According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first polarizing element, a second polarizing element, and a light-modulating layer located between the first polarizing element and the second polarizing element, each of the first polarizing element and the second polarizing element includes a guest-host liquid crystal layer and a control electrode in an active area including at least one sub-area, the guest-host liquid crystal layer including dye having anisotropy in absorptive power for visible light, the control electrode controlling an alignment direction of the dye in the sub-area.

A display device that can switch between normal display and see-through display is provided. Visibility in see-through display is improved. A liquid crystal element overlaps with a light-emitting element. The light-emitting element, a transistor, and the like overlapping with the liquid crystal element transmit visible light. When the liquid crystal element blocks external light, an image is displayed with the light-emitting element. When the liquid crystal element transmits external light, an image displayed with the light-emitting element is superimposed on a transmission image through the liquid crystal element.

A liquid crystal display device includes a display area having a plurality of first areas and a plurality of second areas arranged in a matrix in a row direction and a column direction, a plurality of first TFTs each located in one of the plurality of first areas, a plurality of pixel electrodes each located in one of the plurality of first areas, a plurality of transparent electrodes each located in one of the plurality of second areas, a plurality of gate bus lines extending in the row direction and being connected to the plurality of first TFTs, a plurality of source bus lines extending in the column direction and being connected to the plurality of first TFTs, and a plurality of dummy source bus lines each extending in the column direction and being connected to one of the plurality of gate bus lines.

According to an aspect, there is provided a display unit for generating a display output, comprising a first light source; a first back polarizer arranged to polarize light from the first light source in a first polarization direction; a second light source; a second back polarizer arranged to polarize light from the second light source in a second polarization direction that is orthogonal to the first polarization direction; a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate, second substrate and liquid crystal layer are arranged to receive light from the first light source that has been polarized by the first back polarizer and receive light from the second light source that has been polarized by the second back polarizer; and a front polarizer arranged to polarize light, the front polarizer being for polarizing light that has passed through the liquid crystal layer; wherein operating the first light source to generate light generates a positive display output, and operating the second light source to generate light generates a negative display output.

A display device that can switch between normal display and see-through display is provided. Visibility in see-through display is improved. A liquid crystal element overlaps with a light-emitting element. The light-emitting element, a transistor, and the like overlapping with the liquid crystal element transmit visible light. When the liquid crystal element blocks external light, an image is displayed with the light-emitting element. When the liquid crystal element transmits external light, an image displayed with the light-emitting element is superimposed on a transmission image through the liquid crystal element.

Provided is a liquid crystal display device that can achieve high-speed response in both rise time and fall time and has a high transmittance, a high contrast ratio, and excellent viewing angle characteristics. The liquid crystal display device provides color display using a field sequential driving system where each frame period includes subframe periods and includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a light source that irradiates the liquid crystal display panel with lights of multiple colors; and a controller that drives the light source to time-divisionally irradiate the liquid crystal display panel with the lights of multiple colors. The liquid crystal display panel includes, sequentially in the following order: a first substrate including pixel electrodes; a first alignment film; a liquid crystal layer; a second alignment film; and a second substrate including a common electrode.

The liquid crystal display panel sequentially includes: a first polarizing plate; a first substrate; a first alignment film; a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules; a second alignment film; a second substrate; and a second polarizing plate. The liquid crystal display panel is a normally black liquid crystal display panel capable of shifting into a transparent display state. The first alignment film and the second alignment film have been subjected to alignment treatment such that a first domain and a second domain in which alignment vectors are different from each other are arranged side by side in a column direction. In a plan view, a liquid crystal alignment axis of the first domain and a liquid crystal alignment axis of the second domain obliquely intersect a polarization axis of the first polarizing plate and a polarization axis of the second polarizing plate and are parallel to each other.

A display device or an electronic device with high portability and browsability is provided. A display device which includes two display panels that overlap with each other and in which the area of a portion where the two display panels overlap with each other is variable is provided. The larger the area where the two display panels overlap with each other is, the smaller the display device becomes. The first display panel includes a first region that performs display. The second display panel includes a second region that performs display, and a third region that is adjacent to the second region and transmits visible light. When the third region overlaps with the side of a surface which performs display of the first region, display can be performed using a seamless large display region.

A display device includes a plurality of divided pixels, each of which comprising a reflective electrode, a counter electrode provided so as to face the reflective electrode, and a holding unit configured to hold a potential corresponding to an expression of a gradation, and an inorganic light emitter provided on a side of the counter electrode opposite to a side of the counter electrode facing the reflective electrode, and configured to emit light toward the divided pixel.

When a semiconductor device including a transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating film, and an oxide semiconductor film are stacked and a source and drain electrode layers are provided in contact with the oxide semiconductor film is manufactured, after the formation of the gate electrode layer or the source and drain electrode layers by an etching step, a step of removing a residue remaining by the etching step and existing on a surface of the gate electrode layer or a surface of the oxide semiconductor film and in the vicinity of the surface is performed. The surface density of the residue on the surface of the oxide semiconductor film or the gate electrode layer can be 1×10.sup.13 atoms/cm.sup.2 or lower.