to the second subpixel and the fourth subpixel; and

a fifth wiring configured to apply a constant potential to the second electrode of the capacitor.

7. The display device according to claim 6, wherein the fifth wiring has a meandering shape.

8. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the inorganic insulating film comprises an oxide insulating film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film and a nitride insulating film over and in contact with the oxide insulating film.

9. The display device according to claim 8, wherein the metal oxide film is in contact with the nitride insulating film and comprises the same metal element as the oxide semiconductor film.

10. The display device according to claim 3,

wherein each of the oxide semiconductor film and the metal oxide film comprises an In—

Ga oxide, an In—

Zn oxide, or an In-M-Zn oxide, and

wherein M is Al, Ga, Y, Zr, Sn, La, Ce, Nd, Sn, or Hf.

11. The display device according to claim 3,

wherein each of the first subpixel, the second subpixel, and the third subpixel comprises a color filter, and

wherein the fourth subpixel comprises a light-transmitting insulating layer in the same layer as the color filter.

12. A display device comprising:

a pixel comprising a first subpixel, a second subpixel, a third subpixel, and a fourth subpixel;

a first wiring;

a second wiring;

a third wiring;

a fourth wiring; and

a fifth wiring,

wherein the first subpixel is configured to control transmission of a first light and comprises a first opening for transmitting the first light,

wherein the second subpixel is configured to control transmission of a second light and comprises a second opening for transmitting the second light,

wherein the third subpixel is configured to control transmission of a third light and comprises a third opening for transmitting the third light,

wherein the fourth subpixel is configured to control transmission of a fourth light and comprises a fourth opening for transmitting the fourth light,

wherein the first light, the second light, the third light, and the fourth light are different from each other in color,

wherein the fourth opening has the smallest area of the first opening, the second opening, the third opening, and the fourth opening,

wherein each of the first subpixel, the second subpixel, the third subpixel, and the fourth subpixel comprises a transistor and a capacitor,

wherein the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor film,

wherein the capacitor comprises a first electrode comprising a metal oxide film and a second electrode comprising a light-transmitting conductive film,

wherein an inorganic insulating film is over the transistor and over and in contact with the metal oxide film,

wherein the light-transmitting conductive film is over the inorganic insulating film and electrically connected to the transistor,

wherein the first wiring is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the transistor of each of the first subpixel and the second subpixel,

wherein the second wiring is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the transistor of each of the third subpixel and the fourth subpixel,

wherein the third wiring is electrically connected to a gate of the transistor of each of the first subpixel and the third subpixel,

wherein the fourth wiring is electrically connected to a gate of the transistor of each of the second subpixel and the fourth subpixel, and

wherein the fifth wiring is electrically connected to the second electrode of the capacitor.

13. The display device according to claim 12, wherein the fifth wiring has a meandering shape.

14. The display device according to claim 12, wherein the inorganic insulating film comprises an oxide insulating film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film and a nitride insulating film over and in contact with the oxide insulating film.

15. The display device according to claim 14, wherein the metal oxide film is in contact with the nitride insulating film and comprises the same metal element as the oxide semiconductor film.

16. The display device according to claim 12,

wherein each of the oxide semiconductor film and the metal oxide film comprises an In—

Ga oxide, an In—

Zn oxide, or an In-M-Zn oxide, and

wherein M is Al, Ga, Y, Zr, Sn, La, Ce, Nd, Sn, or Hf.

17. The display device according to claim 12,

wherein each of the first subpixel, the second subpixel, and the third subpixel comprises a color filter, and

wherein the fourth subpixel comprises a light-transmitting insulating layer in the same layer as the color filter.