Touch control screen and touch control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12596459-B2
Application number	US-202117610705-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2021
Priority date	Sep 27, 2021
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

A touch control screen includes a plurality of sensing units having first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes. Each of the first sensing electrodes includes at least one first trunk channel extending along a first direction and a plurality of first branch electrodes electrically connected to the first trunk channel. Each of the second sensing electrodes includes at least one second trunk channel extending along a second direction and a plurality of second branch electrodes electrically connected to the second trunk channel. The second branch electrodes and the first branch electrodes are alternately arranged, so that a sensing signal change amount of the touch control screen tends to change linearly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A touch control screen, comprising: a plurality of sensing units arranged along a first direction and a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction intersect, and each of the sensing units comprises: a first sensing electrode comprising at least one first trunk channel extending along the first direction and a plurality of first branch electrodes distributed on two sides of the first trunk channel, wherein the first branch electrodes are electrically connected to the first trunk channel; a second sensing electrode insulated from the first sensing electrode comprising at least one second trunk channel extending along the second direction and a plurality of second branch electrodes distributed on two sides of the second trunk channel, wherein the second branch electrodes are electrically connected to the second trunk channel, and the second branch electrodes and the first branch electrodes are alternatively arranged, and first dummy electrodes arranged in gaps between the first trunk channel, the first branch electrodes, the second trunk channel, and the second branch electrodes; wherein each first dummy electrode of the first dummy electrodes is insulated from other ones of the first dummy electrodes in ones of the gaps different from the gap in which the first dummy electrode is arranged.

2 . The touch control screen according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensing electrode comprises at least two first trunk channels electrically connected and parallel to each other, and/or the second sensing electrode comprises at least two second trunk channels electrically connected and parallel to each other.

3 . The touch control screen according to claim 2 , wherein the first branch electrodes and the second branch electrodes extend along the second direction, and the first branch electrodes and the second branch electrodes are alternatively arranged along the first direction.

4 . The touch control screen according to claim 3 , wherein in the first branch electrodes and the second branch electrodes alternately arranged along the first direction, a number of the first branch electrodes is equal to a number of the second branch electrodes, a width of each of the first branch electrodes in the first direction is equal to a width of each of the second branch electrodes in the first direction, and a length of each of the first branch electrodes in the second direction is equal to a length of each of the second branch electrodes along the second direction.

5 . The touch control screen according to claim 3 , wherein the first trunk channel and the second trunk channel cross each other, the second trunk channel comprises at least two sub-channels and at least one first bridge electrode positioned on the two sides of the first trunk channel, the first bridge electrode electrically connects two adjacent sub-channels, and the first bridge electrode is positioned at an intersection of the first trunk channel and the second trunk channel.

6 . The touch control screen according to claim 5 , wherein the first sensing electrode comprises the at least two first trunk channels electrically connected and parallel to each other, the second sensing electrode comprises the at least one second trunk channel, and the second trunk channel comprises a first sub-channel positioned between two adjacent first trunk channels; and
the first direction is a row direction, and in a same row, the first sub-channel and the second branch electrodes on two sides of the first sub-channel are electrically connected through a second bridge electrode.

7 . The touch control screen according to claim 6 , wherein the second bridge electrode comprises openings provided with second dummy electrodes insulated with the second bridge electrode.

8 . The touch control screen according to claim 6 , wherein the second sensing electrode further comprises a first edge electrode positioned in a first edge region of the sensing units and extending along the first direction, the second trunk channel comprises a second sub-channel positioned in the first edge region, and the first edge electrode electrically connects a corresponding end of the second sub-channel and ends of the second branch electrodes on a same side.

9 . The touch control screen according to claim 8 , wherein the first sensing electrode further comprises a second edge electrode positioned in a second edge region of the sensing units and extending along the second direction, the edge electrode electrically is electrically connected to a corresponding end of the first trunk channel, and the second edge region is adjacent to the first edge region.

10 . The touch control screen according to claim 9 , wherein the first dummy electrodes are provided between one of the first branch electrodes and adjacent one of the second branch electrodes, between the second trunk channel and adjacent one of the first branch electrodes, and between the second edge electrode and adjacent one of the second branch electrodes, and the first dummy electrodes extend along the second direction.

11 . The touch control screen according to claim 9 , wherein adjacent second edge electrodes of the sensing units arranged along the first direction connect with each other, and adjacent first edge electrodes of the sensing units arranged along the second direction connect with each other.

12 . The touch control screen according to claim 5 , wherein the sub-channels, the second branch electrodes, the first trunk channel, and the first branch electrodes are disposed in a same layer, and the first bridge electrode and the sub-channels are disposed in different layers.

13 . The touch control screen according to claim 2 , wherein each of the sensing units comprises a first symmetry axis and a second symmetry axis crossing each other, the first symmetry axis is parallel to the first direction, and the second symmetry axis is parallel to the second direction.

14 . The touch control screen according to claim 2 , wherein a shape of the first trunk channel, a shape of each of the first branch electrodes, a shape of the second trunk channel, and a shape of each of the second branch electrodes comprise strip shapes.

15 . The touch control screen according to claim 14 , wherein the first trunk channel, each of the first branch electrodes, the second trunk channel, and each of the second branch electrodes comprise grid patterns.

16 . The touch control screen according to claim 15 , wherein an edge of the second trunk channel extending along the second direction, an edge of each of the first branch electrodes extending along the second direction, an edge of each of the second branch electrodes extending along the second direction, and an edge of each of the first dummy electrodes extending along the second direction are jagged.

17 . A touch control device, comprising an active stylus and a touch control screen, wherein the control screen comprises a plurality of sensing units arranged along a first direction and a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction intersect, and each of the sensing units comprises: a first sensing electrode comprising at least one first trunk channel extending along the first direction and a plurality of first branch electrodes distributed on two sides of the first trunk channel, wherein the first branch electrodes are electrically connected to the first trunk channel; a second sensing electrode insulated from the first sensing electrode comprising at least one second trunk channel extending along the second direction and a

Assignees

• Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ma yalong
• Jin Zengjian
• Gong Houfu

Classifications

• G06F3/03545 Primary

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• G06F3/0447 Primary

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• G06F3/041

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• G06F3/0448

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• G06F2203/04111

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