WO2011074911A2 - 터치패널의 터치셀 구조 및 그를 이용한 터치패널 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a touch cell structure of a touch panel and a touch panel using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a touch cell structure having a specialized cell configuration, and has a very high detection sensitivity and accuracy with respect to a touch input, and digitally detects a touch input. The present invention relates to a new pad to gate type touch cell structure capable of recognizing a multi-touch input and a touch panel using the same.
- the touch input device is an input device added to or embedded in a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED), or the like.
- a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED), or the like.
- Touch input devices are recently installed in mobile devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), portable multimedia players (PMPs), and the like.
- PDAs personal digital assistants
- PMPs portable multimedia players
- IPTV Internet Protocol TV
- high-tech fighters Internet Protocol
- resistive touch input devices are disclosed in various types, but a resistive touch input device having a simple manufacturing process and a low manufacturing cost is most widely used.
- resistive touch panels have low transmittance and pressure on the substrate, durability deterioration is inevitable with the use of time, and it is difficult to recognize accurate touch points, and detection by ambient environment and noise such as temperature There is a problem that errors frequently occur.
- the capacitive (or capacitive) touch input device developed as an alternative to the resistive touch input device detects touch input in a non-contact manner, and has a solution to all the problems of the resistive touch input device.
- a transparent conductive film is formed on upper and lower surfaces of a transparent substrate 10 made of film, plastic, or glass, and a metal electrode for voltage application at each of four corners of the transparent substrate 10. (12) is formed.
- the transparent conductive film is formed of a transparent metal such as indium tin oxide (ITO) or antimony tin oxide (ATO).
- the metal electrodes 12 formed at four corners of the transparent conductive film are formed by printing a conductive metal having a low resistivity such as silver (Ag).
- a resistance network is formed around the metal electrodes 12. The resistance network is formed in a linearization pattern in order to transmit control signals evenly over the entire surface of the transparent conductive film.
- a protective film is coated on the transparent conductive film including the metal electrode 12.
- the capacitive touch panel as described above operates as follows. When a high frequency AC voltage is applied to the metal electrode 12, it spreads over the front surface of the transparent substrate 10. At this time, when the transparent conductive film on the upper surface of the transparent substrate 10 is lightly touched with a finger 16 or a touch means of a conductive material, a certain amount of current is absorbed into the body and the current sensor built in the controller 14 detects a change in the current. The touch point is recognized by calculating the amount of current in each of the four metal electrodes 12.
- the capacitive touch panel Since the capacitive touch panel has a soft touch method, its lifespan is long, and since only one transparent substrate 10 is used, the light transmittance is high. In particular, since the width of the non-active area where the touch input cannot be detected at the edge portion of the panel is narrow, the mechanism can be made slim when combined with the display device.
- the capacitive touch panel as described above is a method of detecting the magnitude of the small current, and requires an expensive detection device, and further requires an ADC for converting the detected current into a digital, thereby increasing the price.
- the reaction time is long due to the time required to convert the analog signal to digital.
- the circuit means will cause a decrease in precision, a signal recognition error due to noise, and the like.
- the present invention has been proposed to solve the problem that the signal variation due to the touch input is insignificant in the conventional capacitive touch input device as described above and requires a complicated configuration to detect the same, and comprises a unit touch cell constituting the touch input device.
- the difference in the detection signal according to whether or not the touch input is increased, accordingly, the detection sensitivity and accuracy for the touch input are increased, and the digital input is detected to use the expensive components such as the ADC.
- the purpose of the present invention is to provide a new touch cell structure and a touch panel using the same, which can greatly reduce the response time, eliminate false recognition by noise, and recognize a multi-touch input.
- the finger 25 of the body or the touch means having a similar electrical characteristics
- a conductive pad 50 forming a capacitance between the touch means when approaching the predetermined distance d;
- a three-terminal switching device in which a gate terminal is connected to the conductive pad 50, and an output signal is changed correspondingly when the potential of the gate terminal is changed by the capacitance between the touch means and the conductive pad 50. 40; characterized in that comprises a.
- the switching device 40 is connected to the output terminal to the conductive pad 50, is turned on / off in accordance with a control signal applied to the gate terminal to switch the charging signal to the conductive pad 50 A three-terminal first switching element 42; And a second switching element 44 connected to the conductive pad 50 and having an output signal corresponding to a change in the potential of the gate terminal.
- the electronic device further includes capacitors C1 and C2 connected between the control terminal and the output terminal of each of the first switching element 42 and the second switching element 44.
- the capacitor C1 connected between the control terminal and the output terminal of the first switching element 42 is 10fF to 100uF.
- the capacitor C1 connected between the control terminal and the output terminal of the first switching element 42 is selected to be 2 to several hundred times smaller than Ct between the touch means and the conductive pad 50.
- the capacitor C1 connected between the control terminal and the output terminal of the first switching element 42 is selected to a value of Ct or more between the touch means and the conductive pad 50.
- the capacitors C1 and C2 are installed in the first switching element 42 and the second switching element 44.
- the capacitors C1 and C2 are provided outside the first switching element 42 and the second switching element 44.
- the capacitor C3 is further connected between the input terminal and the control terminal of the second switching element 44.
- an auxiliary capacitor 54 is further installed between the conductive pad 50 and the ground.
- the switching device 40 includes a relay, a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) switch, a bipolar junction transistor (BJT), a field effect transistor (FET), a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), and an IGBT. (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) or TFT (Thin Film Transistor).
- MOS metal oxide semiconductor
- BJT bipolar junction transistor
- FET field effect transistor
- MOSFET metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor
- IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
- TFT Thin Film Transistor
- Touch panel of the present invention for achieving the above object, the light transmissive substrate 30;
- a touch means arranged on the light transmissive substrate 30 in a matrix form, and having a conductive pad 50, a gate terminal connected to the conductive pad 50, and having a finger 25 or similar electrical characteristics of the body;
- a touch cell 60 including a three-terminal switching element 40 in which an output signal is changed correspondingly when the potential of the gate terminal is changed by the capacitance between the conductive pads 50;
- a touch position detection unit 70 for recognizing a touch input from the output of the switching element 40.
- the switching device 40 is connected to the output terminal to the conductive pad 50, is turned on / off in accordance with a control signal applied to the gate terminal to switch the charging signal to the conductive pad 50 A three-terminal first switching element 42; And a second switching element 44 connected to the conductive pad 50 and having an output signal corresponding to a change in the potential of the gate terminal.
- the electronic device further includes capacitors C1 and C2 connected between the control terminal and the output terminal of each of the first switching element 42 and the second switching element 44.
- the capacitor C1 connected between the control terminal and the output terminal of the first switching element 42 is 10fF to 100ufF.
- the capacitor C1 connected between the control terminal and the output terminal of the first switching element 42 is selected to be 2 to several hundred times smaller than Ct between the touch means and the conductive pad 50.
- the capacitor C1 connected between the control terminal and the output terminal of the first switching element 42 is selected to a value of Ct or more between the touch means and the conductive pad 50.
- the capacitors C1 and C2 are installed in the first switching element 42 and the second switching element 44.
- the capacitors C1 and C2 are provided outside the first switching element 42 and the second switching element 44.
- the capacitor C3 is further connected between the input terminal and the control terminal of the second switching element 44.
- an auxiliary capacitor 54 is further installed between the conductive pad 50 and the ground.
- the switching device 40 includes a relay, a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) switch, a bipolar junction transistor (BJT), a field effect transistor (FET), a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), and an IGBT. (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) or TFT (Thin Film Transistor).
- MOS metal oxide semiconductor
- BJT bipolar junction transistor
- FET field effect transistor
- MOSFET metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor
- IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
- TFT Thin Film Transistor
- the touch position detection unit 70 applies an on / off control signal to the control terminal of the first switching element 42 and a position detection signal to the input terminal, the kickback by the touch input or not
- the touch input is recognized in preparation for the difference in the output signal of the second switching element 44 according to the difference.
- the output signal of the second switching element 44 has a difference of several tens to tens of thousands depending on whether or not a touch input.
- the apparatus may further include comparing means for comparing the output signal of the second switching element 44 with the reference signal.
- a three-terminal sensing switching device 64 having the same circuit configuration as the second switching device 44 on one side of the substrate 30, but not having a conductive pad 50 connected to the control terminal.
- the sensing cell 61 is further provided, and the touch position detecting unit 70 is connected to the control terminal of the sensing switching element 64 when the touch input of the second TFT 44 of the touch cell 60 is not generated.
- the same signal as that applied to the input terminal of the second switching element 44 is applied to the input terminal, and the signal output from the output terminal of the sensing switching element 64 is used as a reference signal of the comparison means.
- the touch position detection unit 70 further includes a memory means 74 having addresses corresponding to the coordinate values of the touch cell 60. When the touch input is detected, the touch position detection unit 70 Coordinate values are stored in the corresponding addresses of the memory means 74.
- the touch cell structure and the touch panel using the same according to the present invention are a conductive pad for forming a capacitance between a finger of a body or a touch means having similar conductivity characteristics, and a three-terminal type having a gate terminal connected to the conductive pad.
- the switching element i.e., a pad to gate (P2G) method in which the conductive pad and the gate terminal are connected
- the capacitance Ct formed between the touch means and the conductive pad determines the gate terminal potential of the switching element.
- the output signal of the switching element may be several tens to tens of thousands of times depending on the touch input.
- the detection sensitivity and the detection accuracy of the touch input are very high, and the touch input is performed at a high / low level of the output signal.
- the ADC can detect the touch input digitally, The response is very fast and there is little effect of noise, so there is no malfunction or misrecognition of the signal.
- It is an active matrix (AM) method in which each touch cell is actively operated, and each touch cell can be operated independently. It can recognize multi-touch inputs where multiple points are touched at the same time, and can minimize the cell spacing as it has a specialized cell structure, and it is possible to support touch inputs for various applications and to develop applications using touch inputs. There is an effect that can be promoted.
- AM active matrix
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional capacitive touch panel
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of a touch panel according to the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a basic embodiment of a touch cell structure according to the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an embodiment of a memory means
- Figure 6 is a block diagram showing a preferred embodiment according to the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the structure of a unit touch cell in the embodiment of FIG.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross-sectional configuration cut along the line I-II in FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a waveform diagram illustrating an example of detecting a touch input in the embodiment of FIG.
- FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram showing a modified embodiment of FIG.
- FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example in which a capacitor is built in a TFT.
- FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of a touch cell illustrating a state in which a capacitor is built in a TFT
- FIG. 14 is a waveform diagram illustrating a kickback waveform according to whether a touch is input or not;
- 16 illustrates an example of detecting a touch input using a comparator.
- 17 is a waveform diagram illustrating a waveform at detection using a comparator
- FIG. 18 is a circuit diagram illustrating a configuration of a sensing cell.
- 19 is a circuit diagram illustrating another example of a sensing cell.
- the present invention relates to a touch cell structure of a touch panel installed in addition to the upper surface of a display device such as LCD, PDP, OLED, AMOLED or the like, and designed to be embedded in the display device, and a touch panel using the same.
- the touch cell structure according to the present invention is a cell type touch input device in which a plurality of touch cells are arranged in a matrix form by dividing an active area in which a real touch input is possible on a touch panel. This is the structure it has.
- Each unit touch cell has a conductive pad that forms a capacitance between a finger or a touch means having similar conductive characteristics, and a three-terminal switching element having a gate terminal connected to the conductive pad.
- the touch cell structure specialized according to the present invention determines the gate terminal potential of the switching element by the capacitance of the conductive pad, so it is called P2G (Pad to Gate) method, or the capacitance generated by the finger changes the gate terminal potential. Therefore, it will be referred to as a F2G (Finger to Gate) method.
- P2G Pad to Gate
- F2G Finger to Gate
- the switching element has a three-terminal type having a gate terminal for controlling the turn on / off.
- the three-terminal switching element is used for sensing a signal output from each touch cell.
- an additional switching element for switching a charging signal applied to each touch cell may be further required.
- a three-terminal switching device is a device that controls the conduction of an input / output terminal according to a signal applied to a control terminal, and includes a relay, a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) switch, a bipolar junction transistor (BJT), and a field effect (FET).
- Transistors metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs), insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs), and thin film transistors (TFTs).
- Relay is a device that outputs voltage or current applied to input terminal without loss when current is applied to control terminal, and BJT is applied to base that is higher than threshold voltage of base. When current flows to the base terminal at, a certain amount of amplified current flows from the collector to the emitter.
- TFT is a switching element used in the pixel portion of a display device such as LCD or AMOLED. It is composed of a gate terminal as a control terminal, a drain terminal as an input terminal, and a source terminal as an output terminal. When a voltage that is more than a threshold voltage is applied to the gate terminal as a voltage applied to the gate terminal, a current flowing through the input terminal to the output terminal while conducting is applied depending on the magnitude of the voltage applied to the gate terminal.
- switching signals in each touch cell using TFTs is similar to a method in which pixels are formed using TFTs for screen display in a similar LCD (or active matrix LCD) or AMOLED. That is, the touch cells 50 mentioned in the present invention detect the touch input by the active matrix method.
- the technical advantages of the touch panel are good productivity, reliability, and the like, and it is possible to prevent the backflow of signals to prevent misrecognition of the touch input and to simultaneously recognize a multi-touch input in which a plurality of points are touched.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the structure of a touch panel according to the present invention.
- the touch panel of the single substrate 30 is installed on the upper surface of the display device 20.
- the substrate 30 is made of a light transmissive material such as glass or film.
- a drive IC 71 for applying a position detection signal and a gate signal to signal lines to be described later is mounted on an edge portion of the substrate 30.
- the drive IC 71 is provided as a single IC, but the drive IC 71 may be configured separately for transmission and reception, and the gate IC may be configured separately.
- the drive IC 71 is mounted on the edge of the substrate 30 in the form of a chip on film (COF) or a chip on glass (COG).
- the drive IC 71 may be configured with an amorphous silicon gate (ASG) to reduce the wiring area at the edge portion of the substrate 30.
- ASG is a System On Glass (SOG) technology that implements the gate IC function on an amorphous silicon glass substrate. The ASG can implement the gate IC function directly on the glass substrate by the ASG, and the installation area of the gate IC can be minimized.
- the drive IC 71 may transmit a signal from the outside of the substrate 30 using a flexible printed circuit (FPC).
- FPC flexible printed circuit
- the touch panel having the touch cell structure of the present invention is composed of a single substrate 30 can be manufactured very slim. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the touch panel may not be installed on the upper portion of the display device 20, but may be built in the interior of the display device 20. It does not significantly inhibit the thin and short reduction of. This is one of the important technical advantages of the present invention.
- a touch panel and a polarizing plate made of a single substrate 30 of the present invention are laminated on a liquid crystal panel on which a TFT substrate and a color filter substrate are bonded, and then these are installed in a housing of a BLU.
- the panel may be embedded in the display device 20.
- the substrate 30 may be installed on the same substrate as the color filter substrate.
- touch cells described below may be formed on an upper surface or a lower surface of the color filter substrate.
- FIG. 3 Prior to describing a specific embodiment of the present invention, the principle of detecting a non-contact touch input in the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 3.
- the finger 25 or similar conductive touch means
- the conductive pad 50 and the finger 25 are spaced apart by an interval of “d”.
- the capacitance “C” is formed between the finger 25 and the conductive pad 50 as shown in the right equivalent circuit and the equation of FIG. 3.
- a charge having a magnitude of charge amount “Q” is accumulated by supplying a signal of voltage or current to the conductive pad 50 having the capacitance “C”
- the body is virtually grounded with respect to the earth.
- a predetermined signal is applied to the conductive pad 50 in a state where the finger 25 is opposed to the conductive pad 50 at a distance d
- a charge is applied to the capacitance C formed between the conductive pad 50 and the finger 25. Is charged.
- the gate terminal of the switching element 40 preferably TFT
- the time when the charge is charged in the conductive pad 50 and the signal accumulated in the capacitance C The TFT 40 is turned on for any time during discharge. The magnitude of the discharged signal gradually decreases with time, and when discharged to some extent, the TFT 40 is turned off.
- the present invention detects the non-contact touch input by using the change in the gate terminal potential of the TFT 40 by the capacitance between the touch means and the conductive pad 50 in this way.
- the output signal of the potential of the gate terminal of the TFT 40 is represented by a log function graph, so that the output of the TFT 40 has an output difference of several tens to tens of thousands depending on whether or not a touch is input. do.
- the present invention is a P2G method in which the potential of the conductive pad 50 determines the gate terminal potential of the TFT 40, and is clearly distinguished from the capacitive touch input device and touch cell structure known in the art.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a basic embodiment of a touch cell structure according to the present invention, which illustrates a touch panel in which the touch cell 60 of the present invention has a resolution of 3 * 3.
- the touch cell 60 will actually be disposed at a higher resolution, but in the following embodiment, the touch cell 60 will be described with an example of a 3 * 3 touch panel in order to help understanding of the present invention.
- first signal lines 32, second signal lines 34, and auxiliary signal lines 37 are disposed on one surface of the substrate 30.
- the first signal line 32 is a signal line for applying a position detection signal (or a charging signal) to each touch cell 60
- the second signal line 34 is for receiving a position detection signal from each touch cell 60.
- the auxiliary signal line 37 is a signal line for applying an auxiliary signal for observation to each touch cell 60.
- the first signal line 32 and the second signal line 34 are parallelly wired, and the auxiliary signal line 37 is crossed and wired in parallel, but this is only illustrated to help understanding of the present invention. It is only one, and each signal line may be wired in parallel or wired with different wiring angles. In addition, each signal line may be wired in an oblique form or in a zigzag form.
- each unit touch cell includes a conductive pad 50 and a three-terminal switching element 40 having a gate terminal connected to the conductive pad 50.
- the three-terminal switching element 40 may be the various switching elements described above, but is preferably the TFT 40. TFT is already proven in AMLCD (Active Matrix LCD) or AMLCD.
- the conductive pad 50 is connected to the first signal line 32 and receives a charging signal from the first signal line 32.
- the TFT 40 has a gate terminal connected to the conductive pad 50, a drain terminal serving as an input terminal connected to the auxiliary signal line 37, and a source terminal serving as an output terminal connected to the second signal line 34.
- the conductive pad 50 is formed of a transparent conductor having ITO, carbon nanotube (CNT), antimony tin oxide (ATO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), or the like.
- the conductive pad 50 forms a capacitance facing the finger 25 of the body, and the area of the conductive pad 50 serves as an important factor for determining the capacitance generated during the touch input. For example, the greater the area of the conductive pad 50 in the touch cell 60, the greater the capacitance generated during touch input.
- the touch position detector 70 is installed at one edge portion or the outside of the panel.
- the touch position detector 70 includes a drive IC 71, a timing controller 72, a signal processor 73, and a memory means 74.
- the detection signal acquired by the touch position detector 70 is transmitted to the CPU 75.
- the CPU 75 may be a CPU of the display device 20, a main CPU of a computer device, or a CPU of the touch input device itself.
- the system configuration further includes a power supply unit for generating a high or low voltage of signals for detecting a touch input.
- the timing controller 72 generates a time division signal of several tens of ms or less, and the signal processor 73 applies a charging signal to each of the first signal lines 32 through the drive IC 71, and each of the auxiliary signal lines 37.
- the auxiliary signal for observation is applied, and a signal obtained through the second signal line 34 is detected to obtain a coordinate value of the touch cell 60 in which the touch input is generated.
- the memory means 74 is a means for temporarily storing the obtained coordinate values.
- the illustrated embodiment exemplifies a case in which the touch cell 60 has a resolution of 3 * 3, since the touch cell 60 actually has a higher resolution, a signal may be lost while processing many signals. For example, when the signal processing unit 73 is in the “Busy” state, the signal may not be recognized because the position detection signal is not recognized. The memory means 74 prevents such a loss of the signal.
- the memory means 74 has an absolute address corresponding to the coordinate value of the touch cell 60. To this end, the memory means 74 has more than the number of bits of the touch cell 60. If the touch input is generated in the touch cell 60 at the bottom right in the embodiment of FIG. 4, the signal processor 73 acquires the address “m9” of the memory means 74 as shown by a dotted line in FIG. 5. Stored coordinates After scanning the entire signals once, the memory means 74 is read to determine whether there is a missing signal. If a signal corresponding to the coordinate value of m9 is missing and stored in m9 of the memory means 74, the signal is generated as a normal input signal and the memory means 74 is erased before the next scanning.
- FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, showing an example in which two switching elements 42 and 44 are configured in the touch cell 60.
- the embodiment of FIG. 6 is an example of more easily processing a signal and stably recognizing a multi-touch input.
- each touch cell 60 consists of a conductive pad 50 and a switching element 44 to which a gate terminal is connected to the conductive pad 50 is the same as that of the embodiment of FIG.
- a switching element 42 for switching and supplying a charging signal to the furnace conductive pad 50 is further installed.
- the latter switching element 42 is the first switching element 42 and the former switching element 44 is the second switching element 44.
- both switching elements 42 and 44 are TFTs.
- the first TFT 42 has an input terminal connected to the first signal line 32, an output terminal connected to the conductive pad 50, and a gate terminal connected to the gate signal line 36.
- the second TFT 44 has a gate terminal connected to the conductive pad 50, and an input terminal and an output terminal are connected to the auxiliary signal line 37 and the second signal line 34, respectively.
- the touch position detector 70 sequentially applies the first pulses 42 by applying scan pulses to the gate signal lines 36.
- the touch signal may be checked by sequentially turning on the gate signal Gn to induce charge to the capacitance between the finger 25 and the conductive pad 50 and then sequentially applying the auxiliary signal line 37.
- FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the structure of a unit touch cell in the embodiment of FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross-sectional view taken along the line I-II of FIG. 7, with reference to the unit touch cell 60.
- the structure of) is described in more detail as follows.
- the first TFT 42 and the second TFT 44 are connected to the conductive pad 50 and the signal lines as shown in the circuit diagram of FIG. 6.
- the signal lines are, for example, aluminum-based metals such as aluminum and aluminum alloys, silver-based metals such as silver and silver alloys, copper-based metals such as copper and copper alloys, and molybdenum-based metals such as molybdenum and molybdenum alloys, chromium and titanium , Tantalum or the like is preferable.
- the first signal line 32, the second signal line 34, the gate signal line 36, and the auxiliary signal line 37 are formed of two films having different physical properties, that is, a lower film (not shown) and an upper film (shown thereon). Not).
- the upper layer is made of a low resistivity metal such as aluminum (Al) or an aluminum alloy to reduce signal delay or voltage drop.
- the lower layer is made of a material having excellent contact characteristics with ITO (Indium Tion Oxide) and IZO (Indium Zinc Oxide), such as molybdenum (Mo), molybdenum alloy, and chromium (Cr).
- the signal lines are preferably formed of a transparent conductor so as to avoid being viewed by the observer.
- a metal-based signal line may be partially used for insulation between the signal lines at the intersection of the signal lines and also to reduce the resistance of the signal lines.
- the signal lines may be protected by an insulating film.
- the BM not only prevents the signal lines from being recognized, but also is formed between the signal lines (for example, gate lines and source lines of the LCD) or pixels for screen display of the display device to conceal the signal lines. It is also possible to prevent the moiré phenomenon caused by light interference with (Black Matrix).
- the signal lines formed in the heterogeneous layers are connected to other components by contact holes 59.
- a gate insulating layer 43 made of silicon nitride (SiNx) or the like is formed on the gate electrode 56 of the first TFT 42 and the second TFT 44.
- An active layer 46 is formed on the gate insulating layer 43 to overlap the gate electrode 56 and form a channel between the drain electrode 57 and the source electrode 58.
- the active layer 46 is also formed to overlap the drain electrode 57 and the source electrode 58.
- the active layer 46 is formed of hydrogenated amorphous silicon, polycrystalline silicon, or the like.
- An ohmic contact layer 47 made of a material such as silicide or n + hydrogenated amorphous silicon doped with a high concentration of n-type impurities is formed on the active layer 46.
- the ohmic contact layer 47 is a layer for ohmic contact between the drain electrode 57 and the source electrode 58.
- a passivation layer 45 is formed on the drain electrode 57 and the source electrode 58, and a conductive pad 50 formed of a transparent conductive material such as ITO is disposed on the top surface of the passivation layer 45.
- a contact hole 59 is used to connect the conductive pad 50 to the source electrode 58 of the first TFT 42 and the gate electrode 56 of the second TFT 44.
- the contact hole 59 may be made in various shapes such as polygon or circle shape.
- a light blocking layer for blocking light may be formed on the TFTs 42 and 44.
- the light blocking layer may be a material used to manufacture the drain electrode 57 and the source electrode 58 of the TFTs 42 and 44 or a material used to manufacture the gate electrode 56 and an impermeable inorganic material may be used. have.
- the light blocking layer prevents the TFTs 42 and 44 from malfunctioning in response to light.
- the gate signal Gn provided by the touch position detector 70 has a voltage level large enough to allow the gate of the first TFT 42 to enter the active region.
- the gate signal Gn is preferably set to be 3V or more larger than the position detection signal Dn transmitted through the first signal line 32.
- the Hi voltage level of Dn is 13V and the Hi voltage level of Gn is 18V.
- the gate OFF voltage is set to -5 to -7V.
- the gate signal Gn has sufficient observation time between each signal. This is to allow the virtual capacitor formed by the finger 25 and the conductive pad 50 of the body to have sufficient charging time by the approach of the body. As shown, a sufficient period of observation time 1 is given between G1 and G2.
- the position detection signal Dn applied through the first signal line 32 is provided to necessarily maintain Hi when any one of Gn is Hi, and preferably also has a slight rest when Gn has a rest period.
- the touch position detector 70 provides the observation voltage through the auxiliary signal line 37.
- the signal Auxn applied through the auxiliary signal line 37 must be at a Hi level in some sections of the observation time, and may be always provided at a Hi level in all observation time sections.
- the auxiliary signal Auxn provides an observation voltage lower than 3V compared to 13V, which is a voltage charged between the finger 25 and the conductive pad 50 by Dn at the Hi level. For example, the observed voltage of Auxn is about 5V.
- the signal Sn obtained through the second signal line 34 is as shown. Has a waveform. This is because the capacitance is not formed in the conductive pad 50 because the body is not accessible. More specifically, when the gate signal G1 is applied, the first TFT 42 is turned on. At this time, the voltage of Dn is applied to the gate terminal of the second TFT 44, so the second TFT 44 is also turned on. However, since the wiring resistance and the parasitic capacitance of the second signal line 44 exist, the signals S1 and S2 obtained as shown in the figure have a curve in the section rising to the Hi level and the section falling to the Low level.
- the gate voltage of the second TFT 44 drops sharply until the acquired signal Sn falls completely to a low level.
- time Let time be "T1". However, the time delay generated in the output signal Sn is ignored in comparison with the input signal Dn in the waveform diagram.
- the capacitance between the conductive pad 50 and the finger 25 of the body in the touch cell 60. Will be formed.
- a virtual capacitor is formed at the time when the finger 25 is near.
- S3 in the waveform diagram of FIG. 9 distorts the waveform at the time of touch generation, there may be a change in the charging voltage at the initial stage of charging. However, as soon as charging is complete, S3 rises to the Hi level.
- T1 and T2 show a significant time difference.
- the touch position detection unit 70 reads the time taken for the waveform of the signal Sn received through the second signal line 34 to fall after the Gn is turned off as described above, or the falling voltage (or current) at a certain point in time, and then the touch signal. Can be obtained.
- the embodiment of FIG. 9 is an embodiment for acquiring a touch, and it is also possible to acquire a popping point in another method.
- the gate signal Gn is turned on all at the same time to induce charging to the virtual capacitor formed between the body and the conductive pad 50, and then the signals are sequentially applied to the auxiliary signal line 37 to observe the output waveform. Way. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various methods of acquiring a touch signal may be used according to the technical idea of the present invention.
- FIGS. 10 and 11 are diagrams illustrating still another embodiment of the present invention, and shows an example in which a separate auxiliary capacitor 54 is added between the conductive pad 50 and the ground in each touch cell 60.
- the added auxiliary capacitor 54 will charge share with the virtual capacitor formed by the finger 25 of the body, thereby lowering the gate side potential of the second TFT 44 or making the charging time longer. Therefore, if the detection is detected, the touch signal may be more stably obtained with respect to the approach of the finger 25.
- an auxiliary capacitor 54 is further connected between the conductive pad 50 and the auxiliary signal line 37. Also in the present embodiment, the touch position detector 70 may sequentially apply scan pulses to the gate signal lines 36 or may apply the same gate signal to all the gate signal lines 36.
- the gate signal Gn and the auxiliary signal Auxn for observation do not necessarily need to be interlocked and may be applied independently. However, if too much time elapses after the auxiliary capacitor 54 is charged by Gn, free discharge may occur in the auxiliary capacitor 54, and thus the auxiliary signal Auxn may not be observed by the Gn auxiliary capacitor 54. It is preferred to apply immediately after filling.
- the ON voltage of Gn is 15V.
- Dn is also applied to charge the auxiliary capacitor 54 connected to the gate terminal of the second TFT 44. Since the Hi level potential of Dn is a voltage for turning on the second TFT 44, about 10 V is appropriate in consideration of the relationship with Gn. Dn is provided for a time sufficient to charge the auxiliary capacitor 54.
- the second TFT 44 Since the voltage of the gate of the second TFT 44 is greater than or equal to 3V than the voltage of the input terminal Auxn, the second TFT 44 is always turned on. If the finger 25 is approached from the lower right touch cell 60 at the time when the auxiliary signal Auxn is applied for observation, charge stored in the auxiliary capacitor 54 is discharged to a virtual capacitor formed by the body. This continues until the potentials of the two capacitors are equal. If the capacitance of the auxiliary capacitor 54 is sufficiently smaller than the virtual capacitor formed by the finger 25, such charge sharing occurs and the voltage applied to the gate of the second TFT 44 is related to the magnitude of the auxiliary voltage Auxn.
- a time point at which the second TFT 44 is not turned on or the magnitude of the output signal Sn decreases may occur, and the touch signal may be obtained by reading the second TFT 44.
- the touch signal obtained in this example is also a coordinate value corresponding to “D3, S3”.
- the auxiliary signal line 37 is divided into a first auxiliary signal line 37a and a second auxiliary signal line 37b.
- One end of the auxiliary capacitor 54 is connected to the first auxiliary signal line 37a, and the input terminal of the second TFT 44 is connected to the second auxiliary signal line 37b.
- This embodiment differs only in that it separates an auxiliary signal for observation and an auxiliary signal for condition monitoring, and the rest is the same as the embodiment of FIG.
- An auxiliary signal Aux1-n is applied to the first auxiliary signal line 37a for observation, and an auxiliary signal Aux2-n is applied to the second auxiliary signal line 37b for monitoring.
- the ON voltage of Gn is 18V.
- the high level potential of Dn is about 12V as a voltage for turning on the second TFT 44.
- the auxiliary signal Aux1-n for observation may have a potential of ⁇ 18V at a low level and 0V at a Hi level as an embodiment. For example, when the auxiliary signal Aux1-n is at a low level and the auxiliary capacitor 54 is charged, the gate-side potential of the second TFT 44 is lowered to -6V, so that for the second auxiliary signal line 37b having a larger potential than that.
- the second TFT 44 is not conductive.
- the Hi level potential of Dn is 12V at the Hi level of Aux1-n (that is, zero volts), stable conduction of the second TFT 44 is ensured for the auxiliary signal Aux2-n smaller than about 3V.
- the auxiliary signal Aux2-n is preferably synchronized with the signal of Aux1-n, and the potential at the Hi level and the potential at the Low level of Aux2-n are also preferably matched with Aux1-n.
- auxiliary capacitor 54 variously select the capacitance of the auxiliary capacitor 54 to adjust the voltage applied to the gate side of the second TFT 44 after charge sharing, which means that when the touch is made, It is a factor in determining the waveform falling slope of the signal. That is, by adding the auxiliary capacitor 54, the width of the voltage level selection of each signal is widened, and the falling slope of the Sn signal is more gentle, so that the touch signal can be stably obtained.
- the above-described embodiments show touch cell structures according to the present invention.
- the touch cell 60 is basically configured in a P2G manner, and some components may be added to the basic configuration.
- each touch cell 60 may further include additional switching elements, capacitors, resistors or other electrical elements.
- the technical characteristics of the P2G-type touch cell 60 as described above the kickback (gate back) at the gate terminal of the switching element 40 is greatly changed depending on whether the touch input, the kickback difference according to the touch input Accordingly, since the output signal of the switching element 40 has a difference of several tens to tens of thousands, the detection sensitivity and accuracy are very high, and the touch input can be detected digitally.
- C1 and C2 described below are symbols representing the name and size of a capacitor at the same time.
- C1 means a capacitor named C1 and a capacitance of C1.
- capacitors Cgd and Cgs are formed between the gate terminal and the drain terminal of the TFT and between the gate terminal and the source terminal in the process of manufacturing the TFT. As shown in the figure, a capacitor Cgd is formed in a region where the drain electrode 57 overlaps with the gate electrode 56, and a capacitor Cgs is formed in a region where the source electrode 58 overlaps with the gate electrode 56. The size of these capacitors Cgd and Cgs is determined depending on the width or length of the TFT.
- Cgd and Cgs are designed to be about 10 fF (femto F) to about 300 fF.
- C1 and C2 may be external, in which case C1 or C2 is designed to about 10fF to 100uF.
- FIG. 13 is a touch cell diagram illustrating a state in which a capacitor is built in a TFT, and a state in which a built-in capacitor is added to each of the first TFT 42 and the second TFT 44 in the touch cell structure according to the embodiment of FIG. 6. It is illustrated. As illustrated, a virtual capacitor “Ct” is formed between the finger 25 of the body and the conductive pad 50 at the time of touch input. The signal output through the output terminal of the first TFT 42 is stored in the Ct for a predetermined time, and the signal accumulated in the Ct is discharged through the discharge path formed by the peripheral elements connected to the Ct.
- the built-in capacitors C1, C2, and C3 of each TFT act as shown.
- C1, C2, C3 is about 10fF to 100uF as mentioned above
- Ct can be freely designed by adjusting the distance, the opposing area, etc. of the touch means and the conductive pad 50.
- Ct is also largely designed based on the relational expression of FIG. 3.
- Ct is designed to be small by selecting the area of the conductive pad 50 small (for example, by selecting 1 mm 2 or less).
- Ct is selected to be equal or several hundred times larger than C1 to C3.
- Ct may be selected to be several hundred times smaller than C1 to C3.
- it may be designed to several tens of fF (femto F) to several tens of uF (Micro F).
- FIG. 14 is a waveform diagram illustrating a kickback waveform according to whether or not a touch is input, and shows a waveform of a signal in the touch cell structure of FIG. 13. Referring to FIG. 14, the difference in kickback according to whether a touch is input is as follows.
- VH the on voltage applied to the gate terminal of the first TFT 42
- VL the off voltage
- the voltage difference according to the on / off value is obtained by subtracting VL from VH.
- the voltage measured at the output terminal Out1 of the first TFT 42 is "V2" as in the waveform of "Out1-A".
- transient response characteristics due to signal line wiring, parasitic resistance, or the like are ignored.
- Equation 1 the kickback voltage “KB1” when no touch input occurs in the waveform of Out1-A is defined by Equation 1 as follows.
- VH is 10V
- VL is -5V
- V1 is 8V
- C1 is the same size as the sum of C2 and C3
- kickback voltage KB1 is 7.5V. That is, in the waveform of Out1-A, V2 is lowered from 8V to 0.5V. In addition, this voltage drop means that the potential at the conductive pad 50 is lowered from 8V to 0.5V.
- the waveform shown as "Out1-B" in FIG. 14 is a voltage of the voltage measured at the output terminal (Out1) of the first TFT 42 when a touch input approaching the finger 25 with respect to the conductive pad 50 occurs.
- the other conditions are the same as above, but in this case, since the capacitance Ct is formed between the finger 25 and the conductive pad 50, the kickback voltage “KB2” when the touch input occurs in the waveform of Out1-B is as follows. Defined by Equation 2.
- kickback voltage KB2 is 3V. That is, in the waveform of Out1-B, V2 is lowered from 8V to 5V.
- Out2-A and Out2-B illustrate the magnitudes of the signals (current values in this example) output from the output terminal Out2 of the second switching element 44, respectively. It can be seen that it has a waveform similar to -B.
- FIG. 15 is a graph showing the output current versus the gate voltage of the TFT. Referring to this, it can be seen that the output signal has a log function in preparation for the signal applied to the TFT. Referring to FIG. 15, it can be seen that Ids of about 1 uA flows when the control voltage Vgs applied to the gate terminal of the TFT is 15V, whereas Ids of 100 pA flows when Vgs is 0V. That is, when the control voltage drops from 15V to 0V, the output current has a difference of about 10,000 times.
- the difference between KB1 and KB2 can be appropriately designed, and accordingly, the output signal of the second TFT 44 by the touch input or not is You can make tens of thousands to tens of thousands of differences. Therefore, not only the touch input is easily detected, but also the detection accuracy and reliability are very high, and the touch input can be detected by a digital detection method for detecting the high / low level of the signal. In addition, it is possible to take the width or width of the touch cell 60 very small by this technical advantage.
- the TFT is referred to as the switching element 40.
- the TFT has an internal capacitor due to the structure in which the gate metal and the source metal are stacked as shown in FIG. 12, but other switching elements other than the TFT ( If a built-in capacitor is not present), a kickback effect may be obtained by adding a capacitor to the switching element 40 as shown in the circuit diagram of FIG.
- the driving method and the detection method may be different when replaced with another switching device.
- a switching element such as a BJT or an IGBT is operated in a current-driven type, and outputs several tens of times more current than the current applied to the control terminal. Therefore, switching devices such as BJT and IGBT can obtain an output current characteristic showing a difference of several times or more compared to a control current of a small difference by providing a difference in kickback depending on whether a touch is input.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of detecting a touch input using a comparator
- FIG. 17 is a waveform diagram illustrating waveforms when a comparator is detected.
- a digital method is used to digitally display high / low levels of an output signal of the second TFT 44. Shows an example of detecting a touch input by detecting.
- the signal Sn output from the second TFT 44 is input to a comparator as shown in FIG. 16 and compared with a reference signal. As described above, since the output signal difference of the second TFT 44 is large according to whether or not a touch input is generated, signal detection in the comparator is very easy. In addition, the output of the comparator is a digital signal having a high or low level, and the touch position detector 70 may read the comparator without additional signal conversion.
- the touch position detector 70 may digitally process the output of the comparator.
- the difference between the high and the low of Sn appears to be small in the illustrated example, as mentioned above, this difference is several tens to tens of thousands of times.
- a reference signal is used.
- the reference signal may be made by configuring a separate reference signal generator in the touch position detector 70.
- the constant reference signal may cause a reading error of the touch input.
- the characteristics of the first TFT 42 are changed by factors such as temperature or secular variation, so that a voltage variation of about 2 V occurs in Vgs for generating the same output current.
- the difference between the output currents Ids is one hundred times in a section where Vgs is changed from 0 (zero) to about 2V. If the touch input is detected as the difference between Vgs 0V and Vgs 15V, the difference between Ids is 10,000 times, so that the value between the output signal of the second TFT 44 depending on whether or not the touch input is generated ( That is, the current value having a difference of one hundred times) can be determined.
- the reference signal can be set to the current value at Vgs 2V.
- "between” does not necessarily mean an intermediate value.
- a reference value may be a current value having a ten-fold difference or a current value having a thousand-fold difference.
- the output voltage of the first TFT 42 fluctuates by 2V
- the output of the second TFT 44 is close to the reference signal even though no touch input is generated. In this case, even though the touch input does not occur due to the disturbance or the like, the touch input may be detected and may malfunction.
- the present invention uses the sensing cell 61 in order to prevent the malfunction according to the reference signal set as described above.
- the sensing cell 61 is installed on the panel and has a structure similar to that of the touch cell 60 for detecting a touch input.
- the sensing cell 61 having a structure similar to that of the touch cell 60 has the same temperature condition and secular variation as the touch cell 60. For example, if the TFT of the touch cell 60 has a voltage variation of 2V due to temperature or secular variation, the sensing cell 61 also generates a reference signal of the same voltage variation. Therefore, reading errors due to factors such as temperature and secular variation can be reduced.
- the sensing cell 61 may be configured as one sensing switching element 64.
- the sensing switching element 64 is a TFT, hereinafter referred to as the sensing TFT 64, and denoted by the same reference numeral.
- a separate TFT may be further added to the rear end of the TFT 40 or the second TFT 44.
- the sensing cell 61 is configured to include the first sensing TFT 66 and the first TFT.
- the two sensing TFTs 68 may be sequentially connected.
- the installation location of the sensing cell 61 is not specified in the illustrated example, the sensing cell 61 may be installed in a non active area on the panel.
- the sensing TFT 64 constituting the sensing cell 61 has the same circuit configuration as the TFT 40 or the second TFT 44 behind the conductive pad 50 of the touch cell 60.
- the drain terminal of the sensing TFT 64 is connected to the auxiliary signal line 36 and the source terminal is connected to the second signal line 34.
- the conductive pad is not connected to the gate terminal of the sensing TFT 64, and a separate gate signal may be applied to the gate terminal.
- a TFT having the same circuit configuration as that of the first TFT 42 may be further added to the gate terminal.
- the touch position detector 70 applies a predetermined control signal to the gate terminal of the sensing TFT 64.
- This control signal is applied to the control terminal of the second TFT 44 of the touch cell 60 when no touch input occurs and to the control terminal of the second TFT 44 of the touch cell 60 when the touch input occurs.
- Signal For example, in the above example, 2V will be applied to the control terminal of the sensing TFT 64. If 2V is applied to the gate terminal of the sensing TFT 64, the output of the sensing TFT 64 will correspond to the Ids value when Vgs is 2V.
- the sensing TFT 64 also has a voltage change under the same condition, so the reference signal output from the sensing TFT 64 also changes. do. Therefore, as described above, a malfunction due to temperature conditions or secular variation can be prevented and the touch input can be stably detected.
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- 터치패널의 단위 터치셀(60)을 구성하는 터치셀 구조에 있어서,신체의 손가락(25) 또는 이와 유사한 전기적 특성을 갖는 터치수단이 소정 거리(d)로 접근할 때, 터치수단과의 사이에서 정전용량을 형성하는 도전패드(50); 및상기 도전패드(50)에 게이트단자가 접속되며, 터치수단과 도전패드(50) 사이의 정전용량에 의해 게이트단자의 전위가 변화될 때 그에 대응하여 출력신호가 변화되는 3단자형의 스위칭소자(40);를 포함하여 구성된 것을 특징으로 하는 터치셀 구조.
- 제 1항에 있어서,상기 스위칭소자(40)는 상기 도전패드(50)에 출력단자가 접속되며, 게이트단자에 인가되는 제어신호에 따라 턴 온/오프되어 도전패드(50)에 충전신호를 스위칭 공급하는 3단자형의 제1스위칭소자(42); 및상기 도전패드(50)에 게이트단자가 접속되며, 게이트단자의 전위가 변화될 때 그에 대응하여 출력신호가 변화되는 제2스위칭소자(44);를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치셀 구조.
- 제 2항에 있어서,상기 제1스위칭소자(42) 및 제2스위칭소자(44) 각각의 제어단자와 출력단자 사이에 접속되는 커패시터(C1, C2)를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치셀 구조.
- 제 3항에 있어서,상기 제1스위칭소자(42)의 제어단자와 출력단자 사이에 접속되는 커패시터 C1은 10fF 내지 100uF인 것을 특징으로 하는 터치셀 구조.
- 제 3항에 있어서,상기 제1스위칭소자(42)의 제어단자와 출력단자 사이에 접속되는 커패시터 C1은 터치수단과 도전패드(50) 사이의 Ct에 비해 2배 내지 수백 배 작은 값으로 선택되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치셀 구조.
- 제 3항에 있어서,상기 제1스위칭소자(42)의 제어단자와 출력단자 사이에 접속되는 커패시터 C1은 터치수단과 도전패드(50) 사이의 Ct 이상의 값으로 선택되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치셀 구조.
- 제 3항에 있어서,상기 커패시터(C1, C2)는 제1스위칭소자(42) 및 제2스위칭소자(44)에 내장 설치되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치셀 구조.
- 제 3항에 있어서,상기 커패시터(C1, C2)는 제1스위칭소자(42) 및 제2스위칭소자(44)의 외부에 설치되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치셀 구조.
- 제 3항에 있어서,상기 제2스위칭소자(44)의 입력단자와 제어단자 사이에 커패시터(C3)가 더 접속되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치셀 구조.
- 제 1항 내지 제 9항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서,상기 도전패드(50)와 접지 사이에는 보조커패시터(54)가 더 설치되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치셀 구조.
- 제 1항 내지 제 9항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서,상기 스위칭소자(40)는 릴레이(Relay), MOS(Metal Oxide Semiconductor) 스위치, BJT(Bipolar Junction Transistor), FET(Field Effect Transistor), MOSFET(Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor), IGBT(Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor), TFT(Thin Film Transistor) 중 어느 하나인 것을 특징으로 하는 터치셀 구조.
- 광 투과성 기판(30);상기 광 투과성 기판(30) 상에 매트릭스 형태로 배열되며, 도전패드(50)와, 상기 도전패드(50)에 게이트단자가 접속되며 신체의 손가락(25) 또는 이와 유사한 전기적 특성을 갖는 터치수단과 도전패드(50) 사이의 정전용량에 의해 게이트단자의 전위가 변화될 때 그에 대응하여 출력신호가 변화되는 3단자형의 스위칭소자(40)를 포함한 터치셀(60); 및상기 스위칭소자(40)의 출력으로부터 터치입력을 인식하는 터치위치 검출부(70);를 포함하여 구성된 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 12항에 있어서,상기 스위칭소자(40)는 상기 도전패드(50)에 출력단자가 접속되며, 게이트단자에 인가되는 제어신호에 따라 턴 온/오프되어 도전패드(50)에 충전신호를 스위칭 공급하는 3단자형의 제1스위칭소자(42); 및상기 도전패드(50)에 게이트단자가 접속되며, 게이트단자의 전위가 변화될 때 그에 대응하여 출력신호가 변화되는 제2스위칭소자(44)를 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 13항에 있어서,상기 제1스위칭소자(42) 및 제2스위칭소자(44) 각각의 제어단자와 출력단자 사이에 접속되는 커패시터(C1, C2)를 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 14항에 있어서,상기 제1스위칭소자(42)의 제어단자와 출력단자 사이에 접속되는 커패시터 C1은 10fF 내지 100uF인 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 14항에 있어서,상기 제1스위칭소자(42)의 제어단자와 출력단자 사이에 접속되는 커패시터 C1은 터치수단과 도전패드(50) 사이의 Ct에 비해 2배 내지 수백 배 작은 값으로 선택되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 14항에 있어서,상기 제1스위칭소자(42)의 제어단자와 출력단자 사이에 접속되는 커패시터 C1은 터치수단과 도전패드(50) 사이의 Ct 이상의 값으로 선택되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 14항에 있어서,상기 커패시터(C1, C2)는 제1스위칭소자(42) 및 제2스위칭소자(44)에 내장 설치되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 14항에 있어서,상기 커패시터(C1, C2)는 제1스위칭소자(42) 및 제2스위칭소자(44)의 외부에 설치되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 14항에 있어서,상기 제2스위칭소자(44)의 입력단자와 제어단자 사이에 커패시터(C3)가 더 접속되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 20항에 있어서,상기 도전패드(50)와 접지 사이에는 보조커패시터(54)가 더 설치되는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 13항에 있어서,상기 스위칭소자(40)는 릴레이(Relay), MOS(Metal Oxide Semiconductor) 스위치, BJT(Bipolar Junction Transistor), FET(Field Effect Transistor), MOSFET(Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor), IGBT(Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor), TFT(Thin Film Transistor) 중 어느 하나인 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 13항 내지 제 22항 중 어느 한 항에 있어서,상기 터치위치 검출부(70)는 상기 제1스위칭소자(42)의 제어단자에 온/오프 제어신호를 인가하고 입력단자에 위치검출신호를 인가하며, 터치입력 여부에 의한 킥백의 차이에 따르는 제2스위칭소자(44)의 출력신호 차이를 대비하여 터치입력을 인식하는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 23항에 있어서,상기 제2스위칭소자(44)의 출력신호는 터치입력 여부에 따라 수십 배 내지 수만 배의 차이를 갖는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 23항에 있어서,상기 제2스위칭소자(44)의 출력신호와 기준신호를 비교하는 비교수단을 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 25항에 있어서,상기 기판(30)의 일측에는 상기 제2스위칭소자(44)와 동일한 회로구성을 가지되, 제어단자에는 도전패드(50)가 접속되지 않는 3단자형의 센싱스위칭소자(64)를 구비한 센싱셀(61)이 더 설치되고,상기 터치위치 검출부(70)는 상기 센싱스위칭소자(64)의 제어단자에 “터치입력 미발생시 터치셀(60)의 제2TFT(44)의 제어단자에 인가되는 신호”와 “터치입력 발생시 터치셀(60)의 제2TFT(44)의 제어단자에 인가되는 신호”의 사이값에 대응하는 제어신호를 인가하고, 센싱스위칭소자(64)의 입력단자에 제2스위칭소자(44)의 입력단자에 인가되는 신호와 동일한 신호를 인가하며, 센싱스위칭소자(64)의 출력단자에서 출력되는 신호를 상기 비교수단의 기준신호로 이용하는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
- 제 12항에 있어서,상기 터치위치 검출부(70)는 상기 터치셀(60)의 좌표값에 대응하는 주소들을 갖는 메모리수단(74)을 더 포함하며, 터치입력을 검출하면 대응 터치셀(60)의 좌표값을 상기 메모리수단(74)의 대응 주소에 저장하는 것을 특징으로 하는 터치패널.
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