Display device having touch screen panel that offsets induction voltage induced in common electrode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8970517-B2
Application number	US-201113248282-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2011
Priority date	Oct 1, 2010
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

A display device having a touch screen panel includes a display panel includes a common electrode; a touch screen panel including a plurality of first conductive patterns that are formed on one surface of the display panel and arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of second conductive patterns that are electrically insulated from the plurality of first conductive patterns and arranged in a second direction to cross over the first conductive patterns; a power source circuitry to supply a first common voltage to the common electrode and to supply a pulse voltage to at least one of the plurality of first and second conductive patterns; and a common voltage feedback circuit to remove an induction voltage induced to the common electrode by the pulse voltage supplied to the at least one of the plurality of first and second conductive patterns.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device having a touch screen panel, comprising:
a display panel comprising a common electrode and a pixel electrode that apply electric field to a liquid crystal layer;
a touch screen panel comprising:
a plurality of first conductive patterns on one surface of the display panel and arranged in a first direction; and
a plurality of second conductive patterns electrically insulated from the plurality of first conductive patterns and arranged in a second direction to cross over the first conductive patterns;

a power source circuitry configured to:
supply a first common voltage to the common electrode; and
supply a pulse voltage to the plurality of first and second conductive patterns; and

a common voltage feedback circuit comprising:
a capacitor configured to receive the pulse voltage supplied to the plurality of first and second conductive patterns;
a first resistor connected to the capacitor in series;
an operational amplifier comprising:
a non-inversion input terminal configured to receive a second common voltage comprising an induction voltage induced to the common electrode, the induction voltage comprising the first common voltage combined with a pulse waveform based on a parasitic capacitance between the common electrode and the first and second conductive patterns;
an inversion input terminal connected to the first resistor and configured to receive the pulse voltage via the capacitor and the first resistor; and
an output terminal configured to output a third common voltage to remove an induction voltage induced to the common electrode by the pulse voltage supplied to the plurality of first and second conductive patterns; and

a second resistor connected between the non-inversion input terminal and the output terminal of the operational amplifier,

wherein the common voltage feedback circuit is configured to:
receive the pulse voltage and the second common voltage including the induction voltage from the common electrode, and
supply the third common voltage to the common electrode to remove the induction voltage.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:
an output voltage of the common voltage feedback circuit is determined based according to the equation:

Vcom_out
=

I
IN

⁢

R
2

=

-

(

V
IN

t

)

⁢

(

C
1

⁢

R
2

1
+

R
1

⁢

C
1

)

;

⁢
and

wherein:
V IN represents the pulse voltage in which the high frequency gain is reduced, C 1 represents capacitance of the capacitor;
R 1 represents resistance of the first resistor;
R 2 represents resistance of the second resistor, I IN represents current flowing through the second resistor; and
Vcom out represents the output voltage output from the differential circuit to the common electrode.

3. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a data driver configured to supply a video data voltage to data lines of the display panel;
a gate driver configured to supply a gate pulse voltage synchronized with the data voltage to gate lines of the display panel; and
a timing controller configured to generate timing control signals to control operational timing of the data driver and the gate driver.

4. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first conductive pattern driving portion configured to sequentially supply the pulse voltage to the plurality of first conductive patterns to scan the plurality of first conductive patterns; and
a second conductive pattern driving portion configured to sequentially supply the pulse voltage to the plurality of second conductive patterns to scan the plurality of second conductive patterns after the scanning of the first conductive patterns are completed.

5. The display device of claim 4 , further comprising:
a touch controller configured to:
generate a plurality of scanning control signals for controlling the first and second conductive pattern driving portions; and
supply the plurality of scanning control signals to the first and second conductive pattern driving portions; and

a touch perceiving processor connected to the first and second conductive patterns and configured to:
compare a first capacitance of each of the first and second conductive patterns when a touch is not performed with a second capacitance when a touch is performed whenever the pulse voltage is supplied to the first and second conductive patterns; and
output a touch perceiving signal indicating whether or not a touch is performed to the touch controller.

6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the power source circuitry is configured to:
supply the voltage pulse to the common voltage feedback circuit directly; or
supply the pulse voltage to the common voltage feedback circuitry through any one of the first and second conductive pattern driving portions.

Assignees

• Hwang Intak
• Cho Namkyun
• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hwang Intak
• Cho Namkyun

Classifications

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F3/0418

  for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment · CPC title

• G06F3/044 Primary

  by capacitive means · CPC title

• G06F3/0445

  using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer · CPC title

• G06F3/0446 Primary

  using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes · CPC title