CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN

• US 20140362028A1
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FocalTech Systems Co.,Ltd
• Original Assignee: FocalTech Systems Co.,Ltd
• Inventors: MO, Lianghua, LI, Chen
• Application Number:
  US14/080,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20140362028A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04166 Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes

Abstract

The embodiments of the invention disclose a capacitive touch screen, including: a substrate; a plurality of sensing electrodes provided on the substrate, the plurality of sensing electrodes being arranged in a two-dimensional array; and a touch control chip bound to the substrate, the touch control chip being connected with each of the plurality of sensing electrodes via a corresponding wire; the touch control chip being configured to detect a change of self-capacitance of each of the plurality of sensing electrodes by using a detection circuit with an adjustable precision, so as to determine touch information. The capacitive touch screen disclosed in the embodiments of the invention can achieve a true multi-touch and detect the touch positions of different touch objects accurately.

Claims

1. A capacitive touch screen, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of sensing electrodes provided on the substrate, the plurality of sensing electrodes being arranged in a two-dimensional array; and

a touch control chip bound to the substrate, the touch control chip being connected with each of the plurality of sensing electrodes via a corresponding wire, and the touch control chip being configured to detect a change of self-capacitance of each of the plurality of sensing electrodes by using a detection circuit with an adjustable precision, so as to determine touch information.

2. The capacitive touch screen according to claim 1, wherein the detection circuit with an adjustable precision comprises:

a voltage source or current source;

a capacitor to be detected, with one end of the capacitor to be detected being grounded, and the other end of the capacitor to be detected being connected with the voltage source or current source via a switch, wherein a capacitance of the capacitor to be detected changes when there is a touch;

an adjustable capacitor, the adjustable capacitor being connected with a voltage source or current source at its two ends, wherein the precision is adjusted by changing the capacitance value of the adjustable capacitor; and

a measurement unit, the measurement unit being connected to the adjustable capacitor and measuring the change of the self-capacitance of each of the plurality of sensing electrodes according to the precision.

3. The capacitive touch screen according to claim 2, wherein

the voltage source or current source has a single frequency;

or

the voltage source or current source has two or more frequencies.

4. The capacitive touch screen according to claim 1, wherein the touch control chip detection of a change of self-capacitance of each of the plurality of sensing electrodes by using the detection circuit with an adjustable precision comprises:

detection of the changes of the self-capacitance of the plurality of sensing electrodes simultaneously by using the detection circuit with an adjustable precision;

or

detection of the changes of the self-capacitance of the plurality of sensing electrodes group by group using the detection circuit with an adjustable precision.

5. The capacitive touch screen according to claim 1, wherein

the substrate is a glass substrate, and the touch control chip is bound to the substrate in a chip-on-glass way;

or

the substrate is a flexible substrate, and the touch control chip is bound to the substrate in a chip-on-film way;

or

the substrate is a printed circuit board, and the touch control chip is bound to the substrate in a chip-on-board way.

6. The capacitive touch screen according to claim 1, wherein the sensing electrode is in a shape of a rectangle, a diamond, a circle or an ellipse.

7. The capacitive touch screen according to claim 1, wherein the capacitive touch screen comprises a plurality of touch control chips bound to the substrate, and each touch control chip is adapted to detect a corresponding part of the plurality of sensing electrodes.

8. The capacitive touch screen according to claim 7, wherein the clocks of the plurality of touch control chips are synchronous or asynchronous.