A total internal reflection display includes a sub-pixel, a reflecting layer, at least one first stereoscopic electrode and a display medium layer. The sub-pixel is defined by a color filter and a black matrix disposed adjacently to the color filter. The reflecting layer is located beneath the sub-pixel. The first stereoscopic electrode is located beneath the black matrix. The width of the first stereoscopic electrode is less than the width of the black matrix. The display medium layer is located between the sub-pixel and the reflecting layer. The height of the first stereoscopic electrode is greater than half of the thickness of the display medium layer.

A total internal reflection display includes a sub-pixel, a reflecting layer, at least one first stereoscopic electrode and a display medium layer. The sub-pixel is defined by a color filter and a black matrix disposed adjacently to the color filter. The reflecting layer is located beneath the sub-pixel. The first stereoscopic electrode is located beneath the black matrix. The width of the first stereoscopic electrode is less than the width of the black matrix. The display medium layer is located between the sub-pixel and the reflecting layer. The height of the first stereoscopic electrode is greater than half of the thickness of the display medium layer.

The display device includes at least one pixel having a first capacitive element having a first terminal and a transistor connected to the first terminal and having a second terminal and a gate electrode. A driving method of the display device including in a first frame, a signal with a first pulse width is supplied to the gate electrode of the transistor, and a first voltage is written from the second terminal to the first terminal. In the second frame after the first frame, a signal with a second pulse width is supplied to the gate electrode, and the first terminal holds the first voltage. In the third frame after the second frame, a signal with a third pulse width is supplied to the gate electrode, and the second voltage is written from the second terminal to the first terminal.

The display device includes at least one pixel having a first capacitive element having a first terminal and a transistor connected to the first terminal and having a second terminal and a gate electrode. A driving method of the display device including in a first frame, a signal with a first pulse width is supplied to the gate electrode of the transistor, and a first voltage is written from the second terminal to the first terminal. In the second frame after the first frame, a signal with a second pulse width is supplied to the gate electrode, and the first terminal holds the first voltage. In the third frame after the second frame, a signal with a third pulse width is supplied to the gate electrode, and the second voltage is written from the second terminal to the first terminal.

A thin-film transistor array includes an insulating substrate and pixels each including a thin-film transistor, a pixel electrode, and a capacitor electrode, the pixels being formed in a matrix and located at positions where column wirings extending in a column direction intersect row wirings perpendicular to the column wirings and extending in a row direction. The thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a semiconductor pattern formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The pixel electrode includes two electrically conductive layers which are a lower layer electrode serving as a lower pixel electrode, and an upper layer electrode serving as an upper pixel electrode. The corresponding one of the column wirings is at a position which has no overlap with the capacitor electrode and the lower pixel electrode, and has an overlap with the upper pixel electrode, in the lamination direction.

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor substrate includes a first basement, a gate line, a source line, an insulating film, a first pixel electrode, and a first transistor and a second transistor connected parallel at positions between the source line and the first pixel electrode. Each of a first semiconductor layer of the first transistor and a second semiconductor layer of the second transistor includes a first region, a second region, and a channel region. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are in contact with a first surface that is a surface of the insulating film on the source line side. The channel region of each of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer wholly overlaps the gate line.

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor substrate includes a first basement, a gate line, a source line, an insulating film, a first pixel electrode, and a first transistor and a second transistor connected parallel at positions between the source line and the first pixel electrode. Each of a first semiconductor layer of the first transistor and a second semiconductor layer of the second transistor includes a first region, a second region, and a channel region. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are in contact with a first surface that is a surface of the insulating film on the source line side. The channel region of each of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer wholly overlaps the gate line.

According to one embodiment, a display device including an insulating substrate, an organic film on the insulating substrate, and a switching element located between the insulating substrate and the organic film and including a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, the organic film including a first removed portion at a position overlapping the semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode of the switching element.

A method for driving an electro-optic display, the display having at least one display pixel coupled to a storage capacitor, the method include applying a waveform sequence to the at least one display pixel and connecting the storage capacitor to a first bias voltage, and maintaining a last frame voltage level on the display pixel after the completion of the applied waveform.

An array substrate has a plurality of sub-pixel regions. The array substrate includes: a substrate; a first transistor and a second transistor that are disposed on a side of the substrate and located in each sub-pixel region; and a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode that are disposed on the side of the substrate and located in the sub-pixel region. The first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are insulated from each other; the first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first transistor, and the second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second transistor.