IP Library Granted Patent US 10,430,013
Granted Patent B2
US 10,430,013 · App. 15/750,433 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Touch substrate and manufacturing method thereof, display device, fingerprint determination device and method for determining fingerprint

Inventors: Rui Xu (Beijing, CN); Xue Dong (Beijing, CN); Jing Lv (Beijing, CN); Haisheng Wang (Beijing, CN); Chun Wei Wu (Beijing, CN); Yingming Liu (Beijing, CN); Yuzhen Guo (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
G06F3/047G02B5/30G06F3/044G06K9/0002
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Patent No.
US 10,430,013
App. No.
15/750,433
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch substrate and its manufacturing method thereof, a display device, a fingerprint determination device and a method for determining a fingerprint are provided. The touch substrate touch driving electrodes, touch sensing electrodes and signal lines on a base substrate which at least includes a first region and a second region. The plurality of touch driving electrodes include a plurality of first touch driving electrodes in the first region and a plurality of second touch driving electrodes in the second region, and each first touch driving electrode and one second touch driving electrode are connected with a same signal line; and/or the plurality of touch sensing electrodes include a plurality of first touch sensing electrodes in the first region and a plurality of second touch sensing electrodes in the second region, and each first touch sensing electrode and one second touch sensing electrode are connected with a same signal line.

Claims (48)

1. A touch substrate, comprising:

a base substrate, wherein the base substrate at least comprises a first region and a second region which are not overlapped with each other;

a plurality of touch driving electrodes, wherein the touch driving electrodes are on the base substrate and extend along a first direction;

a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, wherein the touch sensing electrodes are on the base substrate and extend along a second direction, and the second direction intersects the first direction; and

a plurality of signal lines connected with the plurality of touch driving electrodes and the plurality of touch sensing electrodes, wherein the plurality of signal lines are located on the base substrate outside of a region in which the plurality of touch driving electrodes and the plurality of touch sensing electrodes are located,

wherein the plurality of touch driving electrodes comprises a plurality of first touch driving electrodes in the first region and a plurality of second touch driving electrodes in the second region, and each of the first touch driving electrodes and one of the second touch driving electrodes are connected with a same one of the signal lines; and/or

the plurality of touch sensing electrodes comprises a plurality of first touch sensing electrodes in the first region and a plurality of second touch sensing electrodes in the second region, and each of the first touch sensing electrodes and one of the second touch sensing electrodes are connected with a same one of the signal lines.

2. The touch substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case that each of the first touch driving electrodes is connected to one of the second touch driving electrodes, a size of the first region along the second direction and a size of the second region along the second direction are both greater than or equal to 5 mm; and

in a case that each of the first touch sensing electrodes is connected to one of the second touch sensing electrodes, a size of the first region along the first direction and a size of the second region along the first direction are both greater than or equal to 5 mm.

3. The touch substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a pitch of adjacent ones of the touch sensing electrodes and a pitch of adjacent ones of the touch driving electrodes are both from 50 microns to 70 microns.

4. The touch substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising a covering layer configured to cover the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes, wherein a thickness of the covering layer is smaller than or equal to 300 microns.

5. The touch substrate according to claim 4 , wherein the covering layer comprises a covering plate, and a thickness of the covering plate is smaller than or equal to 100 microns.

6. The touch substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the covering plate is a flexible covering plate.

7. The touch substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the covering layer further comprises an optical adhesive, and the optical adhesive is configured to connect together the covering plate and the base substrate provided with both the touch sensing electrodes and the touch driving electrodes.

8. The touch substrate according to claim 7 , wherein a dielectric constant of the optical adhesive ranges from 7 to 15.

9. The touch substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the covering layer further comprises a polarizer, and the polarizer is at a side, facing the base substrate, of the covering plate.

10. The touch substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the base substrate further comprises a third region which does not overlap the first region and the second region, wherein

the plurality of touch driving electrodes further comprises a plurality of third touch driving electrodes in the third region, and each of the first touch driving electrodes, one of the second touch driving electrodes, and one of the third touch driving electrodes are connected with the same one of the signal lines; and/or

the plurality of touch sensing electrodes further comprises a plurality of third touch sensing electrodes in the third region, and each of the first touch sensing electrodes, one of the second touch sensing electrodes, and one of the third touch sensing electrodes are connected with the same one of the signal lines.

11. A display device, comprising the touch substrate according to claim 1 .

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the display device comprises a display region and a non-display region outside of the display region, and both the plurality of touch driving electrodes and the plurality of touch sensing electrodes included in the touch substrate are in the display region.

13. A fingerprint determination device, comprising the touch substrate according to claim 1 .

14. A method for determining a fingerprint by using the touch substrate according to claim 1 , comprising:

determining a touch position according to a capacitance change between the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes; and

determining a position relation of the touch position, the first region, and the second region, wherein a fingerprint determination is performed based on a determination that the touch position is overlapped with the first region and outside of the second region.

15. A method for manufacturing a touch substrate, comprising:

forming a plurality of touch driving electrodes, wherein the touch driving electrodes extend along a first direction;

forming a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, wherein the touch sensing electrodes extend along a second direction, and the second direction intersects the first direction; and

forming a plurality of signal lines connected with the plurality of touch driving electrodes and the plurality of touch sensing electrodes, wherein the plurality of signal lines are located outside of a region in which the plurality of touch driving electrodes and the plurality of touch sensing electrodes are located;

wherein the touch driving electrodes, the touch sensing electrodes, and the signal lines are formed on a base substrate, and the base substrate at least comprises a first region and a second region which are not overlapped with each other,

wherein

the plurality of touch driving electrodes comprises a plurality of first touch driving electrodes in the first region and a plurality of second touch driving electrodes in the second region, and each of the first touch driving electrodes and one of the second touch driving electrodes are connected with a same one of the signal lines; and/or

the plurality of touch sensing electrodes comprise a plurality of first touch sensing electrodes in the first region and a plurality of second touch sensing electrodes in the second region, and each of the first touch sensing electrodes and one of the second touch sensing electrodes are connected with a same one of the signal lines.

16. A fingerprint determination device, comprising:

a base substrate, wherein the base substrate at least comprises a first region and a second region which are not overlapped with each other;

a plurality of fingerprint determination driving electrodes, wherein the fingerprint determination driving electrodes are on the base substrate and extend along a first direction;

a plurality of fingerprint determination sensing electrodes, wherein the fingerprint determination sensing electrodes are on the base substrate and extend along a second direction, and the second direction intersects the first direction; and

a plurality of signal lines, wherein the signal lines are on the base substrate,

wherein

the plurality of fingerprint determination driving electrodes comprises a plurality of first fingerprint determination driving electrodes in the first region and a plurality of second fingerprint determination driving electrodes in the second region, each of the first fingerprint determination driving electrodes and one of the second fingerprint determination driving electrodes are connected with a same one of the signal lines, and overlap same fingerprint determination sensing electrodes; and/or

the plurality of fingerprint determination sensing electrodes comprises a plurality of first fingerprint determination sensing electrodes in the first region and a plurality of second fingerprint determination sensing electrodes in the second region, each of the first fingerprint determination sensing electrodes and one of the second fingerprint determination sensing electrodes are connected with a same one of the signal lines, and overlap same fingerprint determination driving electrodes.

17. The fingerprint determination device according to claim 16 , wherein

in a case that each of the first fingerprint determination driving electrodes is connected to one of the second fingerprint determination driving electrodes, a size of the first region along the second direction and a size of the second region along the second direction are both greater than or equal to 5 mm; and

in a case that each of the first fingerprint determination sensing electrodes is connected to one of the second fingerprint determination sensing electrodes, a size of the first region along the first direction and a size of the second region along the first direction are both greater than or equal to 5 mm.

18. The fingerprint determination device according to claim 16 , wherein a pitch of adjacent ones of the fingerprint determination sensing electrodes and a pitch of adjacent ones of the fingerprint determination driving electrodes are both from 50 to 70 microns.

19. The fingerprint determination device according to claim 16 , further comprising a covering layer which covers the fingerprint determination driving electrodes and the fingerprint determination sensing electrodes, wherein a thickness of the covering layer is smaller than or equal to 300 microns.

20. The fingerprint determination device according to claim 19 , wherein the covering layer comprises a covering plate, and a thickness of the covering plate is smaller than or equal to 100 microns.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2018
From: XU, RUI; DONG, XUE; LV, JING; WANG, HAISHENG; WU, CHUN WEI; LIU, YINGMING; GUO, YUZHEN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044854/0307 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0772827 · Aug 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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