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Granted Patent B2
US 9,805,676 · App. 14/086,290 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Display device

Inventors: Jun Koyama (Sagamihara, JP); Hiroyuki Miyake (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3655G09G3/3648G09G3/3696G09G2320/041G09G2320/103G09G2340/0435
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Patent No.
US 9,805,676
App. No.
14/086,290
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a novel display device without deterioration of display quality, the display device includes a display panel including a pixel portion that displays still images at a frame frequency of 30 Hz or less, a temperature sensing unit that senses the temperature of the display panel, a memory device that stores a correction table containing correction data, and a control circuit to which correction data selected from the correction table is input in accordance with an output of the temperature sensing unit. The pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a transistor, a display element, and a capacitor. The control circuit outputs a voltage based on the correction data input to the control circuit, to the capacitor included in each of the pixels.

Claims (58)

1. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising a transistor, a display element, and a capacitor;

a driver circuit configured to drive the pixel portion in a first mode or in a second mode;

a temperature sensing unit configured to sense a temperature;

a first memory device storing a first correction table;

a control circuit comprising:

a D/A converter;

a second memory device storing a second correction table; and

a D/A converter control circuit configured to read a second correction data corresponding to frame frequency from the second correction table and output the second correction data to the D/A converter; and

an image processing circuit configured to read a first correction data corresponding to the temperature from the first correction table and output the first correction data to the control circuit,

wherein the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer comprising a channel formation region,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the transistor is electrically connected to the display element,

wherein a first electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to the display element,

wherein the pixel portion is driven with a first frame frequency during the first mode,

wherein the pixel portion is driven with a second frame frequency lower than the first frame frequency during the second mode,

wherein a potential output from the D/A converter is applied to a second electrode of the capacitor, and

wherein the potential applied to the second electrode of the capacitor is a first potential at a beginning of each frame period and the potential applied to the second electrode of the capacitor gradually rises or drops over time during each frame period.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second frame frequency is 30 Hz or less.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second frame frequency is 0.2 Hz or less.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display element is a liquid crystal element.

5. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising a transistor, a display element, and a capacitor;

a driver circuit configured to drive the pixel portion in a first mode or in a second mode;

a temperature sensing unit configured to sense a temperature;

a first memory device storing a first correction table;

a control circuit comprising:

a D/A converter;

a second memory device storing a second correction table; and

a D/A converter control circuit configured to read a second correction data corresponding to frame frequency from the second correction table and output the second correction data to the D/A converter; and

an image processing circuit configured to read a first correction data corresponding to the temperature from the first correction table and output the first correction data to the control circuit,

wherein the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer comprising a channel formation region,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the transistor is electrically connected to the display element,

wherein a first electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to the display element,

wherein the pixel portion is driven with a first frame frequency during the first mode,

wherein the pixel portion is driven with a second frame frequency lower than the first frame frequency during the second mode, and

wherein a potential output from the D/A converter is applied to a second electrode of the capacitor.

6. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second frame frequency is 30 Hz or less.

7. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second frame frequency is 0.2 Hz or less.

8. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the display element is a liquid crystal element.

9. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion comprising a transistor, a display element, and a capacitor;

a temperature sensing unit configured to sense a temperature;

a first memory device storing a first correction table;

a control circuit comprising:

a D/A converter;

a second memory device storing a second correction table; and

a D/A converter control circuit configured to read a second correction data corresponding to frame frequency from the second correction table and output the second correction data to the D/A converter; and

an image processing circuit configured to read a first correction data corresponding to the temperature from the first correction table and output the first correction data to the control circuit,

wherein the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer comprising a channel formation region,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the transistor is electrically connected to the display element,

wherein a first electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to the display element, and

wherein a potential output from the D/A converter is applied to a second electrode of the capacitor.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the display element is a liquid crystal element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2013
From: KOYAMA, JUN; MIYAKE, HIROYUKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-260345 · Nov 28, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140146033A1 · May 29, 2014