Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. (Kanagawa-ken, JP)

Provided is a semiconductor device that can operate stably. The transistors that comprise the semiconductor device are transistors each of which contains an oxide semiconductor within the channel formation region. The transistor is equipped with two gates: a front gate and an back gate. The back gate can be equipped with a potential applied to it. This permits the threshold voltage to be altered in either the negative or positive direction. In order to convert the transistor to conductor state, change the threshold voltage to the negative direction. This will increase the amount of current flowing through the transistor. To change the threshold voltage in the direction of positive, decrease the flow of current. The circuit in the semiconductor device takes advantage of this effect and includes transistors all having the same polarity.

1. Field of the Invention

One example of this invention is the signal processing device as well as a semiconductor device that includes the signal processing system.

The present invention does not limit itself to the technical field. The technical area of the invention as described in this specification as well as the like pertains to an object a method, or a manufacturing method. The invention concerns the process, manufacturing device, machine, or a composition of material. This specification reveals specific examples of the fields of technology of one specific embodiment. These include a display device and liquid crystal devices.

2. Description of the Related Art

Recent years have seen the use of semiconductor devices such as central processing units (CPUs), memory or display devices in a variety of electronic devices, including personal computers, mobile phones and vehicles-mounted devices.

In circuits that are part of thesemiconductor devices It has been suggested to utilize a transistor having channels that are formed using an oxide semiconductor. Patent Document 1 describes a memory with a memory cell capable of storing data without the requirement for a power source. This is due to the OS transistor functioning as writing transistor. This implies that a memory containing an OS transistorcan be used as a nonvolatile memory.

Patent Document

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Published Patent Application No. 2011-187950

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