Liquid crystal display device

• US 9,336,739 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2011
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Shunpei, Koyama, Jun, Miyake, Hiroyuki, Toyotaka, Kouhei
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): BRITTINGHAM, NATHANIEL P
• Application Number:
  US13/167,020
• Publication Number:
  US 20120002127A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,783 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13318 Circuits comprising a photodetector
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133514 Colour filters
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133622 Colour sequential illumination
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0235 Field-sequential colour display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3413 Details of control of colour illumination sources
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3677 suitable for active matrices only
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3688 suitable for active matrices only

Abstract

An object is to provide a liquid crystal display device capable of image display according to an environment around the liquid crystal display device, e.g., in a bright environment or a dim environment. Another object is to provide a liquid crystal display device capable of displaying an image in both modes of a reflective mode in which external light is used as a light source and a transmissive mode in which a backlight is used. In order to achieve at least one of the above objects, a liquid crystal display device is provided with a region (a reflective region) where display is performed with reflection of incident light through a liquid crystal layer and a region (a transmissive region) where display is performed with transmission of light from a backlight and can switch the transmissive mode and the reflective mode. In the case where a full-color image is displayed, a pixel portion includes at least a first region and a second region, a plurality of lights of different hues are sequentially supplied to the first region according to a first order, and a plurality of lights of different hues are also sequentially supplied to the second region according to a second order which is different from the first order.

Claims

1. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a plurality of light sources emitting a plurality of lights; and

a pixel portion, the pixel portion comprising;

a first pixel electrode having a light-transmitting property; and

a second pixel electrode which is a reflective electrode and placed adjacently to the first pixel electrode,

wherein the first pixel electrode is electrically connected to a first transistor and the second pixel electrode is electrically connected to a second transistor,

wherein the pixel portion is divided into a plurality of regions,

wherein color display is performed by controlling the plurality of lights whose hues are different per the plurality of regions and applying a voltage to a first region of the liquid crystal layer overlapping with the first pixel electrode,

wherein a monochrome still image is displayed by driving the second transistor in a period when the plurality of light sources are turned off and applying a voltage to a second region of the liquid crystal layer overlapping with the second pixel electrode,

wherein the color display is a moving image,

wherein an interval of writings of the monochrome still image is longer than that of the color display,

wherein the reflective electrode of an adjacent pixel is above the first transistor, and

wherein the reflective electrode of the adjacent pixel overlaps with an active layer of the first transistor.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor comprise an oxide semiconductor.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2, wherein the oxide semiconductor is an In—

Ga—

Zn—

O-base oxide semiconductor.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 2, wherein a hydrogen concentration of the oxide semiconductor is less than or equal to 5×

10¹⁹/cm³.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein an off-state current density of the first transistor and the second transistor is less than or equal to 100 yA/μ

m.

16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein an interval between writings of image signals is 10 seconds or more when the monochrome still image is displayed.

6. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a plurality of light sources emitting a plurality of lights whose hues are different from each other; and

a pixel portion, the pixel portion comprising;

a first pixel electrode having a light-transmitting property; and

a second pixel electrode which is a reflective electrode and placed adjacently to the first pixel electrode,

wherein the first pixel electrode is electrically connected to a first transistor and the second pixel electrode is electrically connected to a second transistor,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a first region and a second region,

wherein color display is performed by controlling the plurality of lights whose hues are different per the first region and the second region and applying a voltage to a first region of the liquid crystal layer overlapping with the first pixel electrode,

wherein a monochrome still image is displayed by driving the second transistor in a period when the plurality of light sources are turned off and applying a voltage to a second region of the liquid crystal layer overlapping with the second pixel electrode,

wherein the color display is a moving image,

wherein an interval of writings of the monochrome still image is longer than that of the color display,

wherein the reflective electrode of an adjacent pixel is above the first transistor, and

wherein the reflective electrode of the adjacent pixel overlaps with an active layer of the first transistor.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor comprise an oxide semiconductor.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7, wherein the oxide semiconductor is an In—

Ga—

Zn—

O-base oxide semiconductor.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7, wherein a hydrogen concentration of the oxide semiconductor is less than or equal to 5×

10¹⁹/cm³.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6, wherein an off-state current density of the first transistor and the second transistor is less than or equal to 100 yA/μ

m.

17. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6, wherein an interval between writings of image signals is 10 seconds or more when the monochrome still image is displayed.

11. A liquid crystal display device comprising:

a plurality of light sources emitting a plurality of lights whose hues are different from each other; and

a pixel portion, the pixel portion comprising;

a first pixel electrode having a light-transmitting property; and

a second pixel electrode which is a reflective electrode and placed adjacently to the first pixel electrode,

wherein the first pixel electrode is electrically connected to a first transistor and the second pixel electrode is electrically connected to a second transistor,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a first region and a second region,

wherein color display is performed by sequentially supplying the plurality of lights to the first region in a first rotating order and to the second region in a second rotating order and applying a voltage to a first region of the liquid crystal layer overlapping with the first pixel electrode,

wherein a monochrome still image is displayed by driving the second transistor in a period when the plurality of light sources are turned off and applying a voltage to a second region of the liquid crystal layer overlapping with the second pixel electrode,

wherein the first rotating order is different from the second rotating order,

wherein the color display is a moving image,

wherein an interval of writings of the monochrome still image is longer than that of the color display,

wherein the reflective electrode of an adjacent pixel is above the first transistor, and

wherein the reflective electrode of the adjacent pixel overlaps with an active layer of the first transistor.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor comprise an oxide semiconductor.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12, wherein the oxide semiconductor is an In—

Ga—

Zn—

O-base oxide semiconductor.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12, wherein a hydrogen concentration of the oxide semiconductor is less than or equal to 5×

10¹⁹/cm³.

15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11, wherein an off-state current density of the first transistor and the second transistor is less than or equal to 100 yA/μ

m.

18. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11, wherein an interval between writings of image signals is 10 seconds or more when the monochrome still image is displayed.