Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driver circuit, display device including the driver circuit, and electronic appliance including the display device
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Application No.: US14068012Application Date: 2013-10-31
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Publication No.: US09406398B2Publication Date: 2016-08-02
- Inventor: Jun Koyama , Hiroyuki Miyake
- Applicant: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- 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: Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office
- Agent Eric J. Robinson
- Priority: JP2009-219066 20090924
- Main IPC: G11C19/28
- IPC: G11C19/28 ; G09G3/32

Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a driver circuit including a normally-on thin film transistor, which driver circuit ensures a small malfunction and highly reliable operation. The driver circuit includes a static shift register including an inverter circuit having a first transistor and a second transistor, and a switch including a third transistor. The first to third transistors each include a semiconductor layer of an oxide semiconductor and are depletion-mode transistors. An amplitude voltage of clock signals for driving the third transistor is higher than a power supply voltage for driving the inverter circuit.
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