To provide a semiconductor device, a liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device which have a wide viewing angle and in which the number of manufacturing steps, the number of masks, and manufacturing cost are reduced compared with a conventional one. The liquid crystal display device includes a first electrode formed over an entire surface of one side of a substrate; a first insulating film formed over the first electrode; a thin film transistor formed over the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed over the thin film transistor; a second electrode formed over the second insulating film and having a plurality of openings; and a liquid crystal over the second electrode. The liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode.

The disclosure provides a pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, a driving circuit, and a display device, which pertains to the field of pixel driving technology. The pixel circuit includes a capacitor, a capacitor charging transistor, a first and second capacitor discharging transistor. The capacitor is charged to a first voltage greater than the pixel voltage when the capacitor charging transistor is turned on. The capacitor is connected in series with the first and second capacitor discharging transistor to form a discharge circuit, and the capacitor is discharged when the first and second capacitor discharging transistor are turned on so that the voltage across the capacitor drops from the first voltage to the pixel voltage. There is no need to arrange a Gamma resistor for the driving circuit for the pixel circuit array provided by the disclosure, which makes the structure simple and the power consumption in driving low.

A gate driver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes a pull-up-pull-down circuit configured to pull up a gate signal to a high level of a first clock signal in a first duration and configured to pull down the gate signal to a low level of the first clock signal in a second duration, and a pull-down boosting circuit configured to output a first off voltage to the pull-up-pull-down part in the second duration in response to a second clock signal.

The present invention has a pixel which includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first liquid crystal element, and a second liquid crystal element. A pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a signal line through the first switch. The pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element through the second switch and the first resistor. The pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a Cs line through the third switch and the second resistor. A common electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a common electrode of the second liquid crystal element.

To provide a semiconductor device, a liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device which have a wide viewing angle and in which the number of manufacturing steps, the number of masks, and manufacturing cost are reduced compared with a conventional one. The liquid crystal display device includes a first electrode formed over an entire surface of one side of a substrate; a first insulating film formed over the first electrode; a thin film transistor formed over the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed over the thin film transistor; a second electrode formed over the second insulating film and having a plurality of openings; and a liquid crystal over the second electrode. The liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode.

A display device includes: a first pixel including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel; and a second pixel including the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and a fourth sub-pixel. The first pixel and the second pixel are alternately arranged in a row direction and a column direction. The third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel are alternately arranged in the column direction. A branch electrode in one of two first sub-pixels adjacent in the column direction extends in a first direction, and a branch electrode in the other thereof extends in a second direction. A branch electrode in one of two second sub-pixels adjacent in the column direction extends in the first direction, and a branch electrode in the other thereof extends in the second direction. Each branch electrode in the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel includes a bending portion.

A display device capable of performing image processing is provided. A memory node is provided in each pixel included in the display device. An intended correction data is held in the memory node. The correction data is calculated by an external device and written into each pixel. The correction data is added to image data by capacitive coupling, and the resulting data is supplied to a display element. Thus, the display element can display a corrected image. The correction enables image upconversion, for example.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a display device that enables the prevention of forming a ghost even though a water droplet is attached. A display device includes a display panel having a semiconductor device disposed at an end portion of an array substrate, and a translucent cover member covering the display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of drive electrodes that detect an external proximity object, and a conductive layer between the translucent cover member and the semiconductor device. At least a part of the conductive layer overlaps with at least a part of the semiconductor device in a planar view.

The power consumption of a display device is reduced. The power consumption of a driver circuit in a display device is reduced. A pixel included in the display device includes a display element. The pixel is configured to have a function of retaining a first voltage corresponding to a first input pulse signal and a function of driving the display element with a third voltage obtained by addition of a second voltage corresponding to a second input pulse signal to the first voltage.

The power consumption of a display device is reduced. The power consumption of a driver circuit in a display device is reduced. A pixel included in the display device includes a display element. The pixel is configured to have a function of retaining a first voltage corresponding to a first input pulse signal and a function of driving the display element with a third voltage obtained by addition of a second voltage corresponding to a second input pulse signal to the first voltage.