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US 12,204,710 · App. 18/227,374 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Display device with alignment film over pixel electrode and conductive film functioning as touch sensor and common electrode

Inventors: Hajime Kimura (Atsugi, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0412G02F1/13338G06F3/04164G06F3/0443G06F3/041662G06F3/04184G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 12,204,710
App. No.
18/227,374
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A novel input device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A novel input/output device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A semiconductor device is provided. The present inventors have reached an idea of a structure including a plurality of conductive films configured to be capacitively coupled to an approaching object, a driver circuit that selects a conductive film from a plurality of conductive films in a predetermined order, and a sensor circuit having a function of supplying a search signal and a sensing signal.

Claims (26)

1. A display device comprising:

a transistor comprising a source electrode and a drain electrode;

a first insulating film over the transistor;

a first conductive film below the first insulating film;

a second conductive film over the first insulating film;

a pixel electrode of a display element, over the first insulating film;

a second insulating film between the second conductive film and the pixel electrode; and

an alignment film over the pixel electrode,

wherein the pixel electrode is electrically connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode through a first opening of the first insulating film,

wherein the alignment film is positioned inside a second opening of the second insulating film,

wherein the second conductive film is configured to be one electrode of a touch sensor and to be a common electrode of the display element,

wherein the first conductive film and the first opening overlap each other,

wherein the first conductive film and the second opening overlap each other, and

wherein the first opening and the second opening overlap each other.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel electrode is in contact with a top surface of the one of the source electrode and the drain electrode.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel electrode is positioned over the second conductive film.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first conductive film and the one of the source electrode and the drain electrode overlap each other.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein one of the pixel electrode and the second conductive film has a slit while the other of the pixel electrode and the second conductive film does not have a slit.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second opening of the second insulating film overlaps with the pixel electrode and one of the source electrode and the drain electrode.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second conductive film is configured to be capacitively coupled to an approaching object which functions as the other electrode of the touch sensor.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-008612 · Jan 20, 2016 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17065704 · Oct 8, 2020
Continuation 16440228 · Jun 13, 2019
Continuation 15404402 · Jan 12, 2017
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