IP Library Granted Patent US 11,537,231
Granted Patent B2
US 11,537,231 · App. 17/018,743 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Display device and touch detection device

Inventors: Hayato Kurasawa (Kanagawa, JP); Koji Ishizaki (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Azumi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,537,231
App. No.
17/018,743
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device is provided and includes a first substrate; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of detection electrodes, the second substrate being located between the detection electrodes and the liquid crystal layer; a shield electrode apart from the detection electrodes in a plane view, the second substrate being located between the shield electrode and the liquid crystal layer; and a resistive layer overlapping the detection electrodes and the shield electrode, the detection electrodes and the shield electrode located between the resistive layer and the second substrate.

Claims (39)

1. A display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate opposed to the first substrate;

a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;

a plurality of detection electrodes, the second substrate being located between the detection electrodes and the liquid crystal layer;

a shield electrode apart from the detection electrodes in a plane view, the second substrate being located between the shield electrode and the liquid crystal layer; and

a resistive layer overlapping the detection electrodes and the shield electrode, the detection electrodes and the shield electrode located between the resistive layer and the second substrate;

wherein a resistivity of the resistive layer is in a range of 10 [Ω·m] to 10 13 [Ω·m].

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection electrodes and the shield electrode are located at a same layer.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection electrodes and the shield electrode are covered with an insulating layer located between the resistive layer and the he detection electrodes.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second substrate has an end side, and

the shield electrode is located between the end side and the detection electrodes in a plane view.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between an average potential of the detection electrodes and an average potential of the shield electrode is not more than 0.5V.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising drive electrodes configured to supplied with drive signals and overlapping with the detection electrodes,

wherein the resistive layer overlaps the drive electrodes, and

a difference between an average potential of the drive electrodes and an average potential of the shield electrode is not more than 0.5V.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an average potential of the shield electrode is equal to or higher than an average potential of the detection electrodes.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the resistive layer is a polarizing plate.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection electrodes are configured to output a detection signal, and

the shield electrode is configured to be supplied with a DC voltage.

10. A touch detection device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of detection electrodes configured to output a detection signal;

a shield electrode located apart from the detection electrodes in a plane view and configured to be supplied with a DC voltage; and

a resistive layer overlapping the detection electrodes and the shield electrode, the detection electrodes and the shield electrode located between the resistive layer and the substrate;

wherein a resistivity of

the resistive layer is in a range of 10 [Ω·m] to 10 13 [Ω·m].

11. The touch detection device according to claim 10 , wherein the detection electrodes and the shield electrode are located at a same layer.

12. The touch detection device according to claim 10 , wherein the detection electrodes and the shield electrode are covered with an insulating layer located between the resistive layer and the he detection electrodes.

13. The touch detection device according to claim 10 , further comprising a detection area,

wherein at least part of each of the detection electrodes is located in the detection area, and

the shield electrode is located outside the detection area.

14. The touch detection device according to claim 13 , wherein the shield electrode has a first portion running in a first direction and a second portion running in a second direction different from the first direction, and

the first and second portions are located along a part of a circumference of the detection area.

15. The touch detection device according to claim 10 , wherein a difference between an average potential of the detection electrodes and an average potential of the shield electrode is not more than 0.5V.

16. The touch detection device according to claim 10 , further comprising drive electrodes configured to supplied with drive signals and overlapping with the detection electrodes,

wherein the resistive layer overlaps the drive electrodes, and

a difference between an average potential of the drive electrodes and an average potential of the shield electrode is not more than 0.5V.

17. The touch detection device according to claim 10 , wherein an average potential of the shield electrode is equal to or higher than an average potential of the detection electrodes.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2020
From: KURASAWA, HAYATO; ISHIZAKI, KOJI; AZUMI, KOHEI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 053758/0778 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 14, 2020
From: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 053767/0610 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-227280 · Oct 14, 2011 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16362211 · Mar 22, 2019
Continuation 15624024 · Jun 15, 2017
Continuation 14850392 · Sep 10, 2015
Continuation 13647988 · Oct 9, 2012
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