Patent classifications
H10D30/6734
Imaging device, imaging module, electronic device, and imaging system
An imaging device connected to a neural network is provided. An imaging device having a neuron in a neural network includes a plurality of first pixels, a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. Each of the plurality of first pixels includes a photoelectric conversion element. The plurality of first pixels is electrically connected to the first circuit. The first circuit is electrically connected to the second circuit. The second circuit is electrically connected to the third circuit. Each of the plurality of first pixels generates an input signal of the neuron. The first circuit, the second circuit, and the third circuit function as the neuron. The third circuit includes an interface connected to the neural network.
Display device, driving method, and electronic device having memory circuits to superimpose pixel signals
To provide a display device capable of displaying a plurality of images by superimposition using a plurality of memory circuits provided in a pixel. A plurality of memory circuits are provided in a pixel, and signals corresponding to images for superimposition are retained in each of the plurality of memory circuits. In the pixel, the signals corresponding to the images for superimposition are added to each of the plurality of memory circuits. The signals are added to the signals retained in the memory circuits by capacitive coupling. A display element can display an image corresponding to a signal in which a signal written to a pixel through a wiring is added to the signals retained in the plurality of memory circuits. Reduction in the amount of arithmetic processing for displaying images by superimposition can be achieved.
DISPLAY DEVICE
A liquid crystal display device includes a transistor, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. The transistor includes a first gate electrode on a first substrate, a second gate electrode having a region overlapping the first gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, a first insulating layer between the first gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, a second insulating layer between the oxide semiconductor layer and the second gate electrode, and a first oxide conductive layer and a second oxide conductive layer disposed between the first insulating layer and the oxide semiconductor layer and disposed with the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode sandwiched from both sides. The pixel electrode is disposed between the first and the second insulating layer; the common electrode is disposed a region overlapping with the pixel electrode and on the second insulating layer.
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device having a novel structure is provided. The semiconductor device includes a silicon substrate and a device provided above the silicon substrate. The device includes a transistor and a conductor. The transistor includes a metal oxide in a channel formation region. Conductivity is imparted to the silicon substrate. The conductor is electrically connected to each of a drain of the transistor and the silicon substrate through an opening provided in the device. Heat of the drain of the transistor can be efficiently released through the silicon substrate.
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
A semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor in which on-state current is high is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor provided in a driver circuit portion and a second transistor provided in a pixel portion; the first transistor and the second transistor have different structures. Furthermore, the first transistor and the second transistor are transistors having a top-gate structure. In an oxide semiconductor film of each of the transistors, an impurity element is contained in regions which do not overlap with a gate electrode. The regions of the oxide semiconductor film which contain the impurity element function as low-resistance regions. Furthermore, the regions of the oxide semiconductor film which contain the impurity element are in contact with a film containing hydrogen. The first transistor provided in the driver circuit portion includes two gate electrodes between which the oxide semiconductor film is provided.
Radiation image-pickup device and radiation image-pickup display system
A radiation image-pickup device includes: a plurality of pixels configured to generate signal charge based on radiation; and a field effect transistor used to read out the signal charge from the plurality of pixels. The transistor includes a first silicon oxide film, a semiconductor layer, and a second silicon oxide film laminated in order from a substrate side, the semiconductor layer including an active layer, and a first gate electrode disposed to face the semiconductor layer, with the first or the second silicon oxide film interposed therebetween, and the first or the second silicon oxide film or both include an impurity element.
Array substrate, fabrication method thereof and display device
An array substrate of an organic light-emitting display device, a fabrication method thereof and an organic light-emitting display device are provided. The array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in array, wherein, at least one of the pixel units includes: an organic light-emitting diode (40) and a first thin film transistor (20) for controlling the organic light-emitting diode (40) which are formed on a base substrate (10), wherein, the organic light-emitting diode (40) includes a first electrode (107), a second electrode (110) and a light-emitting layer (109) located between the first electrode (107) and the second electrode (110), the first electrode (107) of the organic light-emitting diode (40) being connected with a drain electrode (104) of the first thin film transistor (20); and a conductive layer (111) and an insulating layer (112) formed between the first thin film transistor (20) and the organic light-emitting diode (40), wherein, the first electrode (107) of the organic light-emitting diode (40), the insulating layer (111) and the conductive layer (112) form a capacitor, and the conductive layer (111) is connected with a first gate electrode (100) of the first thin film transistor (20). The array substrate of the organic light-emitting display device, the fabrication method thereof and the organic light-emitting display device can effectively increase a storage capacitance value of a pixel unit, so as to improve display quality.
Backside cavity formation in semiconductor devices
Fabrication of radio-frequency (RF) devices involves providing a field-effect transistor (FET) formed over an oxide layer formed on a semiconductor substrate, removing at least part of the semiconductor substrate to expose at least a portion of a backside of the oxide layer, applying an interface material to at least a portion of the backside of the oxide layer, removing at least a portion of the interface material to form a trench, and covering at least a portion of the interface material and the trench with a substrate layer to form a cavity.
SWITCH DEVICE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT THROUGH MULTISIDED BIASED SHIELDING
An integrated radio frequency (RF) circuit structure may include an active device on a first surface of an isolation layer. The integrated RF circuit structure may also include backside metallization on a second surface opposite the first surface of the isolation layer. A body of the active device is biased by the backside metallization. The integrated RF circuit structure may further include front-side metallization coupled to the backside metallization with a via. The front-side metallization is arranged distal from the backside metallization. The front-side metallization, the via, and the backside metallization may at least partially enclose the active device.
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, POWER DIODE, AND RECTIFIER
An object is to provide a semiconductor device having electrical characteristics such as high withstand voltage, low reverse saturation current, and high on-state current. In particular, an object is to provide a power diode and a rectifier which include non-linear elements. An embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device including a first electrode, a gate insulating layer covering the first electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer in contact with the gate insulating layer and overlapping with the first electrode, a pair of second electrodes covering end portions of the oxide semiconductor layer, an insulating layer covering the pair of second electrodes and the oxide semiconductor layer, and a third electrode in contact with the insulating layer and between the pair of second electrodes. The pair of second electrodes are in contact with end surfaces of the oxide semiconductor layer.