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Granted Patent B2
US 11,392,232 · App. 17/123,218 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

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 11,392,232
App. No.
17/123,218
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
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 (46)

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 an image based on the image signal is displayed in the pixel portion 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, in the second period, the image based on the image signal is a still image.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the driver circuit comprising a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a fifth transistor,

wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, and the fifth transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the pixel through a scan line,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor and one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to a first wiring,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor,

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

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the fifth transistor,

wherein a gate of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to a second wiring, and

wherein a gate of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to a third wiring.

7. The display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first wiring is configured to supply a first clock signal,

wherein the second wiring is configured to supply a second clock signal, and

wherein the third wiring is configured to supply a third clock signal.

8. 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 an image based on the image signal is displayed in the pixel portion 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.

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

10. The display device according to claim 8 , 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.

11. The display device according to claim 8 , 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.

12. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein, in the second period, the image based on the image signal is a still image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2020
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; KOYAMA, JUN
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054669/0907 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-102891 · Apr 28, 2010 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16021137 · Jun 28, 2018
Continuation 14974246 · Dec 18, 2015
Continuation 13094397 · Apr 26, 2011
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