IN-CELL TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20160253022A1
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• 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: LIU, Yingming, DONG, Xue, WANG, Haisheng, YANG, Shengji, DING, Xiaoliang
• Application Number:
  US14/646,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20160253022A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13338 Input devices, e.g. touch panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04164 Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads
• 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 3/04184 Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• 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
• 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: H04M 11/00 Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an in-cell touch panel, which includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate, a touch driving electrode including a plurality of touch driving sub-electrodes which are located between adjacent common electrodes. Each touch driving electrode is provided with at least one first via hole, each common electrode is provided with at least one second via hole. There exist at a first common electrode and a second common electrode which are adjacent to each other in all common electrodes. An arrangement manner of first via holes in at least one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode is identical to an arrangement manner of second via holes in all touch driving sub-electrodes between the first common electrode and the second common electrode. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, it may improve brightness uniformity of display panel.

Claims

1. An in-cell touch panel, comprising:

an array substrate with a common electrode layer; and

an opposite substrate which is arranged opposite to the array substrate;

wherein the common electrode layer of the array substrate is composed of a plurality of touch driving electrodes and a plurality of common electrodes which are insulated from the touch driving electrodes;

the touch driving electrode comprises a plurality of touch driving sub-electrodes arranged along an extending direction of the touch driving electrode, and each touch driving sub-electrode is located between adjacent common electrodes;

each common electrode is provided with at least one first via hole for connecting a common electrode signal transmission line;

each touch driving sub-electrode is provided with at least one second via hole for connecting a touch driving signal transmission line;

the pluralities of common electrodes include at least one pair of a first common electrode and a second common electrode adjacent to the first common electrode;

an arrangement manner of the first via holes in at least one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode is identical to an arrangement manner of the second via holes in all touch driving sub-electrodes between the first common electrode and the second common electrode.

2. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the common electrode comprises a plurality of common sub-electrodes arranged along an extending direction of the common electrode.

3. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 2, wherein one time period during which the in-cell touch panel processes one frame is divided into a display time period and a touch time period;

the touch driving sub-electrode receives a common electrode signal during the display time period and receives a touch driving signal during the touch time period; and

the common sub-electrode receives the common electrode signal during both the display time period and the touch time period.

4. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 2, wherein each common sub-electrode and each touch driving sub-electrode have a same shape and a same size, and form a matrix of sub-electrodes arranged in lines and columns.

5. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 4, wherein each common sub-electrode is provided with one first via hole, each touch driving sub-electrode is provided with one second via hole;

in each sub-electrode column in the matrix of sub-electrodes, all via holes have an identical relative location in corresponding sub-electrodes.

6. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the opposite substrate comprises a plurality of touch sensing electrodes arranged in an extending direction intersecting the extending direction of the touch driving electrode;

the in-cell touch pane comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix manner;

each touch driving electrode extends along a line direction of the pixel units, each touch sensing electrode and each common electrode extend along a column direction of the pixel units;

or

each touch driving electrode extends along the column direction of the pixel units, each touch sensing electrode and each common electrode extend along the line direction of the pixel units.

7. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 6, wherein the extending direction of the touch sensing electrode is perpendicular to the extending direction of the touch driving electrode.

8. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 6, wherein the opposite substrate comprises a black matrix which is arranged at a base substrate;

an orthographic projection of the touch sensing electrode on the base substrate is located within a region where the black matrix is located.

9. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 1, wherein in each touch driving sub-electrode line arranged along the extending direction of the common electrode, a distance between projection points of any two of the second via holes on a plane perpendicular to the extending direction of the common electrode is greater than or equal to a preset value.

10. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 9, wherein the via holes in each touch driving sub-electrode line arranged along the extending direction of the common electrode, are arranged in a straight line parallel to the common electrode.

11. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 9, wherein each second via hole is located at a bisector of the touch driving sub-electrode, which is perpendicular to the extending direction of the common electrode.

12. A display device, comprising an in-cell touch panel;

wherein the in-cell touch panel comprises;

an array substrate with a common electrode layer; and

an opposite substrate which is arranged opposite to the array substrate;

wherein the common electrode layer of the array substrate is composed of a plurality of touch driving electrodes and a plurality of common electrodes which are insulated from the touch driving electrodes;

the touch driving electrode comprises a plurality of touch driving sub-electrodes arranged along an extending direction of the touch driving electrode, and each touch driving sub-electrode is located between adiacent common electrodes;

each common electrode is provided with at least one first via hole for connecting a common electrode signal transmission line;

each touch driving sub-electrode is provided with at least one second via hole for connecting a touch driving signal transmission line;

the pluralities of common electrodes include at least one pair of a first common electrode and a second common electrode adiacent to the first common electrode;

an arrangement manner of the first via holes in at least one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode is identical to an arrangement manner of the second via holes in all touch driving sub-electrodes between the first common electrode and the second common electrode.

13. The display device according to claim 12, wherein the common electrode comprises a plurality of common sub-electrodes arranged along an extending direction of the common electrode.

14. The display device according to claim 13, wherein one time period during which the in-cell touch panel processes one frame is divided into a display time period and a touch time period;

the touch driving sub-electrode receives a common electrode signal during the display time period and receives a touch driving signal during the touch time period; and

the common sub-electrode receives the common electrode signal during both the display time period and the touch time period.

15. The display device according to claim 13, wherein each common sub-electrode and each touch driving sub-electrode have a same shape and a same size, and define a matrix of sub-electrodes arranged in lines and columns.

16. The display device according to claim 15, wherein each common sub-electrode is provided with one first via hole, each touch driving sub-electrode is provided with one second via hole;

in each sub-electrode column in the matrix of sub-electrodes, all via holes have an identical relative location in corresponding sub-electrodes.

17. The display device according to claim 12, wherein the opposite substrate comprises a plurality of touch sensing electrodes arranged in an extending direction intersecting the extending direction of the touch driving electrode;

the in-cell touch pane comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix manner;

each touch driving electrode extends along a line direction of the pixel units, each touch sensing electrode and each common electrode extend along a column direction of the pixel units;

or

each touch driving electrode extends along the column direction of the pixel units, each touch sensing electrode and each common electrode extend along the line direction of the pixel units.

18. The display device according to claim 12, wherein in each touch driving sub-electrode line arranged along the extending direction of the common electrode, a distance between projection points of any two of the second via holes on a plane perpendicular to the extending direction of the common electrode is greater than or equal to a preset value.

19. The display device according to claim 18, wherein the via holes in each touch driving sub-electrode line arranged along the extending direction of the common electrode, are arranged in a straight line parallel to the common electrode.

20. The display device according to claim 18, wherein each second via hole is located at a bisector of the touch driving sub-electrode, which is perpendicular to the extending direction of the common electrode.