TOUCH SENSOR PANEL CONTROLLER AND SEMICODUCTOR DEVICE
First Claim
1. A touch sensor panel controller for a touch sensor panel having Y electrodes, X electrodes, and a capacitance formed at each of intersections of the X and Y electrodes, the controller comprising:
- a drive circuit which drives the Y electrodes of the touch sensor panel;
a detection circuit which accepts input of signals from the X electrodes, and detects a capacitance value of the capacitance at each intersection; and
a control part which controls the drive circuit and the detection circuit,wherein the drive circuit applies a pulse of AC drive voltage with its low level made a negative voltage to the Y electrodes.
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Abstract
Provided is a touch sensor panel which can increase the detection sensitivity of a touch relatively readily. The touch sensor panel controller supplies drive electrodes of a touch sensor panel with a high-voltage AC drive signal with its low level set to a negative voltage and drives them. The time of change of a drive waveform supplied to the drive electrodes of the touch sensor panel is shifted relative to the time of change of a drive waveform supplied to a display scan electrode. The touch sensor panel controller uses a charge pump in synchronization with clock signals of more than one phase to produce a high drive voltage to activate drive electrodes of the touch sensor panel, and the clock signals of more than one phase are initialized each time the drive electrode is subjected to AC pulse driving.
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13 Claims
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1. A touch sensor panel controller for a touch sensor panel having Y electrodes, X electrodes, and a capacitance formed at each of intersections of the X and Y electrodes, the controller comprising:
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a drive circuit which drives the Y electrodes of the touch sensor panel; a detection circuit which accepts input of signals from the X electrodes, and detects a capacitance value of the capacitance at each intersection; and a control part which controls the drive circuit and the detection circuit, wherein the drive circuit applies a pulse of AC drive voltage with its low level made a negative voltage to the Y electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a touch sensor panel controller for a touch sensor panel having Y electrodes, X electrodes, and a capacitance formed at each of intersections of the X and Y electrodes, which drives the Y electrodes of the touch sensor panel, accepts input of signals from the X electrodes, and detects capacitance values of the capacitances at the intersections, and which has a drive circuit operable to apply a pulse of AC drive voltage with its low level made a negative voltage to the Y electrodes; and a display driver which supplies a display drive voltage to an active matrix type display panel having display cells at points where scan and signal electrodes intersect each other. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a touch sensor panel controller for a touch sensor panel having Y electrodes, X electrodes, and a capacitance formed at each of intersections of the X and Y electrodes, which drives the Y electrodes of the touch sensor panel, accepts input of signals from the X electrodes, and detects a capacitance value of the capacitance at each intersection; and a display driver which supplies a display drive voltage to an active matrix type display panel having display cells at points where scan and signal electrodes intersect each other, wherein the touch sensor panel controller has a first drive circuit operable to apply a first pulse waveform to the Y electrodes, the display driver has a second drive circuit operable to apply a second pulse waveform to the scan electrodes of the LC display panel, and the first and second drive circuits are arranged so that a high level period of the first pulse waveform is within a high level period of the second pulse waveform, and the first pulse waveform is smaller than the second pulse waveform in the width of the high level thereof. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A touch sensor panel controller for a touch sensor panel having Y electrodes, X electrodes, and a capacitance formed by the X and Y electrodes at each of intersections thereof, the controller comprising:
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a drive circuit operable to drive the Y electrodes of the touch sensor panel; a detection circuit operable to accept input of a signal from the X electrode and to detect a capacitance value of the capacitance at the intersection; and a step-up circuit operable to produce a power source voltage for operating the drive circuit and the detection circuit, wherein the drive circuit applies more than one pulse waveform to each Y electrode to activate the Y electrode, the step-up circuit performs a charge pump operation in synchronization with pulse changes of charge clock signals of more than one phase, and the charge clock signals of more than one phase are initialized in units of cycles of driving by more than one pulse waveform for each Y electrode. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a touch sensor panel controller for a touch sensor panel having Y electrodes, X electrodes, and a capacitance formed by the X and Y electrodes at each of intersections thereof, the controller having a drive circuit operable to drive the Y electrodes of the touch sensor panel, and a detection circuit operable to accept input of a signal from the X electrode and to detect a capacitance value of the capacitance at the intersection; a display driver operable to supply a display drive voltage to an active matrix type display panel having scan electrodes, signal electrodes, and display cells located at points where the scan electrodes and signal electrodes intersect each other; and a step-up circuit, wherein the drive circuit applies more than one pulse waveform to each Y electrode to drive the Y electrode, the step-up circuit produces power source voltages to operate the drive circuit, the detection circuit and the display driver, and performs a charge pump operation in synchronization with pulse changes of charge clock signals of more than one phase, and the charge clock signals of more than one phase are initialized in units of cycles of driving by more than one pulse waveform for each Y electrode. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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