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Granted Patent B2
US 11,289,031 · App. 17/191,807 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Liquid crystal display device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Jun Koyama (Sagamihara, JP); Hiroyuki Miyake (Atsugi, JP); Kouhei Toyotaka (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,289,031
App. No.
17/191,807
Filed
Mar 4, 2021
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2622
USPC
345/690
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device comprising a backlight and a pixel portion including first to 2n-th scan lines, wherein, in a first case of expressing a color image, first pixels controlled by the first to n-th scan lines are configured to express a first image using at least one of first to third hues supplied in a first rotating order, and second pixels controlled by the (n+1)-th to 2n-th scan lines are configured to express a second image using at least one of the first to third hues supplied in a second rotating order, wherein, in a second case of expressing a monochrome image, the first and second pixels controlled by the first to 2n-th scan lines are configured to express the monochrome image by external light reflected by the reflective pixel electrode, and wherein the first rotating order is different from the second rotating order.

Claims (31)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a pixel, the pixel comprising a transistor and a liquid crystal element; and

a scan line driver circuit,

wherein a gate of the transistor is electrically connected to the scan line driver circuit,

wherein the liquid crystal display device is configured to perform a first operation and a second operation,

wherein, in the first operation, a color image is displayed,

wherein, in the second operation, a monochrome image is displayed,

wherein a one-frame period for displaying a still image by the second operation is longer than a one-frame period for displaying a moving image by the second operation,

wherein the one-frame period for displaying the still image by the second operation includes a first period and a second period after the first period,

wherein, in the first period, an image signal is transmitted to the liquid crystal element through the transistor,

wherein, in the first period, a clock signal and a voltage are inputted in the scan line driver circuit,

wherein, in the second period, the image signal is held in the pixel,

wherein, in the second period, the clock signal and the voltage are not inputted in the scan line driver circuit,

wherein the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer,

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer includes In, Ga and Zn,

wherein an amount of change of a threshold voltage of the transistor through a negative bias stress test with light irradiation is less than or equal to 1 V,

wherein, in the negative bias stress test with light irradiation, a substrate temperature is 25° C., potential of each of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the transistor is 0 V, −6 V is applied to a gate electrode of the transistor, and a period of light irradiation and electric field application is 1 hour, and

wherein, in the negative bias stress test with light irradiation, a peak wavelength is 400 nm, a half width is 10 nm, and irradiance is 326 μW/cm2 as conditions of the light irradiation.

2. The liquid crystal display device, according to claim 1 , wherein the gate electrode is below the oxide semiconductor layer with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween,

wherein each of the source electrode and the drain electrode is over the oxide semiconductor layer,

wherein a first insulating film is over the oxide semiconductor layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode, and

wherein a second insulating film is over the first insulating film.

3. The liquid crystal display device, according to claim 2 , wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises a c-axis-aligned crystal region.

4. The liquid crystal display device, according to claim 2 ,

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer has a first region and a second region above the first region,

wherein the second region comprises c-axis-aligned crystals on a surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, and

wherein a crystallinity of the first region is different from a crystallinity of the second region.

5. The liquid crystal display device, according to claim 1 , further comprising a circuit configured to measure a brightness of an environment.

6. The liquid crystal display device, according to claim 2 , further comprising a circuit configured to measure a brightness of an environment.

7. The liquid crystal display device, according to claim 3 , further comprising a circuit configured to measure a brightness of an environment.

8. The liquid crystal display device, according to claim 4 , further comprising a circuit configured to measure a brightness of an environment.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-152429 · Jul 2, 2010 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15819236 · Nov 21, 2017
Continuation 14643160 · Mar 10, 2015
Continuation 13167019 · Jun 23, 2011
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