Display device with integrated touch screen and a method of driving the same

• US 9,423,907 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2013
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Young Joon, Kim, Sun Yeop, Lee, Sung Yub
• Primary Examiner(s): Ghebretinsae, Temesgh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ketema, Benyam
• Application Number:
  US14/025,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20140184534A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,076 Days
• Field of Search: 345173-179
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes

Abstract

Discussed is a display device with integrated touch screen and a method of driving the same. The display device includes a panel including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes, a touch IC, and a display driver IC. The touch IC generates a first driving pulse, and determines whether there is a touch using a plurality of sensing signals generated by the sensing electrodes. When the panel operates a touch driving mode, the display driver IC generates a second driving pulse with the first driving pulse to apply the second driving pulse to the driving electrodes and receives the sensing signals from the respective sensing electrodes to transfer the sensing signals to the touch IC.

Claims

1. A display device with integrated touch screen, comprising:

a panel comprising a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes;

a touch IC generating a first driving pulse, and determining whether there is a touch by using a plurality of sensing signals generated by the respective sensing electrodes; and

a display driver IC applying a first common voltage to the driving electrodes and applying a second common voltage different from the first common voltage to the sensing electrodes when the panel operates a display driving mode and, when the panel operates a touch driving mode, generating a second driving pulse with the first driving pulse to apply the second driving pulse to the driving electrodes and receiving the sensing signals from the respective sensing electrodes to transfer the sensing signals to the touch IC,

wherein the first common voltage has a first constant voltage level and the second common voltage has a second constant voltage level different from the first constant voltage level,

wherein the touch IC comprises a sensing unit sensing the touch, a touch sensing reference voltage applied to the sensing unit being equal to a minimum voltage of the second driving pulse,

wherein the sensing unit comprises a plurality of operational amplifiers comprising a non-inverting input terminal, to which the touch sensing reference voltage is applied, and an inverting input terminal connected to one of the sensing electrodes.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the display driver IC comprises:

a first common voltage generator generating the first common voltage; and

a second common voltage generator generating the second common voltage.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein the display driver IC comprises:

a driving pulse generator generating the second driving pulse with the first driving pulse; and

a switching unit allowing the first and second common voltages to respectively be applied to the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes according to a first sync signal indicating the display driving mode, and connecting the driving electrodes to the driving pulse generator and connecting the sensing electrodes to the touch IC according to a second sync signal indicating the touch driving mode.

4. The display device of claim 3, wherein,

the driving pulse generator generates the second driving pulse having a high-level maximum voltage and a low-level minimum voltage with the first driving pulse, and

a level of the low-level minimum voltage is equal to the touch sensing reference voltage.

5. A method of driving a display device with integrated touch screen, which includes a panel including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes, a display driver IC, and a touch IC, the method comprising:

applying, by the display driver IC, a first common voltage to the driving electrodes and applying a second common voltage different from the first common voltage to the sensing electrodes, when the panel operates a display driving mode; and

generating, by the touch IC, a first driving pulse and determining whether there is a touch by using a plurality of sensing signals generated by the respective sensing electrodes, and generating, by the display driver IC, a second driving pulse with the first driving pulse to apply the second driving pulse to the driving electrodes and receiving the sensing signals from the respective sensing electrodes to transfer the sensing signals to the touch IC, when the panel operates a touch driving mode,

wherein the first common voltage has a first constant voltage level and the second common voltage has a second constant voltage level different from the first constant voltage level,

wherein the touch IC comprises a sensing unit sensing the touch, a touch sensing reference voltage applied to the sensing unit being equal to a minimum voltage of the second driving pulse,

wherein the sensing unit comprises a plurality of operational amplifiers comprising a non-inverting input terminal, to which the touch sensing reference voltage is applied, and an inverting input terminal connected to one of the sensing electrodes.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the display driver IC comprises:

a first common voltage generator generating the first common voltage; and

a second common voltage generator generating the second common voltage.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the display driver IC comprises:

a driving pulse generator generating the second driving pulse with the first driving pulse; and

a switching unit allowing the first and second common voltages to respectively be applied to the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes according to a first sync signal indicating the display driving mode, and connecting the driving electrodes to the driving pulse generator and connecting the sensing electrodes to the touch IC according to a second sync signal indicating the touch driving mode.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the driving pulse generator generates the second driving pulse having a high-level maximum voltage and a low-level minimum voltage with the first driving pulse, and a level of the low-level minimum voltage is equal to the touch sensing reference voltage.