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US 9,495,935 · App. 14/347,837 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Capacitive in-cell touch screen panel having a common electrode layer provided with sensing and driving electrodes

Inventors: Yubo Xu (Beijing, CN); Ming Hu (Beijing, CN); Guolei Wang (Beijing, CN); Byung Cheon Lim (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: HEFEI BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3696G06F3/044G06F3/0412G02F1/13338G09G2310/0243
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Patent No.
US 9,495,935
App. No.
14/347,837
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a capacitive touch module, a capacitive in-cell touch screen panel and a display device, in which an integrally connected common electrode layer in an array substrate is split to form touch sensing electrodes and touch driving electrodes which are insulated from each other; and the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes are subjected to time-sharing drive to achieve the touch function and the display function. Moreover, each touch sensing electrode includes a plurality of touch sensing sub-electrodes; each touch driving electrode includes a plurality of touch driving sub-electrodes; and opposing sides of adjacent touch sensing sub-electrodes and touch driving sub-electrodes are broken lines. Therefore, the opposing area between the adjacent touch driving electrodes and the adjacent touch sensing electrodes can be increased, and hence the mutual capacitance between the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes within the unit area can be increased, and consequently the sensing sensitivity of the touch screen in the touch-control process can be improved.

Claims (15)

1. A capacitive in-cell touch screen panel, comprising an array substrate provided with a common electrode layer, wherein the common electrode layer is provided with touch sensing electrodes and touch driving electrodes which are insulated from each other; each touch sensing electrode includes a plurality of touch sensing sub-electrodes; each touch driving electrode includes a plurality of touch driving sub-electrodes; opposing sides of adjacent touch sensing sub-electrodes and touch driving sub-electrodes are broken lines;

in a display interval, common electrode signals are applied to the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes;

in a touch interval, touch scanning signals are applied to the touch driving electrodes, and the touch sensing electrodes are configured to generate by coupling and output voltage signals of the touch scanning signals;

common electrodes are disposed at gaps of the common electrode layer, between the touch sensing electrodes and the touch driving electrodes, and insulated from the touch sensing electrodes and the touch driving electrodes;

opposing sides of adjacent common electrodes and touch driving sub-electrodes are broken lines; and

opposing sides of adjacent common electrodes and touch sensing sub-electrodes are broken lines;

wherein the array substrate of the touch screen is provided with touch signal input lines electrically connected with the touch driving electrodes, sensing signal output lines electrically connected with the touch sensing electrodes, and common electrode signal input lines electrically connected with the common electrodes;

the touch signal input lines, the sensing signal output lines, the common electrode signal input lines correspond to gaps between pixel units in a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel in position; and

the touch driving electrodes are electrically connected with the touch signal input lines through a plurality of through holes; the touch sensing electrodes are electrically connected with the sensing signal output lines through a plurality of through holes; and the common electrodes are electrically connected with the common electrode signal input lines through a plurality of through holes.

2. The touch screen according to claim 1 , wherein the opposing sides of the adjacent touch sensing sub-electrodes and touch driving sub-electrodes, which are broken lines, have staircase structures; and the two staircase structures are consistent in shape and matched with each other.

3. The touch screen according to claim 1 , wherein the opposing sides of the adjacent touch sensing sub-electrodes and touch driving sub-electrodes, which are broken lines, have concave-convex structures; and the two concave-convex structures are consistent in shape and matched with each other.

4. The touch screen according to claim 1 , wherein the array substrate is a color filter substrate or a thin-film transistor (TFT) array substrate in a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel.

5. The touch screen according to claim 1 , wherein the touch sensing electrodes are arranged along a column direction of pixel units in an LCD panel, and the touch driving electrodes are arranged along a row direction of the pixel units in the LCD panel; or

the touch sensing electrodes are arranged along a row direction of pixel units in an LCD panel, and the touch driving electrodes are arranged along a column direction of the pixel units in the LCD panel.

6. The touch screen according to claim 1 , wherein the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes have a strip electrode structure or a diamond electrode structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2014
From: XU, YUBO; HU, MING; WANG, GUOLEI; LIM, BYUNG CHEON
To: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032543/0420 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0069874 · Mar 5, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150029118A1 · Jan 29, 2015