Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Motoharu Saito

Koji Kusunoki

Susumu Kawashima

Kazunori Watanabe

Satoshi Yoshimoto

Kouhei Toyotaka

Shunpei Yamazaki

Tomoaki Atsumi

Hidetomo Kobayashi

Ryo Yamauchi

Marina Hiyama

A method for driving a novel display apparatus is provided. The method is a method for driving a display apparatus including a first layer and a second layer over the first layer. The first layer includes a plurality of driver circuit regions. The second layer includes a plurality of display regions. Each of the plurality of driver circuit regions includes a driver circuit. Each of the plurality of display regions includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a light-emitting element. The driver circuit included in one of the plurality of driver circuit regions has a function of driving each of the plurality of pixels included in one of the plurality of display regions. The method for driving the display apparatus includes: performing a first operation in which an operation of sequentially writing an image signal row by row in each of the plurality of display regions is performed and the operation is performed in all the plurality of display regions at the same time; performing a second operation in which the light-emitting elements included in the plurality of pixels are brought into a light-emitting state simultaneously after the first operation; and performing a third operation in which the light-emitting elements included in the plurality of pixels are brought into a non-light-emitting state simultaneously after the second operation.

Display apparatus and method for driving the display apparatus

A highly functional semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The second transistor includes a second semiconductor layer, a second gate electrode, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode. The first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are connected to each other, and the second electrode and the third electrode are connected to each other. A first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and a second semiconductor layer are stacked over the first semiconductor layer. The first insulating layer is less likely to diffuse hydrogen than the second insulating layer. The second insulating layer contains oxide, the first semiconductor layer contains polycrystalline silicon, and the second semiconductor layer contains a metal oxide. The first transistor is a p-channel transistor and the second transistor is an n-channel transistor.

Semiconductor device, display device, and electronic device

A semiconductor device capable of performing authentication in a short time can be provided. The semiconductor device includes a light-emitting unit and an imaging unit. The imaging unit includes a row driver circuit, and the row driver circuit includes first to m latch circuits (m is an integer greater than or equal to 2) and first to m register circuits. A first start pulse signal is input to a first latch circuit and second start pulse signals are input to first to m latch circuits. Scan signals output from the first to (m−1)-th register circuits are input to the second to m-th latch circuits, respectively. The first latch circuit has a function of outputting one of the first start pulse signal and the second start pulse signal to the first register circuit on the basis of data held, and the second to m-th latch circuits have a function of outputting one of the scan signal and the second start pulse signal to the second to m-th register circuits on the basis of data held.

Semiconductor device, method for driving semiconductor device, and electronic device

A display apparatus which includes a driver with low power consumption and in which an output voltage of the driver is boosted by a pixel is provided. The source driver in which a logic unit and an amplifier unit operate appropriately by the same low voltage is included, and the pixel has a function of retaining first data, a function of adding second data to the first data to generate third data, and a function of supplying the third data to a display device. Thus, even when a voltage output from the source driver is low, the voltage can be boosted by the pixel; accordingly, the display device can operate appropriately.

Display apparatus and electronic device

A display apparatus capable of performing authentication in a short time is provided. The display apparatus includes a first display portion where first pixels are arranged in a matrix, a second display portion where second pixels are arranged in a matrix, first and second row driver circuits, and a control circuit. Each of the first and the second pixels includes a light-receiving element. The first and the second pixels each have a function of acquiring imaging data by using the light-receiving element. The first and the second row driver circuits each have a function of selecting the first and the second pixels which read out the imaging data. The control circuit has a function of sequentially driving the first and the second row driver circuits in a first mode, and has a function of driving one of the first and the second row driver circuits on the basis of the imaging data in the second mode. Each of the scan rates of the first and the second row driver circuits in the first mode is higher than the scan rate of the first or the second row driver circuit in the second mode.

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Atsugi, Japan

Motoharu Saito