IP Library Granted Patent US 10,248,253
Granted Patent B2
US 10,248,253 · App. 15/878,413 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Display panel with touch detection function

Inventors: Toshiyuki Aoyama (Osaka, JP); Tetsuo Fukami (Hyogo, JP); Daisuke Kajita (Hyogo, JP); Kazushige Takagi (Osaka, JP)
Assignees: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.; Panasonic Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,248,253
App. No.
15/878,413
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display panel including: a plurality of pixel electrodes divided into a plurality of groups; and a plurality of common electrodes arranged at a ratio of one to a plurality of pixel electrodes included in one of the plurality of groups. Each of a plurality of sensor electrode lines overlaps with corresponding one of a plurality of data signal lines in plan view. The plurality of sensor electrode lines and each of the plurality of common electrodes overlap each other in plan view. The each of the plurality of common electrodes is electrically connected to the plurality of sensor electrode lines. At least one insulating film is formed between each of a region between the data signal lines and the sensor electrode lines, a region between the sensor electrode lines and the common electrodes, and a region between the common electrodes and the pixel electrodes.

Claims (25)

1. A display panel comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of gate signal lines extending in a first direction and formed on the substrate;

a plurality of data signal lines and a plurality of sensor electrode lines, which extend in a second direction different from the first direction;

a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged so as to respectively correspond to a plurality of pixels arrayed in the first direction and the second direction, the plurality of pixel electrodes being divided into a plurality of groups; and

a plurality of common electrodes arranged at a ratio of one to a plurality of pixel electrodes included in one of the plurality of groups, wherein:

each of the plurality of sensor electrode lines overlaps with a corresponding one of the plurality of data signal lines in a plan view;

each of the plurality of common electrodes has at least two overlapping portions spaced apart from each other, each of the overlapping portions overlapping a corresponding one of the plurality of sensor electrode lines in the plan view;

a first insulating film is formed on the substrate and to cover the plurality of gate signal lines;

the plurality of data signal lines are formed on the first insulating film;

a second insulating film is formed to cover the plurality of data signal lines;

a third insulating film is formed on the second insulating film;

the plurality of sensor electrode lines are formed on the third insulating film; and

a fourth insulating film is formed to cover the third insulating film and the plurality of sensor electrode lines,

wherein a through-hole is formed through a pan of the fourth insulating film,

wherein the plurality of common electrodes are formed on the fourth insulating film and inside the through-hole to electrically connect one of the plurality of sensor electrode lines and a corresponding one of the plurality of common electrodes to each other,

wherein a fifth insulating film is formed to cover the plurality of common electrodes,

wherein the plurality of pixel electrodes are formed on the fifth insulating film, and wherein the third insulating film has a greater thickness than the second insulating film.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of common electrodes are arrayed at equal intervals in the first direction and the second direction.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising shielding wiring formed on the fifth insulating layer and arranged to cover a gap between two adjacent electrodes of the plurality of common electrodes in the plan view.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of common electrodes are arranged so that a gap between two adjacent electrodes of the plurality of common electrodes overlaps with a gap between adjacent pixels in the plan view.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two overlapping portions of each of the plurality of common electrodes are neighboring to each other in the second direction.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel detects a touch position by means of a self-capacitance method of a capacitive system.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the third insulating film is made of an organic material mainly containing acrylic.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the third insulating film has a greater thickness than the fourth insulating film.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: PANELTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 067245/0821 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 064759/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2023
From: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064106/0875 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 13, 2023
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063982/0872 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14681115 · Apr 8, 2015
Provisional Application 62121515 · Feb 27, 2015
Related Publication 20180150180A1 · May 31, 2018