Display device

A display device comprising:

• a first substrate;
• a second substrate facing the first substrate;
• a first electrode provided in a display region of the first substrate, the first electrode each having a rectangular shape;
• a second electrode provided to the second substrate at a position closer to a display surface than the first electrode in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate;
• a drive circuit configured to supply a first drive signal or a second drive signal to the second electrode;
• a plurality of the first electrodes and a plurality of the second electrodes;
• a plurality of coupling wires coupled to the respective second electrodes;
• a coupling circuit coupled to the second electrodes via the coupling wires;
• a plurality of third electrodes disposed on the first substrate with a space interposed between the first electrodes and the third electrodes in planar view;
• and
• a control circuit having a first detection mode for detecting an object to be detected in contact with the display surface based on a first detection signal corresponding to a change in mutual capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode when the first drive signal is supplied to the second electrode, and a second detection mode for detecting the object to be detected not in contact with the display surface based on a second detection signal corresponding to a change in self-capacitance in the second electrode when the second drive signal is supplied to the second electrode,
• wherein
• the first electrode and the second electrode do not overlap in planar view,
• the first electrodes are arrayed in a first direction in planar view and each have the rectangular shape that is longitudinal in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
• the second electrodes are arrayed in the first direction and the second direction, the coupling circuit is configured to switch a coupling state of the second
• electrodes between the first detection mode and the second detection mode,
• the coupling circuit electrically couples the second electrodes arrayed in the first direction to form a drive electrode block in the first detection mode,
• the drive circuit supplies the first drive signal to the drive electrode block, and the drive circuit supplies a display drive signal serving as a common potential
• for a plurality of pixels to the first electrodes and the third electrodes in a display mode for displaying an image on the display surface,
• the second electrode includes a plurality of rectangular first portions arrayed in the first direction and a second portion coupling the first portions disposed side by side in the first direction,
• the second portion is disposed intersecting the first electrode in planar view, the length of the second portion in the second direction is shorter than the length of the first portion in the second direction, and
• the first portion and the second portion include a plurality of mesh-shaped, zigzag-line-shaped, or wavy-line-shaped metal wires.

A display device comprising:

• a first substrate;
• a second substrate facing the first substrate;
• a first electrode provided in a display region of the first substrate, the first electrode each having a rectangular shape;
• a second electrode provided to the second substrate at a position closer to a display surface than the first electrode in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate;
• a drive circuit configured to supply a first drive signal or a second drive signal to the second electrode;
• a plurality of the first electrodes and a plurality of the second electrodes;
• a plurality of coupling wires coupled to the respective second electrodes;
• a coupling circuit coupled to the second electrodes via the coupling wires;
• a plurality of third electrodes disposed on the first substrate with a space interposed between the first electrodes and the third electrodes in planar view;
• and
• a control circuit having a first detection mode for detecting an object to be detected in contact with the display surface based on a first detection signal corresponding to a change in mutual capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode when the first drive signal is supplied to the second electrode, and a second detection mode for detecting the object to be detected not in contact with the display surface based on a second detection signal corresponding to a change in self-capacitance in the second electrode when the second drive signal is supplied to the second electrode,
• wherein
• the first electrode and the second electrode do not overlap in planar view,
• the first electrodes are arrayed in a first direction in planar view and each have the rectangular shape that is longitudinal in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
• the second electrodes are arrayed in the first direction and the second direction, the coupling circuit is configured to switch a coupling state of the second
• electrodes between the first detection mode and the second detection mode,
• the coupling circuit electrically couples the second electrodes arrayed in the first direction to form a drive electrode block in the first detection mode,
• the drive circuit supplies the first drive signal to the drive electrode block,
• the drive circuit supplies a display drive signal serving as a common potential for a plurality of pixels to the first electrodes and the third electrodes in a display mode for displaying an image on the display surface, and
• the drive circuit supplies a guard signal synchronized with the second drive signal and having the same electric potential as an electric potential of the second drive signal to at least one of the first electrodes or the third electrodes in the second detection mode.

A display device comprising:

• a first substrate;
• a second substrate facing the first substrate;
• a first electrode provided in a display region of the first substrate, the first electrode each having a rectangular shape;
• a second electrode provided to the second substrate at a position closer to a display surface than the first electrode in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate;
• a drive circuit configured to supply a first drive signal or a second drive signal to the second electrode;
• a plurality of the first electrodes and a plurality of the second electrodes;
• a plurality of coupling wires coupled to the respective second electrodes;
• a coupling circuit coupled to the second electrodes via the coupling wires;
• a plurality of third electrodes disposed on the first substrate with a space interposed between the first electrodes and the third electrodes in planar view;
• a signal line that is configured to supply a pixel signal to the pixels and that is provided to the first substrate;
• a control circuit having a first detection mode for detecting an object to be detected in contact with the display surface based on a first detection signal corresponding to a change in mutual capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode when the first drive signal is supplied to the second electrode, and a second detection mode for detecting the object to be detected not in contact with the display surface based on a second detection signal corresponding to a change in self-capacitance in the second electrode when the second drive signal is supplied to the second electrode,
• wherein
• the first electrode and the second electrode do not overlap in planar view,
• the first electrodes are arrayed in a first direction in planar view and each have the rectangular shape that is longitudinal in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
• the second electrodes are arrayed in the first direction and the second direction, the coupling circuit is configured to switch a coupling state of the second
• electrodes between the first detection mode and the second detection mode,
• the coupling circuit electrically couples the second electrodes arrayed in the first direction to form a drive electrode block in the first detection mode,
• the drive circuit supplies the first drive signal to the drive electrode block, and the drive circuit supplies a display drive signal serving as a common potential
• for a plurality of pixels to the first electrodes and the third electrodes in a display mode for displaying an image on the display surface, and
• the first electrode is disposed overlapping the signal line in planar view and extends in a direction parallel to the signal line.