Liquid crystal display device

• US 10,180,590 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2016
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Japan Display Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Japan Display Incorporated
• Inventors: Tokita, Masahiro, Takahata, Masashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lamb, Christopher R
• Application Number:
  US15/178,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20160283039A1
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1309 Repairing; Testing
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133302 Rigid substrates, e.g. inorganic substrates
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13338 Input devices, e.g. touch panels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133528 Polarisers
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/134309 characterised by their geometrical arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/134318 having a patterned common electrode
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136254 Checking; Testing
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/136286 Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1368 in which the switching element is a three-electrode device G02F1/136277 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2202/28 Adhesive materials or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04184 Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3655 Details of drivers for counter electrodes, e.g. common electrodes for pixel capacitors or supplementary storage capacitors

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal interposed between the first and the second substrates, and a detection circuit. The second substrate includes a detection electrode for a touch panel. The respective pixels have pixel electrodes and counter electrodes. The counter electrode divided into a plurality of blocks is provided common to the respective pixels on a plurality of consecutive display lines. The counter electrode divided into blocks serves as the scanning electrode for the touch panel. The detection circuit includes a calibration capacity element provided for each of the detection electrodes, is having one end connected to the detection electrode, and supplies a calibration voltage to the other end of the calibration capacity element in a touched position detection process.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a first substrate having a plurality of pixels;

a second substrate;

a detection circuit;

a plurality of detection electrodes for detecting a touch presence; and

a common electrode divided into blocks and being common to the plurality of pixels,

wherein

a block of the common electrode is applied a touch scanning voltage for detecting the touch presence and a common voltage for displaying,

the detection circuit includes a plurality of calibration capacity elements provided for each of the plurality of detection electrodes, having one end connected to the detection electrode, and supplies a calibration voltage to the other end of the calibration capacity element in a touched position detection process for each intersection between the respective detection electrodes and the common electrode,

the detection circuit supplies a reference voltage to both ends of the calibration capacity element,

a voltage of the detection electrode is varied by the calibration voltage supplied to the other end of the calibration capacity element in the touched position detection process,

the detection circuit includes a memory element which stores a calibration digital data for each intersection between the respective detection electrodes and blocks of the common electrode, and

the calibration voltage is generated by the calibration digital data.

2. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the detection circuit includes a DA converter which converts the calibration digital data stored in the memory element into the calibration voltage.

3. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the first substrate includes the common electrode.

4. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the detection circuit includes an integration circuit and a sample-hold circuit.

5. The display device according to claim 2,

wherein the detection circuit includes an A/D converter,

the memory element stores output digital data from the A/D converter.

6. A display device comprising:

a first substrate having a plurality of pixels;

a second substrate;

a detection circuit;

a plurality of detection electrodes for detecting a touch event; and

a common electrode divided into a plurality of blocks and facing to the plurality of pixels commonly,

wherein a plurality of blocks of the common electrode is applied a common voltage for displaying and a touch scanning voltage for detecting a touch event;

the detection circuit includes a plurality of calibration capacity elements having one electrode connected to each of the plurality of detection electrodes, and supplies a calibration voltage to the other end of the calibration capacity element,

the detection circuit supplies a reference voltage to both ends of the calibration capacity element,

a voltage of the detection electrode is varied by the calibration voltage supplied to the other end of the calibration capacity element in a touch event detection process,

the detection circuit includes a memory element which stores calibration digital data for each intersection between the respective detection electrodes and blocks of the common electrode, and

the calibration voltage is generated by the calibration digital data.

7. The display device according to claim 6,

wherein the detection circuit includes a PA converter which converts the calibration digital data stored in the memory element into the calibration voltage.

8. The display device according to claim 6,

wherein the detection circuit includes an integration circuit and a sample-hold circuit.

9. The display device according to claim 6,

wherein the detection circuit includes an AID converter and the memory element which stores output data from the A/D converter.