TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120169631A1
• Filed: 09/20/2011
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ahn, Soon-Sung
• Application Number:
  US13/237,885
• Publication Number:
  US 20120169631A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes

Abstract

A touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a plurality of driving electrodes including first driving patterns and second driving patterns and arranged on the substrate along a first direction; and a plurality of sensing electrodes including first sensing patterns and second sensing patterns and arranged on the substrate along a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein first sensing cells are formed of the first driving patterns and the first sensing patterns and second sensing cells are formed of the second driving patterns and the second sensing patterns.

Claims

1. A touch screen panel comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of driving electrodes comprising first driving patterns and second driving patterns and arranged on the substrate along a first direction; and

a plurality of sensing electrodes comprising first sensing patterns and second sensing patterns and arranged on the substrate along a second direction crossing the first direction,

wherein first sensing cells are formed of the first driving patterns and the first sensing patterns and second sensing cells are formed of the second driving patterns and the second sensing patterns.

2. The touch screen panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the first driving patterns comprises:

a first reference pattern extending in the second direction; and

a plurality of first protruding patterns extending to one side from the first reference pattern, and

wherein each of the first sensing patterns comprises;

a third reference pattern extending in the first direction; and

a plurality of third protruding patterns extending from the third reference pattern and alternately arranged with the first protruding patterns to form the first sensing cells.

3. The touch screen panel according to claim 2, wherein each of the second driving patterns comprises:

a second reference pattern extending in the second direction; and

a plurality of second protruding patterns extending to one side from the second reference pattern, and

wherein each of the second sensing patterns comprises;

a fourth reference pattern extending in the first direction; and

a plurality of fourth protruding patterns extending from the fourth reference pattern and alternately arranged with the second protruding patterns to form the second sensing cells.

4. The touch screen panel according to claim 1, further comprising a driving signal supplying unit for sequentially supplying driving signals to the plurality of driving electrodes.

5. The touch screen panel according to claim 4, wherein the driving signal supply unit is configured to supply a first driving signal of the driving signals to the first driving patterns during a first driving period, to supply a second driving signal of the driving signals to the first driving patterns during a second driving period, to supply a third driving signal of the driving signals to the second driving patterns during the first driving period, and to supply a fourth driving signal of the driving signals to the second driving patterns during the second driving period.

6. The touch screen panel according to claim 5, wherein the third driving signal is concurrently supplied with the first driving signal.

7. The touch screen panel according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of differential amplifiers having input terminals, each of the differential amplifiers being coupled to the first sensing pattern and the second sensing pattern in a corresponding one of the sensing electrodes.

8. The touch screen panel according to claim 7, further comprising a touch detector coupled to an output terminal of each of the differential amplifiers.

9. A method of driving a touch screen panel comprising:

(a) sequentially supplying a first driving signal and a third driving signal to each driving electrode of a plurality of driving electrodes during a first driving period, wherein the first driving signal and the third driving signal are concurrently supplied to a first driving pattern and a second driving pattern of each of the driving electrodes;

(b) sequentially supplying a second driving signal and a fourth driving signal to each driving electrode of the plurality of driving electrodes during a second driving period, wherein the second driving signal is supplied to the first driving pattern of each of the driving electrodes and the fourth driving signal is supplied to the second driving pattern of each of the driving electrodes;

(c) differentially amplifying a first detection signal and a second detection signal output from a first sensing pattern and a second sensing pattern of each sensing electrode of a plurality of sensing electrodes, respectively, to remove noises while generating differentially amplified detection signals; and

(d) recognizing touch coordinates by using the differentially amplified detection signals.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first driving pattern and the first sensing pattern form a first sensing cell and the second driving pattern and the second sensing pattern form a second sensing cell.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first driving pattern comprises:

a first reference pattern extending in a second direction; and

a plurality of first protruding patterns extending to one side from the first reference pattern, and

wherein the first sensing pattern comprises;

a third reference pattern extending in a first direction; and

a plurality of third protruding patterns extending from the third reference pattern and alternately arranged with the first protruding patterns to form the first sensing cell.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the second driving pattern comprises:

a second reference pattern extending in the second direction; and

a plurality of second protruding patterns extending to one side from the second reference pattern, and

wherein the second sensing pattern comprises;

a fourth reference pattern extending in the first direction; and

a plurality of fourth protruding patterns extending from the fourth reference pattern and alternately arranged with the second protruding patterns to form the second sensing cell.