Array substrate with NFC coil, handwriting tablet including the same, and method for driving handwriting tablet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12333134-B2
Application number	US-202117916019-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2021
Priority date	Sep 28, 2021
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

An array substrate, a panel, a handwriting tablet and a method for driving the same, relate to the field of handwriting tablet technology. The array substrate includes a handwriting area and a peripheral area surrounding the handwriting area; the handwriting area includes a plurality of handwriting sub-areas; wherein the array substrate includes a plurality of NFC coils and a plurality of erasure units. The plurality of NFC coils are arranged in the plurality of handwriting sub-areas in a one-to-one correspondence. The plurality of erasure units are arranged in the plurality of handwriting sub-areas in a one-to-one correspondence.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An array substrate comprising a handwriting area and a peripheral area surrounding the handwriting area, wherein the handwriting area comprises at least one handwriting sub-area, and an NFC coil and an erasure unit are provided in the at least one handwriting sub-area; and
wherein the array substrate further comprises a base substrate, a bottom color layer, and a driving layer arranged in stack, the driving layer comprises a pixel electrode arranged in an array, the NFC coil comprises a first NFC coil, and the first NFC coil is arranged in the driving layer;
wherein the first NFC coil comprises a plurality of sub-electrodes, and orthographic projections of the plurality of sub-electrodes on the base substrate are all located between orthographic projections of the pixel electrodes on the base substrate;
wherein the array substrate further comprises a sensing layer, the NFC coil comprises a second NFC coil, and the second NFC coil is located in the sensing layer; and
wherein an orthographic projection of the wiring of the second NFC coil on the base substrate comprises an overlapping position, the overlapping position of the orthographic projection of the wiring of the second NFC coil is located within an orthographic projection of the pixel electrode on the base substrate, and the overlapping position of the orthographic projection of the wiring of the second NFC coil is bridged through the driving layer.

2. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the handwriting area comprises a plurality of handwriting sub-areas, and the NFC coil and the erasure unit are provided in each of the plurality of handwriting sub-areas.

3. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom color layer is arranged on a side of the driving layer close to the base substrate, and the erasure unit in the handwriting sub-area comprises the pixel electrode located in the handwriting sub-area.

4. The array substrate according to claim 3 , wherein the driving layer is provided with a scan line extending in a row direction and a data line extending in a column direction; and
the driving layer further comprises a thin film transistor electrically connected to the pixel electrode in a one-to-one correspondence, wherein a source of the thin film transistor is electrically connected to the data line, a gate of the thin film transistor is electrically connected to the scan line, and a drain of the thin film transistor is electrically connected to the pixel electrode corresponding to the thin film transistor.

5. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the driving layer comprises a gate layer provided with the scan line and a source-drain metal layer provided with the data line, and part of the sub-electrodes are arranged in the gate layer and/or part of the sub-electrodes are arranged in the source-drain metal layer.

6. The array substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the sub-electrodes comprise a row sub-electrode extending in the row direction and a column sub-electrode extending in the column direction; and wherein the row sub-electrode is located in the gate layer, and the column sub-electrode is located in the source-drain metal layer.

7. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein an anti-reflection layer is provided on a side of the sensing layer close to the driving layer.

8. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein wiring of the second NFC coil at least partially overlaps with the pixel electrode.

9. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a sensing distance of the NFC coil ranges between 1 and 5 cm.

10. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a sense pad electrically connected to the NFC coil is provided in the peripheral area, and the sense pad is located on the same side of the handwriting area.

11. A handwriting tablet comprising a handwriting tablet panel, a control module, and an erasure component with a built-in NFC chip, wherein the handwriting tablet panel comprises a cover plate, a liquid crystal layer and an array substrate which are stacked in sequence; and wherein the array substrate comprises a handwriting area and a peripheral area surrounding the handwriting area, wherein the handwriting area comprises at least one handwriting sub-area, and an NFC coil and an erasure unit are provided in the at least one handwriting sub-area; and
wherein the array substrate further comprises a base substrate, a bottom color layer, and a driving layer arranged in stack, the driving layer comprises a pixel electrode arranged in an array, the NFC coil comprises a first NFC coil, and the first NFC coil is arranged in the driving layer;
wherein the first NFC coil comprises a plurality of sub-electrodes, and orthographic projections of the plurality of sub-electrodes on the base substrate are all located between orthographic projections of the pixel electrodes on the base substrate;
wherein the array substrate further comprises a sensing layer, the NFC coil comprises a second NFC coil, and the second NFC coil is located in the sensing layer;
wherein an orthographic projection of the wiring of the second NFC coil on the base substrate comprises an overlapping position, the overlapping position of the orthographic projection of the wiring of the second NFC coil is located within an orthographic projection of the pixel electrode on the base substrate, and the overlapping position of the orthographic projection of the wiring of the second NFC coil is bridged through the driving layer; and
wherein the control module is electrically connected to the NFC coil and the erasure unit, and the control module is configured to drive, in response to receiving a target sensing signal sent by the NFC coil in the handwriting sub-area, the erasure unit in the handwriting sub-area to erase written content in the handwriting sub-area.

12. The handwriting tablet according to claim 11 , wherein the bottom color layer is arranged on a side of the driving layer close to the base substrate, and the erasure unit in the handwriting sub-area comprises the pixel electrode located in the handwriting sub-area.

13. The handwriting tablet according to claim 12 , wherein the driving layer is provided with a scan line extending in a row direction and a data line extending in a column direction; and
the driving layer further comprises a thin film transistor electrically connected to the pixel electrode in a one-to-one correspondence, wherein a source of the thin film transistor is electrically connected to the data line, a gate of the thin film transistor is electrically connected to the scan line, and a drain of the thin film transistor is electrically connected to the pixel electrode corresponding to the thin film transistor.

14. The handwriting tablet according to claim 11 , wherein the driving layer comprises a gate layer provided with the scan line and a source-drain metal layer provided with the data line, and part of the sub-electrodes are arranged in the gate layer and/or part of the sub-electrodes are arranged in the source-drain metal layer.

15. The handwriting tablet according to claim 14 , wherein the sub-electrodes comprise a row sub-electrode extending in the row direction and a column sub-electrode extending in the column direction; and wherein the row sub-electrode is located in the gate layer, and the column sub-electrode is located in the source-drain metal layer.

16. The handwriting tablet according to claim 11 , wherein an anti-reflection layer is provided on a side of the sensing layer close to the driving layer.

17. The handwriting tabl

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Tech Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Boe Tech Group Cp Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Xiaojuan
• Wang Jian
• Zhao Yu
• Ge Yang
• Wang Xian
• Wang Jiaxing
• Feng Chunnan
• Duan Jinshuai
• Wang Xiuliang
• Li Biqi
• Qu Feng

Classifications

• G09G3/36

  using liquid crystals · CPC title

• G06F3/041

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• G02F1/1343

  Electrodes {(reflective electrodes G02F1/133553)} · CPC title

• G06F3/046

  by electromagnetic means · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title