Semiconductor device
US6909242B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2320/0252
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A light emitting device capable of performing signal electric current write-in operations at high speed and without dispersion in the characteristics of TFTs structuring pixels influencing the brightness of light emitting elements is provided. The gate length L of a transistor in which an electric current flows during write-in of a signal electric current is made shorter than the gate length L of a transistor in which electric current supplied to EL elements flows during light emission, and high speed write-in is thus performed by having a larger electric current flow than the electric current flowing in conventional EL elements. A converter and driver transistor (108) is used for signal write-in. By using the converter and driver transistor (108) and a driver transistor (107) when supplying electric current to a light emitting element during light emission, dispersion in the transistor characteristics can be made to have less influence on brightness than when using a structure in which write-in operations and light emission operations are performed using different transistors.
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