Display device with touch screen

• US 8,547,344 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2009
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
• Original Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
• Inventors: Whight, Kenneth R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin M
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALMEIDA, CORY A
• Application Number:
  US12/433,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20100060596A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,615 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-179
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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

Abstract

A display device with touch sensor input has a touch sensor structure on top of the display layer. The touch sensor structure includes a first and second array of electrodes, the electrodes in the first array being non-parallel to the electrodes in the second array. The first and second arrays of electrodes occupy different fractions of a touch sensor area. These asymmetric fill factors give improved sensitivity.

Claims

1. A display device with touch sensor input, comprising:

a display layer; and

a touch sensor structure on top of the display layer, comprising a first and second array of electrodes, the electrodes in the first array being non-parallel to the electrodes in the second array,

wherein the first array of electrodes occupies a first fraction of a touch sensor area, and the second array of electrodes occupies a different second fraction of the touch sensor area, wherein the arrays of electrodes each comprises straight electrode lines, with enlarged portions along the lines, with a spacing between the enlarged portions corresponding to the pitch between the electrode lines of other array, and wherein in reference to the touch area, the enlarged portions in one array have a different area and a same shape compared to the enlarged portions in the other array.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first array of electrodes is closer to the underlying display layer and has the larger fraction.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the arrays of electrodes each comprise straight electrode lines with constant width along their length within a touch sensor area, the electrode lines in one array having a different width to the electrode lines in the other array.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the enlarged portions are diamond shapes.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the two electrode arrays have the same pitch.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touch sensor structure comprises a glass substrate between the first and second arrays of electrodes, and an anti-scratch coating over the second electrode array, which is on the opposite side of the glass substrate to the display layer.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a color filter array between the display layer and the touch sensor structure.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display layer comprises a liquid crystal layer.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8, comprising a top common electrode plane between the display layer and the touch sensor structure.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electrodes in the first array are all parallel, the electrodes in the second array are all parallel, and the electrodes in the first array are perpendicular to the electrodes in the second array.

11. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the touch sensor structure on top of the display layer further comprises:

a substrate, wherein the first array of electrodes are deposited on the substrate; and

a color filter layer disposed on the first array of electrodes,

wherein in reference to the touch area, the enlarged portions in one array of electrodes are nearer the display layer and have a larger area.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first array of electrodes is closer to the display layer and the first fraction is larger than the second fraction.

13. The device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first fraction is at least 0.3 more than the second fraction.

14. A display device with touch sensor input, comprising:

a display layer; and

a touch sensor structure on top of the display layer, comprising a first and second array of electrodes, the electrodes in the first array being non-parallel to the electrodes in the second array,

wherein the first array of electrodes occupies a first fraction of a touch sensor area, and the second array of electrodes occupies a different second fraction of the touch sensor area, wherein the arrays of electrodes each comprises straight electrode lines, with enlarged portions along the lines, with a spacing between the enlarged portions corresponding to the pitch between the electrode lines of other array, and wherein in reference to the touch area, the enlarged portions in one array have a different area and a same shape compared to the enlarged portions in the other array, and

wherein the first fraction is at least 0.3 more than the second fraction.