Touch sensitive display employing an SOI substrate and integrated sensing circuitry
First Claim
1. A display, comprising:
- a glass or glass-ceramic substrate;
a single crystal semiconductor layer bonded to the glass or glass-ceramic substrate;
display circuitry including a plurality of thin-film transistors disposed on the single crystal semiconductor layer and forming a matrix of display pixels;
display control circuitry operable to drive the display circuitry to produce viewable images; and
sensing circuitry operable to detect electrical characteristic changes in one or more of the single crystal semiconductor layer and the display circuitry, the electrical characteristic changes resulting from user touch events.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for producing a touch sensitive LCD employing a semiconductor on glass (SiOG) structure provide for: a glass or glass-ceramic substrate; a single crystal semiconductor layer bonded to the glass or glass-ceramic substrate; display circuitry including a plurality of thin-film transistors disposed on the single crystal semiconductor layer and forming a matrix of display pixels; display control circuitry operable to drive the display circuitry to produce viewable images; and sensing circuitry operable to detect electrical characteristic changes in one or more of the single crystal semiconductor layer and the display circuitry, the electrical characteristic changes resulting from user touch events.
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1. A display, comprising:
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a glass or glass-ceramic substrate; a single crystal semiconductor layer bonded to the glass or glass-ceramic substrate; display circuitry including a plurality of thin-film transistors disposed on the single crystal semiconductor layer and forming a matrix of display pixels; display control circuitry operable to drive the display circuitry to produce viewable images; and sensing circuitry operable to detect electrical characteristic changes in one or more of the single crystal semiconductor layer and the display circuitry, the electrical characteristic changes resulting from user touch events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A display, comprising:
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a glass or glass-ceramic substrate; a single crystal semiconductor layer bonded to the glass or glass-ceramic substrate; display circuitry including a plurality of thin-film transistors disposed on the single crystal semiconductor layer and forming a matrix of display pixels, and a plurality of liquid crystals associated with the display pixels; display control circuitry operable to drive the display circuitry to produce viewable images; and sensing circuitry operable to detect changes in dielectric constant in one or more of the liquid crystals resulting from user touch events, wherein the single crystal semiconductor layer exhibits an n-type carrier mobility of greater than about 400 cm2/V·
s. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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