EL display device and electronic device including the same

• US 8,487,844 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2011
• Issued: 07/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Koyama, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): A, Minh D
• Application Number:
  US13/212,224
• Publication Number:
  US 20120056537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• Field of Search: 315/169.1, 315/169.3, 315/170, 315/172, 315/173, 315/174, 345/76, 345/77, 345/78, 345/80, 345/82, 345/84, 345/87, 345/204, 345/205, 345/206, 345/698, 345/699
• US Class Current: 345/76
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 44/00 Circuit arrangements for operating electroluminescent light sources for operating light emitting diodes H05B45/00
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group H10K50/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

An object is to suppress luminance variation due to change in the amount of current flowing through a light-emitting element, caused by change in environmental temperature. A monitor circuit for compensating the cathode potential of the light-emitting element in accordance with environmental temperature is provided in the vicinity of a pixel portion in order to compensate a change in properties, due to environmental temperature, of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer and the light-emitting element. The monitor circuit includes a monitor power supply line, a monitor transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer, a monitor light-emitting element, a current source circuit, and an amplification circuit that compensates the cathode potential of the light-emitting element. The potential of the monitor power supply line is lower than the potential of a power supply line in the pixel.

Claims

1. An EL display device comprising:

a monitor circuit comprising;

a monitor power supply line,

a monitor transistor comprising a first terminal electrically connected to the monitor power supply line and a gate electrically connected to the monitor power supply line,

a monitor light-emitting element comprising a first electrode electrically connected to a second terminal of the monitor transistor,

a current source circuit electrically connected to a second electrode of the monitor light-emitting element, and

an amplification circuit comprising an input terminal electrically connected to the second electrode of the monitor light-emitting element; and

a pixel comprising;

a light-emitting element comprising a first electrode electrically connected to an output terminal of the amplification circuit, and

a driving transistor comprising a first terminal electrically connected to a second electrode of the light-emitting element, a second terminal electrically connected to a power supply line, and a gate electrically connected to a signal line,

wherein each of the monitor transistor and the driving transistor comprises a semiconductor layer comprising an oxide semiconductor, and

wherein a potential of the monitor power supply line is lower than a potential of the power supply line.

2. The EL display device according to claim 1, wherein each of the driving transistor and the monitor transistor is configured to operate in a saturation region.

3. The EL display device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel comprises a capacitor comprising a first electrode electrically connected to the power supply line, and a second electrode electrically connected to the gate of the driving transistor.

4. The EL display device according to claim 1, wherein each of the driving transistor and the monitor transistor is an n-channel transistor.

5. The EL display device according to claim 1, wherein a potential of the output terminal of the amplification circuit is lower than the potential of the monitor power supply line and the potential of the power supply line.

6. An electronic device comprising the EL display device according to claim 1.

7. An EL display device comprising:

a first monitor circuit comprising;

a first monitor power supply line,

a first monitor transistor comprising a first terminal electrically connected to the first monitor power supply line and a gate electrically connected to the first monitor power supply line,

a first monitor light-emitting element comprising a first electrode electrically connected to a second terminal of the first monitor transistor,

a first current source circuit electrically connected to a second electrode of the first monitor light-emitting element, and

a first amplification circuit comprising an input terminal electrically connected to the second electrode of the first monitor light-emitting element;

a second monitor circuit comprising;

a second monitor power supply line,

a second monitor transistor comprising a first terminal electrically connected to the second monitor power supply line and a gate electrically connected to the second monitor power supply line,

a second monitor light-emitting element comprising a first electrode electrically connected to a second terminal of the second monitor transistor,

a second current source circuit electrically connected to a second electrode of the second monitor light-emitting element, and

a second amplification circuit comprising an input terminal electrically connected to the second electrode of the second monitor light-emitting element;

a first pixel comprising;

a first light-emitting element comprising a first electrode electrically connected to an output terminal of the first amplification circuit, and

a first driving transistor comprising a first terminal electrically connected to a second electrode of the first light-emitting element, a second terminal electrically connected to a first power supply line, and a gate electrically connected to a first signal line; and

a second pixel comprising;

a second light-emitting element comprising a first electrode electrically connected to an output terminal of the second amplification circuit, and

a second driving transistor comprising a first terminal electrically connected to a second electrode of the second light-emitting element, a second terminal electrically connected to a second power supply line, and a gate electrically connected to a second signal line,

wherein each of the first monitor transistor, the second monitor transistor, the first driving transistor, and the second driving transistor comprises a semiconductor layer comprising an oxide semiconductor,

wherein a potential of the first monitor power supply line is lower than a potential of the first power supply line, and

wherein a potential of the second monitor power supply line is lower than a potential of the second power supply line.

8. The EL display device according to claim 7,

wherein each of the first light-emitting element and the first monitor light-emitting element comprises a first light-emitting material,

wherein each of the second light-emitting element and the second monitor light-emitting element comprises a second light-emitting material, and

wherein the potential of the first power supply line and the potential of the second power supply line are different from each other.

9. The EL display device according to claim 8, wherein each of the first driving transistor, the second driving transistor, the first monitor transistor, and the second monitor transistor is configured to operate in a saturation region.

10. The EL display device according to claim 8,

wherein the first pixel comprises a first capacitor comprising a first electrode electrically connected to the first power supply line, and a second electrode electrically connected to the gate of the first driving transistor, and

wherein the second pixel comprises a second capacitor comprising a first electrode electrically connected to the second power supply line, and a second electrode electrically connected to the gate of the second driving transistor.

11. The EL display device according to claim 8, wherein each of the first driving transistor, the second driving transistor, the first monitor transistor, and the second monitor transistor is an n-channel transistor.

12. The EL display device according to claim 8,

wherein a potential of the output terminal of the first amplification circuit is lower than the potential of the first monitor power supply line and the potential of the first power supply line, and

wherein a potential of the output terminal of the second amplification circuit is lower than the potential of the second monitor power supply line and the potential of the second power supply line.

13. An electronic device comprising the EL display device according to claim 8.

14. An EL display device comprising:

a monitor circuit comprising;

a monitor power supply line,

a monitor transistor comprising a first terminal electrically connected to the monitor power supply line and a gate electrically connected to the monitor power supply line,

a monitor light-emitting element comprising a first electrode electrically connected to a second terminal of the monitor transistor,

a current source circuit electrically connected to a second electrode of the monitor light-emitting element, and

an amplification circuit comprising an input terminal electrically connected to the second electrode of the monitor light-emitting element; and

a pixel comprising;

a light-emitting element comprising a first electrode electrically connected to an output terminal of the amplification circuit, and

a driving transistor comprising a first terminal electrically connected to a second electrode of the light-emitting element, a second terminal electrically connected to a power supply line, and a gate electrically connected to a signal line,

wherein each of the monitor transistor and the driving transistor comprises a semiconductor layer comprising an oxide semiconductor,

wherein a potential of the monitor power supply line is lower than a potential of the power supply line,

wherein each of the monitor transistor and the driving transistor is formed over a first substrate, and

wherein the amplification circuit is formed over a second substrate.

15. The EL display device according to claim 14, wherein each of the driving transistor and the monitor transistor is configured to operate in a saturation region.

16. The EL display device according to claim 14, wherein the pixel comprises a capacitor comprising a first electrode electrically connected to the power supply line, and a second electrode electrically connected to the gate of the driving transistor.

17. The EL display device according to claim 14, wherein each of the driving transistor and the monitor transistor is an n-channel transistor.

18. The EL display device according to claim 14, wherein a potential of the output terminal of the amplification circuit is lower than the potential of the monitor power supply line and the potential of the power supply line.

19. An electronic device comprising the EL display device according to claim 14.