What is claimed is:
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a semiconductor chip having a plurality of semiconductor elements and a plurality of external terminals formed in a main surface;
an elastic film formed over said main surface of said semiconductor chip, said elastic film having an edge surface which faces and is near said external terminals;
a plurality of leads formed over said elastic film, each of said leads having a first portion formed on said elastic film and a second portion electrically connected to a corresponding one of said external terminals;
an insulating tape formed over said elastic film and said plurality of leads, said insulating tape having an end surface which faces and is near said external terminals; and
a plurality of bump electrodes formed on said first portions of said leads, said bump electrodes being electrically connected to said external terminals via said leads,
wherein said elastic film and said insulating tape are formed in a continuous pattern with said plurality of leads, and
wherein said end surface of said insulating tape is protruded from said edge surface of said elastic film.
2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said edge surface of said elastic film is extended in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of said plurality of leads.
3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said external terminals are arranged in a substantially straight-line direction at a central portion of said semiconductor chip.
4. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said bump electrodes are disposed at a region inward to the outer circumference of said semiconductor chip.
5. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of leads is bent at said end surface of said insulating tape.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
two opposing substrates;
an electrophoretic element arranged between the substrates;
a plurality of pixel electrodes that are arranged on one of the substrates and are divided into a plurality of pixel groups including at least a first pixel group and a second pixel group;
a common electrode that is arranged on the other one of the substrates;
a control unit that controls frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls the first pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying a frame and then controls the second pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying another frame before the frame display operations of the first pixel group are completed; and
a change unit that changes a number of the pixel groups into which the pixel electrodes are divided when a predetermined condition is satisfied during the frame display operations.
2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
a setting unit that sets information for controlling the frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls display data of a predetermined frame to be output to the pixel electrodes based on the information set by the setting unit.
3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the setting unit sets a ratio of a number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to a total number of frames to be displayed, and
wherein the control unit controls the frame display operations of the pixel groups based on the ratio set by the setting unit.
4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the predetermined condition is related to an elapsed time from a time the frame display operations are started by the control unit.
5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the predetermined condition is related to a number of frames displayed from a time the frame display operations are started by the control unit.
6. A display apparatus comprising:
two opposing substrates;
an electrophoretic element arranged between the substrates;
a plurality of pixel electrodes that are arranged on one of the substrates and are divided into a plurality of pixel groups including at least a first pixel group and a second pixel group;
a common electrode that is arranged on the other one of the substrates;
a control unit that controls frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls the first pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying a frame and then controls the second pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying another frame before the frame display operations of the first pixel group are completed;
a ratio setting unit that sets a ratio of a number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to a total number of frames to be displayed; and
a ratio change unit that changes the ratio of the number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to the total number of frames to be displayed when a predetermined condition is satisfied during the frame display operations.
7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein
the predetermined condition is related to an elapsed time from a time the frame display operations are started by the control unit.
8. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein
the predetermined condition is related to a number of frames displayed from a time the frame display operations are started by the control unit.
9. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:
a setting unit that sets information for controlling the frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls display data of a predetermined frame to be output to the pixel electrodes based on the information set by the setting unit.
10. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6,
wherein the setting unit sets a ratio of a number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to a total number of frames to be displayed, and
wherein the control unit controls the frame display operations of the pixel groups based on the ratio set by the setting unit.
11. A display apparatus comprising:
two opposing substrates;
an electrophoretic element arranged between the substrates;
a plurality of pixel electrodes that are arranged on one of the substrates and are divided into a plurality of pixel groups including at least a first pixel group and a second pixel group;
a common electrode that is arranged on the other one of the substrates;
a control unit that controls frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls the first pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying a frame and then controls the second pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying another frame before the frame display operations of the first pixel group are completed; and
an operations unit that is operated to input an operations command signal,
wherein the pixel groups are initially controlled to display a first frame and the control unit controls the first pixel group to switch from displaying the first frame to displaying a second frame, and then controls the second pixel group to switch from displaying the first frame to displaying a third frame before the frame display operations of the first pixel group for displaying the second frame are completed, and
wherein when a frame display switching end command signal is input via the operations unit, the control unit controls the pixel groups to display a previously displayed frame that is displayed before a current frame displayed at the time said display switching end command signal is input.
12. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein
the control unit determines a number of frames to be tracked back from the current frame to display the previously displayed frame based on a number of the pixel groups into which the pixel electrodes are divided.
13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein
the control unit determines a number of frames to be tracked back from the current frame to display the previously displayed frame based on a ratio of a number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to a total number of frames to be displayed.
14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:
a setting unit that sets information for controlling the frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls display data of a predetermined frame to be output to the pixel electrodes based on the information set by the setting unit.
15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11,
wherein the setting unit sets a ratio of a number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to a total number of frames to be displayed, and
wherein the control unit controls the frame display operations of the pixel groups based on the ratio set by the setting unit.