# US 10,311,766 B2 · Test circuit for in-cell touch screen

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- Number: US 10,311,766 B2
- Document ID: US10311766B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/572,674
- Filed: 2017-08-08
- Published: 2019-01-03
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2017-08-08
- Assignees: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yao-Li Huang; Xinglong He
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10311766B2

## CPC

- G09G 3/006: {Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays (testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309)}
- G02F 1/13338: {Input devices, e.g. touch panels}
- G02F 1/136286: {Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line}
- G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}
- G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers}
- G06F 3/047: using sets of wires, e.g. crossed wires
- H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines}
- H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices
- G02F 2201/123: pixel
- G06F 3/0443: {using a single layer of sensing electrodes}
- G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections
- G09G 2330/12: Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)
- G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

## Abstract

A test circuit which is configured to test an in-cell touch screen includes a plurality of cascaded scanning circuits. The scanning circuit includes a test signal input terminal, a test signal output terminal connected to the touch electrode correspondingly through a first signal line and configured to input a test signal to the corresponding touch electrode, and a short-circuit feedback terminal connected to the touch electrode which the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit at a previous stage is connected to.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A test circuit configured to test an in-cell touch screen, the test circuit connected to a touch electrode array that is connected to a display array;
the test circuit comprising: a plurality of cascaded scanning circuits; the scanning circuit at each stage correspondingly connected to one of the touch electrodes;
the scanning circuit comprising:
a test signal input terminal, configured to receive a test signal source;
a test signal output terminal, connected to the touch electrode correspondingly through a first signal line and configured to input a test signal to the corresponding touch electrode; and
a short-circuit feedback terminal, connected to the touch electrode which the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit at a previous stage is connected to;
after the touch electrode which the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit at the current stage is connected to short-circuits the touch electrode which the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit at the previous stage is connected to, the first signal line, the second signal line, and the scanning circuit at the current stage forming a loop so as to lower a voltage imposed on the touch electrode which the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit at the current stage, causing the brightness of the corresponding display area to be darker;
the test signal output terminal of each of the scanning circuits, transmitting a high-voltage-level signal to the corresponding touch electrode subsequently and circularly; when the touch electrode receives the high-voltage-level signal, the other touch electrodes receiving a low-voltage-level signal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The test circuit of claim 1, wherein the display array comprises a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines; the plurality of scanning lines cross the plurality of data lines perpendicularly; the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines form a plurality of pixel units; each of the plurality of pixel units comprises a pixel electrode and a thin-film transistor (TFT); the TFT comprises a gate, a source, and a drain; the gate of the TFT is connected to the corresponding scanning line; the drain of the TFT is connected to the corresponding pixel electrode; the source of the TFT is connected to the corresponding data line; and
when a touch electrode channel is tested, the data line transmits zero volts (0V) to the pixel unit.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The test circuit of claim 2, wherein the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit outputs the high-voltage-level signal or the low-voltage-level signal; a voltage difference between the high-voltage-level signal and the data line output signal is equal to an absolute value of the voltage difference between the low-voltage-level signal and the data line output signal.

### Claim 4

A test circuit configured to test an in-cell touch screen, the test circuit connected to a touch electrode array that is connected to a display array;
the test circuit comprising: a plurality of cascaded scanning circuits; the scanning circuit at each stage correspondingly connected to one of the touch electrodes;
the scanning circuit comprising:
a test signal input terminal, configured to receive a test signal source;
a test signal output terminal, connected to the touch electrode correspondingly through a first signal line and configured to input a test signal to the corresponding touch electrode; and
a short-circuit feedback terminal, connected to the touch electrode which the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit at a previous stage is connected to;
after the touch electrode which the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit at the current stage is connected to short-circuits the touch electrode which the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit at the previous stage is connected to, the first signal line, the second signal line, and the scanning circuit at the current stage forming a loop so as to lower a voltage imposed on the touch electrode which the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit at the current stage, causing the brightness of the corresponding display area to be darker.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The test circuit of claim 4, wherein the display array comprises a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines; the plurality of scanning lines cross the plurality of data lines perpendicularly; the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines form a plurality of pixel units; each of the plurality of pixel units comprises a pixel electrode and a thin-film transistor (TFT); the TFT comprises a gate, a source, and a drain; the gate of the TFT is connected to the corresponding scanning line; the drain of the TFT is connected to the corresponding pixel electrode; the source of the TFT is connected to the corresponding data line; and
when a touch electrode channel is tested, the data line transmits zero volts (0V) to the pixel unit.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The test circuit of claim 5, wherein the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit outputs the high-voltage-level signal or the low-voltage-level signal; a voltage difference between the high-voltage-level signal and the data line output signal is equal to an absolute value of the voltage difference between the low-voltage-level signal and the data line output signal.

### Claim 7

A test circuit configured to test an in-cell touch screen, the test circuit connected to a touch electrode array that is connected to a display array;
the test circuit comprising: a plurality of cascaded scanning circuits; the scanning circuit at each stage correspondingly connected to a row of touch electrodes;
the scanning circuit comprising:
a test signal input terminal, configured to receive a test signal source;
a test signal output terminal, connected to a first signal line; each of the touch electrodes in the same row being connected to the first signal line through a second signal line; the test signal output terminal being configured to input a test signal to the corresponding touch electrode;
the touch electrode which the scanning circuit at the current stage is connected to being defined as a first touch electrode; the touch electrode which the scanning circuit at the previous stage is connected to being defined as a second touch electrode; when the first touch electrode short-circuits the second touch electrode, the second signal line which the first touch electrode is connected to, the second signal line which the second touch electrode is connected to, the scanning circuit at the previous stage, the scanning circuit at the current stage, and the first signal line which the scanning circuit at the current stage is connected to forming a loop so as to lower a voltage imposed on the first touch electrode, causing the brightness of a corresponding display area to be darker.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The test circuit of claim 7, wherein the test signal output terminal of each of the scanning circuits, transmitting a high-voltage-level signal to the corresponding touch electrode subsequently and circularly; when the touch electrode receives the high-voltage-level signal, the other touch electrodes receiving a low-voltage-level signal.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The test circuit of claim 8, wherein the display array comprises a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines; the plurality of scanning lines cross the plurality of data lines perpendicularly; the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines form a plurality of pixel units; each of the plurality of pixel units comprises a pixel electrode and a thin-film transistor (TFT); the TFT comprises a gate, a source, and a drain; the gate of the TFT is connected to the corresponding scanning line; the drain of the TFT is connected to the corresponding pixel electrode; the source of the TFT is connected to the corresponding data line; and
when a touch electrode channel is tested, the data line transmits zero volts (0V) to the pixel unit.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The test circuit of claim 9, wherein the test signal output terminal of the scanning circuit outputs the high-voltage-level signal or the low-voltage-level signal; a voltage difference between the high-voltage-level signal and the data line output signal is equal to an absolute value of the voltage difference between the low-voltage-level signal and the data line output signal.