Detection device and display device

1. A detection device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a row-column configuration in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction in a sensor region of the substrate;

a drive circuit configured to supply a plurality of drive signals to the detection electrodes;

a plurality of wires electrically coupled to the respective detection electrodes, extending in the second direction, and disposed side by side in the first direction;

a plurality of analog front ends each configured to receive, from at least one of the detection electrodes, at least one detection signal corresponding to a capacitance change in the at least one of the detection electrodes caused when the drive signals are supplied;

a multiplexer coupled to one of the detection electrodes via one of the wires and capable of changing the number of the wires simultaneously electrically coupled to one of the analog front ends; and

a control circuit configured to control the multiplexer, wherein

the control circuit changes the number of the detection electrodes simultaneously electrically coupled to one of the analog front ends depending on a distance between a target object and the detection electrodes in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction.

2. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the multiplexer is disposed on the substrate provided with the detection electrodes, and is positioned outside the sensor region.

3. The detection device according to claim 2 , wherein the analog front ends are included in an integrated circuit and provided separately from the multiplexer.

4. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the analog front ends are disposed on the substrate provided with the detection electrodes, and is positioned outside the sensor region.

5. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the detection electrodes is larger than the number of the analog front ends.

6. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the detection electrodes electrically coupled to the respective wires capable of being simultaneously coupled to one of the analog front ends include at least two of the detection electrodes disposed side by side in the first direction or the second direction.

7. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the multiplexer sequentially electrically couples the wires one by one to one of the analog front ends in a time-division manner.

8. A detection device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of detection electrodes arrayed in a row-column configuration in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction in a sensor region of the substrate;

a drive circuit configured to supply a plurality of drive signals to the detection electrodes;

a plurality of wires electrically coupled to the respective detection electrodes, extending in the second direction, and disposed side by side in the first direction;

a plurality of analog front ends each configured to receive, from at least one of the detection electrodes, at least one detection signal corresponding to a capacitance change in the at least one of the detection electrodes caused when the drive signals are supplied;

a multiplexer coupled to one of the detection electrodes via one of the wires and capable of changing the number of the wires simultaneously electrically coupled to one of the analog front ends; and

a control circuit configured to control the multiplexer in either one of a first detection mode and a second detection mode, the first mode being a mode in which the number of the wires simultaneously electrically coupled to one of the analog front ends is one, and the second detection mode being a mode in which the number of the wires simultaneously electrically coupled to one of the analog front ends is more than one.

9. The detection device according to claim 8 , wherein the control circuit, in accordance with a control signal, makes the number of the wires simultaneously electrically coupled to one of the analog front ends larger, as a distance between a target object and the detection electrodes becomes larger.

10. The detection device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a detection circuit configured to process the at least one detection signal via the analog front ends, wherein

the control circuit changes the number of the wires simultaneously electrically coupled to one of the analog front ends to decrease the number of the wires when the at least one detection signal detected by the detection circuit is larger than a first threshold.

11. The detection device according to claim 10 , wherein

the control circuit changes the number of the wires simultaneously electrically coupled to one of the analog front ends to increase the number of the wires when the at least one detection signal detected by the detection circuit is smaller than a second threshold that is smaller than the first threshold.

12. The detection device according to claim 8 , wherein

the control circuit, in the second detection mode, determines a first detection electrode on which the first detection mode is to be performed, and performs the first detection mode on the first detection electrode and a second detection electrode adjacent to the first detection electrode.

13. The detection device according to claim 8 , wherein the detection electrodes disposed side by side in the first direction are coupled to the respective analog front ends in the first detection mode.