【発明の名称】アクティブ・マトリクス・エレクトロルミネッセント・ディスプレイ・ピクセルとその製造方法

Japanese Patent JPH11511898

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In an active matrix electroluminescent display, a pixel containing a grounded conductive electric field shield between an EL cell and the switching electronics for the EL cell. In a method of fabricating the pixel, first, an EL cell switching circuit is formed, then an insulating layer is formed over the switching circuit and a conductive layer (the field shield) is formed over the insulating layer. A through hole is provided in the field shield such that an electrical connection can be made between the switching circuit and an EL cell. The EL cell is then conventionally formed on top of the shield layer. Consequently, the shield isolates the switching circuit from the EL cell and ensures that any electric fields produced in the EL cell do not interfere with the operation of the switching electronics. Furthermore, the switching circuitry for each cell contains two transistors; a low voltage MOS transistor and a high voltage MOS transistor. The low voltage transistor is controlled by signals on a data and a select line. When activated, the low voltage transistor activates the high voltage transistor by charging the gate of the high voltage transistor. This gate charge is stored between the gate electrode of the high voltage transistor and the electric field shield. Additionally, to improve the breakdown voltage of the high voltage transistor, a capacitive divider network is fabricated proximate the drift region of that transistor. As such, the network uniformly distributes an electric field over the drift region.

Shu, Who-Run
Ipri, Alfred, Sea.
Dolney, Gary, Mark
Stewart, Roger, Gee.

JP50825396A

October 12, 1999

August 24, 1995

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David Sarnoff Research Center, Inc.

H01L29/786; G09G3/30; H01L27/088; H01L27/12; (IPC1-7): H01L29/786

Yoshiki Hasegawa (5 others)

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