# US 10,503,292 B2 · Display device integrated with touch function and a driving method thereof

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- Number: US 10,503,292 B2
- Document ID: US10503292B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/039,627
- Filed: 2015-09-21
- Published: 2017-02-09
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2015-05-29
- Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Guangliang Shang; Jiayang Zhao; Haoliang Zheng; Mingfu Han; Feng Liao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503292B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}
- G06F 3/04182: {Filtering of noise external to the device and not generated by digitiser components}
- G06F 3/04184: {Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally}
- G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes}
- G09G 3/2092: {Details of a display terminals using a flat panel, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/003; specific for a CRT G09G1/165)}
- G06F 2203/04107: Shielding in digitiser, i.e. guard or shielding arrangements, mostly for capacitive touchscreens, e.g. driven shields, driven grounds
- G09G 2310/08: Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- 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)

## Abstract

A display device integrated with touch function and a driving method thereof, the display device comprising: a display unit (101); a touch detection circuit (102) configured to conduct touch detection, and generate a plurality of touch detection signals; and a driving unit (105) configured to simultaneously driving a data refresh of the display unit (101) and the touch detection of the touch detection circuit (102), wherein region for data refresh and region for touch detection do not overlap at the same time period. The present disclosure prolongs the charging time for the display pixels and solves the problem of insufficient charging time of the integrated touch high resolution display device by a simultaneous touch and the display driving. In the meantime, by incorporating a reference unit, a reference voltage which is not affected by touching and can reflect in real time the signal interferences caused by display driving (namely, data refresh) is obtained.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display device integrated with touch function, comprising:
a display unit, comprising a display region;
a touch detection circuit configured to conduct touch detection, and generate a plurality of touch detection signals;
a driving unit configured to simultaneously drive a data refresh of the display unit and the touch detection of the touch detection circuit, wherein a region for the data refresh and a region for the touch detection do not overlap at the same time period; and
a plurality of shield layers;
wherein the touch detection circuit comprises:
a touch detection unit comprising a plurality of touch driving electrodes and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes intersecting the plurality of touch driving electrodes, and configured to generate the plurality of touch detection signals, the plurality of touch driving electrodes and the plurality of touch sensing electrodes being located in the display region; and
a reference unit comprising a plurality of reference electrodes which overlap at least part of the plurality of touch driving electrodes of the touch detection unit, are configured to provide a reference voltage signal, and are located in the display region, wherein each reference electrode corresponds to at least one touch sensing electrode, the plurality of shield layers are configured to shield interference to the reference voltage signal from outside touch, such that the plurality of reference electrodes are not influenced by the outside touch, the plurality of shield layers are in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of reference electrodes, and are insulated from the plurality of reference electrodes, relative to the plurality of reference electrodes, the plurality of shield layers are closer to a touch side of the display device,
in a direction perpendicular to the display region, each of the plurality of shield layers is disposed on a corresponding reference electrode of the plurality of reference electrodes, and overlaps at least part of the corresponding reference electrode.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a detection control unit configured to control the touch detection of the touch detection circuit; and
a timing control unit configured to control the data refresh of the display unit,
wherein the detection control unit and the timing control unit are driven by the driving unit such that the touch detection of the touch detection circuit and the data refresh of the display unit are conducted simultaneously.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein the touch detection circuit further comprises:
a denoising process unit configured to receive the touch detection signals from the touch sensing electrodes and the reference voltage signal from the plurality of reference electrodes, and process the plurality of touch detection signals and the reference voltage signal to generate a plurality of touch result signals having interference of data driving removed.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The display device according to claim 3, wherein the denoising process unit comprises a plurality of subtract circuits, each is configured to receive one of the plurality of touch detection signals from the touch detection unit and a reference voltage signal, and subtract the touch detection signal and the reference voltage signal to generate the touch result signal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The display device according to claim 4, wherein the touch. detection circuit further comprises: a touch recognition unit configured to determine Whether a touch occurs based on the touch result signal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The display device according to claim 5, wherein the touch recognition unit comprises a plurality of comparison circuits, each is configured to compare one of the plurality of touch result signals and a preset reference signal, when the touch result signal is determined greater than the preset reference signal, a touch is recognized to occur.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The display device according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of reference electrodes are in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of touch sensing electrodes.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein the frequency of the data refresh scanning is the same to the frequency of the touch detection scanning.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein the frequency of the data refresh scanning is double of the frequency of the touch detection scanning.

### Claim 10

A driving method for a display device integrated with touch function and the display device comprising a display unit and a touch detection circuit and a plurality of shield layers, the display unit comprising a display region, the touch detection circuit comprising a touch detection unit and a reference unit,
the touch detection unit comprising a plurality of touch driving electrodes and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes intersecting the plurality of touch driving electrodes, the plurality of touch driving electrodes and the plurality of touch sensing electrodes being located in the display region, and
the reference unit comprising a plurality of reference electrodes which overlaps at least part of the plurality of touch driving electrodes of the touch detection unit, and are located in the display region, wherein each reference electrode corresponds to at least one touch sensing electrode, the plurality shield layers is in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of reference electrodes, and are insulated from the plurality of reference electrodes, relative to the plurality of reference electrodes, the plurality of shield layers are closer to a touch side of the display device, in a direction perpendicular to the display region, each of the plurality of shield layers is disposed on a corresponding reference electrode of the plurality of reference electrodes, and overlaps at least part of the corresponding reference electrode,
the method comprising: simultaneously driving a data refresh of the display unit and touch detection of the touch detection circuit, wherein a region for the data refresh and a region for the touch detection do not overlap at the same time period,
wherein the touch detection comprises:
providing a reference voltage signal by the plurality of reference electrodes, wherein the plurality of shield layers are configured to shield interference to the reference voltage signal from outside touch, such that the plurality of reference electrodes are not influenced by the outside touch;
generating a plurality of touch result signals having interference of data driving removed according to the reference voltage signal.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The driving method according to claim 10, wherein the generating a plurality of touch result signals having the interference of data driving removed according to the reference voltage signal comprises:
providing a plurality of touch detection signals by the touch detection unit;
processing the plurality of touch detection signals by a denoising process unit according to the reference voltage signal to generate the plurality of touch result signals having the interference of data driving removed.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The driving method according to claim 11, further comprises;
determining whether a touch occurs by a touch recognition unit according to the touch result signal.