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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
Nobuhisa Sakaguchi, Tenri, JP;
Yoshinori Ogawa, Yamatotakada, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes source drivers connected in cascade, each of which is provided with a data latch output circuit for converting input display data into parallel data and a data output control circuit for converting the display data into serial data and outputting the serial data to the next source driver. The data latch output circuit divides and fetches the display data at both of the leading and trailing edges of a transfer-use clock signal of each source driver. With this structure, the clock frequency of the transfer-use clock signal can be made lower than a necessary data transfer rate of the display data while stabilizing the transfer of the display data. It is therefore possible to widen the operating frequency range of the transfer-use clock signal, and provide a highly reliable semiconductor device and a display device module using the semiconductor device.