IP Library Granted Patent US 10,871,841
Granted Patent B2
US 10,871,841 · App. 16/021,137 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

Semiconductor display device and driving method the same

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Jun Koyama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,871,841
App. No.
16/021,137
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object to provide a semiconductor display device having a touch panel, which can reduce power consumption. The semiconductor display device includes a panel which is provided with a pixel portion and a driver circuit which controls an input of the image signal to the pixel portion, and a touch panel provided in a position overlapping with the panel in the pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a display element configured to perform display in accordance with voltage of the image signal to be input, and a transistor configured to control retention of the voltage. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The driving frequency of the driver circuit, that is, the number of writing operations of the image signal for a certain period is changed in accordance with an operation signal from a touch panel.

Claims (52)

1. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising a pixel;

a driver circuit configured to drive the pixel portion; and

a touch panel overlapping with the pixel portion,

wherein an image signal is written to the pixel in a first period,

wherein supply of a power supply potential and a driving signal to the driver circuit is stopped in a second period, and

wherein the second period is terminated by an operation signal supplied from the touch panel.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a driving frequency of the driver circuit is changed in accordance with the operation signal supplied from the touch panel.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of displaying a still image in the pixel portion is changed in accordance with the operation signal supplied from the touch panel.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a driving frequency of the driver circuit when a still image is displayed in the pixel portion is lower than the driving frequency of the driver circuit when a moving image is displayed in the pixel portion.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the touch panel uses any one of a resistive system, a touch panel capacitance system, an ultrasonic system, an optics system, and an electromagnetic induction system.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the touch panel comprises a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes.

7. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising a pixel;

a driver circuit configured to drive the pixel portion; and

a touch panel overlapping with the pixel portion,

wherein an image signal is written to the pixel in a first period,

wherein supply of a power supply potential and a driving signal to the driver circuit is stopped in a second period,

wherein the second period is terminated by an operation signal supplied from the touch panel, and

wherein the pixel comprises a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein a driving frequency of the driver circuit is changed in accordance with the operation signal supplied from the touch panel.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein a length of displaying a still image in the pixel portion is changed in accordance with the operation signal supplied from the touch panel.

10. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein a driving frequency of the driver circuit when a still image is displayed in the pixel portion is lower than the driving frequency of the driver circuit when a moving image is displayed in the pixel portion.

11. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the touch panel uses any one of a resistive system, a touch panel capacitance system, an ultrasonic system, an optics system, and an electromagnetic induction system.

12. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the touch panel comprises a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes.

13. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein an off-state current density of the transistor is less than or equal to 100 zA/μm.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving signal comprises a start signal and a clock signal.

15. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the second period, a still image is displayed in the pixel portion.

16. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the driving signal comprises a start signal and a clock signal.

17. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein, in the second period, a still image is displayed in the pixel portion.

18. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising a pixel;

a driver circuit configured to drive the pixel portion; and

a touch panel overlapping with the pixel portion,

wherein an image signal is written to the pixel in a first period,

wherein supply of a power supply potential and a driving signal to the driver circuit is stopped in a second period,

wherein the second period is terminated by an operation signal supplied from the touch panel,

wherein the pixel comprises a transistor, the transistor comprising:

a gate electrode;

a gate insulating film over the gate electrode;

an oxide semiconductor film over the gate insulating film;

a source electrode over the oxide semiconductor film;

a drain electrode over the oxide semiconductor film;

a silicon oxide film over the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; and

a silicon nitride film over the silicon oxide film,

wherein the transistor comprises a channel formation region in the oxide semiconductor film, and

wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises indium, gallium, and zinc.

19. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein a driving frequency of the driver circuit is changed in accordance with the operation signal supplied from the touch panel.

20. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein a length of displaying a still image in the pixel portion is changed in accordance with the operation signal supplied from the touch panel.

21. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein a driving frequency of the driver circuit when a still image is displayed in the pixel portion is lower than the driving frequency of the driver circuit when a moving image is displayed in the pixel portion.

22. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein the driving signal comprises a start signal and a clock signal.

23. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein, in the second period, a still image is displayed in the pixel portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2018
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; KOYAMA, JUN
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046230/0592 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-102891 · Apr 28, 2010 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14974246 · Dec 18, 2015
Continuation 13094397 · Apr 26, 2011
Related Publication 20180307358A1 · Oct 25, 2018
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