TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM

• US 20150185914A1
• Filed: 09/10/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HAN, Sungsu, KANG, Seongkyu
• Granted Patent: US 9,665,221 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04111 Cross over in capacitive digitiser, i.e. details of structures for connecting electrodes of the sensing pattern where the connections cross each other, e.g. bridge structures comprising an insulating layer, or vias through substrate
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04164 Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads
• 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 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes

Abstract

A touch sensing system includes a touch screen including touch sensors and sensing lines, the touch sensors and the sensing lines being divided into first and second sensing areas, a first touch sensing integrated circuit (IC) sensing a touch input of the first sensing area using a signal received through receiving channels, a second touch sensing IC sensing a touch input of the second sensing area using a signal received through receiving channels separated from the receiving channels of the first touch sensing IC, differential amplifiers between the sensing lines and the receiving channels of the first and second touch sensing ICs, and a switch connecting a sensing line, which is closest to the first sensing area among the sensing lines of the second sensing area, to an Nth differential amplifier connected to a last receiving channel of the first touch sensing IC.

Claims

1. A touch sensing system, comprising:

a touch screen including touch sensors and sensing lines connected to the touch sensors, the touch sensors and the sensing lines being divided into a first sensing area and a second sensing area;

a first touch sensing integrated circuit (IC) configured to sense a touch input of the first sensing area using a signal received through a plurality of receiving channels;

a second touch sensing IC configured to sense a touch input of the second sensing area using a signal received through a plurality of receiving channels separated from the receiving channels of the first touch sensing IC;

differential amplifiers between the sensing lines and the receiving channels of the first and second touch sensing ICs; and

a switch configured to connect a sensing line, which is closest to the first sensing area among the sensing lines of the second sensing area, to an Nth differential amplifier connected to a last receiving channel of the first touch sensing IC.

2. The touch sensing system of claim 1, wherein the switch is turned on when a touch sensor signal is applied to the last receiving channel of the first touch sensing IC.

3. The touch sensing system of claim 1, further comprising a multiplexer configured to shift sensing lines connected to input terminals of the differential amplifiers.

4. The touch sensing system of claim 3, wherein the multiplexer connects ith (where ‘

i’

is a positive integer) and (i+1)th sensing lines to both input terminals of each differential amplifier for a first sensing time and then shifts input signals of the differential amplifiers to connect (i+1)th and (i+2)th Rx lines to both input terminals of each differential amplifier for a second sensing time.

5. The touch sensing system of claim 4, wherein each differential amplifier outputs an odd-numbered touch sensor signal for the first sensing time,

wherein each differential amplifier outputs an even-numbered touch sensor signal for the second sensing time,

wherein the switch is turned on for the second sensing time and connects a sensing line positioned at a left end of the second sensing area to a non-inverting input terminal of the Nth differential amplifier, and

wherein a sensing line positioned at a right end of the first sensing area is connected to an inverting input terminal of the Nth differential amplifier for the second sensing time.

6. The touch sensing system of claim 5, wherein for the first sensing time, a first differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of a first sensing line input to an inverting input terminal and a signal of a second sensing line input to a non-inverting input terminal, generates a first touch sensor signal, and supplies the first touch sensor signal to a first receiving channel of the first touch sensing IC,

wherein for the first sensing time, a second differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of a third sensing line input to an inverting input terminal and a signal of a fourth sensing line input to a non-inverting input terminal, generates a third touch sensor signal, and supplies the third touch sensor signal to a third receiving channel of the first touch sensing IC,

wherein for the first sensing time, a third differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of a fifth sensing line input to an inverting input terminal and a signal of a sixth sensing line input to a non-inverting input terminal, generates a fifth touch sensor signal, and supplies the fifth touch sensor signal to a first receiving channel of the second touch sensing IC,

wherein for the first sensing time, a fourth differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of a seventh sensing line input to an inverting input terminal and a signal of an eighth sensing line input to a non-inverting input terminal, generates a seventh touch sensor signal, and supplies the seventh touch sensor signal to a third receiving channel of the second touch sensing IC,

wherein for the second sensing time, the first differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of the second sensing line input to the inverting input terminal and a signal of the third sensing line input to the non-inverting input terminal, generates a second touch sensor signal, and supplies the second touch sensor signal to a second receiving channel of the first touch sensing IC,

wherein for the second sensing time, the second differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of the fourth sensing line input to the inverting input terminal and a signal of the fifth sensing line input to the non-inverting input terminal, generates a fourth touch sensor signal, and supplies the fourth touch sensor signal to a fourth receiving channel of the first touch sensing IC,

wherein for the second sensing time, the third differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of the sixth sensing line input to the inverting input terminal and a signal of the seventh sensing line input to the non-inverting input terminal, generates a sixth touch sensor signal, and supplies the sixth touch sensor signal to a second receiving channel of the second touch sensing IC,

wherein for the second sensing time, the fourth differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of the eighth sensing line input to the inverting input terminal and a predetermined dummy signal input to the non-inverting input terminal, generates an eighth touch sensor signal, and supplies the eighth touch sensor signal to a fourth receiving channel of the second touch sensing IC.

7. The touch sensing system of claim 6, wherein one frame period is time-divided into one or more pixel driving periods and one or more touch sensing periods,

wherein each touch sensing period is divided into the first sensing time and the second sensing time, and

wherein a change amount of charges of the touch sensors obtained from the output of the differential amplifiers during the touch sensing periods is converted into touch raw data during the pixel driving periods.