TOUCH SENSING CONTROLLER, TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME

• US 20150212643A1
• Filed: 01/26/2015
• Published: 07/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, MICHAEL, LEE, CHOONG-HOON, LEE, JIN-CHUL, KIM, KI-DUK, PARK, HO-JIN, CHOI, YOON-KYUNG, KANG, SANG-HYUB, LEE, KYUNG-HOON
• Application Number:
  US14/604,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20150212643A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041662 using alternate mutual and self-capacitive scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes
• 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 device includes a touch panel and a receiving unit. The touch panel generates first to third receiving signals corresponding to a touch occurring at the touch sensing device. The receiving unit is connected to the touch panel through first to third receiving lines to receive the first to third receiving signals through the first to third receiving lines, respectively. The receiving unit includes a differential signal generator for excluding a first common signal common to the first and second receiving signals from each of the first and second receiving signals to generate first differential signals when a first touch sensing operation is performed. The differential signal generator excludes a second common signal common to the second and third receiving signals from each of the second and third receiving signals to generate second differential signals when a second touch sensing operation is performed.

Claims

1. A touch sensing device, comprising:

a touch panel configured to generate a first receiving signal, a second receiving signal, and a third receiving signal corresponding to a touch occurring at the touch sensing device;

a receiving unit connected to the touch panel through a first receiving line, a second receiving line, and a third receiving line, wherein the receiving unit receives the first receiving signal, the second receiving signal, and the third receiving signal through the first receiving line, the second receiving line, and the third receiving line, respectively,

wherein the receiving unit further comprises a differential signal generator,

wherein the differential signal generator is configured to exclude a first common signal common to the first receiving signal and the second receiving signal from each of the first receiving signal and the second receiving signal to generate first differential signals when a first touch sensing operation is performed,

wherein the differential signal generator is configured to exclude a second common signal common to the second receiving signal and the third receiving signal from each of the second receiving signal and the third receiving signal to generate second differential signals when a second touch sensing operation is performed.

2. The touch sensing device of claim 1, wherein the first and second differential signals comprise a first noise component caused by a voltage applied to a display panel adjacent to the touch panel, and

wherein the receiving unit further comprises a charge integrator,

wherein the charge integrator includes:

a demodulator configured to convert the first noise component into a second noise component having a higher frequency than that of the first noise component; and

a charge amplifier including a low pass filter to filter the second frequency noise component.

3. The touch sensing device of claim 2, wherein the demodulator is configured to convert the first and second differential signals excluding the first noise components into direct current (DC) component signals having a uniform level, and

wherein the charge amplifier is configured to integrate charges corresponding to the DC component signals.

4. The touch sensing device of claim 1, wherein the differential signal generator comprises:

a first node and a second node to which input voltages corresponding to the first through third receiving signals are selectively applied; and

a common mode amplifier to which a common voltage for excluding one of the first common signal or the second common signal is applied.

5. The touch sensing device of claim 4, wherein the differential signal generator comprises a switching block including a plurality of switching units for selectively connecting two receiving lines among the first receiving line, the second receiving line, and the third receiving line to the common mode amplifier.

6. The touch sensing device of claim 4, wherein the common mode amplifier is configured to convert the input voltages into the common voltage and to maintain the common voltage.

7. The touch sensing device of claim 4, wherein the common voltage is a voltage having a uniform level in a mutual capacitance sensing mode and is a voltage having a square pulse shape in a self-capacitance sensing mode.

8. The touch sensing device of claim 4, wherein the common mode amplifier comprises:

an input unit for selectively providing a current to an amplifying unit based on information on magnitudes of the input voltages and the common voltage,

an amplifying unit for amplifying the current provided from the input unit; and

an output unit for outputting an output signal for excluding one of the first common signal or the second common signal.

9. A touch sensing system for driving a touch panel, comprising:

a transmitting unit connected to driving lines in the touch panel to provide driving signals;

a receiving unit including a differential signal generator connected to receiving lines in the touch panel to respectively receive receiving signals generated by the driving signals, wherein the receiving unit is configured to generate differential signals among the receiving signals; and

a touch sensing controller configured to control a timing of the driving signals and a generation of the differential signals.

10. The touch sensing system of claim 9, wherein the touch sensing controller is configured to control the transmitting unit to sequentially provide the driving signals to the driving lines and to control the generation of the differential signals when a touch sensing operation for a first driving line among the driving lines is performed, and

wherein each of the differential signals is generated by pairing two receiving signals of the receiving signals.

11. The touch sensing system of claim 9, wherein the differential signal generator comprises:

a common mode amplifier configured to exclude a common signal common to two receiving signals of the receiving signals from each of the two receiving signals; and

a switching block including a plurality of switching units for selectively connecting the receiving lines to the common mode amplifier, and

wherein the touch sensing controller controls the switching block to connect a first receiving line and a second receiving line of the receiving lines to the common mode amplifier in a first touch sensing period of a touch sensing period.

12. The touch sensing system of claim 11, wherein the touch sensing controller controls the switching block to connect the second receiving line and a third receiving line of the receiving lines to the common mode amplifier in a second touch sensing period of the touch sensing period.

13. The touch sensing system of claim 12, further comprising a charge integrator for integrating charges corresponding to the differential signals,

wherein the touch sensing controller resets the charges integrated by the charge integrator during the first touch sensing period when the first touch sensing period ends and resets the charges integrated by the charge integrator in the second touch sensing period when the second touch sensing period ends.

14. The touch sensing system of claim 11, wherein the switching block comprises at least one multiplexer having an input and output ratio of (N+1):

N (N is a natural number).

15. The touch sensing system of claim 9,

wherein the differential signal generator comprises a plurality of common mode amplifiers each including a first terminal and a second terminal connected to two receiving lines among the receiving lines, and

wherein a common voltage for excluding a common signal common to the two receiving signals from each of the two receiving signals received from the two receiving lines is applied to the common mode amplifier.

16. A touch sensing system for driving a touch panel, comprising:

a transmitting unit for providing first signals to the touch panel; and

a receiving unit for receiving second signals generated by the touch panel in response to the first signals,

wherein the receiving unit includes a differential signal generator configured to generate a first differential signal from a first pair of the second signals.

17. The touch sensing system of claim 16, wherein the differential signal generator is configured to output a signal generated by excluding a common signal common to the first pair of the second signals from each of the first pair of the second signals as the first differential signal.

18. The touch sensing system of claim 16, wherein the differential signal generator comprises:

a first node and a second node to which input voltages corresponding to the second signals are selectively applied; and

a common mode amplifier to which a common voltage for excluding the common signal is applied.

19. The touch sensing system of claim 18, wherein the common mode amplifier comprises:

an input unit for selectively providing a current to an amplifying unit based on information on magnitudes of the input voltages and the common voltage,

an amplifying unit for amplifying the current provided from the input unit; and

an output unit for outputting an output signal for excluding the common signal.

20. The touching sensing system of claim 16, wherein the differential signal generator generates a second differential signal from a second pair of the second signals.