IP Library Granted Patent US 9,715,320
Granted Patent B2
US 9,715,320 · App. 14/875,071 · Granted Jul 25, 2017

In-cell touch display panel

Inventors: Guo-Kiang Hung (Hsinchu County, TW); Chi Kang Liu (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
G06F3/044G06F3/0412G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 9,715,320
App. No.
14/875,071
Granted
Jul 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An in-cell touch display panel includes a substrate, a semiconductor stack, a transparent layer, an insulation layer and a metal layer. The semiconductor stack is disposed on the substrate, and includes a plurality of pixel control elements. The transparent layer is disposed on the semiconductor stack, and includes a plurality of first touch electrode strips extending along a first direction. The insulation layer is disposed on the transparent layer. The metal layer is disposed on the insulation layer, and includes a plurality of second touch electrode strips extending along a second direction. The first touch electrode strips intersect and are insulated from the second touch electrode strips.

Claims (54)

1. An in-cell touch display panel, comprising:

a first substrate;

a semiconductor stack, disposed on the first substrate, comprising a plurality of pixel control elements;

a transparent layer, disposed on the semiconductor stack, comprising a plurality of first touch electrode strips extending along a first direction;

an insulation layer, disposed on the transparent layer; and

a metal layer, disposed on the insulation layer, comprising a plurality of second touch electrode strips extending along a second direction;

wherein, the first touch electrode strips intersect and are insulated from the second touch electrode strips, and

wherein each of the first touch electrode strips comprises a plurality of electrode portions and a plurality of connecting portions, each of the connecting portions connects two adjacent electrode portions, and a width of each of the connecting portions in the second direction is smaller than a width of each of the electrode portions.

2. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the connecting portions overlaps with and is insulated from one of the second touch electrode strips in a third direction perpendicular to the first substrate.

3. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the metal layer comprises a plurality of first connecting lines, and each of the first connecting lines overlaps with and electrically connects to at least one of the electrode portions in a third direction perpendicular to the first substrate.

4. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the insulation layer comprises a plurality of through holes, and each of the first connecting lines electrically connects to at least one of the electrode portions via at least two of the first through holes.

5. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 1 , wherein one of the first touch electrode strips is utilized to transmit a touch signal in a touch control period, and to transmit a common voltage in a display period.

6. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the second touch electrode strips comprises a plurality of metal lines that intersect and connect to one another.

7. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of second touch electrode strips comprises a plurality of metal lines that extend along the second direction and electrically connect to one another.

8. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent layer further comprises a plurality of display electrodes, and the display electrodes disposed along the second direction overlap with one of the second touch electrode strips in a third direction perpendicular to the first substrate.

9. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the metal layer further comprises a plurality of second connecting lines that extend along the second direction and are insulated from the second touch electrode strips, and each of the second connecting lines electrically connects to at least two of the display electrodes.

10. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the insulation layer comprises a plurality of second through holes, and each of the second connecting lines electrically connects to the at least two of the display electrodes disposed in the second direction via at least two of the second through holes.

11. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the metal layer further comprises a plurality of third connecting lines that extend along the first direction and are insulated from the second touch electrode strips, and each of the third connecting lines electrically connects to at least two of the display electrodes.

12. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 8 , wherein at least one of the display electrodes electrically connects to a common voltage in a display period.

13. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a black matrix, disposed on the metal layer, shielding the metal layer in a third direction perpendicular to the first substrate.

14. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 13 , wherein the black matrix comprises a plurality of openings, each of the second touch electrode strips comprises a plurality of metal lines that extend along the second direction and electrically connect to one another, and a gap between any two adjacent metal lines is greater than or equal to a width of each of the openings in the first direction.

15. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 13 , wherein the black matrix comprises a plurality of openings, each of the first touch electrode strips comprises a plurality of transparent lines that extend along the second direction, and a gap between any two adjacent transparent lines is smaller than a width of each of the openings in the first direction.

16. An in-cell touch display panel having a transparent layer and a metal layer, comprising:

a plurality of first display pixel units, each comprising a first transparent segment disposed in the transparent layer and a first metal segment disposed in the metal layer;

a plurality of second display pixel units, each comprising a second transparent segment disposed in the transparent layer;

a plurality of third display pixel units, each comprising a second metal segment disposed in the metal layer; and

a plurality of fourth display pixel units, each comprising a fourth transparent segment disposed in the transparent layer and a third metal segment disposed in the metal layer,

wherein, the first transparent segments and the second transparent segments form a plurality of first touch electrode strips extending along a first direction; the first metal segments and the second metal segments form a plurality of second touch electrode strips extending along a second direction; the first touch electrode strips intersect and are insulated from the second touch electrode strips, and

wherein, the fourth transparent segments electrically connect to the first touch electrode strips, and the third metal segments are insulated from the second touch electrode strips.

17. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a plurality of fifth display pixel units, each comprising a fifth transparent segment disposed in the transparent layer;

wherein, each of the third display pixel units further comprises a third transparent segment disposed in the transparent layer, and the third transparent segments and the fifth transparent segments form a plurality of display electrodes.

18. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 17 , wherein each of the fifth display pixel units further comprises a fourth metal segment disposed in the metal layer, the third metal segments and the fourth metal segments form a plurality of first connecting lines insulated from the second touch electrode strips, and each of the first connecting lines electrically connects to at least two of the display electrodes disposed along the second direction.

19. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 16 , wherein the first transparent segments and the fourth transparent segments form a plurality of connecting portions, the second transparent segments form a plurality of electrode portions, each of the connecting portions connects two adjacent electrode portions along the first direction, and a width of each of the connecting portions is smaller than a width of each of the electrode portions in the second direction.

20. The in-cell touch display panel according to claim 19 , further comprising:

a plurality of sixth display pixel units, each comprising a fifth metal segment disposed in the metal layer, the fifth metal segments forming a plurality of second connecting lines;

wherein, the second connecting lines overlap with and electrically connect to at least one of the electrode portions.

21. An in-cell touch display panel, comprising:

a first substrate;

a semiconductor stack, disposed on the first substrate, comprising a plurality of pixel control elements;

a transparent layer, disposed on the semiconductor stack, comprising a plurality of first touch electrode strips extending along a first direction;

an insulation layer, disposed on the transparent layer;

a metal layer, disposed on the insulation layer, comprising a plurality of second touch electrode strips extending along a second direction; and

a black matrix, disposed on the metal layer, shielding the metal layer in a third direction perpendicular to the first substrate, wherein the black matrix comprises a plurality of openings, each of the first touch electrode strips comprises a plurality of transparent lines that extend along the second direction, and a gap between any two adjacent transparent lines is smaller than a width of each of the openings in the first direction,

wherein, the first touch electrode strips intersect and are insulated from the second touch electrode strips.

22. An in-cell touch display panel, comprising:

a first substrate;

a semiconductor stack, disposed on the first substrate, comprising a plurality of pixel control elements;

a transparent layer, disposed on the semiconductor stack, comprising a plurality of first touch electrode strips extending along a first direction;

an insulation layer, disposed on the transparent layer; and

a metal layer, disposed on the insulation layer, comprising a plurality of second touch electrode strips extending along a second direction;

wherein, the first touch electrode strips intersect and are insulated from the second touch electrode strips, and

wherein the transparent layer further comprises a plurality of display electrodes, and the display electrodes disposed along the second direction overlap with one of the second touch electrode strips in a third direction perpendicular to the first substrate.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2022
From: ILI TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CORPORATION
To: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 060262/0911 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2021
From: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: ILI TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055257/0614 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2018
From: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 047597/0096 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2015
From: HUNG, GUO-KIANG; LIU, CHI KANG
To: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 036728/0981 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62065021 · Oct 17, 2014
Provisional Application 62068005 · Oct 24, 2014
Related Publication 20160109993A1 · Apr 21, 2016