IP Library Granted Patent US 12,287,939
Granted Patent B2
US 12,287,939 · App. 18/316,573 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Input sensing device and display device including the same

Inventor: Youngmin Park (Yongin-Si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G06F3/04182G06F3/04186
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Patent No.
US 12,287,939
App. No.
18/316,573
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An input sensing device of a display device, which includes an input sensor including a transmit electrode and a receive electrode and a readout circuit that drives the input sensor. The readout circuit includes a phase adjustment circuit that outputs a phase adjustment signal corresponding to a delay characteristic of the transmit electrode and a transmitter that outputs a transmission signal, a phase of which is adjusted in response to the phase adjustment signal, to the transmit electrode.

Claims (53)

1. An input sensing device, comprising:

an input sensor comprising a transmit electrode and a receive electrode; and

a readout circuit configured to drive the input sensor,

wherein the readout circuit includes:

a phase adjustment circuit configured to output a phase adjustment signal corresponding to a delay characteristic of the transmit electrode; and

a transmitter configured to output a transmission signal, a phase of which is adjusted in response to the phase adjustment signal, to the transmit electrode.

2. The input sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the transmission signal is a sine wave.

3. The input sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the readout circuit further comprises:

a receiver configured to receive a reception signal from the receive electrode and output a reception sensing signal.

4. The input sensing device of claim 3 , further comprising:

a transmission line electrically connecting the transmit electrode with the transmitter; and

a reception line electrically connecting the receive electrode with the receiver.

5. The input sensing device of claim 3 , wherein the phase adjustment circuit outputs the phase adjustment signal based on a phase difference between the transmission signal and the reception sensing signal.

6. The input sensing device of claim 3 , wherein the phase adjustment circuit comprises:

a phase shifter configured to shift a phase of the transmission signal and output a shifted transmission signal;

a first arithmetic operator circuit configured to perform an arithmetic operation on the reception sensing signal and the transmission signal;

a first filter configured to filter an output of the first arithmetic operator circuit and thereby output a first filtered signal;

a second arithmetic operator circuit configured to perform an arithmetic operation on the reception sensing signal and the shifted transmission signal;

a second filter configured to filter an output of the second arithmetic operator circuit and thereby output a second filtered signal; and

a phase calculator circuit configured to output the phase adjustment signal based on the first filtered signal and the second filtered signal.

7. The input sensing device of claim 6 , wherein each of the first filter and the second filter is a low pass filter.

8. The input sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the transmit electrode comprises a first transmit electrode and a second transmit electrode, and

wherein the transmitter outputs a first transmission signal corresponding to a first code to the first transmit electrode and outputs a second transmission signal corresponding to a second code different from the first code to the second transmit electrode.

9. The input sensing device of claim 8 , wherein the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal are offset in phase from one another.

10. The input sensing device of claim 9 , wherein the phase adjustment signal comprises a first phase adjustment signal and a second phase adjustment signal, and

wherein the transmitter outputs the first transmission signal, a phase of which is adjusted according to the first phase adjustment signal, to the first transmit electrode and outputs the second transmission signal, a phase of which is adjusted according to the second phase adjustment signal, to the second transmit electrode.

11. The input sensing device of claim 10 , wherein a first phase corresponding to the first phase adjustment signal is less than a phase difference between the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal, and

wherein a second phase corresponding to the second phase adjustment signal is less than the phase difference between the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal.

12. A display device, comprising:

a display panel;

an input sensor disposed on the display panel and comprising a transmit electrode and a receive electrode; and

a readout circuit configured to output a transmission signal to the transmit electrode and receive a reception signal from the receive electrode,

wherein the readout circuit comprises:

a phase adjustment circuit configured to output a phase adjustment signal corresponding to a delay characteristic of the transmit electrode; and

a transmitter configured to output the transmission signal, a phase of which is adjusted in response to the phase adjustment signal, to the transmit electrode.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the readout circuit further comprises:

a receiver configured to receive the reception signal from the receive electrode and output a reception sensing signal based on the reception signal.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the phase adjustment circuit outputs the phase adjustment signal based on a phase difference between the transmission signal and the reception sensing signal.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the phase adjustment circuit comprises:

a phase shifter configured to shift a phase of the transmission signal and output a shifted transmission signal;

a first operator configured to perform an arithmetic operation on the reception sensing signal and the transmission signal;

a first filter configured to filter an output of the first operator and output a first filtered signal;

a second operator configured to perform an arithmetic operation on the reception sensing signal and the shifted transmission signal;

a second filter configured to filter an output of the second operator and output a second filtered signal; and

a phase calculator configured to output the phase adjustment signal based on the first filtered signal and the second filtered signal.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein each of the first filter and the second filter is a low pass filter.

17. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the transmit electrode comprises a first transmit electrode and a second transmit electrode, and

wherein the transmitter outputs a first transmission signal corresponding to a first code to the first transmit electrode and outputs a second transmission signal corresponding to a second code different from the first code to the second transmit electrode.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal have different phases.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the phase adjustment signal comprises a first phase adjustment signal and a second phase adjustment signal, and

wherein the transmitter outputs the first transmission signal, a phase of which is adjusted in response to the first phase adjustment signal, to the first transmit electrode and outputs the second transmission signal, a phase of which is adjusted in response to the second phase adjustment signal, to the second transmit electrode.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein a first phase corresponding to the first phase adjustment signal is less than a phase difference between the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal, and

wherein a second phase corresponding to the second phase adjustment signal is less than the phase difference between the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2023
From: PARK, YOUNGMIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063667/0360 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0059134 · May 13, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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