Display device
A display device including: a display panel; an input sensor disposed on the display panel and including a transmission electrode and a reception electrode; a readout circuit configured to output a low-voltage transmission signal and to receive a reception signal from the reception electrode; and an output circuit configured to convert the low-voltage transmission signal into a transmission signal and to provide the transmission signal to the transmission electrode.
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel;
an input sensor disposed on the display panel and including a transmission electrode and a reception electrode;
a readout circuit configured to output a low-voltage transmission signal and to receive a reception signal from the reception electrode; and
an output circuit configured to convert the low-voltage transmission signal into a transmission signal and to provide the transmission signal to the transmission electrode.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the low-voltage transmission signal has a voltage level between a first high voltage and a first low voltage, and the transmission signal has a voltage level between a second high voltage and a second low voltage, and
wherein the second high voltage is higher than the first high voltage.
3. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a voltage generator configured to generate a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage,
wherein the output circuit receives the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage and outputs the transmission signal that swings between the second high voltage and the second low voltage.
4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the display panel further includes:
a pixel connected to a scan line and a data line; and
a scan driving circuit configured to receive the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage and to provide a scan signal to the scan line, and
wherein the scan signal swings between the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage.
5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the readout circuit includes:
a receiver configured to receive the reception signal and to output a reception sensing signal;
an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the reception sensing signal into a digital signal and to output a digital sensing signal;
a touch processor configured to calculate coordinates of an input of a user based on the digital sensing signal; and
a low-voltage transmitter configured to output an output signal as the low-voltage transmission signal.
6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the output circuit includes a level shifter including at least one transistor.
7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the output circuit includes an amplifier including at least one transistor.
8. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel,
wherein the readout circuit is disposed on the printed circuit board and the output circuit is disposed on the display panel.
9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the output circuit includes:
a level shifter configured to convert the low-voltage transmission signal to a first transmission signal and to output the first transmission signal; and
an inverter configured to output a second transmission signal by inverting the first transmission signal.
10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the input sensor includes a first transmission electrode and a second transmission electrode, and
wherein the first transmission signal is provided to the first transmission electrode, and the second transmission signal is provided to the second transmission electrode.
11. A display device comprising:
a display panel;
an input sensor disposed on the display panel and including a plurality of transmission electrodes and a plurality of reception electrodes;
a first readout circuit configured to output first low-voltage transmission signals and to receive first reception signals from a first portion of the plurality of reception electrodes;
a second readout circuit configured to output second low-voltage transmission signals and to receive second reception signals from a second portion of the plurality of reception electrodes;
a first output circuit configured to convert the first low-voltage transmission signals to first transmission signals and to respectively provide the first transmission signals to first ends of the plurality of transmission electrodes; and
a second output circuit configured to convert the second low-voltage transmission signals to second transmission signals and to respectively provide the second transmission signals to second ends of the plurality of transmission electrodes.
12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein each of the first low-voltage transmission signals has a voltage level between a first high voltage and a first low voltage, and each of the second low-voltage transmission signals has a voltage level between the first high voltage and the first low voltage,
wherein each of the first transmission signals has a voltage level between a second high voltage and a second low voltage, and each of the second transmission signals has a voltage level between the second high voltage and the second low voltage, and
wherein the second high voltage is higher than the first high voltage.
13. The display device of claim 12 , further comprising:
a voltage generator configured to generate a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage,
wherein the first output circuit receives the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage and outputs the first transmission signals, each of which swings between the second high voltage and the second low voltage, and
wherein the second output circuit receives the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage and outputs the second transmission signals, each of which swings between the second high voltage and the second low voltage.
14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the display panel further includes:
a pixel connected to a scan line and a data line; and
a scan driving circuit configured to receive the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage and to provide a scan signal to the scan line, and
wherein the scan signal swings between the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage.
15. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first readout circuit includes:
a receiver configured to receive the first reception signals and to output a reception sensing signal;
an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the reception sensing signal into a digital signal and to output a digital sensing signal;
a touch processor configured to calculate coordinates of an input of a user based on the digital sensing signal; and
a low-voltage transmitter configured to output an output signal as the first low-voltage transmission signals and the second low-voltage transmission signals.
16. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first output circuit includes a level shifter including at least one transistor.
17. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first output circuit includes an amplifier including at least one transistor.
18. The display device of claim 11 , further comprising:
a printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel,
wherein each of the first readout circuit and the second readout circuit is disposed on the printed circuit board, and the first output circuit and the second output circuit are disposed on the display panel.
19. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of transmission electrodes of the input sensor include a first transmission electrode and a second transmission electrode.
20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the first output circuit includes:
a level shifter configured to convert one of the first low-voltage transmission signals into a first signal and to output the first signal; and
an inverter configured to output a second signal by inverting the first signal, and
wherein the first signal is provided to a first end of the first transmission electrode, and the second signal is provided to a first end of the second transmission electrode.