Method for improving touch performance of capacitive touch screen with non-rectangular shape

• US 10,649,601 B1
• Filed: 10/28/2018
• Issued: 05/12/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Himax Technologies Ltd. (Himax Technologies Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Himax Technologies Ltd. (Himax Technologies Incorporated)
• Inventors: Tsai, Cheng-Hung, Shu, Yan-Hua, Lin, Jen-Chieh, Wu, Wai-Pan
• Primary Examiner(s): Rosario, Nelson M
• Application Number:
  US16/172,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20200133410A1
• Time in Patent Office: 562 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0448 Details of the electrode shape, e.g. for enhancing the detection of touches, for generating specific electric field shapes, for enhancing display quality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A method for improving touch performance of a capacitive touch screen with a non-rectangular shape is provided. The capacitive touch screen includes plural complete cells and at least one incomplete cell for sensing. The method includes: determining whether an active area of the incomplete cell is different from an active area of each of the complete cells; and performing a mutual capacitance compensation on the incomplete cell to compensate a mutual capacitance of the incomplete cell when the active area of the incomplete cell is different from the active area of each of the complete cells.

Claims

1. A method for improving touch performance of a capacitive touch screen with a non-rectangular shape, wherein the capacitive touch screen comprises a plurality of complete cells and at least one incomplete cell for sensing, the method comprising:

determining whether an active area of the incomplete cell is different from an active area of each of the complete cells; and

performing a mutual capacitance compensation on the incomplete cell to compensate a mutual capacitance of the incomplete cell when the active area of the incomplete cell is different from the active area of each of the complete cells;

wherein the capacitive touch screen comprises a plurality of receiver (RX) electrodes and a plurality of transmit (TX) electrodes;

wherein an intersection of one of the RX electrodes and one of the TX electrodes corresponds to one of the complete cells or the incomplete cell;

wherein performing the mutual capacitance compensation comprises;

determining whether the incomplete cell has a residual area; and

modifying a layout pattern of the incomplete cell of the capacitive touch screen to compensate the mutual capacitance of the incomplete cell when the incomplete cell has the residual area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mutual capacitance compensation is performed only when the active area of the incomplete cell is smaller than or equal to a half of the active area of each of the complete cells.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the layout pattern of the incomplete cell comprises:

adjusting a layout pattern of a co-plane differential coupling trace of the incomplete cell by increasing a width of the co-plane differential coupling trace or decreasing a spacing of the co-plane differential coupling trace or increasing a length of the co-plane differential coupling trace.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the mutual capacitance compensation further comprises:

modifying a layout pattern of the incomplete cell and at least one adjacent complete cell adjacent to the incomplete cell by dividing a small area of the adjacent complete cell into the incomplete cell.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the mutual capacitance compensation further comprises:

modifying a layout pattern of a flexible printed circuit (FPC) of the capacitive touch screen connected to the complete cells and the incomplete cell.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein modifying the layout pattern of the FPC comprises:

increasing an overlap area of at least two traces of the FPC which are connected to the incomplete cell to compensate the mutual capacitance of the incomplete cell.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the layout pattern of the incomplete cell comprises:

increasing an overlap area of the corresponding RX electrode and the corresponding TX electrode of the incomplete cell.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the mutual capacitance compensation further comprises:

modifying a layout pattern of an evaluation board (EVB) of the capacitive touch screen connected to the complete cells and the incomplete cell.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein modifying the layout pattern of the EVB comprises:

increasing an overlap area of at least two traces of the EVB which are connected to the incomplete cell to compensate the mutual capacitance of the incomplete cell.