# US 2024/0201814 A1 · Touch substrate, display apparatus and display system

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- Number: US 2024/0201814 A1
- Document ID: US20240201814A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/565,136
- Filed: 2021-06-03
- Published: 2024-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2021-06-03
- Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Shoujin CAI; Cheng LI; Chuncheng CHE; Feng LIU; Tiansheng LI; Lin ZHOU; Kunjing CHUNG; Dexi KONG; Yingzi WANG
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201814A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/0421: {by interrupting or reflecting a light beam, e.g. optical touch-screen}
- G02F 1/13338: {Input devices, e.g. touch panels}
- G02F 1/133512: {Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix (G02F1/136209 takes precedence)}
- G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
- G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}
- G06F 3/042: by opto-electronic means
- H04N 25/76: Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
- H10F 39/107: {having multiple elements covered by H10F30/00 in a repetitive configuration, e.g. radiation detectors comprising photodiode arrays}
- H10F 39/12: Image sensors
- H10F 77/1662: {including only Group IV materials}
- H10F 77/331: {for filtering or shielding light, e.g. multicolour filters for photodetectors}
- H10F 77/45: Wavelength conversion means, e.g. by using luminescent material, fluorescent concentrators or up-conversion arrangements
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION

## Abstract

A touch substrate, a display apparatus and a display system are provided. The touch substrate includes a base substrate including a photosensitive region; a plurality of photosensitive pixels in an array in the photosensitive region, each photosensitive pixel includes one non-visible light sensor, and a ratio of a side length of each photosensitive pixel to a distance between the non-visible light sensors of two adjacent photosensitive pixels is in a range from 25:24 to 12:11; and a plurality of bias lines on a side of the plurality of non-visible light sensors away from the base substrate, the plurality of bias lines include a plurality of first bias lines and a plurality of second bias lines crossing with each other, and at least one of the plurality of first bias lines and the plurality of second bias lines is electrically connected to each non-visible light sensor.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A touch substrate, comprising:
a base substrate comprising a photosensitive region;
a plurality of photosensitive pixels in an array in the photosensitive region, wherein each photosensitive pixel comprises one non-visible light sensor, and a ratio of a side length of each photosensitive pixel to a distance between the non-visible light sensors of two adjacent photosensitive pixels is in a range from 25:24 to 12:11; and
a plurality of bias lines on a side of the non-visible light sensors away from the base substrate, wherein the plurality of bias lines comprise a plurality of first bias lines and a plurality of second bias lines crossing with each other, and each non-visible light sensor is electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of first bias lines and the plurality of second bias lines.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The touch substrate of claim 1, wherein each first bias line is electrically connected to one row of non-visible light sensors, and each second bias line is electrically connected to one column of non-visible light sensors.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The touch substrate of claim 1, wherein the base substrate further comprises a non-photosensitive region around the photosensitive region; and
the touch substrate further comprises a closed-loop trace in the non-photosensitive region and electrically connected to at least a part of the plurality of bias lines, and a line width of the closed-loop trace is greater than that of each bias line.

### Claim 4

(canceled)

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The touch substrate of claim 3, wherein the closed-loop trace and the plurality of bias lines are in a same layer and made of a same material.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The touch substrate of claim 5, wherein the plurality of bias lines are made of a metal element or an alloy.

### Claim 7

(canceled)

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The touch substrate of claim 1, further comprising a non-visible light antireflection film on a side of the non-visible light sensors away from the base substrate, and completely covering the photosensitive region.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The touch substrate of claim 8, wherein the non-visible light antireflection film is made of a black matrix material, and the black matrix material selectively transmits non-visible light.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The touch substrate of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines;
wherein an extending direction of each gate line is identical to that of each first bias line, and an extending direction of each data line is identical to that of each second bias line;
an orthographic projection of the plurality of gate lines on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the plurality of first bias lines on the base substrate do not overlap with each other or at least partially overlap with each other; and
an orthographic projection of the plurality of data lines on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the plurality of second bias lines on the base substrate do not overlap with each other or at least partially overlap with each other.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The touch substrate of claim 10, wherein each non-visible light sensor comprises a first electrode, a photosensitive layer, and a second electrode which are stacked sequentially, and
the first electrode is between the base substrate and the photosensitive layer and in a direct contact with the photosensitive layer; the second electrode is electrically connected to a corresponding first bias line and a corresponding second bias line, and in a direct contact with the photosensitive layer.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The touch substrate of claim 11, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a P-type amorphous silicon semiconductor layer, an intrinsic amorphous silicon semiconductor layer, and an N-type amorphous silicon semiconductor layer which are stacked sequentially, and
the P-type amorphous silicon semiconductor layer is in a direct contact with the second electrode, and the N-type amorphous silicon semiconductor layer is in a direct contact with the first electrode.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The touch substrate of claim 11, wherein a ratio of an area of the photosensitive layer of each non-visible light sensor to an area of each photosensitive pixel is in a range from 0.0004 to 0.0036.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The touch substrate of claim 11, wherein each photosensitive pixel further comprises a transistor, a gate electrode of the transistor is electrically connected to a corresponding gate line, a first electrode of the transistor is electrically connected to a corresponding data line, and a second electrode of the transistor is electrically connected to a corresponding first electrode; and
the gate electrode of the transistor is made of a same material as the gate line and is located in a same layer as the gate line; the data line, the first electrode and the second electrode of the transistor are made of a same material and located in a same layer; and the data line is between a layer where the gate line is located and a layer where the first electrode is located.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The touch substrate of claim 11, wherein an orthographic projection of a channel region of the transistor on the base substrate is within an orthographic projection of a corresponding second bias line on the base substrate.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

A display apparatus, comprising a display module and a touch substrate, wherein the touch substrate is the touch substrate of claim 1, and the touch substrate is on a side of the display module away from a display surface of the display module.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The display apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a backlight source;
wherein the display module is a liquid crystal display module on a light outgoing side of the backlight source.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The display apparatus of claim 17, further comprising a diffusion sheet and a light guide plate,
wherein the diffusion sheet is between the light outgoing side of the backlight source and the display module, and the light guide plate is between the diffusion sheet and the display module.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The display apparatus of claim 18, further comprising a reflector between the light outgoing side of the backlight source and the diffusion sheet, and configured to reflect visible light and transmit non-visible light.

### Claim 20 (depends on 16)

The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the display module is an electroluminescent display module.

### Claim 21 (depends on 16)

The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the display module comprises a plurality of display pixels, and a ratio of an area of one of the display pixels to an area of one of the photosensitive pixels is in a range from 9:1 to 12:1.

### Claim 22 (depends on 16)

A display system, comprising a display apparatus and a non-visible light emitter,
wherein the display apparatus is the display apparatus of claim 16.