Display apparatus
First Claim
1. A display apparatus, comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in an opposing relationship to each other;
a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed adjacent one of two mutually opposing faces of said first and second substrates, with the one being of said first substrate;
a displaying function layer adapted to exhibit an image displaying function based on an image signal supplied to said pixel electrodes;
a driving electrode disposed in an opposing relationship to said pixel electrodes adjacent one of the two faces of said first and second substrates;
a plurality of detection electrodes disposed on a face of said second substrate on the opposite side to said driving electrode and separated from each other in one direction so as to cooperate with said driving electrode to form capacitance therebetween; and
an electrode neighboring layer disposed in contact with said second substrate and said detection electrodes and covering said detection electrodes;
said electrode neighboring layer having a refractive index within a range from a refractive index equal to that of said second substrate to a refractive index equal to that of said detection electrodes, wherein, where a wavelength when a refractive index is defined is 550 nm, the refractive index of said electrode neighboring layer is within a range defined by −
21% to +14% of the magnitude of the entire refractive index difference from the center of the refractive index difference between the refractive index of said second substrate and the refractive index of said detection electrode.
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes: a first and second substrates disposed in an opposing relationship to each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed adjacent the first substrate; a displaying function layer exhibits an image displaying function based on an image signal supplied to the pixel electrodes; a driving electrode disposed in an opposing relationship to the pixel electrodes adjacent one of the two faces; a plurality of detection electrodes disposed on a face of the second substrate on the opposite side to the driving electrode and separated from each other in one direction so as to cooperate with the driving electrode to form capacitance therebetween; and an electrode neighboring layer disposed in contact with the second substrate and the detection electrodes and covering the detection electrodes; the electrode neighboring layer having a refractive index within a range from that of the second substrate to that of the detection electrodes.
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19 Claims
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1. A display apparatus, comprising:
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a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in an opposing relationship to each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed adjacent one of two mutually opposing faces of said first and second substrates, with the one being of said first substrate; a displaying function layer adapted to exhibit an image displaying function based on an image signal supplied to said pixel electrodes; a driving electrode disposed in an opposing relationship to said pixel electrodes adjacent one of the two faces of said first and second substrates; a plurality of detection electrodes disposed on a face of said second substrate on the opposite side to said driving electrode and separated from each other in one direction so as to cooperate with said driving electrode to form capacitance therebetween; and an electrode neighboring layer disposed in contact with said second substrate and said detection electrodes and covering said detection electrodes; said electrode neighboring layer having a refractive index within a range from a refractive index equal to that of said second substrate to a refractive index equal to that of said detection electrodes, wherein, where a wavelength when a refractive index is defined is 550 nm, the refractive index of said electrode neighboring layer is within a range defined by −
21% to +14% of the magnitude of the entire refractive index difference from the center of the refractive index difference between the refractive index of said second substrate and the refractive index of said detection electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A display apparatus, comprising:
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a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in an opposing relationship to each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed adjacent one of two mutually opposing faces of said first and second substrates, with the one being of said first substrate; a displaying function layer adapted to exhibit an image displaying function based on an image signal supplied to said pixel electrodes; a driving electrode disposed in an opposing relationship to said pixel electrodes adjacent one of the two faces of said first and second substrates; a plurality of detection electrodes disposed on a face of said second substrate on the opposite side to said driving electrode and separated from each other in one direction so as to cooperate with said driving electrode to form capacitance therebetween; and an electrode neighboring layer disposed in contact with said second substrate and said detection electrodes and covering said detection electrodes; said electrode neighboring layer having a refractive index within a range from a refractive index equal to that of said second substrate to a refractive index equal to that of said detection electrodes, wherein said detection electrodes have an opening for exposing therethrough a pixel region to which a single color or a plurality of colors are allocated. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A display apparatus, comprising:
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a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in an opposing relationship to each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed adjacent one of two mutually opposing faces of said first and second substrates, with the one being of said first substrate; a displaying function layer adapted to exhibit an image displaying function based on an image signal supplied to said pixel electrodes; a driving electrode disposed in an opposing relationship to said pixel electrodes adjacent one of the two faces of said first and second substrates; a plurality of detection electrodes disposed on a face of said second substrate on the opposite side to said driving electrode and separated from each other in one direction so as to cooperate with said driving electrode to form capacitance therebetween; and a protective layer disposed in contact with said second substrate and said detection electrodes and covering said detection electrodes; a refractive index no of said protective layer having such a relationship to a refractive index np of said detection electrode and a refractive index ns of said second substrate as is given, where a wavelength when a refractive index is defined is 660 nm, by the following expression (2);
where np≦
ns,np≦
no≦
s
where np>
ns,np≧
no>
ns
(2), and furtherwherein, where a wavelength when a refractive index is defined is 550 nm, the refractive index of said electrode neighboring layer is within a range defined by −
21% to +14% of the magnitude of the entire refractive index difference from the center of the refractive index difference between the refractive index of said second substrate and the refractive index of said detection electrode.- View Dependent Claims (19)
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