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20090009440 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING AN ORGANIC EL DEVICE - A self-luminescence display device, in which dispersion in display among a plurality of pixels, caused by dispersion in characteristics among drive thin-film transistors, is decreased and uniform display free of unevenness can be obtained. The device includes a plurality of pixels having current drive type luminescent elements, and parallel-connected n (n≧2) thin-film transistors to feed a drive current to the respective current drive type luminescent elements. The transistors are arranged in different pixels, respectively, for example, in a first region of pixels adjacent to one another along a first direction. A second region of dummy pixels can be provided on at least one side of said first region along said first direction. | 01-08-2009 |
20100134454 | Organic electroluminescent light emitting display device - In an organic electroluminescent light emitting display device comprising a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic electroluminescent element emitting light by a current supplied thereto, a plurality of active elements including a first active element which acquires a data signal and a second active element which regulates the current supplied to the organic electroluminescent element in accordance with the data signal, and a capacitive element storing the data signal, the present invention utilizes a part of the capacitive element arranged in one of the pixels for a light shielding member which shields the plurality of active elements arranged the one of the pixels from light emitted by the organic electroluminescent element arranged therein or another pixel adjacent thereto so as to suppress image quality deterioration and smear appearing in an image display area of the organic electroluminescent light emitting display device. | 06-03-2010 |
20110073863 | Organic light emitting diode display - An organic light emitting diode display includes a thin film transistor on a substrate ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110278583 | THIN-FILM SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thin-film semiconductor device includes, in order, a substrate, a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a first channel layer, and a second channel layer. The second channel layer includes a protrusion between first top surface end portions. The protrusion has first lateral surfaces that each extend between one of the first top surface end portions and a top surface of the protrusion. An insulation layer is on the top surface of the protrusion. The insulation layer has second lateral surfaces that each extend to one of second top surface end portions of the insulation layer. Two contact layers are each on one of the second top surface end portions of the insulation layer, adjacent one of the second lateral surfaces of the insulation layer, adjacent one of the first lateral surfaces of the protrusion, and on one of the first top surface end portions of the second channel layer. A source electrode is on one of the two contact layers, and a drain electrode is on the other of the two contact layers. The two contact layers and the upper portion of the protrusion of said second channel layer are of opposite conductivity types. | 11-17-2011 |
20120032180 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In the thin-film transistor device: the stacked thickness of either a source electrode or a drain electrode and a corresponding one of silicon layers is the same value or a value close to the same value as the stacked thickness of a first channel layer and a second channel layer; the stacked thickness of the first channel layer and the second channel layer is the same in a region between the source electrode and the drain electrode and above the source electrode and the drain electrode; the first channel layer and the second channel layer are sunken in the region between the source electrode and the drain electrode, following a shape between the source electrode and the drain electrode; and the gate electrode has one region overlapping with the source electrode and an other region overlapping with the drain electrode. | 02-09-2012 |
20120074421 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY DEVICE, EL DISPLAY PANEL, EL DISPLAY DEVICE, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, EL DISPLAY PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A thin-film transistor array device includes a passivation film above first and second bottom gate transistors. A source wire is below the passivation film. A gate wire and a relay electrode are above the passivation film. The gate wire is electrically connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor via a first hole in the passivation film. A conductive oxide film is between the passivation film and both the gate wire and the relay electrode and not electrically connected between the gate wire and the relay electrode. The conductive oxide film covers an end portion of the source wire that is exposed via a second hole in the passivation film. The conductive oxide film is between the relay electrode and a current-supply electrode of the second transistor and electrically connects the relay electrode and the current-supply electrode via a third hole in the passivation film. | 03-29-2012 |
20120074422 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY DEVICE, EL DISPLAY PANEL, EL DISPLAY DEVICE, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, EL DISPLAY PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A thin-film transistor array device includes a passivation film above first and second bottom gate transistors. A gate wire is below the passivation film. A source wire and a relay wire are above the passivation film. The source wire is electrically connected to a source electrode of the first transistor via a first hole in the passivation film. A conductive oxide film is between the passivation film and both the source wire and the relay electrode and not electrically connected between the source wire and the relay electrode. The conductive oxide film covers an end portion of the gate wire that is exposed via a second hole in the passivation film. The conductive oxide film is between the relay electrode and a current-supply electrode of the second transistor and electrically connects the relay electrode and the current-supply electrode via a third hole in the passivation film. | 03-29-2012 |
20120127146 | Organic Electroluminescent Light Emitting Display Device - In an organic electroluminescent light emitting display device comprising a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic electroluminescent element emitting light by a current supplied thereto, a plurality of active elements including a first active element which acquires a data signal and a second active element which regulates the current supplied to the organic electroluminescent element in accordance with the data signal, and a capacitive element storing the data signal, the present invention utilizes a part of the capacitive element arranged in one of the pixels for a light shielding member which shields the plurality of active elements arranged the one of the pixels from light emitted by the organic electroluminescent element arranged therein or another pixel adjacent thereto so as to suppress image quality deterioration and smear appearing in an image display area of the organic electroluminescent light emitting display device. | 05-24-2012 |
20130105797 | THIN-FILM SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
20130240863 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - In an organic electroluminescent light emitting display device comprising a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic electroluminescent element emitting light by a current supplied thereto, a plurality of active elements including a first active element which acquires a data signal and a second active element which regulates the current supplied to the organic electroluminescent element in accordance with the data signal, and a capacitive element storing the data signal, the present invention utilizes a part of the capacitive element arranged in one of the pixels for a light shielding member which shields the plurality of active elements arranged the one of the pixels from light emitted by the organic electroluminescent element arranged therein or another pixel adjacent thereto so as to suppress image quality deterioration and smear appearing in an image display area of the organic electroluminescent light emitting display device. | 09-19-2013 |
20130299837 | THIN-FILM SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a thin-film semiconductor device, a semiconductor layer has a bandgap energy of 1.6 eV or less, an insulating layer formed above the semiconductor layer includes: a first insulating layer region placed outside of a first contact opening and above one end of a gate electrode; a second insulating layer region placed outside of a second contact opening and above the other end of the gate electrode which opposes the one end; and a third insulating layer region being rectangular and placed between the first contact opening and the second contact opening. | 11-14-2013 |
20130320339 | THIN-FILM SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin-film semiconductor device includes a gate electrode formed above a substrate; a gate insulating film formed to cover the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer formed above the gate insulating film and having a channel region; a channel protective layer formed above the semiconductor layer and containing an organic material which includes silicon, oxygen, and carbon; an interfacial layer which is formed in contact with the channel protective layer between the semiconductor layer and the channel protective layer, and which includes carbon as a major component, the carbon originating from the organic material; and a source electrode and a drain electrode which are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer. | 12-05-2013 |
20140374730 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - In an organic electroluminescent light emitting display device comprising a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic electroluminescent element emitting light by a current supplied thereto, a plurality of active elements including a first active element which acquires a data signal and a second active element which regulates the current supplied to the organic electroluminescent element in accordance with the data signal, and a capacitive element storing the data signal, the present invention utilizes a part of the capacitive element arranged in one of the pixels for a light shielding member which shields the plurality of active elements arranged the one of the pixels from light emitted by the organic electroluminescent element arranged therein or another pixel adjacent thereto so as to suppress image quality deterioration and smear appearing in an image display area of the organic electroluminescent light emitting display device. | 12-25-2014 |
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20080283843 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS FORMED ON SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILMS WHICH ARE CRYSTALLIZED ON INSULATING SUBSTRATES - A method of receiving video data, a control signal, etc. via a non-contact transmission path is adopted, and a receiving circuit for receiving and amplifying a signal is formed on the same insulating substrate as a display device. Thus, there are provided a thin-film transistor which is formed in a semiconductor thin film that is formed on the insulating substrate and crystallized in a predetermined direction, and an inductor for forming an inductive-coupling circuit, which is formed by using an electrically conductive thin film provided on the insulating substrate. The direction of movement of carriers flowing in the thin-film transistor is parallel to the direction of crystallization of the semiconductor thin film, and the inductor and the thin-film transistor are integrated so as to be electrically coupled directly or indirectly. | 11-20-2008 |
20090057764 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A thin film transistor includes a crystal growth region in which a crystal is two-dimensionally grown on a plane, a source region and a drain region formed in the crystal growth region, and a gate electrode which is formed on a channel region between the source region and the drain region through a gate insulator film. The thin film transistor is characterized in that a side end portion on the channel region of the source region or drain region is aligned with a position located within a range of 1 μm to 3.5 μm away from a crystal growth start position. | 03-05-2009 |
20100289027 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, INTERFACE CIRCUIT AND DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFICATION DEVICE, WHICH ARE CONSTITUTED BY USING THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS - An integrated circuit, which is configured such that a MOS transistor and a bipolar transistor are integrated at the same time, is formed on an insulating substrate which includes a display device. An electronic device or a display includes a plurality of semiconductor devices which are formed by using a semiconductor thin film and are formed in the semiconductor thin film that is provided on an insulating substrate and is crystallized in a predetermined direction. The plurality of semiconductor devices include a MOS transistor and at least either one of a lateral bipolar thin-film transistor and a MOS-bipolar hybrid thin film transistor. | 11-18-2010 |
20100289028 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, INTERFACE CIRCUIT AND DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFICATION DEVICE, WHICH ARE CONSTITUTED BY USING THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS - An integrated circuit, which is configured such that a MOS transistor and a bipolar transistor are integrated at the same time, is formed on an insulating substrate which includes a display device. An electronic device or a display includes a plurality of semiconductor devices which are formed by using a semiconductor thin film and are formed in the semiconductor thin film that is provided on an insulating substrate and is crystallized in a predetermined direction. The plurality of semiconductor devices include a MOS transistor and at least either one of a lateral bipolar thin-film transistor and a MOS-bipolar hybrid thin film transistor. | 11-18-2010 |
20110227076 | THIN-FILM SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LATERAL BIPOLAR THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, HYBRID THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, MOS THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR - In a lateral bipolar transistor including an emitter, a base and a collector which are formed in a semiconductor thin film formed on an insulating substrate, the semiconductor thin film is a semiconductor thin film which is crystallized in a predetermined direction. In addition, in a MOS-bipolar hybrid transistor formed in a semiconductor thin film formed on an insulating substrate, the semiconductor thin film is a semiconductor thin film which is crystallized in a predetermined direction. | 09-22-2011 |
20110230016 | THIN-FILM SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LATERAL BIPOLAR THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, HYBRID THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, MOS THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR - In a lateral bipolar transistor including an emitter, a base and a collector which are formed in a semiconductor thin film formed on an insulating substrate, the semiconductor thin film is a semiconductor thin film which is crystallized in a predetermined direction. In addition, in a MOS-bipolar hybrid transistor formed in a semiconductor thin film formed on an insulating substrate, the semiconductor thin film is a semiconductor thin film which is crystallized in a predetermined direction. | 09-22-2011 |
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20090040414 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PIXEL MEMORY, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND METHODS OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a pair of support substrates, a liquid crystal layer held between the substrates, and pixel circuits that are arrayed in a matrix on one of the substrates and control the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules. Each pixel circuit includes first and second power terminals, first and second pixel electrodes that apply a liquid crystal drive voltage to the liquid crystal layer to create a substantially lateral electric field, and first and second drive transistors that have gate electrodes for receiving a video signal, that are connected between the first power terminal and the first pixel electrode and between the second power terminal and the second pixel electrode, respectively, and that cause the liquid crystal drive voltage determined by conductances that vary in accordance with the video signal, to be retained in a liquid crystal capacitance between the first and second pixel electrodes. | 02-12-2009 |
20090044161 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT, DESIGN METHOD FOR THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, DESIGN PROGRAM FOR THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT, DESIGN PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, DESIGN LIBRARY DATABASE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin-film transistor circuit includes a crystallized semiconductor thin film two-dimensionally partitioned into crystal-grain-defining areas each of which accommodates a crystal grain larger than a predetermined size, thin-film transistors each of which has a channel region placed at the center position of a corresponding one of the crystal-grain-defining areas, and wirings which interconnect the thin-film transistors. | 02-12-2009 |
20090115754 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS - There are provided a display apparatus and a display method, with which compressed image data that is to be decompressed can be transmitted to the display apparatus in an environment in which a transmission capacity is not always secured, and good image display is realized. An example of the display apparatus is an active matrix display apparatus formed by using thin-film transistors formed on an insulating substrate. In the active matrix display apparatus, a circuit that receives an image data signal from an external system via a non-contact transmission path and amplifies the image data signal, a circuit that processes the image data signal, and a memory circuit that stores the processed image data are integrated on the insulating substrate. | 05-07-2009 |
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20130147780 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device, a data signal generation unit generates a data signal for controlling the orientation of liquid crystal. A plurality of transistors supply the data signal output from a source IC unit to a plurality of data signal lines of a liquid crystal display panel in a time sharing manner. A gate signal line controls each of the plurality of transistors. A fluctuation suppression unit is connected to the gate signal line that controls any one of the plurality of transistors, and suppresses, in accordance with a gate signal of the connected gate signal line, a voltage fluctuation in the data signal which occurs when another transistor changes from the ON state to the OFF state. | 06-13-2013 |
20130215057 | EMBEDDED TOUCH SCREEN - Provided is an embedded touch screen, including: a first substrate; a second substrate including: scanning signal lines extending in a first direction; video signal lines extending in a second direction; a plurality of pixels each including a pixel electrode connected to corresponding one of the video signal lines via a switching element connected to corresponding one of the scanning signal lines; and a common electrode; a liquid crystal layer; an application circuit for applying an alternating signal to a plurality of excitation electrodes; a detection circuit for detecting a signal excited on a plurality of detection electrodes each arranged adjacent to each of the plurality of excitation electrodes; and a scanning circuit for scanning at least one of each of the plurality of excitation electrodes and each of the plurality of detection electrodes at least in the second direction. | 08-22-2013 |
20140151689 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a gate electrode formed on a substrate as a portion of a gate line, a gate insulating film formed on the gate electrode, a semiconductor oxide layer formed on the gate insulating film, and a first insulating film formed to cover the semiconductor oxide layer. The display apparatus also includes a drain electrode connected to the semiconductor oxide layer through a first contact hole that is formed at the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the first insulating film, a third insulating film formed on the second insulating film, and a pixel electrode formed on the third insulating film. The pixel electrode is connected to the semiconductor oxide layer through a second contact hole that is formed on the semiconductor oxide layer. | 06-05-2014 |
20150022500 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To achieve improved detection accuracy and time and position resolutions in an in-cell type capacitive touch sensor embedded in a liquid crystal panel of a liquid crystal display device, a drive electrode of the touch sensor is formed in a boundary region for separating pixel electrodes formed on a surface of a TFT substrate on a liquid crystal side, and a detection electrode is formed in a region of an opposing substrate that opposes the boundary region. A drive signal is supplied to the drive electrode to cause a voltage change, and based on the voltage change in the detection electrode caused thereby, a capacitance change in an opposing part between the drive electrode and the detection electrode is detected, to thereby detect contact of an object to a display surface near the opposing part in a liquid crystal panel. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029081 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a plurality of scanning connection lines formed on at least one side of edges of the image display region, the plurality of scanning connection lines connecting together a scanning signal drive circuit and a plurality of scanning signal lines; a selection circuit formed so as to be interposed between the plurality of scanning connection lines and the plurality of scanning signal lines, the selection circuit being configured to selectively short-circuit one of a plurality of the scanning signal lines to one of the plurality of scanning connection lines based on a selection signal; and a selection signal line connected to the selection circuit, the selection signal line transmitting the selection signal to the selection circuit. | 01-29-2015 |
20150069388 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: an array substrate; a plurality of pixels sectioned by video signal lines and scanning signal lines formed on the array substrate; a TFT arranged for each of the plurality of pixels; and a pixel electrode arranged inside each of the plurality of pixels. The TFT includes a channel semiconductor layer and the pixel electrode that are formed of a seamless layer made of an oxide semiconductor. The pixel electrode has an electrical conductivity larger than an electrical conductivity of the channel semiconductor layer under a state in which a gate voltage is not applied. | 03-12-2015 |
20150077393 | EMBEDDED TOUCH SCREEN - An embedded touch screen, including: a first substrate including, on a front surface thereof, a plurality of detecting electrodes extending in a second direction; a second substrate having an image region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in matrix, the second substrate including: a pixel electrode connected to corresponding one of the plurality of video signal lines via a switching element connected to corresponding one of the plurality of scanning signal lines in each of the plurality of pixels; and a common electrode; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; an application circuit for applying an alternating signal to the pixel electrode; a detection circuit for detecting a signal excited on the corresponding one of the plurality of detecting electrodes; and a scanning circuit for scanning the pixel electrode in the second direction during detection by the detection circuit. | 03-19-2015 |
20150116618 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A first substrate of a display device includes a plurality of signal lines which are arranged in an image display area and a plurality of driving circuits which drive the plurality of signal lines, the driving circuit is electrically connected to a metal line which is formed in the first substrate in an area of the first substrate overlapping the driving circuit in planar view, the metal line is electrically connected via a contact hole, in the area, to a lead-out line which is formed in a layer different from that of the metal line in the first substrate, the lead-out line is extended to the outside of the area and electrically connected to the signal line. | 04-30-2015 |