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Granted Patent B2
US 11,543,711 · App. 16/771,360 · Granted Jan 3, 2023

Liquid crystal display device, method for driving liquid crystal display device, and electronic device

Inventors: Susumu Kawashima (Kanagawa, JP); Koji Kusunoki (Kanagawa, JP); Kazunori Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Kei Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
G02F1/13454G02F1/1368G02F1/13306G02F1/136213
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Patent No.
US 11,543,711
App. No.
16/771,360
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device including a pixel containing a first memory circuit, a second memory circuit, and a liquid crystal element is provided. The first memory circuit includes a first capacitor. One electrode of the first capacitor is electrically connected to one electrode of the liquid crystal element. The second memory circuit includes a second capacitor. One electrode of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the one electrode of the liquid crystal element. The first memory circuit has a function of storing a charge corresponding to a first signal. The second memory circuit has a function of storing a charge corresponding to a second signal. A voltage is applied to the liquid crystal element by supplying a third signal to the other electrode of the first capacitor and supplying a fourth signal to the other electrode of the second capacitor, whereby an image is displayed.

Claims (50)

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a pixel comprising a first memory circuit, a second memory circuit, and a liquid crystal element,

wherein the first memory circuit comprises a first capacitor,

wherein one electrode of the first capacitor is electrically connected to one electrode of the liquid crystal element,

wherein the second memory circuit comprises a second capacitor,

wherein one electrode of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the one electrode of the liquid crystal element,

wherein the first memory circuit has a function of storing a charge corresponding to a first signal supplied from a first wiring,

wherein the second memory circuit has a function of storing a charge corresponding to a second signal supplied from the first wiring, and

wherein a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal element by supplying a third signal supplied from a second wiring to the other electrode of the first capacitor and supplying a fourth signal supplied from a third wiring to the other electrode of the second capacitor.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first memory circuit comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, and the first capacitor,

wherein the second memory circuit comprises the second transistor, a third transistor, and the second capacitor,

wherein the first transistor to the third transistor comprise a metal oxide in channel formation regions, and the metal oxide comprises In, Zn, and M, and

wherein M is Al, Ti, Ga, Sn, Y, Zr, La, Ce, Nd, or Hf.

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

wherein the pixel is electrically connected to the first wiring that supplies the first signal or the second signal,

wherein the pixel is electrically connected to the second wiring that supplies a reference voltage or the third signal,

wherein the pixel is electrically connected to the third wiring that supplies the reference voltage or the fourth signal,

wherein the first transistor has a function of controlling a conduction state between the second wiring and the other electrode of the first capacitor,

wherein the second transistor has a function of controlling a conduction state between the first wiring, the one electrode of the first capacitor and the one electrode of the second capacitor, and

wherein the third transistor has a function of controlling a conduction state between the third wiring and the other electrode of the second capacitor.

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

wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a fifth wiring to which a signal that controls a conduction state of the first transistor is supplied,

wherein a gate of the second transistor is electrically connected to a sixth wiring to which a signal that controls a conduction state of the second transistor is supplied, and

wherein a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to a seventh wiring to which a signal that controls a conduction state of the third transistor is supplied.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel comprises a third capacitor,

wherein one electrode of the third capacitor is electrically connected to the one electrode of the liquid crystal element, and

wherein the other electrode of the third capacitor is electrically connected to a fourth wiring that has a function of supplying a common potential.

6. An electronic device comprising the liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , and a camera.

7. A driving method of a liquid crystal display device comprising:

a pixel comprising a first memory circuit, a second memory circuit, and a liquid crystal element,

wherein the first memory circuit comprises a first capacitor,

wherein the second memory circuit comprises a second capacitor,

wherein by supplying one electrode of the first capacitor with a reference voltage supplied from a second wiring and the other electrode of the first capacitor with a first signal supplied from a first wiring, a charge corresponding to the first signal is stored in the first memory circuit,

wherein by supplying one electrode of the second capacitor with the reference voltage and the other electrode of the second capacitor with a second signal supplied from the first wiring, a charge corresponding to the second signal is stored in the second memory circuit, and

wherein by supplying the one electrode of the first capacitor with a third signal and the one electrode of the second capacitor with a fourth signal supplied from a third wiring, a voltage is applied to one electrode of the liquid crystal element.

8. The driving method of the liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first signal and the second signal are signals for performing inversion driving.

9. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a pixel comprising a first memory circuit, a second memory circuit, and a liquid crystal element,

wherein the first memory circuit comprises a first capacitor,

wherein one electrode of the first capacitor is electrically connected to one electrode of the liquid crystal element,

wherein the second memory circuit comprises a second capacitor,

wherein one electrode of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the one electrode of the liquid crystal element,

wherein the first memory circuit has a function of storing a charge corresponding to a first signal,

wherein the second memory circuit has a function of storing a charge corresponding to a second signal, and

wherein a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal element by supplying a third signal via a different wiring that the one supplying the first signal to the other electrode of the first capacitor and supplying a fourth signal to the other electrode of the second capacitor.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the pixel comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor, and

wherein neither of the first to third transistors are directly connected to each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: KAWASHIMA, SUSUMU; KUSUNOKI, KOJI; WATANABE, KAZUNORI; TAKAHASHI, KEI; YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (3)
JP JP2017-244649 · Dec 21, 2017 · national
JP JP2018-011139 · Jan 26, 2018 · national
JP JP2018-029749 · Feb 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210173249A1 · Jun 10, 2021