Display Device with Integrated Touch Screen

• US 20130335343A1
• Filed: 11/14/2012
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Young Joon, Kim, Sun Yeop, Lee, Sung Yub
• Granted Patent: US 9,329,674 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04184 Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes

Abstract

A display device with integrated touch screen is provided. The display device may include a panel, a display driver IC, and a touch IC. The panel may include a plurality of driving electrodes and sensing electrodes. The display driver IC may apply a driving pulse to the driving electrodes and receive a plurality of sensing signals from the sensing electrodes when the panel operates in a touch driving mode, and, when the panel operates in a display driving mode, the display driver IC may apply a common voltage to the driving electrodes and sensing electrodes. The touch IC may generate the driving pulse and apply the driving pulse to the display driver IC, and may receive the sensing signals from the display driver IC to determine whether there is a touch. The touch IC may include a sensing unit sensing whether there is a touch.

Claims

1. A display device with an integrated touch screen, comprising:

a panel having a plurality of driving electrodes and sensing electrodes;

a display driver IC configured to apply a driving pulse to the plurality of driving electrodes and receive a plurality of sensing signals from the sensing electrodes when the panel operates in a touch driving mode, and configured to apply a common voltage to the plurality of driving electrodes and sensing electrodes when the panel operates in a display driving mode; and

a touch IC configured to generate the driving pulse and apply the driving pulse to the display driver IC, receive the sensing signals from the display driver IC, and determine whether there is a touch,

wherein the touch IC includes a sensing unit configured to sense whether there is a touch by use of a touch sensing reference voltage applied to the sensing unit and having the same level as a minimum voltage of the driving pulse.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the common voltage has the same level as the touch sensing reference voltage and the minimum voltage of the driving pulse.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display driver IC includes a switching unit, the touch IC is configured to generate and output the driving pulse to the display driver IC, and the display driver IC is configured to apply the driving pulse received from the touch IC to the switching unit.

4. The display device according to claim 3, wherein when the switching unit receives a first sync signal indicating the display driving mode, the switching unit connects the common voltage to the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes.

5. The display device according to claim 3, wherein when the switching unit receives a second sync signal indicating the touch driving mode, the switching unit connects the driving pulse received from the touch IC to the driving electrodes and connects the sensing unit in the touch IC to the sensing electrodes, whereby the driving pulse is applied to the driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing signals are received by the sensing unit from the sensing electrodes.

6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the common voltage is generated inside the display driver IC or is inputted from outside the display driver IC.

7. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the common voltage is a negative voltage.

8. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the common voltage is a ground voltage.

9. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the common voltage is a positive voltage.

10. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the touch IC receives bipolar power source voltages Vcc and Vss.

11. The display device according to claim 10, wherein Vcc is a positive power source voltage and Vss is a negative power source voltage.

12. A method of driving a display device with an integrated touch screen, the touch screen including a display driver IC, a touch IC, and a panel having a plurality of driving electrodes and sensing electrodes, comprising:

while the panel operates in a touch driving mode, the display driver IC applying a driving pulse to the driving electrodes and receiving a plurality of sensing signals from the sensing electrodes, and the touch IC receiving the plurality of sensing signals from the display driver IC and determining whether there is a touch; and

while the panel operates in a display driving mode, the display driver IC applying a common voltage to the plurality of driving electrodes and sensing electrodes,

wherein the touch IC is configured to sense whether there is a touch by use of a touch sensing reference voltage having the same level as a minimum voltage of the driving pulse.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the touch IC includes a sensing unit, the sensing unit being configured to sense whether there is a touch, and the touch sensing reference voltage having the same level as the minimum voltage of the driving pulse being applied to the sensing unit.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the display driver IC includes a switching unit, and the touch IC further includes a driver configured to generate and output the driving pulse to the switching unit.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

the switching unit receiving a first sync signal to indicate the display driving mode.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

the switching unit receiving a second sync signal to indicate the touch driving mode.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the common voltage has the same level as the touch sensing reference voltage and the minimum voltage of the driving pulse.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the common voltage is a positive voltage, a ground voltage, or a negative voltage.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the touch IC receives bipolar power source voltages Vcc and Vss.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein Vcc is a positive power source voltage and Vss is a negative power source voltage.