DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160098116A1
• Filed: 03/09/2015
• Published: 04/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: PARK, Ji Hong, CHOI, Moon Sung, CHOI, Sang Min
• Granted Patent: US 9,841,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/044 by capacitive means
• 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 display device according to the present inventive concept includes: a display panel comprising a pixel electrode receiving a data voltage and a common electrode receiving a common voltage; and a touch sensor comprising a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes, wherein the touch sensor applies a touch detection signal to the plurality of driving electrode and detects a touch location by receiving a sense signal from the plurality of sensing electrode in an active mode, and determines whether a touch is made by receiving sense signals of the plurality of sensing electrodes, that are fluctuated by a ripple of a common voltage applied to the common electrode according to driving of the display panel in an idle mode.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising a pixel electrode receiving a data voltage and a common electrode receiving a common voltage; and

a touch sensor comprising a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes,

wherein the touch sensor applies a touch detection signal to the plurality of driving electrode and detects a touch location by receiving a sense signal from the plurality of sensing electrode in an active mode, and determines whether a touch is made by receiving sense signals of the plurality of sensing electrodes, that are fluctuated by a ripple of a common voltage applied to the common electrode according to driving of the display panel in an idle mode.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the display panel is driven with an inversion driving method in which a polarity of the data voltage is inverted from a positive value to a negative value with reference to the common voltage, and the common voltage is fluctuated according to the inversion of the data voltage.

3. The display device of claim 2, further comprising an electrostatic discharge prevention layer provided at an outer surface of the display panel,

wherein a voltage of the electrostatic discharge prevention layer is fluctuated due to coupling with the common electrode.

4. The display device of claim 3, wherein the sense signals of the plurality of sensing electrodes are fluctuated due to coupling with the electrostatic discharge prevention layer.

5. The display device of claim 1, wherein the touch sensor generates an active mode look-up table (LUT) by receiving sense signals from the plurality of sensing electrodes for one frame during which a touch detection signal is applied to the plurality of driving electrodes in the active mode.

6. The display device of claim 5, wherein the touch sensor generates the active mode LUT and then determines whether a touch is made by comparing a sense signal that corresponds to the touch detection signal applied to the plurality of driving electrodes with the active mode LUT.

7. The display device of claim 6, wherein the touch sensor determines that no touch is made when the sense signal that corresponds to the touch detection signal equals a value recorded in the active mode LUT, and determines that a touch is made when a sense signal corresponding to the touch detection signal does not equal a value recorded in the active mode LUT.

8. The display device of claim 7, wherein, when determining that a touch is made, the touch sensor detects a spot indicating a value that is different from values recorded in the active mode LUT as a touch location.

9. The display device of claim 7, wherein, when the touch sensor determines that no touch is made, the touch sensor starts the idle mode and stops outputting the touch detection signal.

10. The display device of claim 9, wherein the touch sensor generates an idle mode LUT by receiving sense signals of the plurality of sensing electrodes, that are fluctuated by a ripple of a common voltage generated for one frame of the display panel.

11. The display device of claim 10, wherein the touch sensor determines whether a touch is made by comparing the sense signals of the plurality of sensing electrodes, that are fluctuated by a ripple of the common voltage with the idle mode LUT for the next frame of the display panel.

12. A method for driving a display device including a pixel electrode receiving a data voltage, a common electrode receiving a common voltage, a plurality of driving electrodes, and a plurality of sensing electrodes, comprising:

generating sense signals from the plurality of sensing electrodes for one frame during which a touch detection signal is applied to the plurality of driving electrodes;

storing the sense signals to an active mode look-up table (LUT); and

comparing sense signals of one frame with the sense signals stored in an active mode LUT to determine whether a touch is made and stopping outputting the touch detection signal when no touch is made.

13. The method for driving the display device of claim 12, further comprising detecting capacitance variation of the plurality of sensing electrode to determine whether a touch is made during one frame while no touch detection signal is applied to the plurality of driving electrodes and storing sense signals to an idle mode LUT when it is determined that no touch is made.

14. The method for driving the display device of claim 13, further comprising determining whether a touch is made by comparing sense signals of the plurality of sensing electrodes for one frame with the idle mode LUT.

15. The method for driving the display device of claim 14, wherein when it is determined that no touch is made, the detecting capacitance variation of the plurality of sensing electrode to determine whether a touch is made is performed.

16. The method for driving the display device of claim 14, wherein when it is determined that a touch is made, the method is re-performed from the generating sense signals from the plurality of sensing electrodes for one frame during which a touch detection signal is applied to the plurality of driving electrodes.

17. The method for driving the display device of claim 14, further comprising, when it is determined that touch is made, determining a spot indicating a value that is different from values recorded in the active mode LUT as a touch location.

18. The method for driving the display device of claim 14, further comprising:

applying the data voltage after inverting a polarity of the data voltage from a positive value to a negative value with reference to the common voltage; and

generating a ripple of the common voltage according to the inversion of the data voltage.

19. The method for driving the display device of claim 18, further comprising providing an electrostatic discharge prevention layer between the common electrode and the plurality of sensing electrodes,

wherein a voltage of the electrostatic discharge prevention layer is fluctuated due to coupling with the common electrode.

20. The method for driving the display device of claim 19, wherein the sense signals of the plurality of sensing electrodes are fluctuated due to coupling with the electrostatic discharge prevention layer.