Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor device and driving method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 半导体装置及其驱动方法
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Application No.: US11951817Application Date: 2007-12-06
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Publication No.: US08477085B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Hideaki Shishido
- Applicant: Hideaki Shishido
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa-ken
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: JP2006-338989 20061215
- Main IPC: G09G3/20
- IPC: G09G3/20

Abstract:
A display device which can compensate for variations of the threshold voltage of transistors and suppress variations in luminance, and a driving method thereof are provided. Current is supplied to a light emitting element and light is emitted from the light emitting element by following steps: in the first period initial voltage is stored in a storage capacitor; in the second period, voltage based on video signal voltage and the threshold voltage of the transistor is stored in the storage capacitor; and in the third period, the voltage stored in the storage capacitor in the second period is applied to a gate electrode of the transistor. By these operation processes, the current which compensates the effect of the variations of the threshold voltage of the transistor can be supplied to the light emitting element. Therefore, variations in luminance are suppressed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080143653A1 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2008-06-19
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