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Granted Patent B2
US 11,204,658 · App. 15/784,550 · Granted Dec 21, 2021

Touch sensor, display device, display module, and electronic device

Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyake (Aichi, JP); Takahiro Fukutome (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,204,658
App. No.
15/784,550
Granted
Dec 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Sensing time of a touch sensor is shortened to increase responsiveness of touch sensing. A display device includes a gate driver, a plurality of touch sensors, and a plurality of touch wirings. The gate driver has a function of supplying a scan signal to the plurality of touch wirings at the same timing, and the touch sensors in different positions sense a plurality of touches at the same timing. In this manner, the responsiveness of touch sensing is increased. The gate driver has a function of controlling a scan signal for refreshing display and a scan signal used by the touch sensor for sensing.

Claims (68)

1. A display device comprising:

a gate driver;

g wirings;

a plurality of touch sensors arranged in a matrix with m rows and k columns;

m wirings; and

a plurality of first touch wirings, each of the plurality of first touch wirings provided between two of the g wirings,

wherein the m wirings are respectively connected to the plurality of touch sensors in an n-th column of the k columns and the first to m-th rows that are directly adjacent,

wherein the gate driver is configured to supply a first scan signal to the g wirings at a same first timing,

wherein the plurality of touch sensors in different positions are configured to sense a plurality of touches at a same second timing,

wherein g, m, and k are each a natural number of 2 or more, and n is a natural number of 1 or more, and

wherein the plurality of touch sensors are spaced apart from each other.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a pixel,

wherein the gate driver is configured to supply a second scan signal to the plurality of first touch wirings,

wherein the m wirings electrically connected to a receiver circuit intersect with the plurality of first touch wirings,

wherein the pixel comprises a first display element, and

wherein the first display element is a transmissive liquid crystal element.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a pixel,

wherein the pixel comprises a first display element, and

wherein the first display element is a reflective liquid crystal element.

4. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the pixel comprises the first display element and a second display element,

wherein the first display element is configured to reflect visible light, and

wherein the second display element is configured to emit visible light.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the second display element is a light-emitting element.

6. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein an image is displayed with one or both of first light reflected by the first display element and second light emitted by the second display element.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a transistor,

wherein the transistor comprises polysilicon in a semiconductor layer, and

wherein the gate driver further includes a decoder, a plurality of selection circuits, and a plurality of buffers.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a transistor,

wherein the transistor comprises a metal oxide in a semiconductor layer, and

wherein the m wirings electrically connected to a receiver circuit overlap with the g wirings and the plurality of touch sensors.

9. A display device comprising:

a receiver circuit,

a display region; and

a gate driver,

wherein the display region comprises a pixel, a plurality of touch sensors arranged in a matrix with m rows and k columns, g wirings, and m wirings,

wherein the g wirings are provided for touch sensors of the plurality of touch sensors in a plurality of columns and a single row,

wherein the m wirings are respectively connected to the plurality of touch sensors in an n-th column of the k columns and the first to m-th rows that are directly adjacent,

wherein the gate driver is configured to supply a first scan signal to a plurality of scan lines,

wherein the m wirings are electrically connected to the receiver circuit,

wherein the gate driver is configured to supply a second scan signal for sensing a touch to the g wirings, and

wherein g, m, and k are each a natural number of 2 or more, and n is a natural number of 1 or more.

10. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the plurality of touch sensors are spaced apart from each other,

wherein the pixel comprises a first display element, and

wherein the first display element is a transmissive liquid crystal element.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein touch sensors adjacent to each other in a row direction are spaced a part from each other.

12. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the m wirings intersect with the g wirings,

wherein the pixel comprises a first display element, and

wherein the first display element is a reflective liquid crystal element.

13. The display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the pixel comprises the first display element and a second display element,

wherein the first display element is configured to reflect visible light, and

wherein the second display element is configured to emit visible light.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second display element is a light-emitting element.

15. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein an image is displayed with one or both of first light reflected by the first display element and second light emitted by the second display element.

16. The display device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a transistor in the pixel,

wherein the transistor comprises polysilicon in a semiconductor layer, and

wherein the gate driver further includes a decoder, a plurality of selection circuits, and a plurality of buffers.

17. The display device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a transistor in the pixel,

wherein the transistor comprises a metal oxide in a semiconductor layer, and

wherein the plurality of scan lines overlap with the plurality of touch sensors and the m wirings.

18. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein touch sensors adjacent to each other in a row direction are spaced a part from each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2017
From: MIYAKE, HIROYUKI; FUKUTOME, TAKAHIRO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044195/0354 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-207008 · Oct 21, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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