Array substrate and method of driving the same, touch display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11762489-B2
Application number	US-201917042663-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2019
Priority date	Dec 13, 2019
Publication date	Sep 19, 2023
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023

Abstract

An array substrate includes a base substrate; a common electrode layer including a plurality of common electrodes, arranged in an array, a part of which being also used as first touch electrodes and another part of which being also used as second touch electrodes; a first conductive layer including a plurality of electrode connecting lines, each row of first touch electrodes being coupled serially by at least one electrode connecting line; and a second conductive layer including a plurality of first touch signal lines and a plurality of second touch signal lines, each row of first touch electrodes being coupled to at least one first touch signal line which is configured to transmit a first touch signal; each second touch electrode or each column of second touch electrodes being coupled to at least one second touch signal line which is configured to transmit a second touch signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An array substrate, comprising:
a base substrate;
a common electrode layer disposed on a side of the base substrate, wherein the common electrode layer includes a plurality of common electrodes arranged in an array, a part of common electrodes of the plurality of common electrodes are also used as first touch electrodes, and another part of common electrodes of the plurality of common electrodes are also used as second touch electrodes;
a first conductive layer disposed on a side of the common electrode layer proximate to or away from the base substrate, wherein the first conductive layer includes a plurality of electrode connecting lines, and each row of first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction is connected in series by at least one of the plurality of electrode connecting lines;
a second conductive layer disposed on a side of the common electrode layer proximate to or away from the base substrate, wherein the second conductive layer includes a plurality of first touch signal lines and a plurality of second touch signal lines; each row of first touch electrodes arranged in the first direction is coupled to at least one first touch signal line of the plurality of first touch signal lines, and each first touch signal line is configured to transmit a first touch signal; each second touch electrode or each column of second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction is coupled to at least one of the plurality of second touch signal lines, and each second touch signal line is configured to transmit a second touch signal; and
wherein the first direction intersects the second direction.

2. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein
the first conductive layer is a gate electrode layer, and is located between the base substrate and the common electrode layer; and
the second conductive layer is a source-drain electrode layer, and is located between the gate electrode layer and the common electrode layer.

3. The array substrate according to claim 2 , wherein the array substrate further comprises:
a first insulating layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, a plurality of first vias extending through the first insulating layer being defined in the first insulating layer; and
a second insulating layer disposed between the second conductive layer and the common electrode layer, a plurality of second vias extending through the second insulating layer being defined in the second insulating layer, wherein
each row of first touch electrodes is coupled to the at least one of the electrode connecting lines sequentially through some of the plurality of second vias and some of the plurality of first vias.

4. The array substrate according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of first vias are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of second vias, and an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of first vias on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of a corresponding second via on the base substrate, so that the first via and the corresponding second via form a trepanning structure.

5. The array substrate according to claim 4 , wherein each row of first touch electrodes corresponds to at least one row of trepanning structures; with respective ones of each row of trepanning structures being arranged in the first direction and corresponding to respective ones of each row of first touch electrodes, respectively, and
each of the at least one electrode connecting line that serially connects each row of first touch electrodes extends in the first direction, and is coupled to the first touch electrodes in the row of first touch electrodes through a row of trepanning structures corresponding to the row of first touch electrodes.

6. The array substrate according to claim 3 , wherein each row of first touch electrodes is coupled to the at least one first touch signal line through at least one of the plurality of second vias.

7. The array substrate according to claim 6 , wherein each first touch electrode in each row of first touch electrodes corresponds to at least one column of second vias, with respective ones of each column of second vias being arranged in the second direction; and
each of the at least one first touch signal line coupled to each row of first touch electrodes extends in the second direction; and is coupled to the row of first touch electrodes through a column of second vias corresponding to a first touch electrode in the row of first touch electrodes.

8. The array substrate according to claim 7 , each of the at least one first touch signal line coupled to each row of first touch electrodes being coupled to the row of first touch electrodes through a column of second vias corresponding to a first touch electrode in the row of first touch electrodes, wherein a position of the column of second vias corresponding to the first touch electrode is an access point of a first touch signal of the row of first touch electrodes; and
orthographic projections of the access points of first touch signals of all rows of first touch electrodes on the base substrate are arranged in an inverted V shape.

9. The array substrate according to claim 7 , wherein each first touch electrode in each row of first touch electrodes corresponds to at least one column of first vias, with respective ones of each column of first vias being arranged in the second direction;
the second conductive layer further includes a plurality of dummy touch signal lines extending in the second direction; for each row of first touch electrodes, except ones coupled to the at least one first touch signal line, each of the rest corresponds to at least one dummy touch signal line; and
each of the at least one dummy touch signal line electrically connects electrode connecting lines passing through the column of first vias through the column of first vias corresponding to the first touch electrode corresponding to the dummy touch signal line.

10. The array substrate according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of dummy touch signal lines has a plurality of breaks;
an orthographic projection of at least one of the plurality of breaks on the base substrate is located between orthographic projections of two first touch electrodes adjacent in the second direction on the base substrate; and/or
the orthographic projection of the at least one of the plurality of breaks on the base substrate is located between orthographic projections of one first touch electrode and one second touch electrode that are adjacent in the second direction on the base substrate.

11. The array substrate according to claim 2 , further comprising:
the second insulating layer disposed between the second conductive layer and the common electrode layer, wherein a plurality of third vias extending through the second insulating layer are defined in the second insulating layer; and
each second touch electrode or each column of second touch electrodes is coupled to the at least one second touch signal line through at least one third via of the plurality of third vias.

12. The array substrate according to claim 11 , wherein each second touch electrode corresponds to at least one column of third vias, with respective ones of each column of third vias being arranged in the second direction; and
each of the at least one second touch signal line coupled to each second touch electrode extends in the second direction, and is coupled to the second touch electrode through a column of third vias corresponding to the second touch electrode.

13. The array substrate according to claim 12 , wherein t

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Guo Zhixuan
• Wang Fengguo
• Fang Yezhou
• Wu Xinguo
• Liu Hong
• Zhang Shiyu
• Li Lei

Classifications

• G06F3/0412 Primary

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• G06F3/0443

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• G06F3/04164

  Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads · CPC title

• G06F3/04166

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• G06F2203/04104

  Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger · CPC title