IP Library Granted Patent US 10,409,127
Granted Patent B2
US 10,409,127 · App. 15/603,747 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Display device

Inventor: Yoshiro Aoki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,409,127
App. No.
15/603,747
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes pixel circuits arranged in a matrix in a display area, and the pixel circuits each includes a display element, a capacitor which applies voltage to at least one of electrodes of the display element, a first switch which supplies voltage to the capacitor when in an on state, a second switch which is set in an off state with the first switch when the first switch is in the off state, and sets the capacitor in a floating state.

Claims (63)

1. A display device comprising:

pixel circuits arranged in a matrix in a display area,

the pixel circuits each comprising:

a display element;

a capacitor which applies voltage to at least one of electrodes of the display element;

a first switch which supplies voltage to the capacitor when in an on state; and

a second switch which is set in an off state with the first switch when the first switch is in the off state, and sets the capacitor in a floating state;

wherein

the display element is a liquid crystal element comprising a liquid crystal layer;

a first electrode of the liquid crystal element is connected to a signal line through the first switch, whereas a second electrode of the liquid crystal element is connected to a wiring line of a predetermined potential through the second switch;

the first electrode and the second electrode overlap each other via a first insulating film;

a control electrode of the first switch is connected to a gate line disposed in the display area;

the first switch comprises a first semiconductor layer provided on a first substrate including the pixel circuits;

the second switch comprises a second semiconductor layer provided on a second insulating film which covers at least the first semiconductor layer;

a channel region of the first semiconductor layer and a channel region of the second semiconductor layer at least partially overlap each other;

the control electrode of the first switch is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; and

a control electrode of the second switch is shared with the control electrode of the first switch.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first and second gate lines extend along a first direction, and

when the first switch and the second switch are included in a first pixel circuit, a control electrode of a first switch included in a second pixel circuit adjacent to the first pixel circuit along a second direction crossing the first direction is connected to the second gate line.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first electrode and the second electrode are provided between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the display element is an organic electroluminescence element,

one of electrodes of the organic electroluminescence element is connected to one of electrodes of a thin film transistor via a third switch,

a control electrode of the thin film transistor is connected to one of electrodes of the capacitor and the first switch connected to a signal line, and

an other one of the electrodes of the thin film transistor is connected to an other one of the electrodes of the capacitor and the second switch connected to a wiring line of a predetermined potential.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the control electrode of the first switch is connected to a first gate line disposed in the display area,

the control electrode of the second switch is connected to a second gate line disposed in the display area, and

a control electrode of the third switch is connected to a third gate line disposed in the display area.

6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the control electrode of the first switch is connected to a first gate line disposed in the display area, and the control electrode of the second switch and a control electrode of the third switch are connected to a third gate line disposed in the display area.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a total value of parasitic capacitances of the first electrode is higher than that of parasitic capacitances of the second electrode.

8. A display device comprising:

a signal line;

a gate line crossing the signal line;

a common line to which a common potential is supplied;

a liquid crystal element including a first electrode and a second electrode;

a first switch connected to the first electrode and the signal line; and

a second switch connected to the second electrode and the common line,

wherein

the first electrode and the second electrode overlap each other via a first insulating film;

a control electrode of the first switch is connected to the gate line;

the first switch comprises a first semiconductor layer provided on a first substrate;

the second switch comprises a second semiconductor layer provided on a second insulating film which covers at least the first semiconductor layer;

a channel region of the first semiconductor layer and a channel region of the second semiconductor layer at least partially overlap each other;

the control electrode of the first switch is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; and

a control electrode of the second switch is shared with the control electrode of the first switch.

9. The display device of claim 8 , further comprising:

a second liquid crystal element including a third electrode and a fourth electrode;

a third switch connected to the third electrode and the signal line; and

a fourth switch connected to the fourth electrode,

wherein the control electrode of the second switch and a control electrode of the third switch are connected to the second gate line.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first switch includes a first source electrode connected to the signal line and a first drain electrode connected to the first electrode, and

the second switch includes a second source electrode connected to the second electrode and a second drain electrode connected to a common line.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the second electrode is formed on an organic insulating film,

the first insulating film is formed on the organic insulating film and covers the second electrode,

the first electrode is formed on the first insulating film, and

the first insulating film is formed of an inorganic insulating material.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2017
From: AOKI, YOSHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 042490/0549 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-104241 · May 25, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170343844A1 · Nov 30, 2017