Capacitive built-in touch control display panel with common electrode and touch control driving electrode in the same layer, control device and control method

• US 9,998,358 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2013
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhao, Weijie, Dong, Xue, Wang, Haisheng
• Primary Examiner(s): MISTRY, RAM A
• Application Number:
  US14/355,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20160077624A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,839 Days
• Field of Search: 345156, 345173-178
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/245 Link aggregation, e.g. trunking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/103 across network layers, e.g. resolution of network layer into physical layer addresses or address resolution protocol [ARP]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/50 in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate

Abstract

The invention discloses a capacitive built-in touch control display panel, a display device, a control device and method with a purpose of realizing display and touch control functions of the display panel without an additional touch panel, which simplifies the configuration of the capacitive built-in touch control display panel and improves the light transmittance. A capacitive built-in touch control display panel provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises an array substrate, an counter substrate and a liquid crystal layer, wherein the array substrate comprises a gate line and a data line disposed as intersecting each other and a transparent common electrode layer; the array substrate further comprises a touch control driving electrode positioned in the transparent common electrode layer and extending along a first direction, and a touch control detecting electrode insulated from the touch control driving electrode by way of an insulation layer and extending along a second direction; the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, a common voltage signal and a touch control driving signal are applied to the touch control driving electrode in a time dividing manner.

Claims

1. A capacitive built-in touch control display panel, comprising an array substrate, a counter substrate and a liquid crystal layer, the array substrate comprising a gate line and a data line extending in different directions and crossing each other, the counter substrate comprising a color filter layer, the liquid crystal layer is interposed between the array substrate and the counter substrate, the array substrate further comprising:

a transparent common electrode extending along a first direction, positioned in a transparent common electrode layer, and the transparent common electrode only applied with a common voltage signal;

a touch control driving electrode extending along the first direction, the touch control driving electrode being positioned in the transparent common electrode layer wherein the touch control driving electrode and the transparent common electrode are distinct from each other;

a touch control detecting electrode extending along a second direction, the touch control detecting electrode being insulated from the touch control driving electrode by an insulation layer, wherein the touch control detecting electrode has a grid-like structure, and an orthographic projection of the touch control detecting electrode with the grid-like structure on the array substrate is completely within an orthographic projection of the black matrix region of the display panel on the array substrate; and

a metal electrode disposed above or under the touch control driving electrode and directly electrically connected to the touch control driving electrode;

wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, the common voltage signal and a touch control driving signal are applied to the touch control driving electrode in a time dividing manner; and

the metal electrode has a grid-like structure at a location corresponding to a black matrix region.

2. The capacitive built-in touch control display panel of claim 1, wherein the touch control driving electrode and the gate line extend in the same direction, and the touch control detecting electrode and the data line extend in the same direction.

3. The capacitive built-in touch control display panel of claim 1, wherein the touch control driving electrode and the gate line are extending in the same direction, and the touch control detecting electrode and the data line are extending in the same direction.

4. The capacitive built-in touch control display panel of claim 1, wherein

the transparent common electrode and the touch control driving electrode are not overlapped with each other in the second direction.

5. The capacitive built-in touch control display panel of claim 1, wherein

the touch control driving electrode and the touch control detecting electrode are provided at a same side of the liquid crystal layer;

and

the color filter layer is provided at a side, which is different from the side at which the touch control driving electrode and the touch control detecting electrode are provided, of the liquid crystal layer.

6. A control device for realizing display and touch control functions of a capacitive built-in touch control display panel, the capacitive built-in touch control display panel comprising an array substrate, an counter substrate and a liquid crystal layer, the array substrate comprising a gate line and a data line extending in different directions and crossing each other, the counter substrate comprising a color filter layer, the liquid crystal layer is interposed between the array substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the array substrate further comprising:

a transparent common electrode extending along a first direction, positioned in a transparent common electrode layer, and the transparent common electrode only applied with a common voltage signal;

a touch control driving electrode extending along the first direction, the touch control driving electrode being positioned in the transparent common electrode layer wherein the touch control driving electrode and the transparent common electrode are distinct from each other;

a touch control detecting electrode extending along a second direction, the touch control detecting electrode being insulated from the touch control driving electrode by an insulation layer, wherein the touch control detecting electrode has a grid-like structure, and an orthographic projection of the touch control detecting electrode with the grid-like structure on the array substrate is completely within an orthographic projection of the black matrix region of the display panel on the array substrate; and

a metal electrode disposed above or under the touch control driving electrode and directly electrically connected to the touch control driving electrode;

wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, the common voltage signal and a touch control driving signal are applied to the touch control driving electrode in a time dividing manner, and

the metal electrode has a grid-like structure at a location corresponding to a black matrix region;

wherein a period for displaying each image frame by the display panel is divided into a display period and a touch control period,

the control device comprising;

a display control unit adapted to apply a common voltage signal to the touch control driving electrode without inputting signals to the touch control detecting electrode during the display period; and

a touch control unit adapted to apply a touch control driving signal to the touch control driving electrode and control the touch control detecting electrode couples and outputs the voltage signal of the touch control driving electrode during the touch control period.

7. A display device comprising the capacitive built-in touch control display panel comprising an array substrate, an counter substrate and a liquid crystal layer, the array substrate comprising a gate line and a data line extending in different directions and crossing each other, the counter substrate comprising a color filter layer, the liquid crystal layer is interposed between the array substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the array substrate further comprising:

a transparent common electrode extending along a first direction, positioned in a transparent common electrode layer, and the transparent common electrode only applied with a common voltage signal;

a touch control driving electrode extending along the first direction, the touch control driving electrode being positioned in the transparent common electrode layer wherein the touch control driving electrode and the transparent common electrode are distinct from each other;

a touch control detecting electrode extending along a second direction, the touch control detecting electrode being insulated from the touch control driving electrode by an insulation layer, wherein the touch control detecting electrode has a grid-like structure, and an orthographic projection of the touch control detecting electrode with the grid-like structure on the array substrate is completely within an orthographic projection of the black matrix region of the display panel on the array substrate; and

a metal electrode disposed above or under the touch control driving electrode and directly electrically connected to the touch control driving electrode;

wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, the common voltage signal and a touch control driving signal are applied to the touch control driving electrode in a time dividing manner; and

the metal electrode has a grid-like structure at a location corresponding to a black matrix region.

8. The display device of claim 7, wherein a period for displaying each image frame by the display panel is divided into a display period and a touch control period, and the display device further comprises a control device comprising:

a display control unit adapted to apply a common voltage signal to the touch control driving electrode without inputting signals to the touch control detecting electrode during the display period; and

a touch control unit adapted to apply a touch control driving signal to the touch control driving electrode and control the touch control detecting electrode couples and outputs the voltage signal of the touch control driving electrode during the touch control period.

9. The display device of claim 7, wherein the touch control detecting electrode has a grid-like structure at a location corresponding to a black matrix region of the display panel.