US 7,583,250 B2
Semiconductor device
Kiyoshi Kato, Sagamihara (Japan); and Toshihiko Saito, Atsugi (Japan)
Assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken (Japan)
Filed on Mar. 08, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/793,822.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-067275 (JP), filed on Mar. 12, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0178434 A1, Sep. 16, 2004
Int. Cl. G09G 3/36 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 345—104  [345/87; 345/92; 345/93; 345/95] 64 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
an insulating substrate;
a variable capacitor including a pair of electrodes and a dielectric, which is formed over the insulating substrate; and
a display device over the insulating substrate,
wherein a capacitance of the variable capacitor is changed corresponding to a distance between the pair of the electrodes, and
wherein the semiconductor device includes a means for converting change of capacitance of the variable capacitor into an electrical signal.