Array substrate comprising an antenna, driving method and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11004381-B2
Application number	US-201816343105-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2018
Priority date	Sep 30, 2017
Publication date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	May 11, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a display device for reducing the space occupied by the antenna inside the mobile phone, so as to reduce the thickness of the mobile phone and make the mobile phone thinner and lighter. The array substrate according to the present disclosure includes dummy signal lines and a conductive portion. The dummy signal lines and the conductive portion are disposed in different layers. An insulating layer is disposed between the dummy signal lines and the conductive portion. A via is disposed on the insulating layer. The dummy signal line is connected to the conductive portion through the via. The dummy signal line and the conductive portion are used to form an antenna.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An array substrate comprising:
a base substrate;
touch signal lines configured to receive or transmit a touch signal to perform a touch functionality;
a dummy touch signal line and a conductive portion on the base substrate, wherein the dummy touch signal line does not receive or transmit a touch signal and is arranged in a same layer as the touch signal lines, and wherein the dummy touch signal line and the conductive portion are used as an antenna;
an insulating layer between the dummy touch signal line and the conductive portion;
a via in the insulating layer, wherein, the dummy touch signal line is connected to the conductive portion through the via to form the antenna;
a thin film transistor at least partially located in the insulating layer, wherein the thin film transistor comprises a semiconductor layer; and
a light shielding layer between the base substrate and the semiconductor layer, wherein an orthographic projection of the semiconductor layer on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the light shielding layer on the base substrate, wherein the dummy touch signal line is located on a side of the light shielding layer facing away from the base substrate, and wherein i) the light shielding layer is used as the conductive portion, or ii) the conductive portion is between the semiconductor layer and the light shielding layer.

2. The array substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising a gate line, wherein the conductive portion includes a plurality of strip-shaped sub-conductive portions, and wherein each of the strip-shaped sub-conductive portions extends in the same direction as an extending direction of the gate line.

3. A method for driving an array substrate according to claim 2 , the method comprising performing time-division driving of display driving and touch driving on the array substrate, the method further comprising:
driving the antenna when the array substrate is not subjected to display driving and touch driving.

4. The array substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising a data line, wherein an extending direction of the dummy touch signal line is the same as an extending direction of the data line.

5. A method for driving an array substrate according to claim 4 , the method comprising performing time-division driving of display driving and touch driving on the array substrate, the method further comprising:
driving the antenna when the array substrate is not subjected to display driving and touch driving.

6. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer comprises a first sub-layer, a second sub-layer, and a third sub-layer sequentially disposed in a direction away from the base substrate.

7. The array substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the semiconductor layer is between the first sub-layer and the second sub-layer.

8. The array substrate according to claim 7 , wherein the thin film transistor further comprises a first source/drain line and a second source/drain line on the third sub-layer, wherein the first source/drain line is connected to the semiconductor layer via a first hole through the second sub-layer and the first sub-layer, and wherein the second source/drain line is connected to the semiconductor layer via a second hole through the second sub-layer and the first sub-layer.

9. A method for driving an array substrate according to claim 7 , the method comprising performing time-division driving of display driving and touch driving on the array substrate, the method further comprising:
driving the antenna when the array substrate is not subjected to display driving and touch driving.

10. The array substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the first sub-layer comprises a buffer layer;
wherein the second sub-layer includes a gate insulating layer of the thin film transistor; and
wherein the third sub-layer includes an interlayer insulating layer.

11. A method for driving an array substrate according to claim 6 , the method comprising performing time-division driving of display driving and touch driving on the array substrate, the method further comprising:
driving the antenna when the array substrate is not subjected to display driving and touch driving.

12. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein an orthographic projection of the antenna on the base substrate is a spiral shape.

13. A display device comprising the array substrate according to claim 1 .

14. A method for driving an array substrate according to claim 1 , the method comprising performing time-division driving of display driving and touch driving on the array substrate, the method further comprising:
driving the antenna when the array substrate is not subjected to display driving and touch driving.

15. An array substrate comprising:
a base substrate;
touch signal lines configured to receive or transmit a touch signal to perform a touch functionality;
a dummy touch signal line, and a conductive portion on the base substrate, wherein the dummy touch signal line does not receive or transmit a touch signal, wherein the touch signal lines and the dummy touch signal line are arranged in parallel, and wherein the dummy touch signal line and the conductive portion are used as an antenna;
an insulating layer between the dummy touch signal line and the conductive portion;
a via in the insulating layer, wherein the dummy touch signal line is connected to the conductive portion through the via to form an antenna;
a thin film transistor at least partially located in the insulating layer, wherein the thin film transistor comprises a semiconductor layer; and
a light shielding layer between the base substrate and the semiconductor layer, wherein an orthographic projection of the semiconductor layer on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the light shielding layer on the base substrate, wherein the dummy touch signal line is located on a side of the light shielding layer facing away from the base substrate, and wherein i) the light shielding layer is used as the conductive portion, or ii) the conductive portion is between the semiconductor layer and the light shielding layer.

Assignees

• Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ren Yanwei
• Fang Yezhou
• Xu Jingyi
• Zhao Xin
• Liu Min
• Sun Chaochao

Classifications

• H10W44/248

  for antennas · CPC title

• H10W44/20

  at high-frequency [HF] or radio frequency [RF] · CPC title

• H10D86/481 Primary

  integrated with passive devices, e.g. auxiliary capacitors · CPC title

• H10D86/441 Primary

  Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines · CPC title

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title