IP Library Granted Patent US 11,093,064
Granted Patent B2
US 11,093,064 · App. 16/866,686 · Granted Aug 17, 2021

Touch panel display

Inventor: Sakae Tanaka (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: MIKUNI ELECTRON CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,093,064
App. No.
16/866,686
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch panel display includes a pixel including an organic EL element, a first transistor electrically connected to the power supply line and the organic electroluminescence element, and a second transistor electrically connected to the data signal line and the first transistor, a touch sensor overlapping the pixel, and a shield electrode between the pixel and the touch sensor. The shield electrode includes an opening in a region overlapping with the second transistor, the third gate electrode is disposed inside the opening, and the third gate electrode and the fourth gate electrode are electrically connected, the first gate electrode is electrically connected to the shield electrode, and the second gate electrode is connected to a drain of the second transistor, and the shield electrode is grounded.

Claims (37)

1. A touch panel display, comprising:

a pixel including an organic EL element, a first transistor electrically connected to the power supply line and the organic electroluminescence element, and a second transistor electrically connected to the data signal line and the first transistor;

a touch sensor overlapping the pixel; and

a shield electrode between the pixel and the touch sensor,

the first transistor comprises:

a first semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a first gate electrode disposed on a side of the first surface of the first semiconductor layer; and

a second gate electrode overlapping the first gate electrode and disposed on a side of the second surface of the first semiconductor layer,

the second transistor comprises:

a second semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a third gate electrode disposed on a side of the first surface of the second semiconductor layer; and

a fourth gate electrode overlapping the third gate electrode and disposed on a side of the second surface of the second semiconductor layer,

wherein

the shield electrode includes an opening in a region overlapping with the second transistor,

the third gate electrode is disposed inside the opening, and the third gate electrode and the fourth gate electrode are electrically connected,

the first gate electrode is electrically connected to the shield electrode, and the second gate electrode is connected to a drain of the second transistor, and

the shield electrode is grounded.

2. The touch panel display according to claim 1 , wherein the touch sensor includes first sensor electrodes extending in a first direction and second sensor electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

3. The touch panel display according to claim 2 , wherein the first sensor electrodes are receiver electrodes and the second sensor electrodes are transmitter electrodes, and the first sensor electrode has a mesh pattern or a stripe pattern, and the second sensor electrode has a solid pattern.

4. The touch panel display according to claim 2 , wherein the first sensor electrodes are receiver electrodes and the second sensor electrodes are transmitter electrodes, and the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode has a mesh pattern or a stripe pattern.

5. The touch panel display according to claim 1 , wherein the first gate electrode is in direct contact with the shield electrode.

6. The touch panel display according to claim 1 , wherein the shield electrode has a light trans missive.

7. The touch panel display according to claim 6 , wherein the first gate electrode has a light blocking.

8. The touch panel display according to claim 7 , wherein the third gate electrode includes a first layer having a light trans missive same as the shield electrode and a second layer having a light blocking same as the first gate electrode, and the first layer and the second layer are laminated.

9. The touch panel display according to claim 1 , further comprising a common line,

wherein a source of the first transistor is electrically connected to the common line, and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to the organic electroluminescent element.

10. The touch panel display according to claim 9 , wherein the common line is electrically connected the shield electrode.

11. The touch panel display according to claim 10 , wherein the organic electroluminescence device includes a cathode an electron transfer layer, an electron injection layer, a light emitting layer, a hole transport layer, an anode which stacked from the shield electrode side in this order.

12. The touch panel display according to claim 11 , wherein the pixel is disposed in a display portion, and

the cathode and the electron transfer layer are provided for each of the plurality of pixels, and the electron injection layer is provided over the entire display portion.

13. The touch panel display according to claim 1 , wherein the shield electrode, the first sensor electrodes, and the second sensor electrodes have a light trans missive, and

the organic electroluminescent element is arranged to overlap with the shield electrode, the first sensor electrodes, and the second sensor electrodes.

14. The touch panel display according to claim 13 , wherein the cathode is light trans missive, and the anode is light reflective.

15. The touch panel display according to claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer comprises oxide semiconductor or polycrystalline silicon.

16. The touch panel display according to claim 1 , further comprising a gate signal line, wherein the third gate electrode is connected to the gate signal line through a contact hole, and the fourth gate electrode is directly connected to the gate signal line.

17. The touch panel display according to claim 16 , wherein the contact hole is provided in a region overlapping with the gate signal line.

18. The touch panel display according to claim 17 , further comprising a capacitance element electrically connected to the second transistor, wherein the contact hole is disposed apart from the capacitive element.

Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-079903 · Apr 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16022516 · Jun 28, 2018
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