Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus having the same

• US 10,061,172 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2010
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Shunpei, Koyama, Jun, Miyake, Hiroyuki, Tsubuku, Masashi, Noda, Kosei
• Primary Examiner(s): BOYD, JONATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US12/904,634
• Publication Number:
  US 20110090204A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,875 Days
• Field of Search: 345 87, 345 98
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1368 in which the switching element is a three-electrode device G02F1/136277 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0286 Details of a shift registers arranged for use in a driving circuit
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/103 Detection of image changes, e.g. determination of an index representative of the image change
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/022 in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/027 Arrangements or methods related to powering off a display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3611 Control of matrices with row and column drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3648 using an active matrix G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3674 Details of drivers for scan electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3677 suitable for active matrices only
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/18 Timing circuits for raster scan displays specially adapted for television H04N ; synchronisation between the display unit and other display units, videodisc player G09G5/12
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/1225 with semiconductor materials not belonging to the group IV of the periodic table, e.g. InGaZnO
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 29/7869 having a semiconductor body comprising an oxide semiconductor material, e.g. zinc oxide, copper aluminium oxide, cadmium stannate

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes: a driver circuit portion; a pixel portion; a signal generation circuit for generating a control signal for driving the driver circuit portion and an image signal which is supplied to the pixel portion; a memory circuit; a comparison circuit for detecting a difference of image signals for a series of frame periods among image signals stored for respective frame periods in the memory circuit; a selection circuit which selects and outputs the image signals for the series of frame periods when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit; and a display control circuit which supplies the control signal and the image signals output from the selection circuit, to the driver circuit portion when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit, and stops supplying the control signal to the driver circuit portion when the difference is not detected in the comparison circuit.

Claims

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a display panel comprising;

a driver circuit portion comprising a driver circuit; and

a pixel portion comprising a plurality of pixels; and

a display control circuit capable of stopping supply of an image signal and a control signal to the display panel during displaying a still image in the pixel portion,

wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises;

a first transistor comprising;

an insulating layer; and

an oxide semiconductor layer over the insulating layer; and

a liquid crystal element,

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises indium, gallium, and zinc, and

wherein an off-state current per micrometer of a channel width of the first transistor is 1×

10<sup>−

16</sup> A/μ

m or lower at a drain voltage of 6V and a gate voltage of −

5V or −

10V.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer has a hydrogen concentration of 1×

10¹⁶ /cm³ or less which is detected by secondary ion mass spectrometry.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer has a carrier density which is less than 1×

10¹⁴ /cm³.

4. An electronic apparatus comprising the liquid crystal display device according to claim 1.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein an off-state resistivity of the first transistor is 1×

10⁹ Ω

m or more.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal display device is incorporated into one selected from the group consisting of a game machine, a digital camera, a television set, a computer, a mobile phone, and an electronic paper.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal element comprises a pair of electrodes and a liquid crystal layer between the pair of electrodes.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the first transistor comprises:

a gate insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer;

a gate electrode over the gate insulating layer; and

a wiring over the gate insulating layer and electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the first transistor comprises:

an electrode over and electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer;

a gate insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer and the electrode;

a gate electrode over the gate insulating layer; and

a wiring over the gate insulating layer and electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer via the electrode.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the display panel comprises:

a common potential terminal;

a common potential electrode over the driver circuit; and

a second transistor configured to control an electrical connection between the common potential terminal and the common potential electrode.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, comprising:

a signal generation circuit for generating the control signal for driving the driver circuit portion and the image signal which is supplied to the pixel portion;

a memory circuit for storing the image signal for each frame period;

a comparison circuit for detecting a difference of the image signals for a series of frame periods among the image signals stored for the respective frame periods in the memory circuit by selectively reading out the image signals of the series of frame periods stored in the memory circuit and comparing the image signals;

a selection circuit for selecting and outputting the image signals for the series of frame periods from the memory circuit in which the image signals are stored to the display control circuit when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit, and

outputting no image signal to the display control circuit when the difference is not detected in the comparison circuit; and

the display control circuit for supplying the control signal and the image signals output from the selection circuit to the driver circuit portion when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit, and stopping supplying the control signal to the driver circuit portion when the difference is not detected in the comparison circuit.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the control signal is a high power supply potential, a low power supply potential, a clock signal, a start pulse signal, or a reset signal.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the control signal comprises a high power supply potential and a low power supply potential.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the control signal comprises a clock pulse.

15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises a crystal.

16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel is configured to hold an image data for 10 seconds or longer and shorter than 10 minutes without a refresh operation.

17. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a display panel comprising;

a driver circuit portion comprising a driver circuit; and

a pixel portion comprising a plurality of pixels; and

a display control circuit capable of stopping supply of an image signal and a control signal to the display panel during displaying a still image in the pixel portion,

wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises;

a first transistor comprising;

an insulating layer; and

an oxide semiconductor layer over the insulating layer;

a liquid crystal element, and

a storage capacitor,

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises indium, gallium, and zinc, and

wherein an off-state current per micrometer of a channel width of the first transistor is 1×

10<sup>−

16</sup> A/μ

m or lower at a drain voltage of 6V and a gate voltage of −

5V or −

10V.

18. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer has a hydrogen concentration of 1×

10¹⁶ /cm³ or less which is detected by secondary ion mass spectrometry.

19. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer has a carrier density which is less than 1×

10¹⁴ /cm³.

20. An electronic apparatus comprising the liquid crystal display device according to claim 17.

21. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein an off-state resistivity of the first transistor is 1×

10⁹ Ω

m or more.

22. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the liquid crystal display device is incorporated into one selected from the group consisting of a game machine, a digital camera, a television set, a computer, a mobile phone, and an electronic paper.

23. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the liquid crystal element comprises a pair of electrodes and a liquid crystal layer between the pair of electrodes.

24. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the first transistor comprises:

a gate insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer;

a gate electrode over the gate insulating layer; and

a wiring over the gate insulating layer and electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer.

25. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the first transistor comprises:

an electrode over and electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer;

a gate insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor layer and the electrode;

a gate electrode over the gate insulating layer; and

a wiring over the gate insulating layer and electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer via the electrode.

26. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the display panel comprises:

a common potential terminal;

a common potential electrode over the driver circuit; and

a second transistor configured to control an electrical connection between the common potential terminal and the common potential electrode.

27. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, comprising:

a signal generation circuit for generating the control signal for driving the driver circuit portion and the image signal which is supplied to the pixel portion;

a memory circuit for storing the image signal for each frame period;

a comparison circuit for detecting a difference of the image signals for a series of frame periods among the image signals stored for the respective frame periods in the memory circuit by selectively reading out the image signals of the series of frame periods stored in the memory circuit and comparing the image signals;

a selection circuit for selecting and outputting the image signals for the series of frame periods from the memory circuit in which the image signals are stored to the display control circuit when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit, and

outputting no image signal to the display control circuit when the difference is not detected in the comparison circuit; and

the display control circuit for supplying the control signal and the image signals output from the selection circuit to the driver circuit portion when the difference is detected in the comparison circuit, and stopping supplying the control signal to the driver circuit portion when the difference is not detected in the comparison circuit.

28. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the control signal is a high power supply potential, a low power supply potential, a clock signal, a start pulse signal, or a reset signal.

29. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the control signal comprises a high power supply potential and a low power supply potential.

30. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the control signal comprises a clock pulse.

31. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises a crystal.

32. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 17, wherein the pixel is configured to hold an image data for 10 seconds or longer and shorter than 10 minutes without a refresh operation.