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US 10,585,506 · App. 15/218,135 · Granted Mar 10, 2020

Display device with high visibility regardless of illuminance of external light

Inventors: Yukinori Shima (Gunma, JP); Kengo Akimoto (Kanagawa, JP); Yuki Okamoto (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,585,506
App. No.
15/218,135
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device having high visibility regardless of illuminance of external light is provided. A display device with reduced power consumption is provided. The display device includes a first light-receiving circuit including a first light-receiving element; and a pixel circuit including a display element. The first light-receiving circuit and the pixel circuit are formed over the same substrate. The gray level of the display element is changed according to a change in the amount of light to which the first light-receiving element is exposed. In particular, the gray level of the display element is decreased with a decrease in the amount of light exposure.

Claims (52)

1. A display device comprising:

a first light-receiving circuit comprising a first light-receiving element, a first transistor, and a third transistor; and

a pixel circuit comprising a light-emitting element and a second transistor,

wherein the second transistor comprises a first gate and a second gate,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to an anode of the first light-receiving element through the third transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the light-emitting element,

wherein the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of the first gate and the second gate of the second transistor,

wherein the other of the first gate and the second gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to a line to which a video signal is supplied,

wherein a potential of the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor is supplied to the one of the first gate and the second gate of the second transistor, and

wherein the video signal is supplied to the other of the first gate and the second gate of the second transistor.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the anode of the first light-receiving element,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor,

wherein a first node is a node between the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor and the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor,

wherein a potential of the first node is reset when the first transistor is on and the third transistor is off,

wherein the potential of the first node is updated to a potential corresponding to an amount of light to which the first light-receiving element is exposed when the first transistor is off and the third transistor is on, and

wherein the potential of the first node is held when the first transistor and the third transistor are off.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the third transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a semiconductor where a channel is formed.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a semiconductor where a channel is formed.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second light-receiving circuit comprising a second light-receiving element; and

a circuit,

wherein the second light-receiving circuit is configured to output a signal based on an amount of light to which the second light-receiving element is exposed, and

wherein the circuit is configured to detect a touch operation on the basis of the signal.

6. An electronic device comprising the display device according to claim 1 .

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein different signals are supplied to the first gate and the second gate of the second transistor.

8. A display device comprising:

a first light-receiving circuit comprising a first light-receiving element, a first transistor, and a third transistor; and

a pixel circuit comprising a light-emitting element and a second transistor,

wherein the second transistor comprises a first gate and a second gate,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is directly connected to one of a source and a drain of the third transistor,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor is directly connected to an anode of the first light-receiving element,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to the light-emitting element,

wherein the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of the first gate and the second gate of the second transistor,

wherein the other of the first gate and the second gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to a line to which a video signal is supplied,

wherein a potential of the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor is supplied to the one of the first gate and the second gate of the second transistor, and

wherein the video signal is supplied to the other of the first gate and the second gate of the second transistor.

9. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the third transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a semiconductor where a channel is formed.

10. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a semiconductor where a channel is formed.

11. The display device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a second light-receiving circuit comprising a second light-receiving element; and

a circuit,

wherein the second light-receiving circuit is configured to output a signal based on an amount of light to which the second light-receiving element is exposed, and

wherein the circuit is configured to detect a touch operation on the basis of the signal.

12. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein different signals are supplied to the first gate and the second gate of the second transistor.

13. An electronic device comprising the display device according to claim 8 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2016
From: SHIMA, YUKINORI; AKIMOTO, KENGO; OKAMOTO, YUKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039240/0798 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-150945 · Jul 30, 2015 · national
JP 2016-119606 · Jun 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170032728A1 · Feb 2, 2017
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