IN-CELL TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING INCREASED S/N RATIO DURING TOUCH CONTROL THEREOF

• US 20160188057A1
• Filed: 05/15/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LIU, FENG-HSIANG
• Application Number:
  US14/714,012
• Publication Number:
  US 20160188057A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13338 Input devices, e.g. touch panels
• 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 3/0445 using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/06 Handling electromagnetic interferences [EMI], covering emitted as well as received electromagnetic radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/12 Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3655 Details of drivers for counter electrodes, e.g. common electrodes for pixel capacitors or supplementary storage capacitors

Abstract

An in-cell touch display device includes a touch control display panel, a common voltage generating circuitry and a detecting module. The touch control display panel has common electrodes in electrical connection with the common voltage generating circuitry and the detecting module and touch control sensing electrodes. The common voltage generating circuitry is provided for outputting a first common voltage and a second common voltage to the common electrodes in different time periods. The detecting module detects actual voltage of the common electrodes and determines a variation between the actual voltage and the first common voltage to thereby adjust the second common voltage according to the variation.

Claims

1. An in-cell touch display device comprising:

a touch control display panel having common electrodes;

a common voltage generating circuitry electrically coupled to the common electrodes of the touch control display panel and configured to output a first common voltage and a second common voltage to the common electrodes at different time periods; and

a detecting module configured to detect an actual voltage of the common electrodes and determine a variation between the actual voltage and the first common voltage to adjust the second common voltage according to the variation.

2. The in-cell touch display device 1, wherein the first common voltage is related to a direct current having a first voltage and the second common voltage is related to an alternating current having a second voltage and a third voltage, wherein when the actual voltage is larger than the first voltage of the first common voltage, each of the second and third voltages of the second common voltage is added with the variation, and wherein when the actual voltage is smaller than the first voltage of the first common voltage, each of the second and third voltages of the second common voltage is reduced by the variation.

3. The in-cell touch display device of claim 2, wherein the different time periods include a first time period during which the touch control display panel shows pictures, the common voltage generating circuitry generates the first common voltage and the detecting module detects the actual voltage of the common electrodes and a second time period during which the touch control display panel receives a touch control operation thereto and the common voltage generating circuitry outputs the second common voltage.

4. The in-cell touch display device of claim 3, wherein the touch control display panel further comprises a first base, a driving layer located over the first base and including a plurality of pixel electrodes, an insulating layer over the driving layer, a common electrode layer located over the insulating layer and including the plurality of common electrodes, a liquid crystal layer over the common electrode layer, a touch control sensing layer located over the liquid crystal layer and including a plurality of touch control sensing electrodes and a second base over the touch control sensing layer, wherein the touch control display panel shows the pictures when the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes generate an electric field across the liquid crystal layer, and wherein the touch control display panel receives the touch control operation when the common electrodes and the touch control sensing electrodes form a sensing capacitance therebetween.

5. The in-cell touch display device of claim 4, further comprising a timing controller, a source electrode driver in electrical connection with the touch control display panel, a gate electrode driver in electrical connection with the touch control display panel and a touch control sensing circuitry in electrical connection with the touch control display panel, wherein the timing controller receives horizontal synchronization signals and outputs gate electrode control signals to the gate electrode driver, source electrode control signals and picture data to the source electrode driver, common voltage control signals to the common voltage generating circuitry, and touch control signals to the touch control sensing circuitry.

6. The in-cell touch display device of claim 5, wherein the driving layer of the touch control display panel further comprises a plurality of thin film transistors which cooperates with the pixel electrodes to form a plurality of pixel units, the source electrode driver electrically connecting with the pixel units via a plurality of source electrode lines, the gate electrode driver electrically connecting with the pixel units via a plurality of gate electrode lines, the touch control sensing circuitry electrically connecting with the touch control sensing electrodes via a plurality of sensing lines and the common voltage generating circuitry electrically connecting with the common electrodes via a plurality of common electrode lines.

7. An in-cell touch display device comprising:

a touch control display panel for showing pictures and receiving a touch control operation, having a plurality of common electrodes;

a common voltage generating circuitry electrically coupled to the common electrodes of the touch control display panel and configured to output a first common voltage and a second common voltage to the common electrodes of the touch control display panel at different time periods;

a timing controller;

a source electrode driver in electrical connection with the touch control display panel;

a gate electrode driver in electrical connection with the touch control display panel;

a touch control sensing circuitry in electrical connection with the touch control display panel, wherein the timing controller receives horizontal synchronization signals and outputs gate electrode control signals to the gate electrode driver, source electrode control signals and picture data to the source electrode driver, common voltage control signals to the common voltage generating circuitry, and touch control signals to the touch control sensing circuitry; and

a detecting module configured to detect an actual voltage of the common electrodes and determine a variation between the actual voltage and the first common voltage to adjust the second common voltage according to the variation.

8. The in-cell touch display device of claim 7, wherein the first common voltage is related to a direct current having a first voltage and the second common voltage is related to an alternating current having a second voltage and a third voltage, wherein when the actual voltage is larger than the first voltage of the first common voltage, each of the second and third voltages of the second common voltage is added with the variation, and wherein when the actual voltage is smaller than the first voltage of the first common voltage, each of the second and third voltages of the second common voltage is reduced by the variation.

9. The in-cell touch display device of claim 8, wherein the different time periods include a first time period during which the touch control display panel shows pictures, the common voltage generating circuitry generates the first common voltage and the detecting module detects the actual voltage of the common electrode and a second time period during which the touch control display panel receives the touch control operation thereto and the common voltage generating circuitry outputs the second common voltage.

10. The in-cell touch display device of claim 9, wherein the touch control display panel further comprises a first base, a drive layer located over the first base and including a plurality of pixel electrodes, an insulating layer over the driving layer, a common electrode layer located over the insulating layer and including the plurality of common electrodes, a liquid crystal layer over the common electrode layer, a touch control sensing layer located over the liquid crystal layer and including a plurality of touch control sensing electrodes and a second base over the touch control sensing layer, wherein the touch control display panel shows the pictures when the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes generate an electric field across the liquid crystal layer, and wherein the touch control display panel receives the touch control operation when the common electrodes and the touch control sensing electrodes form a sensing capacitance therebetween.