Abstract: A transflective-type liquid crystal display device with a high image quality which has a high aperture ratio and an excellent efficiency of utility of reflected light is provided at low cost. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is a liquid crystal display device having a transistor and a reflection section in each of a plurality of pixels; the reflection section includes a metal layer, an insulating layer formed on the metal layer, a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer, and a reflective layer formed on the semiconductor layer; a plurality of recesses are formed on the surface of the reflective layer; a storage capacitor is formed between at least a portion of the metal layer and at least a portion of the reflective layer; and at least one of the metal layer and the reflective layer includes two portions which are electrically isolated from each other.

Abstract: An optical sensor circuit in accordance with the present invention detects, based on a change in the amount of light received when a pointer (P) is placed in a coordinate detection area (2) through which light from a light source (3) passes, coordinates of a position of the pointer (3) in the coordinate detection area (2).

Abstract: An optical sensor circuit (20) includes a transistor (20c) and a transistor (20d). The transistor (20c) is connected in series with the transistor (20d). The transistor (20d) is configured to receive light. A black matrix is provided so as to face the transistor (20c). A voltage generated at a connecting point (i.e., node (netB)) of the transistor (20d) and the transistor (20c) varies depending on intensity of light received via the transistor (20d).

Abstract: A transflective-type and a reflection-type liquid crystal display device having a high reflection efficiency and a high image quality are provided. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a reflection region for reflecting incident light toward a display surface, wherein the reflection region includes a metal layer, an insulating layer formed on the metal layer, a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer, and a reflective layer formed on the semiconductor layer; a plurality of recesses are formed in at least one of the metal layer, the insulating layer and the semiconductor layer; a plurality of dents are formed in the reflective layer in the reflection region according to the plurality of recesses; and a shortest distance a between edge portions of at least two of the plurality of recesses is 4 ?m or less.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device equipped with a display panel that is provided with a photo-detection section with improved accuracy of detecting a touch position. A display panel (11) of an organic EL display device (10) includes a photo-detection section (40) that detects reflected light when a screen is touched by a finger or the like. The photo-detection section (40) includes a photodiode (41) that receives the reflected light, and an output amplifier (42) that outputs an output voltage corresponding to the amount of the received light. If an a-Si diode is used for such a photodiode (41), a sufficiently large signal difference in sensitivity between the bright state and the dark state can be achieved. Also, if a p-Si amplifier is used for the output amplifier (42), the output voltage becomes the saturation voltage at the time of read-out.

Abstract: A phototransistor includes a source electrode and a gate electrode which have the same electric potential, a transparent electrode formed on a surface of an interlayer insulating film so as to be located above a channel region, and a refresh controller for reducing a charge accumulated in a portion of the channel region, the portion facing the transparent electrode, by applying a voltage between the transparent electrode, and the gate electrode and the source electrode.

Abstract: A display device of the present invention includes a display panel (101) including a photodiode (17), which generates a current having a magnitude corresponding to an intensity of light incident on the photoelectric conversion element; and, a backlight (108) for irradiating light from behind the photodiode (17) to beyond a front surface of the display panel (101), wherein: the photodiode (17) includes an activating layer made of hydrogenated a-Si; the light source (108) has a peak wavelength within a range from 780 nm or more to 830 nm or less; and the display device further includes a light blocking member (15) for blocking light having a wavelength less than 780 nm, the light blocking member (15) being provided between a front surface of the display panel (101) and the photodiode (17) and over the photodiode (17).

Abstract: A field-effect transistor (62a) has a back gate (62ag2). The back gate (62ag2), a cathode of a photodiode (62b), and a first end of a first capacitor (62c) are connected with each other via a first node (netA). An anode of the photodiode (62b) is connected with a first line (Vrst). A second end of the first capacitor (62c) is connected with a second line (Csn). A gate (62ag1) of the field-effect transistor (62a) is connected with a third line (Vrwn), and a drain of the filed-effect transistor (62a) is connected with a fourth line (Vsm). A source of the field-effect transistor (62a) is an output of an output amplifier (62a).

Abstract: A display device includes, in a display region, a first circuit including a photodiode (62b), a first capacitor (62c), a second capacitor (62d), and an output amplifier (62a). A cathode of the photodiode (62b), one end of the first capacitor (62c), one end of the second capacitor (62d), and an input of the output amplifier (62a) are connected with one another via a first node (netA). An electrode at the other end of the second capacitor (62d) is provided on a substrate having a display surface of a display panel, and an electrode at the one end of the second capacitor (62d) is positioned to be away from the display surface in a thickness direction of the display panel in such a manner as to face the electrode at the other end of the second capacitor (62d).

Abstract: A display device includes: an optical sensor circuit provided in a display region, the optical sensor circuit including a light-receiving element and detecting intensity of light incident to the light-receiving element; and a pressure detection circuit which detects pressure applied to a display surface of a display panel on a basis of a change of the display surface in a panel thickness direction which change is caused by the pressure, with respect to a region in which the pressure is to be detected, both of the detection of the pressure by the pressure detection circuit and the detection of the intensity of the light by the optical sensor circuit being carried out within a period allocated to acquisition of detection data concerning the pressure in the display region.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a two-dimensional sensor array in which optical sensor circuits are two-dimensionally positioned. The respective optical sensor circuits are provided with a photodiode (17), an output AMP and a NetA voltage raising capacitor. The output AMP has a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are connected to a cathode electrode (NetA) of the photodiode (17), a voltage supply wiring (Vsm) and an optical sensor output wiring (Vom), respectively. The NetA voltage raising capacitor has two electrodes. One of the two electrodes is electrically connected to the NetA, and the other of the two electrodes is electrically connected to a drive wiring (Vrwn) for supplying a drive signal to the NetA voltage raising capacitor. A storage capacitor wiring (Csn) for retaining a pixel potential also serves as the drive wiring (Vrwn).

Abstract: A display apparatus of the present invention includes display sections (100) and sensor circuit sections (200). A driver line RW for supplying power to a charge storage element (202) in the sensor circuit section (200) is provided so as to overlap, via an interlayer insulating film, a gate line G connected with a gate electrode (102) of a display-drive TFT element (101) in the display section (100). This makes it possible to realize a display apparatus having pixels in which optical sensors are provided which display apparatus makes it possible to suppress a decrease in aperture ratio which is caused by the provision of the sensor circuit sections, and reduce a parasitic capacitance between lines so as to increase a sensitivity of the optical sensors.

Abstract: A display device according to the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in matrix, and an optical sensor circuit configured by a photodiode (17), a NetA voltage-boosting capacitor, and an output AMP. A driving wiring (Vrwn) for supplying a driving signal to the NetA voltage-boosting capacitor is electrically connected to a power supply wiring (Vsm) for supplying power to the output AMP. This configuration reduces parasitic capacitance resulting from an increase in the number of wirings. This makes it possible to make a display device having a pixel including an optical sensor incorporated therein, the display device capable of avoiding deterioration in sensor accuracy in the optical sensor circuit and preventing a decrease in the aperture ratio of the pixel.

Abstract: A display device according to the present invention includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix; photoelectric elements being provided in each of the pixels and each outputting a signal with a value according to the quantity of light received by the photoelectric element, the photoelectric elements forming photoelectric element groups (PDs(n)) in each of which the photoelectric elements arranged along a one-dimensional direction are grouped; and resetting wirings (Vrts(n+1)), each of which is connected to the anode side electrodes of the photoelectric elements in the corresponding one (PDs(n)) of the photoelectric element groups commonly, and is shared by an adjacent one (PDs(n+1)) of the photoelectric element groups. This configuration makes it possible to provide such a display device having a pixel including an optical sensor incorporated therein, that is not affected by the resolution and the performance of an output AMP and is capable of preventing a decrease in the aperture ratio of the pixel.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a TFT array substrate (200); a counter substrate (100); a liquid crystal layer (300) formed between the TFT array substrate (200) and the counter substrate (100); a photodiode (17) formed on the TFT array substrate (200), which photodiode (17) generates an electric current equivalent to intensity of irradiation light irradiated to the photodiode (17); and a light transmitting member (15) employing a non-hollow solid structure, which light transmitting member (15) is provided on a light-receiving surface of the photodiode (17) and sandwiched between the TFT array substrate (200) and the counter substrate (100). This makes it possible to attain, by a simple arrangement, a liquid crystal display device including an optical sensor (photoelectric element) which is not affected by an alignment state of liquid crystal and which has an excellent detection sensitivity.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a two-dimensional sensor array in which optical sensor circuits are two-dimensionally positioned. The respective optical sensor circuits are provided with a photodiode (17), an output AMP and a NetA voltage raising capacitor. The output AMP has a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode are connected to a cathode electrode (NetA) of the photodiode (17), a voltage supply wiring (Vsm) and an optical sensor output wiring (Vom), respectively. The NetA voltage raising capacitor has two electrodes. One of the two electrodes is electrically connected to the NetA, and the other of the two electrodes is electrically connected to a drive wiring (Vrwn) for supplying a drive signal to the NetA voltage raising capacitor. A storage capacitor wiring (Csn) for retaining a pixel potential also serves as the drive wiring (Vrwn).

Abstract: A transflective-type and a reflection-type liquid crystal display device having a high reflection efficiency and a high image quality are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a TBA-mode transflective liquid crystal display device in which components such as a multigap structure and a quarter-wave plate can be omitted.

Abstract: The present invention provides a TBA-mode liquid crystal display device that is capable of reflective display and transmissive display without using a multigap structure. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite each other and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and has, in a pixel area, a reflective area where reflective display is performed and a transmissive area where transmissive display is performed.

Abstract: A matrix type display device including: a photosensor, provided in a display region, for outputting a signal corresponding to an intensity of light emitted to the photosensor; a TFT of n-channel type, the TFT serving as a source follower including a gate to which the signal is inputted; and light intensity detecting means for detecting the intensity of the light by detecting an output of the source follower, which is the TFT. In at least one embodiment, the TFT includes a drain to which a first pulse signal (Vpulse2) having a first pulse is inputted, the first pulse rising from a low level to a high level in a state where the signal is inputted to the gate of the TFT.