Touch sensing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9665221-B2
Application number	US-201414482127-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2014
Priority date	Dec 31, 2013
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

A touch sensing system includes a touch screen including touch sensors and sensing lines, the touch sensors and the sensing lines being divided into first and second sensing areas, a first touch sensing integrated circuit (IC) sensing a touch input of the first sensing area using a signal received through receiving channels, a second touch sensing IC sensing a touch input of the second sensing area using a signal received through receiving channels separated from the receiving channels of the first touch sensing IC, differential amplifiers between the sensing lines and the receiving channels of the first and second touch sensing ICs, and a switch connecting a sensing line, which is closest to the first sensing area among the sensing lines of the second sensing area, to an Nth differential amplifier connected to a last receiving channel of the first touch sensing IC.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A touch sensing system, comprising:
a touch screen including touch sensors and sensing lines connected to the touch sensors, the touch sensors and the sensing lines being divided into a first sensing area and a second sensing area;
a first touch sensing integrated circuit (IC) configured to sense a touch input of the first sensing area using a signal received through a plurality of channels;
a second touch sensing IC configured to sense a touch input of the second sensing area using a signal received through a plurality of channels separated from the channels of the first touch sensing IC;
differential amplifiers between the sensing lines and the channels of the first and second touch sensing ICs; and
a switch configured to connect a (N+1)th sensing line, which is closest to the first sensing area among the sensing lines of the second sensing area, to an Nth differential amplifier connected to a last channel of the first touch sensing IC,
wherein a non-inverting input terminal of the Nth differential amplifier is connected to the (N+1)th sensing line through the switch,
wherein an inverting input terminal of the Nth differential amplifier is directly connected to a Nth sensing line, which is closest to the second sensing area among the sensing lines of the first sensing area, and
wherein the switch is turned on when a touch sensor signal on the Nth sensing line is received to a Nth channel of the first touch sensing IC, and is maintained in an off-state in other cases.

2. The touch sensing system of claim 1 , further comprising a multiplexer configured to shift sensing lines connected to input terminals of the differential amplifiers.

3. The touch sensing system of claim 2 , wherein the multiplexer connects ith (where ‘i’ is a positive integer) and (i+1)th sensing lines to both input terminals of each differential amplifier for a first sensing time and then shifts input signals of the differential amplifiers to connect (i+1)th and (i+2)th Rx lines to both input terminals of each differential amplifier for a second sensing time.

4. The touch sensing system of claim 3 , wherein each differential amplifier outputs an odd-numbered touch sensor signal for the first sensing time,
wherein each differential amplifier outputs an even-numbered touch sensor signal for the second sensing time,
wherein the switch is turned on for the second sensing time and connects the (N+)th sensing line , which is closest to the first sensing area among the sensing lines of the second sensing area, to the non-inverting input terminal of the Nth differential amplifier, and
wherein the sensing line, which is closest to the second sensing area among the sensing lines of the first sensing area, is connected to the inverting input terminal of the Nth differential amplifier for the second sensing time,
wherein the first sensing line is positioned at a left end of the second sensing area, and
wherein the second sensing line is positioned at a right end of the first sensing area.

5. The touch sensing system of claim 4 , wherein for the first sensing time, a first differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of a first sensing line input to an inverting input terminal and a signal of a second sensing line input to a non-inverting input terminal, generates a first touch sensor signal, and supplies the first touch sensor signal to a first channel of the first touch sensing IC,
wherein for the first sensing time, a second differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of a third sensing line input to an inverting input terminal and a signal of a fourth sensing line input to a non-inverting input terminal, generates a third touch sensor signal, and supplies the third touch sensor signal to a third channel of the first touch sensing IC,
wherein for the first sensing time, a third differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of a fifth sensing line input to an inverting input terminal and a signal of a sixth sensing line input to a non-inverting input terminal, generates a fifth touch sensor signal, and supplies the fifth touch sensor signal to a first channel of the second touch sensing IC,
wherein for the first sensing time, a fourth differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of a seventh sensing line input to an inverting input terminal and a signal of an eighth sensing line input to a non-inverting input terminal, generates a seventh touch sensor signal, and supplies the seventh touch sensor signal to a third channel of the second touch sensing IC,
wherein for the second sensing time, the first differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of the second sensing line input to the inverting input terminal and a signal of the third sensing line input to the non-inverting input terminal, generates a second touch sensor signal, and supplies the second touch sensor signal to a second channel of the first touch sensing IC,
wherein for the second sensing time, the second differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of the fourth sensing line input to the inverting input terminal and a signal of the fifth sensing line input to the non-inverting input terminal, generates a fourth touch sensor signal, and supplies the fourth touch sensor signal to a fourth channel of the first touch sensing IC,
wherein for the second sensing time, the third differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of the sixth sensing line input to the inverting input terminal and a signal of the seventh sensing line input to the non-inverting input terminal, generates a sixth touch sensor signal, and supplies the sixth touch sensor signal to a second channel of the second touch sensing IC,
wherein for the second sensing time, the fourth differential amplifier amplifies a difference between a signal of the eighth sensing line input to the inverting input terminal and a predetermined dummy signal input to the non-inverting input terminal, generates an eighth touch sensor signal, and supplies the eighth touch sensor signal to a fourth channel of the second touch sensing IC.

6. The touch sensing system of claim 5 , wherein one frame period is time-divided into one or more pixel driving periods and one or more touch sensing periods,
wherein each touch sensing period is divided into the first sensing time and the second sensing time, and
wherein a change amount of charges of the touch sensors obtained from the output of the differential amplifiers during the touch sensing periods is converted into touch raw data during the pixel driving periods.

7. The touch sensing system of claim 1 , wherein the switch is embedded in the first touch sensing IC.

8. A touch sensing system, comprising:
a touch screen including touch sensors and sensing lines connected to the touch sensors, the touch sensors and the sensing lines being divided into a first sensing area and a second sensing area;
a first touch sensing integrated circuit (IC) configured to sense a touch input of the first sensing area using a signal received through a plurality of channels;
a second touch sensing IC configured to sense a touch input of the second sensing area using a signal received through a plurality of channels separated from the channels of the first touch sensing IC;
differential amplifiers between the sensing lines and the channels of the first and second touch sensing ICs; and
a switch configured to connect a (N+1)th sensing line, which is closest to the first sensing area among the sensing lines of the second sensing area, to an Nth differential amplifier connected to a last channel of the first touch sensing IC,
wherein other differential amplifiers except for the Nth differential amplifier are dire

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Han Sungsu
• Kang Seongkyu

Classifications

• G06F2203/04111

  Cross over in capacitive digitiser, i.e. details of structures for connecting electrodes of the sensing pattern where the connections cross each other, e.g. bridge structures comprising an insulating layer, or vias through substrate · CPC title

• G06F3/0412 Primary

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F3/044 Primary

  by capacitive means · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F3/0446

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