Touch detection module and display device including the same

A display device comprising:

• a display panel including a display area in which a plurality of pixels is disposed;
• and
• a touch detection module disposed on a front surface of the display panel to sense a user's touch,
• wherein the touch detection module includes a plurality of driving electrodes aligned side by side in a touch sensing area, a plurality of sensing electrodes alternately aligned with the plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of touch driving lines aligned in a touch peripheral area to supply touch driving signals to the plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of touch sensing lines aligned in the touch peripheral area to transmit touch sensing signals from the plurality of sensing electrodes, and a touch driving circuit receiving the touch sensing signals to detect a touch position coordinate,
• wherein at least one pair of lines among the plurality of touch driving lines and the plurality of touch sensing lines is formed to have a first interval or a second interval according to a preset size of a foreign material,
• wherein the plurality of touch driving lines is formed through a same patterning process and with a same metal material as the plurality of driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes,
• wherein the plurality of touch sensing lines is formed through a same patterning process and with a same metal material as a plurality of connection electrodes which electrically connects driving electrodes adjacent to each other among the plurality of driving electrodes, and
• wherein the plurality of touch driving lines connected to the plurality of driving electrodes are disposed on a different layer than the plurality of touch sensing lines connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes.

An electronic device including a display device,

• wherein the display device comprises:
• a display panel including a display area in which a plurality of pixels is disposed;
• and
• a touch detection module disposed on a front surface of the display panel to sense a user's touch,
• wherein the touch detection module includes a plurality of driving electrodes aligned side by side in a touch sensing area, a plurality of sensing electrodes alternately aligned with the plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of touch driving lines aligned in a touch peripheral area to supply touch driving signals to the plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of touch sensing lines aligned in the touch peripheral area to transmit touch sensing signals from the plurality of sensing electrodes, and a touch driving circuit receiving the touch sensing signals to detect a touch position coordinate,
• wherein at least one pair of lines among the plurality of touch driving lines and the plurality of touch sensing lines is formed to have a first interval or a second interval according to a preset size of a foreign material,
• wherein the plurality of touch driving lines is formed through a same patterning process and with a same material as the plurality of driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes,
• wherein the plurality of touch sensing lines is formed through a same patterning process and with a same metal material as a plurality of connection electrodes which electrically connects driving electrodes adjacent to each other among the plurality of driving electrodes, and
• wherein the plurality of touch driving lines connected to the plurality of driving electrodes are disposed on a different layer than the plurality of touch sensing lines connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes.