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Granted Patent B2
US 9,165,505 · App. 11/652,977 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Display device and electoric device having the same

Inventor: Aya Miyazaki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,165,505
App. No.
11/652,977
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device where power consumption can be suppressed and the number of gray scales can be increased without a scanning line driver circuit on both sides of a pixel portion. In a display device having a scanning line driver circuit, a shift register included in the scanning line driver circuit has 4m-stage (m is a natural number) flip-flop circuits in every m scanning lines, and a signal which selects the scanning line in a first half period of one scanning line selection period and a signal which selects the scanning line in a second half period of the one scanning line selection period are output to the scanning line by another start pulse.

Claims (50)

1. A display device comprising:

a scanning line driver circuit; and

m scanning lines (m is a natural number of greater than or equal to 2) electrically connected to the scanning line driver circuit,

wherein 4k-stage (k is a natural number) flip-flop circuits corresponding to each of the m scanning lines are provided in a shift register included in the scanning line driver circuit,

wherein an output of a fourth stage flip-flop circuit of 4k-stage flip-flop circuits corresponding to an i-th scanning line (1≦i≦m−1) is electrically connected to an input of a first stage flip-flop circuit of 4k-stage flip-flop circuits corresponding to an (i +1)-th scanning line, and

wherein a level shifter is configured to amplify directly an output of the first stage flip-flop circuit of the 4k-stage flip-flop circuits.

2. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein selection signals is output from any one of the 4k-stage flip-flop circuits.

3. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein a start pulse is input from a side of a flip-flop circuit corresponding to first scanning line.

4. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein, in a preceding stage of a flip-flop circuit corresponding to first scanning line to which a start pulse is input, in the scanning line driver circuit, at least one flip-flop circuit is further provided.

5. An electronic device having the display device according to claim 1 .

6. A display device comprising:

a scanning line driver circuit; and

m (m is a natural number of greater than or equal to 2) scanning lines electrically connected to the scanning line driver circuit,

wherein 4k-stage (k is a natural number) flip-flop circuits corresponding to each of first to (m −1)-th scanning lines are provided, and at least one-stage flip-flop circuit corresponding to m-th scanning line is provided, in a shift register included in the scanning line driver circuit,

wherein an output of a fourth stage flip-flop circuit of 4k-stage flip-flop circuits corresponding to an i-th scanning line (1≦i≦m−2) is electrically connected to an input of a first stage flip-flop circuit of 4k-stage flip-flop circuits corresponding to an (i +1)-th scanning line,

wherein an output of a fourth stage flip-flop circuit of 4k-stage flip-flop circuits corresponding to the (m−1)-th scanning line is electrically connected to an input of the one-stage flip-flop circuit corresponding to the m-th scanning line, and

wherein a level shifter is configured to amplify directly an output of the first stage flip-flop circuit of the 4k-stage flip-flop circuits.

7. A display device according to claim 6 , wherein selection signals is output from any one of the 4k-stage flip-flop circuits.

8. A display device according to claim 6 , wherein a start pulse is input from a side of a flip-flop circuit corresponding to first scanning line.

9. A display device according to claim 6 , wherein, in a preceding stage of a flip-flop circuit corresponding to first scanning line to which a start pulse is input, in the scanning line driver circuit, at least one flip-flop circuit is further provided.

10. An electronic device having the display device according to claim 6 .

11. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels:

a signal line driver circuit electrically connected to the plurality of pixels;

a scanning line driver circuit electrically connected to the plurality of pixels; and

m scanning lines (m is a natural number of greater than or equal to 2) electrically connected to the scanning line driver circuit,

wherein 4k-stage (k is a natural number) flip-flop circuits corresponding to each of the m scanning lines are provided in a shift register included in the scanning line driver circuit,

wherein an output of a fourth stage flip-flop circuit of 4k-stage flip-flop circuits corresponding to an i-th scanning line (1≦i ≦m−1) is electrically connected to an input of a first stage flip-flop circuit of 4k-stage flip-flop circuits corresponding to an (i +1)-th scanning line, and

wherein a level shifter is configured to amplify directly an output of the first stage flip-flop circuit of the 4k-stage flip-flop circuits.

12. A display device according to claim 11 , wherein selection signals is output from any one of the 4k-stage flip-flop circuits.

13. A display device according to claim 11 , wherein a start pulse is input from a side of a flip-flop circuit corresponding to first scanning line.

14. A display device according to claim 11 , wherein, in a preceding stage of a flip-flop circuit corresponding to first scanning line to which a start pulse is input, in the scanning line driver circuit, at least one flip-flop circuit is further provided.

15. A display device according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of pixels, the signal line driver circuit, and the scanning line driver circuit are provided on a same substrate.

16. A display device according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of pixels are each provided with a light-emitting element, a transistor for driving the light-emitting element, and a transistor for selecting a pixel.

17. An electronic device having the display device according to claim 11 .

18. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels:

a signal line driver circuit electrically connected to the plurality of pixels;

a scanning line driver circuit electrically connected to the plurality of pixels; and

m (m is a natural number of greater than or equal to 2) scanning lines electrically connected to the scanning line driver circuit,

wherein 4k-stage (k is a natural number) flip-flop circuits corresponding to each of first to (m −1)-th scanning lines are provided, and at least one-stage flip-flop circuit corresponding to m-th scanning line is provided, in a shift register included in the scanning line driver circuit,

wherein an output of a fourth stage flip-flop circuit of 4k-stage flip-flop circuits corresponding to an i-th scanning line (1≦i≦m−2) is electrically connected to an input of a first stage flip-flop circuit of 4k-stage flip-flop circuits corresponding to an (i +1)-th scanning line.,

wherein an output of a fourth stage flip-flop circuit of 4k-stage flip-flop circuits corresponding to the (m−1)-th scanning line is electrically connected to an input of the one-stage flip-flop circuit corresponding to the m-th scanning line, and

wherein a level shifter is configured to amplify directly an output of the first stage flip-flop circuit of the 4k-stage flip-flop circuits.

19. A display device according to claim 18 , wherein selection signals is output from any one of the 4k-stage flip-flop circuits.

20. A display device according to claim 18 , wherein a start pulse is input from a side of a flip-flop circuit corresponding to first scanning line.

21. A display device according to claim 18 , wherein, in a preceding stage of a flip-flop circuit corresponding to first scanning line to which a start pulse is input, in the scanning line driver circuit, at least one flip-flop circuit is further provided.

22. A display device according to claim 18 , wherein the plurality of pixels, the signal line driver circuit, and the scanning line driver circuit are provided over a same substrate.

23. A display device according to claim 18 , wherein the plurality of pixels are each provided with a light-emitting element, a transistor for driving the light-emitting element, and a transistor for selecting a pixel.

24. An electronic device having the display device according to claim 18 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2007
From: MIYAZAKI, AYA
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-006766 · Jan 13, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070164939A1 · Jul 19, 2007