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US 9,870,089 B2Granted
In-cell touch screen having a driver for concurrently scanning a plurality of electrode lines and a method of driving the same
AssigneeHimax Technologies Limited
InventorYaw-Guang Chang
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of driving an in-cell touch screen. A common voltage (VCOM) layer of the in-cell touch screen is divided into transmit (TX) electrodes and receive (RX) electrodes, the TX electrodes forming TX electrode lines in a first direction and the RX electrodes forming RX electrode lines in a second direction. The TX electrode lines are arranged into a plurality of groups. The groups of TX electrode lines are concurrently scanned in touch sensing mode.
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A method of driving an in-cell touch screen, comprising:
- providing a touch screen with a common voltage (VCOM) layer divided into transmit (TX) electrodes and receive (RX) electrodes, the TX electrodes forming TX electrode lines in a first direction and the RX electrodes forming RX electrode lines in a second direction;
- arranging the TX electrode lines into a first group and a second group, wherein the first group comprises a first TX electrode line and a second TX electrode line, and the second group comprises a third TX electrode line and a fourth TX electrode line;
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- concurrently scanning the first electrode line with the third electrode line in a touch sensing mode, wherein the first electrode line is scanned with a first TX signal and the third electrode line is scanned with a second TX signal, and the second TX signal is an inverse of the first TX signal;
- concurrently scanning the second electrode line with the fourth electrode line in the touch sensing mode, wherein the second electrode line is scanned with the first TX signal and the fourth electrode line is scanned with the second TX signal,
- wherein the first electrode line and the second electrode line are sequentially scanned by the first TX signal, and the third electrode line and the fourth electrode line are sequentially scanned by the second TX signal.
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An in-cell touch screen, comprising:
- a common voltage (VCOM) layer divided into transmit (TX) electrodes and receive (RX) electrodes, the TX electrodes forming TX electrode lines in a first direction and the RX electrodes forming RX electrode lines in a second direction;
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- a driver electrically coupled with the TX electrode lines and the RX electrode lines;
- wherein the TX electrode lines are arranged into a first group and a second group, the first group comprises a first TX electrode line and a second TX electrode line, and the second group comprises a third TX electrode line and a fourth TX electrode line,
- wherein the first electrode line is concurrently scanned with the third electrode line in a touch sensing mode, the first electrode line is scanned with a first TX signal and the third electrode line is scanned with a second TX signal, and the second TX signal is an inverse of the first TX signal;
- wherein the second electrode line is concurrently scanned with the fourth electrode line in the touch sensing mode, the second electrode line is scanned with the first TX signal, and the fourth electrode line is scanned with the second TX signal;
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- wherein the driver sequentially scans the first electrode line and the second electrode line with the first TX signal, and the driver sequentially scans the third electrode line and the fourth electrode line with the second TX signal.
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