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US 9,665,222 · App. 14/554,124 · Granted May 30, 2017

In-cell touch panel and display device with self-capacitance electrodes

Inventors: Weijie Zhao (Beijing, CN); Xue Dong (Beijing, CN); Haisheng Wang (Beijing, CN); Shengji Yang (Beijing, CN); Yingming Liu (Beijing, CN); Xiaoliang Ding (Beijing, CN); Hongjuan Liu (Beijing, CN); Changfeng Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G06F3/044G06F3/0412G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 9,665,222
App. No.
14/554,124
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An in-cell touch panel and a display device comprising the same are provided. in-cell touch panel, comprising: an array substrate, comprising data lines provided thereon; a plurality of self-capacitance electrodes, which are provided on a same layer and independent of each other on the array substrate, wherein the self-capacitance electrodes are insulated from the data lines; a touch detection chip; and a plurality of wires for connecting the self-capacitance electrodes to the touch detection chip, wherein the wires and the data lines are arranged on the same layer and insulated from each other and have a same wiring direction. The in-cell touch panel has reduced production costs and improved production efficiency.

Claims (26)

1. An in-cell touch panel, comprising:

an array substrate, comprising data lines provided thereon;

a plurality of self-capacitance electrodes, which are provided on a same layer and independent of each other on the array substrate, wherein the self-capacitance electrodes are insulated from the data lines;

a touch detection chip; and

a plurality of wires for connecting the self-capacitance electrodes to the touch detection chip, wherein the wires and the data lines are arranged on the same layer and insulated from each other and have a same direction, wherein:

an interlayer insulating layer is provided between the self-capacitance electrodes and the wires, and through holes and recessed portions are provided in the interlayer insulating layer,

the self-capacitance electrodes are electrically connected with corresponding wires by the through holes of the interlayer insulating layer, and the recessed portions are formed in overlapped areas, between the self-capacitance electrodes and wires except the wires electrically connected therewith, in the interlayer insulating layer.

2. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the array substrate is provided with a plurality of alternately arranged sub-pixel columns with color filters of different colors, an area occupied by sub-pixel columns of color filters of one color is smaller than areas occupied by sub-pixel columns of color filters of other colors, and

the wires are arranged within gaps adjacent to the sub-pixel columns of color filters of one color occupying the small area.

3. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 2 , wherein the array substrate is provided with alternately arranged red sub-pixel columns, green sub-pixel columns and blue sub-pixel columns, an area occupied by the blue sub-pixel columns is smaller than an area occupied by the red sub-pixel columns or the green sub-pixel columns, and

the wires are arranged within gaps adjacent to the blue sub-pixel columns.

4. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 2 , wherein the self-capacitance electrodes together form a common electrode layer on the array substrate, and

the touch detection chip is also configured to apply a common electrode signals to the self-capacitance electrodes in a display period.

5. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 2 , wherein the array substrate comprises pixel electrodes,

the self-capacitance electrodes and the pixel electrodes on the array substrate are disposed on the same layer; and

the self-capacitance electrodes are each provided in a gap between two adjacent pixel electrodes.

6. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the through holes and the recessed portions have a same cross-sectional shape and are uniformly distributed in the interlayer insulating layer.

7. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the self-capacitance electrodes together form a common electrode layer on the array substrate, and

the touch detection chip is also configured to apply a common electrode signals to the self-capacitance electrodes in a display period.

8. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the self-capacitance electrodes together form a common electrode layer on the array substrate, and

the touch detection chip is also configured to apply a common electrode signals to the self-capacitance electrodes in a display period.

9. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the array substrate comprises pixel electrodes, the self-capacitance electrodes and the pixel electrodes on the array substrate are disposed on the same layer, and the self-capacitance electrodes are each provided in a gap between two adjacent pixel electrodes.

10. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the array substrate comprises pixel electrodes, the self-capacitance electrodes and the pixel electrodes on the array substrate are disposed on the same layer, and the self-capacitance electrodes are each provided in a gap between two adjacent pixel electrodes.

11. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein two adjacent self-capacitance electrodes have opposite sides formed in fold lines.

12. The in-cell touch panel according to claim 11 , wherein the opposite sides formed in fold lines of the two adjacent self-capacitance electrodes have consistent shapes and match with each other.

13. A display device, comprising the in-cell touch panel according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE FOURTH CONVEYING PARTY'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 034267 FRAME: 0257. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 29, 2014
From: ZHAO, WEIJIE; DONG, XUE; WANG, HAISHENG; YANG, SHENGJI; LIU, YINGMING; DING, XIAOLIANG; LIU, HONGJUAN; LI, CHANGFENG
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034709/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2014
From: ZHAO, WEIJIE; DONG, XUE; WANG, HAISHENG; WANG, SHENGJI; LIU, YINGMING; DING, XIAOLIANG; LIU, HONGJUAN; LI, CHANGFENG
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034267/0257 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0357093 · Jul 24, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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