IP Library Granted Patent US 12,001,639
Granted Patent B2
US 12,001,639 · App. 17/893,035 · Granted Jun 4, 2024

Touch display device and display panel

Inventors: Wooram Oh (Paju-si, KR); JeHyung Park (Paju-si, KR); KyungSu Ha (Paju-si, KR); Dayeong Lee (Paju-si, KR); SeungHo Park (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0446G06F3/04164G02F1/13338G06F3/0412G06F2203/04111G06F2203/04112H10K59/122H10K59/40
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Patent No.
US 12,001,639
App. No.
17/893,035
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a touch display device and a display panel. The touch display device comprises a display panel in which a plurality of X-touch electrodes arranged in a first direction are electrically connected to form a X-touch electrode line and a plurality of X-touch electrode lines arranged in parallel to receive a plurality of touch driving signals, and a plurality of Y-touch electrode lines are extended to a second direction to transmit a plurality of touch sensing signals; and a touch driving circuit for supplying the plurality of touch driving signals to the plurality of X-touch electrode lines and for sensing a touch by detecting the plurality of touch sensing signals from the plurality of Y-touch electrode lines, wherein a plurality of X-touch lines transmitting the plurality of touch driving signals to the plurality of X-touch electrode lines are extended in the second direction and are alternately connected to the plurality of X-touch electrodes through a plurality of touch contact holes to electrically connect a plurality of X-touch electrodes constituting a same X-touch electrode line.

Claims (47)

1. A touch display device comprising:

a display panel in which:

a plurality of X-touch electrodes arranged in a first direction are electrically connected to form an X-touch electrode line and a plurality of X-touch electrode lines are arranged in parallel to receive a plurality of touch driving signals, and

a plurality of Y-touch electrode lines are extended in a second direction to transmit a plurality of touch sensing signals; and

a touch driving circuit for supplying the plurality of touch driving signals to the plurality of X-touch electrode lines and for sensing a touch by detecting the plurality of touch sensing signals from the plurality of Y-touch electrode lines,

wherein a plurality of X-touch lines transmitting the plurality of touch driving signals to the plurality of X-touch electrode lines are extended in the second direction and are alternately connected to respective pluralities of X-touch electrodes of the plurality of X-touch electrode lines through a plurality of touch contact holes to electrically connect each plurality of X-touch electrodes constituting a same X-touch electrode line;

wherein at least two of the plurality of X-touch lines are shifted at uniform intervals in a shifting area.

2. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of X-touch lines are alternately connected by N as a unit, N being a natural number greater than or equal to 2.

3. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of touch contact holes are disposed to be displaced from each other in at least two areas based on the plurality of Y-touch electrode lines.

4. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of touch contact holes through which the plurality of X-touch lines are electrically connected to designated X-touch electrodes are arranged having distances to adjacent Y-touch electrode lines that are uniform.

5. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein a distance at which the plurality of X-touch electrode lines is shifted corresponds to an interval between adjacent X-touch lines.

6. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein a direction in which the plurality of X-touch lines is shifted in the shifting area is a diagonal direction of an adjacent Y-touch electrode line.

7. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein the shifting area is formed in an area where mesh-type touch electrode metals constituting the X-touch electrode are not formed.

8. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of X-touch lines is arranged such that a selected pattern is repeated based on a touch node where the plurality of X-touch electrode lines and the plurality of Y-touch electrode lines overlap.

9. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of touch contact holes through which the plurality of X-touch lines are electrically connected to designated X-touch electrodes are electrically connected to X-touch electrode connection lines located on both sides of the Y-touch electrode line.

10. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein a first area in which the plurality of X-touch electrode lines are formed has a ratio in a range of 5:1 to 2:1 with a second area in which the plurality of Y-touch electrode lines are formed.

11. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of X-touch electrodes are electrically connected to a different X-touch electrode that is adjacent in the first direction through an X-touch electrode connection line, wherein the X-touch electrode connection line is arranged on the same plane with the X-touch electrodes and electrically connected to two X-touch electrodes that are adjacent in the first direction without a separate contact hole, or is integrated with two X-touch electrodes that are adjacent in the first direction.

12. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one Y-touch line connected to the plurality of Y-touch electrode lines are arranged in a bezel area of the display panel, wherein a Y-touch bridge electrode with an integral structure is arranged under the Y-touch line, and wherein the Y-touch bridge electrode is connected to a ground voltage.

13. The touch display device according to claim 12 , further comprising a Y-touch bridge line that is arranged to connect to a contact hole under the Y-touch line in a notch area and a bending area of the display panel, wherein the Y-touch line and the Y-touch bridge line are electrically connected to at least one contact hole formed at uniform distance.

14. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein the shifting area corresponds to an edge area of the X-touch electrode lines.

15. A display panel comprising:

a plurality of X-touch electrode lines arranged in parallel to receive a plurality of touch driving signals, each of the plurality of X-touch electrode lines having a plurality of X-touch electrodes arranged in a first direction and electrically connected to each other;

a plurality of Y-touch electrode lines extended in a second direction to transmit a plurality of touch sensing signals; and

a plurality of X-touch lines extended in the second direction and alternately connected to the plurality of X-touch electrodes through a plurality of touch contact holes to electrically connect a plurality of X-touch electrodes constituting a same X-touch electrode line to each other,

wherein the plurality of touch contact holes through which the plurality of X-touch lines are electrically connected to designated X-touch electrode are arranged having a uniform distance to adjacent Y-touch electrode lines.

16. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein the plurality of X-touch lines are alternately connected by N as a unit, N being a natural number greater than or equal to 2.

17. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein the plurality of touch contact holes are disposed to be displaced from each other in at least two areas based on the plurality of Y-touch electrode lines.

18. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein the plurality of X-touch lines are shifted at a uniform interval in a shifting area.

19. The display panel according to claim 18 , wherein the distance at which the plurality of X-touch electrode lines are shifted corresponds to an interval between adjacent X-touch lines.

20. The display panel according to claim 18 , wherein the shifting area is formed in an area where mesh-type touch electrode metals constituting the X-touch electrode are not formed.

21. The display panel according to claim 18 , wherein the plurality of X-touch lines are arranged such that a selected pattern is repeated based on a touch node where the plurality of X-touch electrode lines and the plurality of Y-touch electrode lines overlap.

22. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein the plurality of touch contact holes through which the plurality of X-touch lines are electrically connected to designated X-touch electrodes are electrically connected to X-touch electrode connection lines located on both sides of the Y-touch electrode line.

23. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of X-touch electrodes is electrically connected to a different X-touch electrode that is adjacent in the first direction through an X-touch electrode connection line, wherein the X-touch electrode connection line is arranged on the same plane with the X-touch electrodes and electrically connected to two X-touch electrodes that are adjacent in the first direction without a separate contact hole, or is integrated with two X-touch electrodes that are adjacent in the first direction.

24. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein at least one Y-touch line connected to the plurality of Y-touch electrode lines is arranged in a bezel area of the display panel, wherein a Y-touch bridge electrode with an integral structure is arranged under the Y-touch line, and wherein the Y-touch bridge electrode is connected to a ground voltage.

25. The display panel according to claim 24 , further comprising a Y-touch bridge line that is arranged to connect to a contact hole under the Y-touch line in a notch area and a bending area of the display panel, wherein the Y-touch line and the Y-touch bridge line are electrically connected to at least one contact hole formed at a uniform distance.

26. The display panel according to claim 18 , wherein the shifting area corresponds to an edge area of the X-touch electrode lines.

27. A touch display device, comprising:

a display panel including:

an X-touch electrode line including a plurality of X-touch electrodes arranged in a first direction that are electrically connected to each other; and

a Y-touch electrode line that extends in a second direction;

a plurality of touch contact holes, each of the plurality of touch contact holes being positioned over a respective one of the plurality of X-touch electrodes; and

an X-touch line extended in the second direction and being connected to half or fewer of the plurality of X-touch electrodes via the plurality of touch contact holes;

a touch driving circuit for supplying touch driving signals to the plurality of X-touch electrode lines and for sensing a touch by detecting touch sensing signals from the plurality of Y-touch electrode lines.

28. The touch display device of claim 27 , further comprising:

a second X-touch electrode line arranged parallel to the X-touch electrode line along the second direction; and

a shifting area between the X-touch electrode line and the second X-touch electrode line;

wherein the X-touch line extends diagonally to the first direction in the shifting area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2022
From: OH, WOORAM; PARK, JEHYUNG; HA, KYUNGSU; LEE, DAYEONG; PARK, SEUNGHO
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0111090 · Aug 23, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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