IP Library Granted Patent US 10,955,967
Granted Patent B2
US 10,955,967 · App. 16/533,477 · Granted Mar 23, 2021

Input device having reduced electromagnetic interference

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Patent No.
US 10,955,967
App. No.
16/533,477
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An input device comprises a plurality of data lines of a display panel, a plurality of sensor electrodes, and a processing system. The processing system drives a sensor electrode with a sensing signal during a first portion of a non-display update period of a display frame. A source driver of the processing system drives a data line with a first constant voltage during at least one of a second portion of the non-display update period and a third portion of the non-display update period. Further, the source driver outputs a guard signal during the first portion of the non-display update period. The first portion of the non-display update period occurs after the second portion of the non-display update period and before the third portion of the non-display update period.

Claims (47)

1. A processing system for an input device, the processing system comprising:

a driver module configured to:

drive a sensor electrode with a sensing signal during a first portion of a non-display update period of a display frame, wherein the sensing signal comprises a varying voltage;

drive the sensor electrode with a first constant voltage during a first display period of the display frame and a second display period of the display frame for display updating, wherein the non-display update period occurs between the first display period and second display period; and

drive the sensor electrode with a second constant voltage during at least one of a second portion of the non-display update period and a third portion of the non-display update period, wherein the first portion of the non-display update period occurs after the second portion of the non-display update period and before the third portion of the non-display update period, and wherein the first constant voltage is different than the second constant voltage; and

a source driver configured to:

drive a first data line of a display panel with a third constant voltage during at least one of the second portion of the non-display update period and the third portion of the non-display update period; and

output a guard signal during the first portion of the non-display update period, wherein the guard signal comprises a varying voltage having at least one selected from the group consisting of a frequency, phase, and amplitude in common with the sensing signal.

2. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein the third constant voltage differs from the second constant voltage.

3. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein outputting the guard signal during the first portion of the non-display update period comprises outputting the guard signal onto the first data line.

4. The processing system of claim 1 , wherein the source driver is selectively coupled to the first data line during the second portion and the third portion of the non-display update period.

5. The processing system of claim 4 , wherein the source driver is selectively decoupled from the first data line during the first portion of the non-display update period, and wherein the first data line is electrically floated during the first portion of the non-display update period.

6. The processing system of claim 5 , wherein the source driver is further:

selectively coupled to a second data line of the display panel during the second portion and the third portion of the non-display update period; and

selectively decoupled from the second data line during the first portion of the non-display update period, and wherein the second data line is electrically floated during the first portion of the non-display update period.

7. An input device, comprising:

a plurality of data lines of a display panel;

a plurality of sensor electrodes; and

a processing system, the processing system configured to:

drive a sensor electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes with a sensing signal during a first portion of a non-display update period of a display frame, wherein the sensing signal comprises a varying voltage;

drive the sensor electrode with a first constant voltage during a first display period of the display frame and a second display period of the display frame for display updating, wherein the non-display update period occurs between the first display period and second display period; and

drive the sensor electrode with a second constant voltage during at least one of a second portion of the non-display update period and a third portion of the non-display update period, wherein the second constant voltage is different than the first constant voltage, and wherein the first portion of the non-display update period occurs after the second portion of the non-display update period and before the third portion of the non-display update period;

drive a first data line of the plurality of data lines with a third constant voltage during at least one of the second portion of the non-display update period and the third portion of the non-display update period; and

output a guard signal during the first portion of the non-display update period, wherein the guard signal comprises a varying voltage having at least one selected from the group consisting of a frequency, phase, and amplitude in common with the sensing signal.

8. The input device of claim 7 , wherein outputting the guard signal during the first portion of the non-display update period comprises outputting the guard signal onto the first data line.

9. The input device of claim 7 further comprising a selection mechanism configured to:

selectively couple the processing system with the first data line during the second portion and the third portion of the non-display update period; and

selectively decouple the processing system with the first data line during the first portion of the non-display update period, wherein the first data line is electrically floated during the first portion of the non-display update period.

10. The input device of claim 9 , wherein the selection mechanism is further configured to:

selectively couple the processing system with a second data line of the plurality of data lines during the second portion and the third portion of the non-display update period; and

selectively decouple the processing system with the second data line during the first portion of the non-display update period, wherein the second data line is electrically floated during the first portion of the non-display update period.

11. The input device of claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of sensor electrodes comprises one or more common electrodes of the display panel.

12. A method for input sensing comprising:

driving a sensor electrode with a sensing signal during a first portion of a non-display update period of a display frame, wherein the sensing signal comprises a varying voltage;

driving the sensor electrode with a first constant voltage during a first display period of the display frame and a second display period of the display frame for display updating, wherein the non-display update period occurs between the first display period and the second display period;

driving the sensor electrode with a second constant voltage during at least one of a second portion of the non-display update period and a third portion of the non-display update period, wherein the second constant voltage is different than the first constant voltage, and wherein the first portion of the non-display update period occurs after the second portion of the non-display update period and before the third portion of the non-display update period;

driving a first data line of a display panel with a third constant voltage during at least one of the second portion of the non-display update period and the third portion of the non-display update period; and

outputting a guard signal during the first portion of the non-display update period, wherein the guard signal comprises a varying voltage having at least one selected from the group consisting of a frequency, phase, and amplitude in common with the sensing signal.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the third constant voltage differs from the second constant voltage.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein outputting the guard signal during the first portion of the non-display update period comprises outputting the guard signal onto the first data line.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

selectively coupling the first data line with a source driver during the second portion and the third portion of the non-display update period.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

selectively decoupling the first data line from the source driver during the first portion of the non-display update period, and wherein the first data line is electrically floated during the first portion of the non-display update period.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

selectively coupling a second data line of the display panel with the source driver during the second portion and the third portion of the non-display update period; and

selectively decoupling the second data line from the source driver during the first portion of the non-display update period, and wherein the second data line is electrically floated during the first portion of the non-display update period.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2020
From: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 051936/0103 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2019
From: ITO, DAISUKE
To: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 049980/0024 →