Display device

1. A display device having a display area and a touch sensor, comprising:

signal lines formed in the display area of a substrate, including a plurality of video lines extending in a first direction and a plurality of scan lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction;

a plurality of common electrodes formed in the display area so as to extend in the second direction, for being used for video display and touch detection;

a video signal transmission line arranged on the substrate along a first edge among edges of a signal line laying area where the video lines and the scan lines are arranged, for transmitting a video signal to one end of two ends of each of the video lines, the one ends being arranged on a side where the video signal transmission line is arranged, the first edge being an edge with which the one ends of the video lines are aligned; and

a scan circuit and a common drive circuit arranged on the substrate along a second edge among the edges of the signal line laying area, the second edge being an edge with which ends of the scan lines and the common electrodes are aligned, the scan circuit for applying a scan signal to the scan line, and the common drive circuit for applying a reference potential signal or a touch detection signal to the common electrode,

wherein

the signal line laying area has a shape including an overlapping part where the first edge overlaps the second edge, and

in a part of a frame area positioned outside the signal line laying area on the substrate, the part adjacent to the overlapping part, the scan circuit and the common drive circuit are arranged more outward than the video signal transmission line.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the video signal transmission line is provided for every group obtained by divining the plurality of video lines into groups each including a plurality of adjacent video lines, and

the display device further comprises a selector that is a circuit arranged between the video signal transmission line and the first edge, and connected, for every group, via an input thereof to the video signal transmission line, and via an output thereof to the video lines of the group.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a drive signal source arranged in a part of the frame area, the part adjacent to the first edge, for outputting a signal to be applied to the common electrode,

wherein

the common drive circuit includes

lines extending along the second edge, to each of which a signal is supplied from the drive signal source, including a first drive signal transmission line to which the touch detection signal is supplied and a second drive signal transmission line to which the reference potential signal is supplied, and

a switch circuit and a switch control circuit for connecting each of the plurality of common electrodes to any of the drive signal transmission lines, and

a width of a part of the drive signal transmission line, the part extending in a non-overlapping part of the second edge excluding the overlapping part, is thicker than that in the overlapping part.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the common drive circuit includes

lines extending along the second edge, including a first drive signal transmission line to which the touch detection signal is supplied and a second drive signal transmission line to which the reference potential signal is supplied,

a plurality of switch circuits provided each corresponding to each of the plurality of common electrodes and arranged along the second edge so as to correspond to positions in the first direction of the plurality of common electrodes, for switching connection between the each common electrode and the drive signal transmission line,

a switch control circuit arranged in the frame area in a remote part that is a part of a non-overlapping part of the second edge excluding the overlapping part and includes an end portion of the non-overlapping part farther from the first edge or in the frame area along a third edge among edges of the signal line laying area, with which other ends of the video lines are aligned, for controlling switching by the switch circuit, and

a switch control line extending from the switch control circuit to the each switch circuit along the second edge.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the common drive circuit includes

lines extending along the second edge, including a first drive signal transmission line to which the touch detection signal is supplied and a second drive signal transmission line to which the reference potential signal is supplied,

a plurality of switch circuits provided each corresponding to each of the plurality of common electrodes and arranged in the frame area in a remote part that is a part of a non-overlapping part of the second edge excluding the overlapping part and includes an end portion of the non-overlapping part farther from the first edge or in the frame area along a third edge among edges of the signal line laying area, with which other ends of the video lines are aligned, for switching connection between the each common electrode and the drive signal transmission line,

a switch control circuit arranged in the frame area in the remote part or in the frame area along the third edge, for controlling switching by the switch circuit, and

a drive signal distribution line extending from the switch circuit to the each common electrode along the second edge, for transmitting the drive signal outputted from the switch circuit, and

the drive signal distribution line is arranged closer to the signal line laying area than the video signal transmission line in the overlapping part.

6. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the second drive signal transmission line is arranged so as to overlap the scan circuit,

the switch circuit and the first drive signal transmission line arranged along the second edge are arranged between the scan circuit and the video signal transmission line, and

the switch control circuit arranged along the second edge is arranged between the scan circuit and an edge of the substrate.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , comprising a drive signal source arranged in a part of the frame area, the part adjacent to the first edge, for outputting a drive signal to be applied to the common electrode,

wherein

the first drive signal transmission line extends in a part of the frame area, the part adjacent to the second edge with which one ends of the scan lines and the common electrodes are aligned, and

the second drive signal transmission line extends in a part of the frame area, the part adjacent to the second edge with which other ends of the scan line and the common electrode are aligned.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the signal line laying area has a shape that is convex in the second direction on the second edge thereof, and

the substrate has a shape in which a distance between any point on the second edge and an edge of the substrate is equal to or shorter than a corresponding distance at a protruding end of the second edge in the second direction.