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US 10,802,659 · App. 16/440,228 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Input device, input/output device, and data processing device

Inventors: Hajime Kimura (Atsugi, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G06F3/044G02F1/13338G06F3/0412G06F3/0416G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 10,802,659
App. No.
16/440,228
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A novel input device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A novel input/output device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A semiconductor device is provided. The present inventors have reached an idea of a structure including a plurality of conductive films configured to be capacitively coupled to an approaching object, a driver circuit that selects a conductive film from a plurality of conductive films in a predetermined order, and a sensor circuit having a function of supplying a search signal and a sensing signal.

Claims (44)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first conductive film electrically connected to a first signal line;

a second conductive film electrically connected to a second signal line; and

a driver circuit electrically connected to the first signal line and the second signal line,

wherein each of the first conductive film and the second conductive film is configured to be capacitively coupled to an approaching object,

wherein the driver circuit comprises:

a first switch between the first signal line and a wiring configured to supply a common potential,

a second switch between the first signal line and a sensor circuit,

a third switch between the second signal line and the wiring;

a fourth switch between the second signal line and the sensor circuit; and

a fifth switch between the first signal line and the sensor circuit,

wherein one terminal of the first switch, one terminal of the second switch, and one terminal of the fifth switch are directly connected to the first signal line.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first conductive film and the second conductive film serves as an electrode of a touch sensor.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second conductive film comprises a region that does not overlap with the first conductive film.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein one terminal of the third switch is directly connected to the second signal line, and

wherein the other terminal of the first switch and the other terminal of the third switch are directly connected to the wiring.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the driver circuit further comprises a sixth switch between the second signal line and the sensor circuit.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the driver circuit further comprises a shift register electrically connected to the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, the fourth switch, and the fifth switch.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the driver circuit further comprises a shift register electrically connected to the first switch and the third switch, and

wherein the shift register is configured to supply the same signal to the first switch and the third switch.

8. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first conductive film electrically connected to a first signal line;

a second conductive film electrically connected to a second signal line; and

a driver circuit electrically connected to the first signal line and the second signal line,

wherein each of the first conductive film and the second conductive film is configured to be capacitively coupled to an approaching object,

wherein the driver circuit comprises:

a first switch between the first signal line and a wiring configured to supply a common potential,

a second switch between the first signal line and a sensor circuit,

a third switch between the second signal line and the wiring; and

a fifth switch between the first signal line and the sensor circuit,

wherein one terminal of the first switch, one terminal of the second switch, and one terminal of the fifth switch are directly connected to the first signal line.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein each of the first conductive film and the second conductive film serves as an electrode of a touch sensor.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the second conductive film comprises a region that does not overlap with the first conductive film.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein one terminal of the third switch is directly connected to the second signal line, and

wherein the other terminal of the first switch and the other terminal of the third switch are directly connected to the wiring.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the driver circuit further comprises a sixth switch between the second signal line and the sensor circuit.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the driver circuit further comprises a shift register electrically connected to the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, and the fifth switch.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the driver circuit further comprises a shift register electrically connected to the first switch and the third switch, and

wherein the shift register is configured to supply the same signal to the first switch and the third switch.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-008612 · Jan 20, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15404402 · Jan 12, 2017
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