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Display device

US8803791B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 30, 2010
Grant dateAug 12, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2360/144
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a display device that includes an optical sensor having a high sensitivity in which a potential difference of an accumulation node due to an illuminance difference on a light receiving surface after boosting is set greater than a potential difference of the same at an end of an integration period. The display device includes an optical sensor in a pixel region. The optical sensor includes a diode D1; a reset signal line RST for supplying a reset signal; a readout signal line RWS for supplying a readout signal; an accumulation node having a potential (VINT) that varies with an amount of light received by the diode D1 during a period from supply of the reset signal to supply of the readout signal; an amplifying element C1 for amplifying VINT according to the readout signal; and a sensor switching element M2 for reading out the amplified potential and outputting the same to an output line. A potential of a light shielding film LS provided on a back side of the diode is fixed to a constant potential VLS satisfying the following formula: VLS≧VRST.H.

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