Display device having a built-in touch input means
View Patent ↗This disclosure provides a display device having a built-in touch input unit, the display device including: a lower substrate; an upper substrate; a plurality of first signal lines and second signal lines; touch cells that are formed in a plurality of areas, respectively including a conductive pad that forms an electrostatic capacity between a touch input means and the conductive pad when the touch input means approaches to the conductive pad within a predetermined distance (d) in each divided area, and at least a 3-terminal type switching element whose gate electrode is connected to the conductive pad; and a touch position detector that transmits and receives position detection signals to and from the first signal lines and the second signal lines, and detects whether output signals of the switching element are changed by capacitance that is formed between the touch input means and the conductive pad.
1. A display device having a built-in touch input unit, the display device comprising:
a lower substrate 20 in which a pixel portion 22 having pixels and pixel electrodes is arranged;
an upper substrate 30 that is arranged at a distance from the lower substrate 20 ;
a plurality of touch cells 60 that are formed by dividing an active area where touch is achieved on the upper surface or the lower surface of the upper substrate 30 into a plurality of the areas, the each touch cell comprising a first 3-terminal type switching element 42 , a conductive pad 50 and a second 3-terminal type switching element 44 , wherein the first 3-terminal type switching element 42 performs to isolate between the conductive pads by its turn-on and turn-off, the conductive pad 50 forms an electrostatic capacity between a touch input means 90 including bodily finger or other tool having an electrical property similar to the bodily finger and the conductive pad 50 when the touch input means 90 to the conductive pad 50 within a predetermined distance (d) in each divided area, and the second 3-terminal type switching element 44 whose gate electrode is connected to the respective conductive pad 50 and that has respectively different output signals according to electric potential of the respective conductive pad 50 ; and
a touch position detector 70 that transmits and receives position detection signals to and from the first signal lines 32 and the second signal lines 34 , and detects whether output signals of the switching element 40 are changed by capacitance that is formed between the touch input means 90 and the conductive pad 50 , to thereby acquire a coordinate signal of the touch cell 60 on which the touch input has occurred.