# US 11,307,701 B2 · Display device including position input function > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,701 B2 - Document ID: US11307701B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/183,410 - Filed: 2021-02-24 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-03 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Junichi Morinaga - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307701B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/04164: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads} - G06F 3/044: by capacitive means - G06F 3/0443: {using a single layer of sensing electrodes} - G06F 2203/04107: Shielding in digitiser, i.e. guard or shielding arrangements, mostly for capacitive touchscreens, e.g. driven shields, driven grounds - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A display device including a position input function, includes a pixel electrode; an image wire that is disposed adjacent to the pixel electrode and supplies an image signal to the pixel electrode; a plurality of position detection wires that are arranged side by side on at least one side of the image wire; and a plurality of position detection electrodes that are connected to the plurality of position detection wires, form a capacitance with a position input body performing position input, detect an input position by the position input body, and include an opening portion which overlaps with the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire and is formed in a range straddling the plurality of position detection wires. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device including a position input function, comprising: a pixel electrode; an image wire that is disposed adjacent to the pixel electrode and supplies an image signal to the pixel electrode; a plurality of position detection wires that are arranged side by side on at least one side of the image wire; and a plurality of position detection electrodes that are connected to the plurality of position detection wires, form a capacitance with a position input body performing position input, detect an input position by the position input body, and include an opening portion which overlaps with the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire and is formed in a range straddling the plurality of position detection wires; wherein the opening portion includes an opening width which extends over an entire width of the plurality of position detection wires; and the opening portion extends along an extending direction of the plurality of position detection wires. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device including a position input function according to claim 1, wherein the pixel electrode includes a plurality of pixel electrodes and the image wire includes a plurality of image wires, whereas the plurality of position detection wires are arranged so as to be lined up on one side of at least one image wire included in the plurality of image wires and to be interposed between pixel electrodes adjacent to each other, and each of the position detection electrodes includes a plurality of pixel electrode overlapping portions that overlap with at least the pixel electrode and are disposed so as to interpose the plurality of position detection wires, and a bridge portion that is disposed so as to cross the plurality of position detection wires and connects the pixel electrode overlapping portions adjacent to each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display device including a position input function according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of pixel electrodes are arranged side by side on at least one side of the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire, and the pixel electrode overlapping portions are provided in a range straddling the plurality of pixel electrodes arranged on the at least one side of the plurality of position detection wires. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device including a position input function according to claim 3, further comprising: a color filter formed of a plurality of colored portions disposed so as to overlap with the pixel electrodes and exhibiting different colors from each other; a plurality of unit pixels formed of a set of a colored portion and a pixel electrode overlapping with the colored portion; and a plurality of display pixels formed of a plurality of unit pixels adjacent to each other and exhibiting different colors from each other, wherein the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire are disposed so as to be interposed between the display pixels adjacent to each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The display device including a position input function according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of position detection wires are arranged so as to be lined up on one side of each of the plurality of image wires. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The display device including a position input function according to claim 2, wherein in the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire, at least one of the position detection wires is connected to a bridge portion overlapping with the position detection wire. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device including a position input function according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire are disposed so that a formation range in an arrangement direction of the position detection wires is narrower than a formation range in an arrangement direction of the pixel electrode. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device including a position input function according to claim 1, further comprising: a signal supply unit that is connected to one end portion of at least a plurality of position detection wires and supplies a signal, wherein of the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire, a position detection wire located far from the image wire and the pixel electrode is configured so that a position detection electrode to be connected is located far from the signal supply unit, as compared with a position detection wire located close to the image wire and the pixel electrode. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device including a position input function according to claim 1, wherein three or more position detection wires are arranged side by side on the at least one side of the image wire. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display device including a position input function according to claim 1, further comprising: a signal supply unit that is connected to one end portion of at least a plurality of position detection wires and supplies a signal, wherein the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire include at least a first position detection wire that is connected to a position detection electrode located close to the signal supply unit and a second position detection wire that is connected to a position detection electrode located far from the signal supply unit, and the second position detection wire is longer than the first position detection wire, and has portion which is large in width and disposed on a side opposite to a signal supply unit side of a position detection electrode to be connected to the first position detection wire. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display device including a position input function according to claim 10, wherein the pixel electrode includes a plurality of pixel electrodes and the image wire includes a plurality of image wires, whereas a plurality of position detection wires are arranged so as to be lined up in a set on one side of each of a plurality of image wires included in the plurality of image wires, and a plurality of first position detection wires and a plurality of second position detection wires constituting sets are configured so that a sum of distances between position detection electrodes to be connected and the signal supply unit is equal to each other between each of the sets. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display device including a position input function according to claim 1, wherein the pixel electrode includes a plurality of pixel electrodes and the image wire includes a plurality of image wires, whereas a plurality of position detection wires are arranged so as to be lined up on one side of each of at least two image wires included in the plurality of image wires, and the display device further comprises a dummy position detection wire that is disposed adjacent to any of the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire and is not connected to a position detection electrode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display device including a position input function according to claim 1, further comprising: a light shielding portion that overlaps with the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire and is formed in a range straddling the plurality of position detection wires to shield light. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display device including a position input function according to claim 1, wherein the image wire includes a first image wire configuration unit and a second image wire configuration unit that is disposed so as to overlap with an upper layer side of the first image wire configuration unit with a first insulating film in between and is connected to the first image wire configuration unit via a first image wire contact hole formed as an opening in the first insulating film, whereas the position detection wire includes a first position detection wire configuration unit that is located in a layer identical with a layer of the first image wire configuration unit, and a second position detection wire configuration unit that is located in a layer identical with a layer of the second image wire configuration unit, is disposed so as to overlap with the first position detection wire configuration unit, and is connected to the first position detection wire configuration unit via a first position detection wire contact hole formed as an opening in the first insulating film. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device including a position input function according to claim 14, wherein the pixel electrode is disposed on an upper layer side of the second image wire configuration unit and the second position detection wire configuration unit with a second insulating film in between, and the image wire includes a third image wire configuration unit that is located in a layer identical with a layer of the pixel electrode, is disposed so as to overlap with the second image wire configuration unit, and is connected to the second image wire configuration unit via a second image wire contact hole formed as an opening in the second insulating film, whereas the position detection wire includes a third position detection wire configuration unit that is located in a layer identical with the layer of the pixel electrode, is disposed so as to overlap with the second position detection wire configuration unit, and is connected to the second position detection wire configuration unit via a second position detection wire contact hole formed as an opening in the second insulating film. ### Claim 16 A display device including a position input function, comprising: a pixel electrode; an image wire that is disposed adjacent to the pixel electrode and supplies an image signal to the pixel electrode; a plurality of position detection wires that are arranged side by side on at least one side of the image wire; and a plurality of position detection electrodes that are connected to the plurality of position detection wires, form a capacitance with a position input body performing position input, detect an input position by the position input body, and include an opening portion which overlaps with the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire and is formed in a range straddling the plurality of position detection wires; wherein the pixel electrode includes a plurality of pixel electrodes and the image wire includes a plurality of image wires, whereas the plurality of position detection wires are arranged so as to be lined up on one side of at least one image wire included in the plurality of image wires and to be interposed between pixel electrodes adjacent to each other; each of the position detection electrodes includes a plurality of pixel electrode overlapping portions that overlap with at least the pixel electrode and are disposed so as to interpose the plurality of position detection wires, and a bridge portion that is disposed so as to cross the plurality of position detection wires and connects the pixel electrode overlapping portions adjacent to each other; the plurality of pixel electrodes are arranged side by side on at least one side of the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire; and the pixel electrode overlapping portions are provided in a range straddling the plurality of pixel electrodes arranged on the at least one side of the plurality of position detection wires. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display device including a position input function according to claim 16, further comprising: a color filter formed of a plurality of colored portions disposed so as to overlap with the pixel electrodes and exhibiting different colors from each other; a plurality of unit pixels formed of a set of a colored portion and a pixel electrode overlapping with the colored portion; and a plurality of display pixels formed of a plurality of unit pixels adjacent to each other and exhibiting different colors from each other; wherein the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire are disposed so as to be interposed between the display pixels adjacent to each other. ### Claim 18 A display device including a position input function, comprising: a pixel electrode; an image wire that is disposed adjacent to the pixel electrode and supplies an image signal to the pixel electrode; a plurality of position detection wires that are arranged side by side on at least one side of the image wire; and a plurality of position detection electrodes that are connected to the plurality of position detection wires, form a capacitance with a position input body performing position input, detect an input position by the position input body, and include an opening portion which overlaps with the plurality of position detection wires arranged on the at least one side of the image wire and is formed in a range straddling the plurality of position detection wires; wherein the image wire includes a first image wire configuration unit and a second image wire configuration unit that is disposed so as to overlap with an upper layer side of the first image wire configuration unit with a first insulating film in between and is connected to the first image wire configuration unit via a first image wire contact hole formed as an opening in the first insulating film, whereas the position detection wire includes a first position detection wire configuration unit that is located in a layer identical with a layer of the first image wire configuration unit, and a second position detection wire configuration unit that is located in a layer identical with a layer of the second image wire configuration unit, is disposed so as to overlap with the first position detection wire configuration unit, and is connected to the first position detection wire configuration unit via a first position detection wire contact hole formed as an opening in the first insulating film. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The display device including a position input function according to claim 18, wherein the pixel electrode is disposed on an upper layer side of the second image wire configuration unit and the second position detection wire configuration unit with a second insulating film in between, and the image wire includes a third image wire configuration unit that is located in a layer identical with a layer of the pixel electrode, is disposed so as to overlap with the second image wire configuration unit, and is connected to the second image wire configuration unit via a second image wire contact hole formed as an opening in the second insulating film, whereas the position detection wire includes a third position detection wire configuration unit that is located in a layer identical with the layer of the pixel electrode, is disposed so as to overlap with the second position detection wire configuration unit, and is connected to the second position detection wire configuration unit via a second position detection wire contact hole formed as an opening in the second insulating film.