DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING POSITION INPUT FUNCTION

• US 20190310728A1
• Filed: 04/02/2019
• Published: 10/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: YOSHIDA, Masahiro
• Granted Patent: US 11,137,860 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13338 Input devices, e.g. touch panels
• 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 3/04166 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 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/047 using sets of wires, e.g. crossed wires

Abstract

A display device having position input function includes: a pixel electrode; a common electrode at least partially overlapping with the pixel electrode via an insulating film; position detection electrodes obtained by dividing the common electrode, forming capacitance between a positon input body performing position input and the position detection electrodes, and detecting an input position by the position input body; a position detection line supplying a position detection signal and a common signal for bringing the position detection electrode into a reference potential in a time-divisional manner; a first line through which a drive signal is transmitted; a second line crossing the first line; and a switching element connected to the first line, the second line and the position detection electrode, the switching element connecting the second line to the position detection electrode when driven by the drive signal transmitted to the first line.

Claims

1. A display device having a position input function comprising:

a pixel electrode;

a common electrode arranged to at least partially overlap with the pixel electrode via an insulating film;

a plurality of position detection electrodes obtained by dividing the common electrode, the plurality of position detection electrodes forming an electrostatic capacitance between a positon input body performing position input and the position detection electrodes and detecting a position of the position input performed by the position input body;

a position detection line connected to the position detection electrode and supplying a position detection signal and a common signal for bringing the position detection electrode into a reference potential in a time-divisional manner;

a first line through which a drive signal is transmitted;

a second line extending to cross the first line; and

a switching element connected to the first line, the second line and the position detection electrode, the switching element connecting the second line to the position detection electrode when driven by the drive signal transmitted to the first line.

2. The display device having a position input function according to claim 1, the display device further comprising:

a common signal supply portion for supplying the common signal; and

a third line extending in parallel with the first line and connected to the second line, wherein

at least one of the second line and the third line is connected to the common signal supply portion.

3. The display device having a position input function according to claim 2, wherein the second line and the third line are each connected to the common signal supply portion.

4. The display device having a position input function according to claim 2, wherein one of the second line and the third line is not connected to the common signal supply portion and the other thereof is selectively connected to the common signal supply portion.

5. The display device having a position input function according to claim 2, wherein the third line is arranged between the position detection electrodes adjacent to each other in an extension direction of the second line.

6. The display device having a position input function according to claim 2, wherein the second line is arranged between the position detection electrodes adjacent to each other in an extension direction of the first line.

7. The display device having a position input function according to claim 6, wherein as the switching element, at least two switching elements are provided so as to be connected to the first line, the second line, and at least two of the position detection electrodes sandwiching the second line, respectively.

8. The display device having a position input function according to claim 2, the display device further comprising:

a scanning line extending in parallel with the first line to transmit a scanning signal;

a signal line extending in parallel with the second line to transmit an image signal;

a pixel switching element connected to the scanning line, the signal line and the pixel electrode and driven by the scanning signal transmitted to the scanning line to supply the pixel electrode with the image signal transmitted to the signal line;

a scanning signal supply portion connected to the scanning line to supply the scanning signal to the scanning line; and

a drive signal supply portion arranged so as to be adjacent to the scanning signal supply portion, extending in parallel with the second line and connected to the first line to supply the drive signal to the first line.

9. The display device having a position input function according to claim 2, the display device further comprising:

a scanning line extending in parallel with the first line to transmit a scanning signal;

a signal line extending in parallel with the second line to transmit an image signal;

a pixel switching element connected to the scanning line, the signal line and the pixel electrode and driven by the scanning signal transmitted to the scanning line to supply the pixel electrode with the image signal transmitted to the signal line; and

a drive signal supply portion connected to the first line to supply the drive signal to the first line, wherein

the drive signal supply portion supplies the drive signal to the first line at a timing before the scanning signal is transmitted to the scanning line, and stops supplying the drive signal to the first line while the scanning signal is being transmitted to the scanning line.

10. The display device having a position input function according to claim 2, the display device further comprising:

a scanning line extending in parallel with the first line to transmit a scanning signal;

a signal line extending in parallel with the second line to transmit an image signal;

a pixel switching element connected to the scanning line, the signal line and the pixel electrode and driven by the scanning signal transmitted to the scanning line to supply the pixel electrode with the image signal transmitted to the signal line; and

a drive signal supply portion connected to the first line to supply the drive signal to the first line, wherein

the drive signal supply portion continues to supply the drive signal to the first line while the scanning signal is being transmitted to the scanning line.

11. The display device having a position input function according to claim 1, wherein

as the switching element, a plurality of switching elements are arranged to connect the second line and the plurality of position detection electrodes, and

the second line is connected to the plurality of position detection electrodes via the plurality of switching elements.

12. The display device having a position input function according to claim 11, wherein

as the second line, a plurality of second lines are arranged so as to be spaced from one another regarding an extension direction of the first line,

a third line extending in parallel with the first line and connected to the plurality of second lines is provided, and

the first line is connected to the plurality of switching elements connecting the second line to the plurality of position detection electrodes.

13. The display device having a position input function according to claim 12, the display device further comprising:

a scanning line extending in parallel with the first line to transmit a scanning signal;

a signal line extending in parallel with the second line to transmit an image signal;

a pixel switching element connected to the scanning line, the signal line and the pixel electrode and driven by the scanning signal transmitted to the scanning line to supply the pixel electrode with the image signal transmitted to the signal line; and

a signal supply portion connected to the scanning line and the first line to supply the scanning signal and the drive signal to the scanning line and the first line, respectively.

14. The display device having a position input function according to claim 13, the display device further comprising a second signal supply portion for supplying the position detection signal and the common signal to the position detection line in a time-divisional manner, wherein

as the scanning line and the first line, a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of first lines are arranged at intervals in an extension direction of the second line, respectively,

the signal supply portion supplies the scanning signal and the drive signal so as to sequentially scan the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of first lines from one end to the other end in the extension direction of the second line, and

the second signal supply portion supplies the common signal to the position detection line while scanning is being performed by the signal supply portion, and supplies the position detection signal to the position detection line at a timing in the middle of scanning performed by the signal supply portion and at a timing at which scanning performed by the signal supply portion reaches the other end.

15. The display device having a position input function according to claim 12, wherein

as the third line, a plurality of third lines are arranged at intervals in the extension direction of the second line, and

the second line is divided into a plurality of divisional second lines connected to the third lines different from one another.