IP Library Granted Patent US 10,642,396
Granted Patent B2
US 10,642,396 · App. 16/147,586 · Granted May 5, 2020

Touch display panel and display device

Inventors: Xiaoxiao Wu (Xiamen, CN); Guozhao Chen (Xiamen, CN)
Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F3/0412G06F3/044G06F3/047G06F3/0416
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Patent No.
US 10,642,396
App. No.
16/147,586
Granted
May 5, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a touch display panel and a display device, where the touch display panel includes a drive circuit, pixel elements arranged in an array, touch electrodes arranged in an array, and lead lines, where each of the touch electrodes is electrically connected with the drive circuit through at least one of the lead lines, the pixel elements include pixel element columns, and the touch electrodes include touch electrode columns, the quantity of lead lines is the same as the quantity of pixel element columns, and the lead lines are arranged uniformly in an area covered by a positive projection onto a first plane, a positive projection of each of the touch electrode columns onto the first plane covers the same quantity of lead lines.

Claims (39)

1. A touch display panel, comprising:

a drive circuit, pixel elements arranged in an array, touch electrodes arranged in an array, and a plurality of lead lines extending in a first direction, and arranged in a second direction, wherein each of the touch electrodes is electrically connected with the drive circuit through at least one of the lead lines;

the pixel elements arranged in the array comprise a plurality of pixel element columns, the touch electrodes arranged in the array comprise a plurality of touch electrode columns, and both a column direction of the pixel element columns, and a column direction of the touch electrode columns are the first direction;

a quantity of lead lines is the same as a quantity of pixel element columns, and the lead lines are arranged uniformly in an area covered by a positive projection onto a first plane;

a positive projection of each of the touch electrode columns onto the first plane covers a same quantity of lead lines;

the plurality of touch electrode columns comprise at least one first touch electrode column, and at least one second touch electrode column, and a quantity of touch electrodes in the first touch electrode column is more than a quantity of touch electrodes in the second touch electrode column; and a total quantity of lead lines electrically connected with the touch electrodes in each of the first touch electrode columns is equal to a total quantity of lead lines electrically connected with the touch electrodes in each of the second touch electrode columns; and

wherein the first direction intersects with the second direction, and the first plane is a plane where the touch display panel lies.

2. The touch display panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the lead lines covered by a positive projection of the second touch electrode column onto the first plane is electrically connected with at least one of the touch electrodes in the second touch electrode column.

3. The touch display panel according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the touch electrodes in the first touch electrode column is electrically connected with a different quantity of lead lines from the quantities of lead lines electrically connected with the other touch electrodes in the first touch electrode column; and

each touch electrode in the second touch electrode column is electrically connected with a same quantity of lead lines.

4. The touch display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the largest quantity of lead lines electrically connected with any one of the touch electrodes in the first touch electrode column is equal to the quantity of lead lines electrically connected with each touch electrode in the second touch electrode column.

5. The touch display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the first touch electrode column comprises first type of touch electrodes, and second type of touch electrodes, the quantity of lead lines electrically connected with each of the first type of touch electrodes is less than the quantity of lead lines electrically connected with each of the second type of touch electrodes, and the quantity of lead lines electrically connected with each of second type of touch electrodes is the same as the quantity of lead lines electrically connected with each touch electrode in the second touch electrode column; and

the first type of touch electrodes are closer to the drive circuit than the second type of touch electrodes in an extension direction of the lead lines.

6. The touch display panel according to claim 5 , wherein each of the first type of touch electrodes is electrically connected with the same quantity of lead lines.

7. The touch display panel according to claim 6 , wherein the quantity of lead lines connected with each of the first type of touch electrodes is less than the quantity of lead lines connected with each of the second type of touch electrodes by one.

8. The touch display panel according to claim 6 , wherein each of the first type of touch electrodes is connected with one of the lead lines.

9. The touch display panel according to claim 7 , wherein each of the first type of touch electrodes is connected with one of the lead lines.

10. The touch display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the quantity of lead lines connected with a first type of touch electrode in the same first touch electrode column is not more than the quantity of lead lines connected with another first type of touch electrode adjacent to said first type of touch electrode on a side away from the drive circuit.

11. The touch display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the lead lines connected with the first type of touch electrode in the same first touch electrode column are arranged between the lead lines connected with the second type of touch electrode in the touch electrode column.

12. The touch display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the first type of touch electrode, adjacent to the drive circuit in the first direction, in at least one of the first touch electrode columns is a non-rectangular touch electrode.

13. The touch display panel according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the touch electrode columns comprises rectangular touch electrodes and a non-rectangular touch electrode, and the non-rectangular touch electrode is farther from the drive circuit in the first direction than the rectangular touch electrodes.

14. The touch display panel according to claim 12 , wherein:

the touch electrodes comprise first sides parallel to the first direction, and the first sides of the touch electrodes in the same touch electrode column lie on the same straight line; and the first side of the non-rectangular touch electrode is of the largest length of the non-rectangular touch electrode in the first direction, and a length of the non-rectangular touch electrode in the first direction decreases progressively along a third direction, the third direction being the direction parallel to the second direction, and pointed from the first side to a first symmetry axis, wherein the first symmetry axis is a symmetry axis about which the rectangular touch electrodes in the same touch electrode column as the non-rectangular touch electrode extend in the first direction.

15. The touch display panel according to claim 14 , wherein when the touch electrode column comprises a non-rectangular touch electrode, among the lead lines electrically connected with the touch electrodes in the touch electrode column, a distance between a connection area of any one of the lead lines, and the drive circuit is not shorter than a distance between a connection area of a lead line adjacent to the any other lead line in a fourth direction, and the drive circuit,

wherein the connection area is a position where the lead line is electrically connected with the touch electrode, and the fourth direction is a direction from the connection area of the non-rectangular touch electrode and the lead line to the first symmetry axis, and parallel to the second direction.

16. The touch display panel according to claim 13 , wherein:

the touch electrodes comprise first sides parallel to the first direction, and the first sides of the touch electrodes in the same touch electrode column lie on the same straight line; and the first side of the non-rectangular touch electrode is of the largest length of the non-rectangular touch electrode in the first direction, and a length of the non-rectangular touch electrode in the first direction decreases progressively along a third direction, the third direction being the direction parallel to the second direction, and pointed from the first side to a first symmetry axis, wherein the first symmetry axis is a symmetry axis about which the rectangular touch electrodes in the same touch electrode column as the non-rectangular touch electrode extend in the first direction.

17. The touch display panel according to claim 16 , wherein when the touch electrode column comprises a non-rectangular touch electrode, among the lead lines electrically connected with the touch electrodes in the touch electrode column, a distance between a connection area of any one of the lead lines, and the drive circuit is not shorter than a distance between a connection area of a lead line adjacent to the any other lead line in a fourth direction, and the drive circuit,

wherein the connection area is a position where the lead line is electrically connected with the touch electrode, and the fourth direction is a direction from the connection area of the non-rectangular touch electrode and the lead line to the first symmetry axis, and parallel to the second direction.

18. The touch display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the touch electrode columns comprise at least one third touch electrode column, and a quantity of touch electrodes in the third touch electrode column is less than the quantity of touch electrodes in the second touch electrode column, wherein the quantity of lead lines electrically connected with each touch electrode in the third touch electrode column is the same as the quantity of lead lines electrically connected with each touch electrode in the second touch electrode column.

19. The touch display panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pixel elements comprises a red sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, and a green sub-pixel.

20. A display device, comprising:

a touch display panel comprising:

a drive circuit, pixel elements arranged in an array, touch electrodes arranged in an array, and a plurality of lead lines extending in a first direction, and arranged in a second direction, wherein each of the touch electrodes is electrically connected with the drive circuit through at least one of the lead lines;

the pixel elements arranged in the array comprise a plurality of pixel element columns, the touch electrodes arranged in the array comprise a plurality of touch electrode columns, and both a column direction of the pixel element columns, and a column direction of the touch electrode columns are the first direction;

a quantity of lead lines is the same as a quantity of pixel element columns, and the lead lines are arranged uniformly in an area covered by a positive projection onto a first plane;

a positive projection of each of the touch electrode columns onto the first plane covers a same quantity of lead lines;

the plurality of touch electrode columns comprise at least one first touch electrode column, and at least one second touch electrode column, and a quantity of touch electrodes in the first touch electrode column is more than a quantity of touch electrodes in the second touch electrode column; and a total quantity of lead lines electrically connected with the touch electrodes in each of the first touch electrode columns is equal to a total quantity of lead lines electrically connected with the touch electrodes in each of the second touch electrode columns; and

wherein the first direction intersects with the second direction, and the first plane is a plane where the touch display panel lies.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2018
From: WU, XIAOXIAO; CHEN, GUOZHAO
To: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 047164/0825 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 0985210 · Oct 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190034014A1 · Jan 31, 2019