Photosensitive structure, photosensitive display substrate, and fabrication and control methods of the photosensitive display substrate

• US 9,939,960 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2015
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhou, Xiaodong
• Primary Examiner(s): Yang, Nan-Ying
• Application Number:
  US15/031,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20160334899A1
• Time in Patent Office: 970 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13338 Input devices, e.g. touch panels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/135 Liquid crystal cells structurally associated with a photoconducting or a ferro-electric layer, the properties of which can be optically or electrically varied G02F1/133348 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/042 by opto-electronic means

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a photosensitive structure, a photosensitive display substrate, and fabrication and control methods of the photosensitive display substrate. The photosensitive structure includes a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; and a photoconductive material layer, sandwiched there-between. In response to a light illumination, the photoconductive material layer is capable of changing from an insulating state to a conductive state. One or more first constant voltage sources are configured in a periphery of the first conductive layer to charge the first conductive layer in different directions to maintain a first voltage there-on. Each current measurement unit is disposed between one first constant voltage source and the first conductive layer and configured to measure a charging current between the first constant voltage source and the first conductive layer, and configured to output current signals corresponding to the first constant voltage sources. A touch signal determination unit is connected to the current measurement units to determine a touch position.

Claims

1. A photosensitive structure, comprising:

a first conductive layer;

a second conductive layer;

a photoconductive material layer, sandwiched between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, wherein;

in response to a light illumination, the photoconductive material layer is capable of changing from an insulating state to a conductive state, and

the photoconductive material layer includes meshes formed by a first plurality of photoconductive material lines and a second plurality of photoconductive material lines that are crossly configured, each mesh corresponding to a pixel cell;

one or more first constant voltage sources, configured in a periphery of the first conductive layer to charge the first conductive layer in a plurality of different directions to maintain a first voltage on the first conductive layer;

a plurality of current measurement units, each disposed between the first constant voltage source and the first conductive layer and each configured to measure a charging current between the first constant voltage source and the first conductive layer, wherein the plurality of current measurement units are configured to output a plurality of current signals corresponding to the one or more first constant voltage sources; and

a touch signal determination unit, connected to the plurality of current measurement units to determine a touch position based on the plurality of current signals from the plurality of current measurement units,

wherein the second conductive layer includes meshes corresponding to the meshes in the photoconductive material layer.

2. The photosensitive structure of claim 1, wherein the one or more first constant voltage sources are connected to the first conductive layer at different locations of the first conductive layer to supply voltage to the first conductive layer via the different locations.

3. The photosensitive structure of claim 2, wherein:

the first conductive layer has a polygonal shape, and the different locations of the first conductive layer include different sides and vertexes of the first conductive layer.

4. The photosensitive structure of claim 2, wherein:

the first conductive layer has a circular shape, and the different locations of the first conductive layer include different location points that are symmetrically-configured or evenly-distributed on the first conductive layer.

5. The photosensitive structure of claim 1, wherein the first conductive layer comprises a rectangular conductive layer.

6. The photosensitive structure of claim 5, wherein the one or more first constant voltage sources are configured to apply a same voltage to four corners of the rectangular conductive layer.

7. The photosensitive structure of claim 5, wherein at least three first constant voltage sources are configured to apply a voltage to four corners of the rectangular conductive layer.

8. The photosensitive structure of claim 5, wherein the plurality of the current measurement units includes four current measurement units, each connected to one of four corners of the rectangular conductive layer.

9. The photosensitive structure of claim 1, wherein one first constant voltage source is configured and connected to the plurality of current measurement units.

10. The photosensitive structure of claim 1, wherein the photoconductive material layer is sheet-shaped or mesh-shaped.

11. The photosensitive structure of claim 1, wherein, when the first conductive layer has a rectangular shape with four corners A, B, C and D connected to four current measurement units to respectively measure the charging current at each corner denoted as i_A, i_B, i_C and i_D, the touch position of a touch point on the first conductive layer is determined by:

12. The photosensitive structure of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is made of a transparent conductive material, the transparent conductive material including indium tin oxide (ITO).

13. The photosensitive structure of claim 1, wherein:

the photoconductive material layer is made of one or more of an inorganic material and an organic material,

the inorganic material includes selenium, selenium tellurium alloy, cadmium sulfide, zinc oxide, or a combination thereof, and

the organic material includes polyvinyl carbazole, phthalocyanine complex, azo compound, squire morpholine compound, or a combination thereof.

14. The photosensitive structure of claim 1, further including:

a plurality of second constant voltage sources, connected to the second conductive layer to provide a second voltage different from the first voltage.

15. A photosensitive display substrate, comprising:

the photosensitive structure according to claim 1, and

a display substrate, including a base substrate, a color filter layer, and a light-shielding layer,

wherein;

the photosensitive structure, the color filter layer, and the light-shielding layer, are disposed over a same side of the base substrate,

the second conductive layer is formed over the base substrate,

the photoconductive material layer is formed over the second conductive layer,

the color filter layer is formed in the pixel cells,

the first conductive layer is formed over the color filter layer and over the photoconductive material layer, and

the light-shielding layer is formed over the first conductive layer and configured to provide a projected area covering the first and second plurality of photoconductive material lines of the photoconductive material layer in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the base substrate.

16. The photosensitive display substrate of claim 15, wherein the light-shielding layer includes meshes corresponding to the meshes in the photoconductive material layer.

17. A method of fabricating a photosensitive display substrate, comprising:

forming a first conductive layer over a base substrate;

forming a photoconductive material layer over the first conductive layer, the photoconductive material layer including meshes formed by a first plurality of photoconductive material lines and a second plurality of photoconductive material lines that are crossly configured, each mesh corresponding to a pixel cell;

forming a color filter layer in the pixel cells;

forming a second conductive layer over the color filter layer and over the photoconductive material layer, the second conductive layer including meshes corresponding to the meshes in the photoconductive material layer; and

forming a light-shielding layer over the second conductive layer to provide a projected area covering the first and second plurality of photoconductive material lines of the photoconductive material layer in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the base substrate.

18. A control method in a photosensitive display device, the method comprising:

providing the photosensitive structure including a first conductive layer having a rectangular shape with four corners A, B, C, and D, a second conductive layer, and a photoconductive material layer sandwiched by the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer;

supplying power, by one or more first constant voltage sources configured in the periphery of the first conductive layer, to charge the first conductive layer in a plurality of different directions to maintain a first voltage on the first conductive layer;

receiving a light illumination passing through one of the first and second conductive layers to have a light illuminated area in the photoconductive material layer;

measuring a charging current between the first conductive layer and each of the one or more first constant voltage sources in response to the light illumination, by a plurality of current measurement units connected to the four corners A, B, C, and D, to output a plurality of current signals denoted as i_A, i_B, i_C, and i_D corresponding to the one or more first constant voltage sources; and

determining a touch position, by a touch signal determination unit connected to the plurality of current measurement units, based over the plurality of current signals, the touch position being determined by

19. The method of claim 18, further including:

applying a second voltage to the second conductive layer by a plurality of second constant voltage sources, the second voltage being different than the first voltage, or

connecting the second conductive layer to ground.