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US 11,790,866 · App. 17/956,079 · Granted Oct 17, 2023

Display device

Inventors: Kenichi Wakimoto (Atsugi, JP); Masahiko Hayakawa (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,790,866
App. No.
17/956,079
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

To reduce power consumption of a display device with the use of a simple structure and a simple operation. The display device includes an input device. Input of an image signal to a driver circuit is controlled in accordance with an image operation signal output from the input device. Specifically, input of image signals at the time when the input device is not operated is less frequent than that at the time when the input device is operated. Accordingly, display degradation (deterioration of display quality) caused when the display device is used can be prevented and power consumed when the display device is not used can be reduced.

Claims (54)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing;

a first display portion overlapping with the first housing;

a second display portion overlapping with the second housing; and

a hinge portion connecting the first housing and the second housing,

wherein each of the first display portion and the second display portion comprises:

a semiconductor layer over a first insulating layer;

source and drain electrodes over the semiconductor layer, one of the source and drain electrodes being in contact with a first side surface of the semiconductor layer and the other of the source and drain electrodes being in contact with a second side surface of the semiconductor layer;

a second insulating layer over the semiconductor layer and the source and drain electrodes;

a gate electrode overlapping with the semiconductor layer; and

a conductive layer over and in contact with the one of the source and drain electrodes through an opening in the second insulating layer,

wherein the first display portion is larger than the second display portion,

wherein the electronic device is able to be changed in a folded state and an opened state along with the hinge portion, and

wherein the electronic device is capable of wireless communication.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display portion overlaps the second display portion when the electronic device is in the folded state.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display portion is configured to display a first part of one image and the second display portion is configured to display a second part of the one image.

4. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing;

a first display portion overlapping with the first housing;

a second display portion overlapping with the second housing;

a speaker being adjacent to the second display portion; and

a hinge portion connecting the first housing and the second housing,

wherein each of the first display portion and the second display portion comprises:

a semiconductor layer over a first insulating layer;

source and drain electrodes over the semiconductor layer, one of the source and drain electrodes being in contact with a first side surface of the semiconductor layer and the other of the source and drain electrodes being in contact with a second side surface of the semiconductor layer;

a second insulating layer over the semiconductor layer and the source and drain electrodes;

a gate electrode overlapping with the semiconductor layer; and

a conductive layer over and in contact with the one of the source and drain electrodes through an opening in the second insulating layer,

wherein the first display portion is larger than the second display portion,

wherein the electronic device is able to be changed in a folded state and an opened state along with the hinge portion, and

wherein the electronic device is capable of wireless communication.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the first display portion overlaps the second display portion and the speaker when the electronic device is in the folded state.

6. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the first display portion is configured to display a first part of one image and the second display portion is configured to display a second part of the one image.

7. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing;

a first display portion overlapping with the first housing;

a second display portion overlapping with the second housing; and

a hinge portion connecting the first housing and the second housing,

wherein each of the first display portion and the second display portion comprises:

a semiconductor layer over a first insulating layer;

source and drain electrodes over the semiconductor layer, one of the source and drain electrodes being in contact with a first side surface of the semiconductor layer and the other of the source and drain electrodes being in contact with a second side surface of the semiconductor layer;

a second insulating layer over the semiconductor layer and the source and drain electrodes;

a gate electrode overlapping with the semiconductor layer; and

a conductive layer over and in contact with the one of the source and drain electrodes through an opening in the second insulating layer,

wherein end portions of the hinge portion extend beyond end portions of the first housing and end portions of the second housing,

wherein the electronic device is able to be changed in a folded state and an opened state along with the hinge portion, and

wherein the electronic device is capable of wireless communication.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the first display portion overlaps the second display portion when the electronic device is in the folded state.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7 , further comprising a speaker being adjacent to the second display portion,

wherein the first display portion overlaps the second display portion and the speaker when the electronic device is in the folded state.

10. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the first display portion is configured to display a first part of one image and the second display portion is configured to display a second part of the one image.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-010250 · Jan 20, 2010 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17388247 · Jul 29, 2021
Continuation 16804398 · Feb 28, 2020
Continuation 16143962 · Sep 27, 2018
Continuation 15259335 · Sep 8, 2016
Continuation 14527081 · Oct 29, 2014
Continuation 13005559 · Jan 13, 2011
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