Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a data driver block for driving data lines. The data driver block includes a plurality of subpixel driver cells, each of which outputs a data signal corresponding to image data of one subpixel. When a direction along the long side of the subpixel driver cell is a direction D1 and a direction perpendicular to the first direction is a direction D2, the subpixel driver cells are disposed in the data driver block along the direction D1 and the direction D2. Pads are disposed on the D2 side of the data driver block. A rearrangement wiring region for rearranging the order of pull-out lines of output signals from the subpixel driver cells is provided in the arrangement region of the subpixel driver cells.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes: first to Nth circuit blocks CB1 to CBN disposed along a direction D1, the circuit blocks CB1 to CBN includes a data driver block DB. A data driver DR included in the data driver block DB includes Q driver cells DRC1 to DRCQ arranged along a direction D2, each of the driver cells outputting a data signal corresponding to image data for one pixel. When a width of each of the driver cells DRC1 to DRCQ in the direction D2 is WD, each of the circuit blocks CB1 to CBN has a width WB in the direction D2 of “Q×WD?WB<(Q+1)×WD”.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a plurality of picture element regions each defined by a first electrode provided on a face of a first substrate facing a liquid crystal layer and a second electrode provided on a second substrate so as to oppose the first electrode via the liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. In each of the picture element regions, the first electrode has a plurality of openings and a solid portion, the liquid crystal layer is in a vertical orientation state when no voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, and when a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, a plurality of liquid crystal domains each in a radially-inclined orientation state are respectively formed in the plurality of openings and the solid portion by inclined electrode fields generated at respective edge portions of the openings of the first electrode.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a plurality of picture element regions each defined by a first electrode provided on a face of a first substrate facing a liquid crystal layer and a second electrode provided on a second substrate so as to oppose the first electrode via the liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. In each of the picture element regions, the first electrode has a plurality of openings and a solid portion, the liquid crystal layer is in a vertical orientation state when no voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, and when a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, a plurality of liquid crystal domains each in a radially-inclined orientation state are respectively formed in the plurality of openings and the solid portion by inclined electrode fields generated at respective edge portions of the openings of the first electrode.

Abstract: An operational amplifier 100 includes a differential amplifier 110 which includes an N-type differential transistor pair DIF1 to which an input voltage Vin and an output voltage Vout are supplied at respective gates, and an N-type current source transistor CS1 which generates the sum of drain currents of the transistors QN1 and QN2 making up the differential transistor pair DIF1, and amplifies the difference between the input voltage and the output voltage, and a P-type driver transistor DQP1 which is provided on a high potential power supply side, is gate-controlled based on voltage of an output node of the differential amplifier 110, and generates a drain voltage as the output voltage Vout. The current source transistor CS1 is a transistor in which a potential of an impurity layer in which a channel region is formed is set independently of a potential of an impurity layer in which channel regions of other transistors are formed.

Abstract: A reference clock signal generation circuit for generating a reference clock signal for a charge-pump operation which raises or lowers a voltage includes a clock signal generation circuit which generates a reference clock signal having one of first to nth (n is an integer of two or more) frequencies, a wait time setting register in which a value corresponding to a wait time is set, and a frequency setting register in which a value corresponding to one of the first to nth frequencies is set. The clock signal generation circuit generates the reference clock signal having a predetermined frequency in a start period from start of the charge-pump operation to completion of the wait time, and generates the reference clock signal having a frequency corresponding to the value set in the frequency setting register in an operation period after the start period.

Abstract: An operational amplifier is provided including first and second conduction types of differential amplifier circuits, an output circuit for outputting an output signal by first and second driver transistors of the first and the second conduction types. The differential amplifier circuits of the first and the second conduction types include first and second differential pairs of transistors of the first and the second conduction types to which an input signal and the output signal are respectively input. When the transistor of a p-type is in an off-state, a first auxiliary circuit subsidiarily drives a first output node (a first inverted output node). When the transistor of an n-type is in an off-state, a second auxiliary circuit subsidiarily drives a second output node (a second inverted output node).

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having a high display quality. The liquid crystal display device displays an image by applying a voltage by a first electrode and a second electrode across a liquid crystal layer which takes a vertical alignment in the absence of an applied voltage. The first electrode includes a lower conductive layer, a dielectric layer covering at least a portion of the lower conductive layer, and an upper conductive layer provided on one side of the dielectric layer which is closer to the liquid crystal layer. The upper conductive layer includes a first opening, and the lower conductive layer is provided so as to oppose at least a portion of the first opening via the dielectric layer.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a plurality of picture element regions for producing a display. In each of the plurality of picture element regions, a picture element electrode provided on the face of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer and a switching element electrically connected to the picture element electrode are provided. The picture element electrode includes a plurality of sub-picture element electrodes and a plurality of contact portions for mutually electrically connecting at least some of the plurality of sub-picture element electrodes. At least one of the plurality of sub-picture element electrodes is electrically connected to the switching element via a plurality of connection paths.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having a high display quality. The liquid crystal display device displays an image by applying a voltage by a first electrode and a second electrode across a liquid crystal layer which takes a vertical alignment in the absence of an applied voltage. The first electrode includes a lower conductive layer, a dielectric layer covering at least a portion of the lower conductive layer, and an upper conductive layer provided on one side of the dielectric layer which is closer to the liquid crystal layer. The upper conductive layer includes a first opening, and the lower conductive layer is provided so as to oppose at least a portion of the first opening via the dielectric layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having a high display quality. The liquid crystal display device displays an image by applying a voltage by a first electrode and a second electrode across a liquid crystal layer which takes a vertical alignment in the absence of an applied voltage. The first electrode includes a lower conductive layer, a dielectric layer covering at least a portion of the lower conductive layer, and an upper conductive layer provided on one side of the dielectric layer which is closer to the liquid crystal layer. The upper conductive layer includes a first opening, and the lower conductive layer is provided so as to oppose at least a portion of the first opening via the dielectric layer.

Abstract: An operational amplifier is provided including first and second conduction types of differential amplifier circuits, an output circuit for outputting an output signal by first and second driver transistors of the first and the second conduction types. The differential amplifier circuits of the first and the second conduction types include first and second differential pairs of transistors of the first and the second conduction types to which an input signal and the output signal are respectively input. When the transistor of a p-type is in an off-state, a first auxiliary circuit subsidiarily drives a first output node (a first inverted output node). When the transistor of an n-type is in an off-state, a second auxiliary circuit subsidiarily drives a second output node (a second inverted output node).

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and includes a plurality of picture element regions each defined by a first electrode provided on one side of the first substrate that is closer to the liquid crystal layer and a second electrode provided on the second substrate so as to oppose the first electrode via the liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first orientation-regulating structure in each of the plurality of picture element regions, the first orientation-regulating structure exerting an orientation-regulating force so as to form a plurality of liquid crystal domains in the liquid crystal layer, each of the liquid crystal domains taking a radially-inclined orientation in the presence of an applied voltage.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a plurality of picture element regions each defined by a first electrode provided on a face of a first substrate facing a liquid crystal layer and a second electrode provided on a second substrate so as to oppose the first electrode via the liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. In each of the picture element regions, the first electrode has a plurality of openings and a solid portion, the liquid crystal layer is in a vertical orientation state when no voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, and when a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, a plurality of liquid crystal domains each in a radially-inclined orientation state are respectively formed in the plurality of openings and the solid portion by inclined electrode fields generated at respective edge portions of the openings of the first electrode.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and includes a plurality of picture element regions each defined by a first electrode provided on one side of the first substrate that is closer to the liquid crystal layer and a second electrode provided on the second substrate so as to oppose the first electrode via the liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first orientation-regulating structure in each of the plurality of picture element regions, the first orientation-regulating structure exerting an orientation-regulating force so as to form a plurality of liquid crystal domains in the liquid crystal layer, each of the liquid crystal domains taking a radially-inclined orientation in the presence of an applied voltage.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a plurality of picture element regions for producing a display. In each of the plurality of picture element regions, a picture element electrode provided on the face of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer and a switching element electrically connected to the picture element electrode are provided. The picture element electrode includes a plurality of sub-picture element electrodes and a plurality of contact portions for mutually electrically connecting at least some of the plurality of sub-picture element electrodes. At least one of the plurality of sub-picture element electrodes is electrically connected to the switching element via a plurality of connection paths.

Abstract: A display device, with a pair of substrates provided so as to face each other with a display medium interposed therebetween, includes, on a first substrate of the pair of substrates: switching elements disposed in a matrix; scanning lines and signal lines disposed so as to cross each other; and an interlayer insulating film provided so as to have the switching elements, the scanning lines and the signal lines on one surface thereof and pixel electrodes on the other surface thereof. Each of the pixel electrodes is electrically connected to a drain electrode of one of the switching elements via a contact hole which penetrates through the interlayer insulating film. The interlayer insulating film is made of an organic thin film having a high transparency and covers at least the switching elements, the scanning lines and the signal lines.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of this invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a plurality of picture element regions for producing a display. In each of the plurality of picture element regions, a picture element electrode provided on the face of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer and a switching element electrically connected to the picture element electrode are provided. The picture element electrode includes a plurality of sub-picture element electrodes and a plurality of contact portions for mutually electrically connecting at least some of the plurality of sub-picture element electrodes. At least one of the plurality of sub-picture element electrodes is electrically connected to the switching element via a plurality of connection paths.

Abstract: A moving-coil linear motor free of cogging. The motor has a rotor (3) including separated block cores (31, 32 and 33), each of which has a length equivalent to eight times the magnet pitch (Pm) and includes nine teeth (4) along the length. The block cores are arranged in line and separated by gaps equivalent to ⅔ of the magnet pitch. The first block (31) is divided into three groups of teeth (4) with armature coils (5) to form U-, V- and W-phases. Similarly, the second block (32) is grouped to form V-, W- and U-phases, and the third block (33) is grouped to form W-, U- and V-phases. The armature coils (5) are formed to differ in phase by 120 degrees from one another in order to zero the sum of the cogging caused by the blocks.

Abstract: The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and includes a plurality of picture element regions each defined by a first electrode provided on one side of the first substrate that is closer to the liquid crystal layer and a second electrode provided on the second substrate so as to oppose the first electrode via the liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first orientation-regulating structure in each of the plurality of picture element regions, the first orientation-regulating structure exerting an orientation-regulating force so as to form a plurality of liquid crystal domains in the liquid crystal layer, each of the liquid crystal domains taking a radially-inclined orientation in the presence of an applied voltage.