IP Library Granted Patent US 12,656,892
Granted Patent B2
US 12,656,892 · App. 18/423,765 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Display device with touch detection function

Inventors: Tadayoshi Katsuta (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Mizuhashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
G06F3/0412G06F3/0416G06F3/04166G06F3/044G06F3/0445G06F3/0446G02F1/13338
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Patent No.
US 12,656,892
App. No.
18/423,765
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device with is touch detection function is provided and includes display area where electrodes are arranged in matrix having first and second directions crossing above substrate; common electrodes provided so as to face pixel electrodes; pixel signal lines each coupled to pixel electrodes, extending in first direction; control device for performing image display control and including drive signal generator and source driver; single first wire to which both display drive voltage and touch drive signal are supplied from drive signal generator, and selection switches for selecting common electrodes, wherein the drive signal generator includes first and second voltage generators for generating first and second voltages, and switching circuit for switching between first and second voltages, and wherein selection switches each coupled to single first wire via first coupling conductor and coupled to common electrode via second coupling conductor are arranged in frame area along single first wire, and are overlapped by single first wire that is supplied with display drive voltage from drive signal generator and that is supplied with touch drive signal from drive signal generator.

Claims (56)

1 . A display device with a touch detection function, comprising:

pixel electrodes arranged in a display area in a matrix on a substrate;

transistors each coupled to corresponding one of the pixel electrodes;

common electrodes facing the pixel electrodes;

scan lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the scan lines being coupled to the pixel electrodes;

pixel signal lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction, the pixel signal lines being coupled to the pixel electrodes; and

a control circuit configured to control the common electrodes to supply the common electrodes with a DC (direct current) voltage during a display period, and with an AC (alternating current) voltage during a detection period,

a first wire disposed along the display area to supply a first voltage corresponding to the DC voltage;

a second wire disposed along the display area to supply a second voltage corresponding to the AC voltage;

a first switch to switch voltages of the first wire and the second wire to the common electrodes, the first switch being disposed between the first wire and the second wire when viewed from a third direction perpendicular to the substrate;

a plurality of first coupling conductors coupling the second wire and the first switch;

a plurality of second coupling conductors coupling the common electrodes and the first switch; and

a plurality of third coupling conductors coupling the first wire and the first switch, wherein

the second coupling conductors are disposed between the first coupling conductors and the third coupling conductors.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein one frame period includes:

the detection period divided into a plurality of terms; and

the display period is divided into a plurality of terms.

3 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a scan period for one line includes:

the detection period in which the AC voltage is supplied to the common electrodes; and

the display period in which the DC voltage is supplied to the common electrodes.

4 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising switches, wherein

one ends of the switches are coupled to one another and supplied with an image signal.

5 . The display device according to claim 4 , wherein,

in a horizontal period, the image signal corresponding respectively to a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel is supplied via the switches.

6 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein scan lines overlap the common electrodes.

7 . The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the common electrodes are respectively driven sequentially in each of the horizontal periods.

8 . The display device according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of detection drives are performed in one frame period.

9 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is disposed at a terminal side of the substrate.

10 . A display device with a touch detection function, comprising:

pixel electrodes arranged in a display area in a matrix on a substrate;

transistors each coupled to corresponding one of the pixel electrodes;

drive electrodes facing the pixel electrodes;

scan lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the scan lines being coupled to the pixel electrodes;

pixel signal lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction, the pixel signal lines being coupled to the pixel electrodes;

a control circuit configured to control the drive electrodes to supply the drive electrodes with a DC voltage during a display period, and with an AC voltage during a touch detection period,

a first wire disposed along the display area to supply a first voltage corresponding to the DC voltage;

a second wire disposed along the display area to supply a second voltage corresponding to the AC voltage;

a first switch to switch voltages of the first wire and the second wire to the drive electrodes, the first switch being disposed between the first wire and the second wire when viewed from a third direction perpendicular to the substrate;

a plurality of first coupling conductors coupling the second wire and the first switch;

a plurality of second coupling conductors coupling the drive electrodes and the first switch; and

a plurality of third coupling conductors coupling the first wire and the first switch, wherein

the second coupling conductors are disposed between the first coupling conductors and the third coupling conductors.

11 . The display device according to claim 10 , wherein one frame period includes:

the detection period divided into a plurality of terms; and

the display period divided into a plurality of terms.

12 . The display device according to claim 10 , wherein a scan period for one line includes:

the detection period in which the AC voltage is supplied to the drive electrodes; and

the display period in which the DC voltage is supplied to the drive electrodes.

13 . The display device according to claim 10 , further comprising switches, wherein

one ends of the switches are coupled to one another and supplied with an image signal.

14 . The display device according to claim 13 , wherein,

in a horizontal period, the image signal corresponding respectively to a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel is supplied via the switches.

15 . The display device according to claim 10 , wherein scan lines overlap the drive electrodes.

16 . The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the drive electrodes are respectively driven sequentially in each of the horizontal periods.

17 . The display device according to claim 16 , wherein a plurality of detection drives are performed in one frame period.

18 . The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the control circuit is disposed at a terminal side of the substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071793/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2024
From: KATSUTA, TADAYOSHI; MIZUHASHI, HIROSHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 066263/0649 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-012647 · Jan 25, 2013 · national
JP 2014-009863 · Jan 22, 2014 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17960368 · Oct 5, 2022
Continuation 17139215 · Dec 31, 2020
Continuation 14163094 · Jan 24, 2014
Related Publication 20240160308A1 · May 16, 2024
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