TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20170262120A1
• Filed: 07/08/2016
• Published: 09/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LIU, Haodi, YE, Hongna
• Granted Patent: US 10,528,176 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/263 Multiple coils at either side

Abstract

A touch display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, a driving method thereof and a display device. The touch display panel includes: a display region which is provided with a touch circuit; and a non-display region which is provided with a near field communication (NFC) antenna circuit and a control circuit. The NFC antenna circuit includes at least one coil, a first connecting line connected with one end of the coil, and a second connecting line connected with another end of the coil; and the first connecting line and the second connecting line are connected with the control circuit, and the first connecting line and the second connecting line are connected or disconnected with each other under the control of the control circuit.

Claims

1. A touch display panel, comprising:

a display region which is provided with a touch circuit; and

a non-display region which is provided with a near field communication (NFC) antenna circuit and a control circuit;

wherein;

the NFC antenna circuit includes at least one coil, a first connecting line connected with one end of the coil, and a second connecting line connected with another end of the coil; and

the first connecting line and the second connecting line are connected with the control circuit, and the first connecting line and the second connecting line are connected or disconnected with each other under control of the control circuit.

2. The touch display panel according to claim 1, further comprising a touch extension circuit disposed in the non-display region, wherein:

the touch extension circuit includes at least one sensing circuit piece, at least one driving electrode piece, a third connecting line connected with the sensing electrode piece, and a fourth connecting line connected with the driving electrode piece;

the sensing electrode piece and the driving electrode piece are arranged in a same first layer and insulated from each other, the sensing electrode piece is electrically connected with the coil through the third connecting line, the driving electrode piece is connected with the control circuit through the fourth connecting line, and the control circuit is configured to control operation of the driving electrode piece.

3. The touch display panel according to claim 2, wherein the coil, the sensing electrode piece and the driving electrode piece are arranged in the same first layer and insulated from each other.

4. The touch display panel according to claim 3, wherein the first connecting line, the second connecting line, the third connecting line and the fourth connecting line are arranged in a same second layer and are not intercrossed with each other.

5. The touch display panel according to claim 4, wherein:

the sensing electrode piece and the driving electrode piece are disposed inside the coil;

or

the sensing electrode piece and the driving electrode piece are disposed on the outside of the coil.

6. The touch display panel according to claim 1, wherein:

the touch extension circuit includes a plurality of sensing electrode pieces and a plurality of driving electrode pieces; and

part of the sensing electrode pieces and part of the driving electrode pieces are disposed inside the coil, and the remaining sensing electrode pieces and the remaining driving electrode pieces are disposed on the outside of the coil.

7. The touch display panel according to claim 5, wherein:

the touch circuit includes a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes which are arranged in the same first layer and insulated from each other, and the touch circuit further includes a plurality of jumpers disposed on the driving electrodes or the sensing electrodes;

the driving electrodes or the sensing electrodes are discontinuously distributed, each of the jumpers is connected with two adjacent discontinuously-distributed driving electrodes or sensing electrodes; and

the coil, the sensing electrode piece and the driving electrode piece are arranged in the same first layer with the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes.

8. The touch display panel according to claim 7, wherein the first connecting line, the second connecting line, the third connecting line and the fourth connecting line are arranged in the same second layer with the jumpers.

9. The touch display panel according to claim 8, wherein a shape of a front face of the coil is a rectangular fold line.

10. The touch display panel according to claim 9, wherein:

the NFC antenna circuit and the touch extension circuit are disposed on a top portion of the non-display region;

or

the NFC antenna circuit and the touch extension circuit are disposed on a bottom portion of the non-display region.

11. A display device, comprising the touch display panel according to claim 1.

15. A driving method of a touch display panel according to claim 1, comprising:

outputting, by the control circuit, a first control signal to control operation of the touch circuit when the touch display panel implements a touch function; and

outputting, by the control circuit, a second control signal to control the first connecting line to be connected with the second connecting line when the touch display panel implements an NFC function.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

outputting, by the control circuit, a third control signal to control operation of the touch extension circuit and to control the first connecting line to be disconnected with the second connecting line when the touch display panel implements the touch function; and

outputting, by the control circuit, a fourth control signal to control the first connecting line to be connected with the second connecting line and to control the touch extension circuit to stop operation when the touch display panel implements the NFC function.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein when the control circuit outputs the third control signal, the first connecting line is floating and the second connecting line receives a low-level signal.

12. A method for manufacturing a touch display panel, comprising:

forming, on a base substrate, at least one coil and a plurality of mutually-insulated driving electrodes and sensing electrodes in a same first layer by a first patterning process, wherein the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes are formed in a predetermined display region, the coil is formed in a predetermined non-display region, and the driving electrodes or the sensing electrodes are discontinuously distributed;

forming, by a second patterning process, an insulating layer on the base substrate provided with the coil, the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes; and

forming, on the insulating layer, at least one first connecting line, at least one second connecting line and a plurality of jumpers in a same second layer by a third patterning process, wherein each jumper is connected with two adjacent discontinuously-distributed driving electrodes or sensing electrodes, one end of the coil is electrically connected with a control circuit through the first connecting line, and another end of the coil is electrically connected with the control circuit through the second connecting line, the control circuit is configured to control connection or disconnection between the first connecting line and the second connecting line, and the first connecting line and the second connecting line are not intercrossed.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

forming at least one sensing electrode piece and at least one driving electrode piece in the same first layer with the coil, wherein the sensing electrode piece and the driving electrode piece are formed in the non-display region, and the sensing electrode piece, the driving electrode piece and the coil are insulated from each other; and

forming at least one third connecting line and at least one fourth connecting line in the same second layer with the first connecting line and the second connecting line, wherein the sensing electrode piece is electrically connected with the coil through the third connecting line, the driving electrode piece is electrically connected with the control circuit through the fourth connecting line, and the first connecting line, the second connecting line, the third connecting line and the fourth connecting line are not intercrossed with each other.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein forming the at least one sensing electrode piece and the at least one driving electrode piece in the same first layer with the coil includes:

forming the at least one sensing electrode piece and the at least one driving electrode piece in the same first layer with the coil inside the coil;

or

forming the at least one sensing electrode piece and the at least one driving electrode piece in the same first layer with the coil on the outside of the coil.