# US 12,182,357 B2 · Sensor device with sensor signal synchronized with a signal with reversed polarity from a signal supplied to a floating ground line

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- Number: US 12,182,357 B2
- Document ID: US12182357B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/605,445
- Filed: 2024-03-14
- Published: 2024-07-04
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2019-11-29
- Assignees: Japan Display Inc.
- Applicants: Japan Display Inc.
- Inventors: Naoki Takada; Hiroshi Yamaguchi; Kisho Yamamoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12182357B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/04166: {Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184)}
- G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes}
- 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 3/0445: {using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer}
- G06F 2203/04107: Shielding in digitiser, i.e. guard or shielding arrangements, mostly for capacitive touchscreens, e.g. driven shields, driven grounds
- G09F 27/005: {Signs associated with a sensor}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS

## Abstract

According to one embodiment, a sensor device includes a panel and a control circuit. The panel includes an insulating layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The control circuit including a first circuit including a timing control circuit and a first amplifier, and a second circuit including a detection circuit connected to a ground line. During a first sensing drive period, the first output unit outputs a first synchronization signal, the timing control circuit outputs a second synchronization signal, the first amplifier provides the amplified second synchronization signal to each of the floating ground line and the first electrode, and the detector reads a change in a sensor signal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A sensor device comprising:
a panel including an insulating layer, a first electrode provided on a first main surface side of the insulating layer, a second electrode provided on a second main surface side opposite a first main surface of the insulating layer and sandwiching the insulating layer together with the first electrode; and
a control circuit including a first circuit including a timing control circuit and a first amplifier, and a second circuit including a detection circuit connected to a floating ground line and electrically isolated from the first circuit,
the detection circuit including a detector electrically connected to the second electrode,
during a first sensing drive period,
the timing control circuit outputting a sixth synchronization signal and a seventh synchronization signal having a polarity inverted from the polarity of the sixth synchronization signal, respectively,
the first amplifier amplifying the seventh synchronization signal, and providing the amplified seventh synchronization signal to each of the floating ground line and the first electrode, and
the detector reading a change in a sensor signal generated at the second electrode in synchronization with the sixth synchronization signal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The sensor device of claim 1, wherein
the panel further includes a third electrode provided on the second main surface side of the insulating layer,
the first electrode and the second electrode are located in a first area,
the third electrode is located in a second area outside the first area, and
during the first sensing drive period,
the first amplifier further provides the amplified seventh synchronization signal to the third electrode.