Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12493219-B2
Application number	US-202418738258-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2024
Priority date	Apr 20, 2017
Publication date	Dec 9, 2025
Grant date	Dec 9, 2025

Abstract

A display device is provided and includes display unit comprising common electrodes two dimensionally arrayed on substrate, drive signal lines configured to transmit drive signals for touch detection to common electrodes, and switch circuit comprising transistors connected to drive signal lines to select at least one common electrode; flexible substrate connected to substrate; pads at connections of flexible substrate and substrate; and touch detection circuit configured to transmit drive signals to common electrodes, wherein: transistors comprises: first transistor connected to first electrode of common electrodes via first wiring of first length; and second transistor connected to second electrode of common electrodes via second wiring of second length; channel width of first transistor is narrower than channel width of second transistor; drive signal lines are respectively connected to pads separated at two or more positions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display device comprising:
a substrate; a circuit coupled to the substrate; pixel electrodes on the substrate; detection electrodes on the substrate; video signal lines on the substrate, coupled to the pixel electrodes, the video signal lines including a first video signal line group and a second video signal line group; and detection lines on the substrate, coupled to the detection electrodes, the detection signal lines including a first detection signal line group, a second detection signal line group, and a third detection signal line group; wherein the circuit is coupled to the pixel electrodes and the detection electrodes through connections and pads on the circuit; the connections include a first connection group coupled to the first video signal line group and a second connection group coupled to the second video signal line group; the pads include a first pad group coupled to the first detection signal line group, a second pad group coupled to the second detection signal line group, and a third pad group coupled to the third detection signal line group; the first connection group coupled to the first video signal line group is between the first pad group and the second pad group; and the second connection group coupled to the second video signal line group is between the second pad group and the fifth third pad group.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the first video signal line group includes video signal lines expanded radially from the first connection group; the second video signal line group includes video signal lines expanded radially from the second connection group; the first detection signal line group includes detection signal lines expanded radially from the first pad group; the second detection signal line group includes detection signal lines expanded radially from the second pad group; and the third detection signal line group includes detection signal lines expanded radially from the third pad group.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
a multi-layer wiring layer including a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer is formed on the substrate; the video signal lines are formed in the first wiring layer; and the detection signal lines are formed in the second wiring layer.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein
a part of the video signal lines and a part of the detection signal lines overlap.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
a multi-layer wiring layer including a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer is formed on the substrate; a first part of the video signal lines is formed in the first wiring layer; a second part of the video signal lines is formed in the second wiring layer; and the detection signal lines are formed in the second wiring layer.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein
the detection signal lines are disposed to bypass the video signal lines along a surrounding of an area where the video signal lines are formed.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
a multi-layer wiring layer including a first wiring layer and a second wiring layer is formed on the substrate; a first part of the video signal lines in a first area is formed in the first wiring layer; a second part of the video signal lines in the first area is formed in the second wiring layer; and the detection signal lines are formed in the second wiring layer.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein
the drive signal lines are formed radially on the video signal lines in an area other than the first area.

9 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein
the first part of the video signal lines are connected to the second part of the video signal lines in the first area.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the detection electrodes includes common electrodes configured to be used for a touch detection and configured to drive the pixels.

11 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
switches respectively connected to the detection electrodes, wherein the switches are turned on to connect the detection lines to the detection electrodes in a display period; and the switches are turned off not to connect the detection lines to the detection electrodes in a touch detection period.

12 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a self-capacitive type sensor configured to detect for an electrostatic capacitance between the detection electrode and a reference electrode having a reference potential.

Assignees

• Magnolia White Corp

Inventors

• Koide Gen

Classifications

• H10D30/6757

  characterised by the structure of the channel, e.g. transverse or longitudinal shape or doping profile (TFTs having channel structures for preventing kink or snapback effects H10D30/6708; TFTs having lightly-doped source or drain extensions H10D30/6715) · CPC title

• H10D86/441

  Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines · CPC title

• H10D86/421

  having a particular composition, shape or crystalline structure of the active layer · CPC title

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title

• H10K59/1315

  comprising structures specially adapted for lowering the resistance · CPC title