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Granted Patent B2
US 10,496,219 · App. 15/669,325 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Input detection device with different switch sizes

Inventor: Tadayoshi Katsuta (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
G06F3/0416G06F3/03545G06F3/044G06F3/046G06F3/0412G06F2203/04106
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Patent No.
US 10,496,219
App. No.
15/669,325
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The input detection device includes: first and second signal lines having ends and arranged to extend in a first direction; drive electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and arranged in parallel to the first direction; a first switch connected between one end of each drive electrode and the first signal line; a second switch connected between the other end of each drive electrode and the second signal line; a driving signal circuit supplying a driving signal to ends of the first signal line and the second signal line; and a selection circuit controlling the first switch and the second switch when it is detected that an external object is close. A size of the first switch connected to be close to the end of the first signal line is made smaller than a size of the first switch connected to be farther than the close first switch from the end.

Claims (34)

1. An input detection device comprising:

a first signal line and a second signal line each having an end directly connected to a driving signal circuit which supplies a driving signal and arranged so as to extend in a first direction;

a plurality of drive electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and arranged in the first direction between the first signal line and the second signal line for touch detection, the plurality of drive electrodes includes a first drive electrode and a second drive electrode which is farther from the end of each of the first and second signal lines;

a first plurality of switches each directly connected to a corresponding drive electrode of the plurality of drive electrodes and the first signal line, the first plurality of switches includes a first switch and a second switch which is farther than the first switch from the end of the first signal line;

a second plurality of switches each directly connected to the corresponding drive electrode of the plurality of drive electrodes and the second signal line, the second plurality of switches includes a third switch and a fourth switch which is farther than the third switch from the end of the second signal line; and

wherein a size of the first switch is smaller than that of the second switch, and a size of the third switch is smaller than that of the fourth switch.

2. The input detection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each size of the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, and the fourth switch is a size of a channel width of a transistor configuring each of the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, and the fourth switch.

3. The input detection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the driving signal supplied to the first signal line has a first voltage, and

the driving signal supplied to the second signal line has a second voltage having an absolute value of a voltage value larger than an absolute value of the first voltage.

4. The input detection device according to claim 3 ,

wherein each of the first voltage and the second voltage is a direct-current voltage.

5. The input detection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first signal line and the second signal line extend along one ends and the other ends of the plurality of drive electrodes, and

the first plurality of switches can connect the first signal line and the one ends and the other ends of the plurality of drive electrodes, and the second plurality of switches can connect the second signal line and the one ends and the other ends of the plurality of drive electrodes.

6. The input detection device according to claim 5 ,

wherein, when an external object is detected based on change in magnetic field, one end of the first drive electrode and the first signal line are directly connected to each other by the first switch, and the other end of the first drive electrode and the second signal line are directly connected to each other by the third switch.

7. The input detection device according to claim 6 ,

wherein, when the external object is detected based on change in electric field, the one end and the other end of the first drive electrode are connected to the second signal line by the third switch.

8. The input detection device according to claim 7 ,

wherein, when the external object is detected based on change in the magnetic field, the first drive electrode includes a plurality of drive electrodes adjacent to one another.

9. The input detection device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the number of drive electrodes included in the first drive electrode required when the external object is detected based on the change in the magnetic field is larger than the number of drive electrodes included in the first drive electrode required when the external object is detected based on the change in the electric field.

10. The input detection device according to claim 5 ,

wherein, when an external object is detected based on change in magnetic field, one end of the first drive electrode is directly connected to the first signal line extending along the one ends of the plurality of drive electrodes by the first switch, and the other end of the first drive electrode is directly connected to the second signal line extending along the other ends of the plurality of drive electrodes by the third switch,

when the external object is detected based on change in magnetic field, one end of the second drive electrode is directly connected to the second signal line extending along the one ends of the plurality of drive electrodes by the fourth switch, and the other end of the second drive electrode is directly connected to the first signal line extending along the other ends of the plurality of drive electrodes by the second switch, and

when the external object is detected based on the change in the magnetic field, a third drive electrode not connected to the first signal line and the second signal line exists between the first drive electrode and the second drive electrode.

11. The input detection device according to claim 10 ,

wherein each of the first drive electrode and the second drive electrode includes a plurality of drive electrodes adjacent to one another.

12. The input detection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first plurality of switches and the second plurality of switches includes a transistor,

the transistor of the first switch connected to be close to the end of the first signal line has a smaller channel width than a channel width of the transistor of the second switch connected to be farther than the first switch from the end of the first signal line, and

the transistor of the third switch connected to be close to the end of the second signal line has the same channel width as a channel width of the transistor of the fourth switch connected to be farther than the third switch from the end of the second signal line.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2024
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: WACOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066704/0067 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2017
From: KATSUTA, TADAYOSHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 043554/0266 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-154236 · Aug 5, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180039373A1 · Feb 8, 2018