IP Library Granted Patent US 11,501,695
Granted Patent B2
US 11,501,695 · App. 17/271,221 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Display device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Kei Takahashi (Isehara, JP); Susumu Kawashima (Atsugi, JP); Koji Kusunoki (Isehara, JP); Kazunori Watanabe (Machida, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G09G3/32G09G2330/028
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Patent No.
US 11,501,695
App. No.
17/271,221
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The power consumption of a display device is reduced. The power consumption of a driver circuit in a display device is reduced. A pixel included in the display device includes a display element. The pixel is configured to have a function of retaining a first voltage corresponding to a first input pulse signal and a function of driving the display element with a third voltage obtained by addition of a second voltage corresponding to a second input pulse signal to the first voltage.

Claims (50)

1. A display device comprising a pixel,

wherein the pixel includes a display element,

wherein the pixel is configured to retain a first voltage corresponding to a first pulse signal and is configured to drive the display element with a third voltage obtained by addition of a second voltage corresponding to a second pulse signal to the first voltage,

wherein the third voltage is higher than the first voltage and the second voltage,

wherein the display element is a light-emitting element,

wherein the light-emitting element emits light at luminance corresponding to the third voltage,

wherein the light-emitting element is a light-emitting diode,

wherein the light-emitting diode is a micro light-emitting diode or a mini light-emitting diode,

wherein a first driver circuit supplying the first pulse signal is included,

wherein in the first driver circuit, a first power supply voltage for generating the first pulse signal is lower than the maximum value of the third voltage, and

wherein the first driver circuit generates the first pulse signal without boosting the first power supply voltage.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor,

wherein one of a source or a drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the first capacitor,

wherein one of a source or a drain electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second capacitor,

wherein a second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to the one of a source or a drain electrode of the second transistor,

wherein a second terminal of the second capacitor is electrically connected to one of a source or a drain electrode of the third transistor, and

wherein the one of the source or the drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the display element.

3. A display device comprising a pixel,

wherein the pixel includes a display element, and

wherein the pixel is configured to retain a first voltage corresponding to a first pulse signal and is configured to drive the display element with a third voltage obtained by addition of a second voltage corresponding to a second pulse signal to the first voltage, and

wherein the third voltage is higher than the first voltage and the second voltage.

4. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the pixel includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor,

wherein one of a source or a drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the first capacitor,

wherein one of a source or a drain electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second capacitor,

wherein a second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically connected to the one of a source or a drain electrode of the second transistor,

wherein a second terminal of the second capacitor is electrically connected to one of a source or a drain electrode of the third transistor, and

wherein the one of the source or the drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the display element.

5. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the display element is a light-emitting element, and

wherein the light-emitting element emits light at luminance corresponding to the third voltage.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the light-emitting element is an organic EL element.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the light-emitting element is a light-emitting diode.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the light-emitting diode is a micro light-emitting diode or a mini light-emitting diode.

9. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the display element is a liquid crystal element, and

wherein in the liquid crystal element, liquid crystal alignment changes in accordance with the third voltage.

10. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein a first driver circuit supplying the first pulse signal is included, and

wherein in the first driver circuit, a first power supply voltage for generating the first pulse signal is lower than the maximum value of the third voltage.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the first driver circuit generates the first pulse signal without boosting the first power supply voltage.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the first power supply voltage is a half of the maximum value of the third voltage or a voltage in the vicinity thereof.

13. The display device according to claim 10 ,

wherein a system circuit controlling the first driver circuit is included, and

wherein the system circuit is configured to supply the first power supply voltage to the first driver circuit.

14. The display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein one of drive voltages of the system circuit is 1.8 V, 2.5 V, 3.3 V, or a voltage in the vicinity thereof, and

wherein the system circuit is configured to supply the same voltage as the drive voltage to the first driver circuit as the first power supply voltage.

15. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first power supply voltage supplied from the system circuit to the first driver circuit is supplied without being boosted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2021
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; TAKAHASHI, KEI; KAWASHIMA, SUSUMU; KUSUNOKI, KOJI; WATANABE, KASUNORI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-170461 · Sep 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210193029A1 · Jun 24, 2021
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