WO2015010376A1 - 阵列基板及其制造方法、触摸屏和显示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of display technologies, and in particular, to an array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, a touch screen, and a display device. Background technique
- the touch screen can be divided into: an add on cell touch panel and an embedded touch screen (In Cel l Touch Panel).
- the current mainstream touch screen basically adopts an external touch screen, which is a touch-enabled liquid crystal display formed by separately manufacturing a touch panel and a liquid crystal display panel and then bonding the touch panel and the liquid crystal display panel together.
- the external touch screen has disadvantages such as high manufacturing cost, low light transmittance, and heavy structure of the whole machine, which is difficult to meet the requirements of the consumer for the thin and light touch screen.
- the Glass To Glass (GTG) type touch screen usually needs to be fabricated twice, which greatly increases the manufacturing cost of the product, greatly reduces the yield of the product, and increases the thickness of the whole structure. It is even more difficult to meet consumer demand for thin and light touch screens.
- the embedded touch screen embeds the touch electrodes of the touch screen inside the liquid crystal display panel, thereby greatly reducing the thickness of the whole structure and reducing the manufacturing cost.
- the existing in-cell touch panel directly adds a touch scan line and a touch sensor line on the array substrate, and the intersection of the touch scan line and the touch sensor line forms a sensing capacitor.
- the touch scan signal is loaded on the touch scan line.
- the invention provides an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a touch screen and a display device, which do not need to add a new film layer on the array substrate, and do not need to add a new process step in the manufacturing process, thereby reducing the production cost and improving the production cost.
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- the present invention provides an array substrate including a base substrate and gate lines, data lines, and common electrode layers formed on the base substrate, the gate lines and the data lines defining pixel units
- the common electrode layer includes: a touch scan electrode and a touch sensing electrode, wherein the touch scan electrode is configured to load a common electrode signal during a display time period and load a touch scan signal during a touch time period;
- the touch sensing electrode is configured to load a common electrode signal during a display time period and output a touch sensing signal during a touch time period.
- the array substrate further includes: a touch scan signal line and a touch sensing signal line, wherein the touch scan signal line is connected to the corresponding touch scan electrode, and the touch sensing signal line and the corresponding The touch sensing signal line and the touch sensing signal line are both disposed in the same layer as the gate line.
- the touch scan signal line and the corresponding touch scan electrode are connected through a plurality of vias
- the touch sensing signal line and the corresponding touch sensing electrode are connected through a plurality of vias.
- the common electrode layer further includes: a common electrode, configured to load the common electrode signal during the display period.
- the array substrate further includes: a common electrode signal line, the common electrode signal line is connected to the corresponding common electrode, and the common electrode signal line is disposed in the same layer as the gate line.
- the common electrode signal line and the corresponding common electrode are connected by a plurality of via holes.
- the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode form an interposer electrode array structure.
- the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode form an interposer electrode array structure, and the common electrode is located between the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode Gap.
- each row of the touch scan electrodes includes a plurality of touch scan sub-electrodes, and each adjacent two rows of touch scan electrodes form a group, and two touch scan sub-electrodes are located at two positions in each group.
- the touch sensing electrodes of adjacent groups are integrated.
- the common electrode includes: a first common sub-electrode and a second common sub-electrode, wherein the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode form an interpolated electrode array structure, the first common sub- The electrode is located at a gap between the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode, and the second common sub-electrode is located at a gap between adjacent pin electrode array structures.
- each adjacent two rows of pixel units form a group, and two rows of the gate lines are formed between two rows of the pixel units in each group, the touch scan signal lines and the touch sensing signals.
- One of the lines or any combination thereof is located at a gap between adjacent groups.
- each adjacent two rows of pixel units form a group, and two rows of the gate lines are formed between the two rows of the pixel units in each group, and the touch scan signal line and the touch sensing signal are formed.
- the lines and/or the common electrode signal lines are located at gaps between adjacent groups.
- the invention also provides a touch screen comprising: the above array substrate.
- the invention also provides a display device comprising: the above touch screen.
- the present invention also provides a method of fabricating an array substrate, comprising: forming a gate line and a data line on a base substrate, the gate line and the data line defining a pixel unit; forming on the base substrate
- the common electrode layer includes a touch scan electrode and a touch sensing electrode, and the touch scan electrode is configured to load the common electrode signal during the display time period and load the touch scan signal during the touch time period.
- the touch sensing electrode is configured to load a common electrode signal during a display time period and output a touch sensing signal during a touch time period.
- the common electrode layer further includes a common electrode for loading the common electrode signal during the display period.
- the manufacturing method further includes: forming a metal signal line while forming a gate line on the base substrate, wherein the metal signal line includes a touch scan signal line, a touch sensing signal line, and a common electrode signal One of the lines or any combination thereof.
- the common electrode layer includes a touch scan electrode, a touch sensing electrode and a common electrode, and the display signal and the touch signal are time-divisionally driven, so that the display signal is displayed.
- the touch scan electrode, the touch sensing electrode and the common electrode jointly realize the transmission of the common electrode signal.
- the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode realize the transmission of the touch sensing signal. Since the touch scan electrode and the touch sense electrode are formed in the common electrode layer, there is no need to add a new film layer on the array substrate, and there is no need to add a new process step in the manufacturing process, thereby reducing production cost and improving production. effectiveness.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a common electrode layer in the first embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 2 is an enlarged schematic view of A in Figure 1.
- Embodiment 3 is a schematic structural view of a common electrode layer in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- Embodiment 4 is a schematic structural view of a common electrode layer in Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- Fig. 5 is a flow chart showing a method of fabricating an array substrate according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. detailed description
- Embodiment 1 of the present invention provides an array substrate including a base substrate and gate lines, data lines, and common electrode layers formed on the base substrate, the gate lines and the data lines defining pixel units.
- the common electrode layer may include: a touch scan electrode and a touch sensing electrode, wherein the touch scan electrode is configured to load the common electrode signal during the display time period and load the touch scan signal during the touch time period, and the touch sensing electrode It is used to load the common electrode signal during the display time period and output the touch sensing signal during the touch time period.
- the common electrode layer of the whole surface is optimized, so that the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode are formed in the common electrode layer, and the touch screen is realized by using the time-division driving display and the touch technology.
- the time-division driving display and the touch technology are: dividing a frame time into a display time period and a touch time period, wherein the touch scan signal is loaded on the touch scan electrode during the touch time period, and the touch sensing electrode The touch sensing signal is coupled to generate a touch sensing signal and output the touch sensing signal during the touch period; and the scanning electrode is touched during the display period
- the common electrode signal is loaded on the touch sensing electrode, and the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode function as a common electrode.
- the material of the common electrode layer is a transparent conductive material, such as Tin Indium Oxide (ITO).
- the common electrode layer includes: a touch scan electrode 1, a touch sensing electrode 2, and a common electrode 3.
- the common electrode 3 is used to load the common electrode signal during the display period.
- the touch scan electrode 1 and the touch sensing electrode 2 form an interposer electrode array structure, and the touch scan electrode 1 and the touch sensing electrode 2 are disposed in the same layer and insulated from each other, thereby forming a touch scan of the interdigitated structure.
- each row of the touch scan electrodes 1 may include a plurality of touch scan sub-electrodes, and each adjacent two rows of touch scan electrodes 1 form a group, and two touch scans are located in opposite positions in each group and located in two rows.
- the sub-electrodes are integrated, and the touch sensing electrodes 2 of the adjacent groups are integrated.
- the first row of the touch scan electrode 1 includes the touch scan sub-electrode 11 , the touch scan sub-electrode 12 and the touch scan sub-described in the first row (the top row in the figure) and the second behavior example in FIG. 1 .
- the electrode 13 , the touch scan sub-electrode 11 , the touch scan sub-electrode 12 and the touch scan sub-electrode 13 are disposed in the same layer and insulated from each other;
- the second row of touch scan electrodes 1 includes the touch scan sub-electrode 14 and the touch scan
- the electrode 15 and the touch scan sub-electrode 16 , the touch scan sub-electrode 14 , the touch scan sub-electrode 15 and the touch scan sub-electrode 16 are disposed in the same layer and insulated from each other.
- the first row of touch scan electrodes 1 and the second row of touch scan electrodes 1 form a group, and the oppositely-positioned touch scan sub-electrodes 11 and the touch scan sub-electrodes 14 are integrated, and the oppositely-positioned touch scan sub-electrodes 12 are formed.
- the touch scan sub-electrode 15 and the touch scan sub-electrode 15 are integrated.
- the touch sensing electrodes 2 of the adjacent groups are integrated.
- the touch sensing electrodes of the second row form the touch sensing electrodes 2 of the finger structure and the touches of the third row.
- the scanning electrode forms the touch sensing electrode 2 of the finger structure as a unitary structure.
- the common electrode 3 may be located at a gap between the touch scan sub-electrode and the touch sensing electrode 2.
- the touch scan electrodes are vertical electrodes, and the touch sensing electrodes are lateral electrodes.
- the touch scan electrode may be a lateral electrode, and the touch sensing electrode is a vertical electrode, which is not specifically drawn.
- touch scanning The electrode and the touch sensing electrode may also be other structures, for example, a strip structure or a diamond structure, which is not limited herein.
- the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode adopt an interpolated electrode array structure, which can increase the mutual inductance of the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode, thereby improving the sensitivity and accuracy of the touch.
- the mutual inductance of the touch scanning electrode and the touch sensing electrode is further increased, thereby further improving the sensitivity and accuracy of the touch.
- the accuracy of the touch screen is usually in the order of millimeters, and the required precision can be ensured by selecting the density and width of the touch scanning electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes.
- the touch scanning electrode has a width dl of 5 ram to 6 ram
- the touch sensing electrode has a width d2 of 5 to 6.
- the array substrate may further include: a touch scan signal line, a touch sensing signal line, and a common electrode signal line.
- the touch scan signal line is configured to output a common electrode signal to the touch scan electrode during the display period and output the touch scan signal to the touch scan electrode during the touch period.
- the touch sensing signal line is configured to output a common electrode signal to the touch sensing electrode during the display period and receive the touch sensing signal output by the touch sensing electrode during the touch period.
- the common electrode signal line is for outputting a common electrode signal to the common electrode during the display period.
- the touch scan signal line is connected to the corresponding touch scan electrode, the touch sensing signal line is connected to the corresponding touch sensing electrode, and the common electrode signal line is connected to the corresponding common electrode.
- each touch scan sub-electrode can correspond to at least one touch scan signal line. Therefore, each touch scan sub-electrode can be connected to at least one touch scan signal line.
- the touch scan sub-electrode 11 is connected to the corresponding touch scan signal line 31 and the touch scan signal line 32
- the touch scan sub-electrode 12 and the corresponding touch scan signal line 33 and the touch The scanning signal line 34 is connected
- the touch scanning sub-electrode 13 is connected to the corresponding touch scanning signal line 35 and the touch scanning signal line 36.
- each touch sensing electrode can correspond to at least one touch sensing signal line. Therefore, each touch sensing electrode can be connected to at least one touch sensing signal line.
- the touch sensing electrode 2 is connected to the corresponding touch sensing signal line 37 , the touch sensing signal line 38 , the touch sensing signal line 39 , and the touch sensing signal line 40 .
- the touch scan signal line and the corresponding touch scan electrode are connected through a plurality of via holes 41.
- the touch sensing signal line and the corresponding touch sensing electrode can be connected through a plurality of via holes 42.
- the solid dot in Figure 1 is a via, and only the two labels 41 and 42 are indicated in the figure, and the remaining vias are no longer one by one. Note.
- each of the common electrodes may correspond to at least one common electrode signal line, and thus, each of the common electrodes may be connected to at least one common electrode signal line.
- the common electrode 3 is connected to a corresponding common electrode signal line 43, a common electrode signal line 44, a common electrode signal line 45, and a common electrode signal line 46.
- the common electrode signal line and the corresponding common electrode may be connected by a plurality of via holes. Since the common electrode layer is usually made of a transparent conductive material, the touch scan signal line and the corresponding touch scan electrode are connected through a plurality of via holes, the touch sensing signal line and the corresponding touch sensing electrode are connected through a plurality of via holes.
- the common electrode signal line and the corresponding common electrode are connected by a plurality of via holes corresponding to connecting an electrode made of a transparent conductive material and a plurality of metal resistors composed of signal lines in parallel, so as to minimize the resistance of the electrode. Thereby increasing the signal to noise ratio of the electrode transfer signal.
- the touch scan signal line, the touch sensing signal line, and the common electrode signal line are all disposed in the same layer as the gate line.
- the touch scan signal line, the touch sensing signal line, and the common electrode signal line may also be disposed in different layers from the gate line, that is, in the touch scan signal line, the touch sensing signal line, and the public.
- An insulating layer is disposed between the electrode signal line and the gate line.
- the touch scan signal line, the touch sensing signal line, and the common electrode signal line may also be disposed in the same layer as the data line.
- the same mask can be used to simultaneously produce the touch scan signal line, the touch sensing signal line, and the common electrode.
- Signal lines and gate lines eliminate the need for additional masks, simplifying production processes, reducing manufacturing costs and increasing productivity.
- the touch scanning signal line, the touch sensing signal line, and the common electrode signal line are all disposed in the same layer as the data line, the production process is simplified, the manufacturing cost is reduced, and the production efficiency is improved.
- the pixel unit may include a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) and a pixel electrode.
- TFT Thin Film Transistor
- the array substrate provided in this embodiment can be applied to an Advanced Super Dimension Switch (ADS) type display device or a Super Advanced Super Dimension Switch (HADS) type display device.
- ADS Advanced Super Dimension Switch
- HADS Super Advanced Super Dimension Switch
- the accuracy of the structure with the touch function is usually on the order of millimeters, and the precision of the structure with the display function is on the order of micrometers. Therefore, usually one touch scan electrode and the touch sense electrode can cover multiple rows or columns of pixels. unit.
- the precision refers to the size of one touch unit or the size of one pixel unit in the touch screen.
- FIG. 1 is enlarged to form Fig. 2.
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of A in FIG. 1.
- the gate line 6 and the data line 7 define a pixel unit 5, and the pixel unit 5 includes a thin film transistor 51 and a pixel electrode 52, and each adjacent two rows of pixels
- the cells 5 are formed in a group, and two gate lines 6 are formed between the two rows of pixel cells 5 in each group.
- the two gate lines 6 respectively control the upper and lower rows of pixel units 5, the gate lines 6 adjacent to the upstream pixel units 5 control the upstream pixel units 5, and the gate lines 6 adjacent to the downstream pixel units 5 control the downstream pixel units 5.
- the position of a part of the gate lines is saved, so that one of the touch scanning signal lines, the touch sensing signal lines and the common electrode signal lines or any combination thereof can be disposed at the gap between the adjacent groups.
- one of the touch scanning signal line, the touch sensing signal line, and the common electrode signal line, or any combination thereof, may be located at a gap between adjacent groups, and the touch scanning signal line and the touch sensing signal line
- the common electrode signal line and the common electrode signal line can be disposed in the same layer as the gate line 6.
- the common electrode signal line 46 is disposed above the upstream pixel electrode 5 and connected to the common electrode 3 through the via 48.
- the scanning signal line 34 is disposed below the downstream pixel unit 5 and connected to the touch scan electrode 1 through the via 49.
- one or more signal lines may be disposed at the gap between adjacent groups.
- the structure change saves a part of the gate lines to arrange the touch scan signal lines, the touch sense signal lines and the common electrode signal lines, so as not to occupy the open area too much, so that the aperture ratio of the touch screen pixels is maximized.
- the common electrode layer of the array substrate provided by the embodiment includes a touch scan electrode, a touch sensing electrode and a common electrode, and the display signal and the touch signal are time-divisionally driven, so that the touch scan electrode and the touch are displayed during the display signal transmission period.
- the control sensing electrode and the common electrode jointly realize the transmission of the common signal.
- the touch scanning electrode and the touch sensing electrode realize the transmission of the touch signal sensing.
- the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode are formed in the common electrode layer, there is no need to add a new film layer on the array substrate, and there is no need to add a new process step in the manufacturing process, thereby reducing production. Cost increases production efficiency.
- the touch scan electrode and the touch drive electrode are formed in the common electrode layer, and the mutual inductance of the touch scan electrode and the touch drive electrode are fully considered, and the capacitance and touch of the touch scan electrode are reduced.
- the capacitance of the sensing electrode to the ground and the time-division driving of the display signal and the touch signal reduce the RC delay of the touch screen, reduce the noise, and increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the touch screen. Since the display signal and the touch signal are time-divisionally driven, mutual interference between the touch and display functions can be reduced, thereby improving the quality of the touch screen display screen and the accuracy of the touch display.
- Embodiment 2 of the present invention provides an array substrate including a base substrate and gate lines, data lines, and common electrode layers formed on the base substrate, the gate lines and the data lines defining pixel units.
- the common electrode layer may include: a touch scan electrode and a touch sensing electrode, wherein the touch scan electrode is configured to load the common electrode signal during the display time period and load the touch scan signal during the touch time period, and the touch sensing electrode It is used to load the common electrode signal during the display time period and output the touch sensing signal during the touch time period.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a common electrode layer according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- the common electrode layer includes: a touch scan electrode 1 and a touch sensing electrode 2.
- the touch scan electrode 1 and the touch sensing electrode 2 form an array of interposer electrodes, and the touch scan electrodes 1 and the touch sensing electrodes 2 are disposed in the same layer and insulated from each other.
- each row of the touch scan electrodes 1 may include a plurality of touch scan sub-electrodes, and each adjacent two rows of touch scan electrodes 1 form a group, and two touch scans are located in opposite positions in each group and located in two rows.
- the sub-electrodes are integrated, and the touch sensing electrodes 2 of the adjacent groups are integrated.
- the touch scan electrode 1 and the touch sensing electrode 2 refer to the description of the first embodiment, and details are not described herein again.
- the array substrate may further include: a touch scan signal line and a touch sensing signal line.
- a touch scanning signal line and the touch sensing signal line For a detailed description of the touch scanning signal line and the touch sensing signal line, refer to the description in the first embodiment, and details are not described herein again.
- the touch scanning signal line and the touch sensing signal line are both disposed in the same layer as the gate line.
- the touch scan signal line and the touch sensing signal line may also be disposed in different layers from the gate line, and the insulating layer is disposed between the touch scan signal line and the touch sensing signal line and the gate line.
- the touch scan signal line and the touch sense signal line may also be disposed in the same layer as the data line.
- each adjacent two rows of touch scan signal lines and/or touch sense signal lines are located at gaps between adjacent groups.
- the common electrode is not included in the common electrode layer. Specifically, the common electrode is not disposed at a gap between the touch scan sub-electrode and the touch sensing electrode. Since the common electrode is not disposed in the common electrode layer, the common electrode signal is loaded on the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode during the display period, so that the touch scan electrode and the touch sensing electrode function as a common electrode. .
- This embodiment and the above embodiment In contrast, since the common electrode is not disposed in the common electrode layer, the pattern complexity of the common electrode layer is simplified, and manufacturing difficulty is reduced.
- Embodiment 3 of the present invention provides an array substrate including a base substrate and gate lines, data lines, and common electrode layers formed on the base substrate, the gate lines and the data lines defining pixel units.
- the common electrode layer may include: a touch scan electrode and a touch sensing electrode, wherein the touch scan electrode is configured to load the common electrode signal during the display time period and load the touch scan signal during the touch time period, and the touch sensing electrode It is used to load the common electrode signal during the display time period and output the touch sensing signal during the touch time period.
- the common electrode layer includes: a touch scan electrode 1, a touch sensing electrode 2, and a common electrode 3.
- the common electrode 3 is used to load the common electrode signal during the display period.
- the touch scanning electrode 1 and the touch sensing electrode 2 form an interposer electrode array structure, and the touch scanning electrode 1 and the touch sensing electrode 2 are disposed in the same layer and insulated from each other.
- the common electrode 3 may include: a first common sub-electrode 301 and a second common sub-electrode 302, the first common sub-electrode 301 is located at a gap between the touch scan electrode and the touch-sensing electrode, and the second common sub-electrode 302 is located at a phase
- the adjacent rows are interposed between the gaps between the electrode array structures.
- each row of the touch scan electrodes 1 may include a plurality of touch scan sub-electrodes, as shown in FIG. 4 , for example, the first row (the top row in the figure) of the touch scan electrodes 1 includes touches.
- the scanning sub-electrode 11 , the touch scanning sub-electrode 12 and the touch scanning sub-electrode 13 , the first common sub-electrode 301 can be located at a gap between the touch scanning sub-electrode and the touch sensing electrode 2 .
- the array substrate may further include: a touch scan signal line, a touch sensing signal line, and a common electrode signal line.
- the touch scan signal line, the touch sensing signal line, and the common electrode signal line are all disposed in the same layer as the gate line.
- the common electrode 3 includes a first common sub-electrode 301 and a second common sub-electrode 302, and the first common sub-electrode 301 and the corresponding common electrode signal line 43.
- the common electrode signal line 44, the common electrode signal line 45, and the common electrode signal line 46 are connected; the second common sub-electrode 302 is connected to the corresponding common electrode signal line 47.
- the common electrode signal line and the corresponding common electrode may be connected by a plurality of via holes.
- a fourth embodiment of the present invention provides a touch panel, which includes an array substrate.
- the array substrate may be the array substrate in the first embodiment, the second embodiment, or the third embodiment, and is not described in detail.
- the fifth embodiment of the present invention provides a display device, which includes a touch screen, and the touch screen can adopt the touch screen in the fourth embodiment, which is not described in detail herein.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a method of fabricating an array substrate according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the method includes the following steps:
- Step 101 Form a gate line and a data line on the base substrate, and the gate line and the data line define the pixel unit.
- the pixel unit includes a thin film transistor TFT and a pixel electrode.
- the TFT includes a gate, a source, a drain, and an active layer.
- step 101 includes the following sub-steps:
- Step 1011 forming a gate and a gate line on the base substrate, and forming a metal signal line while forming the gate line, the metal signal line may include a touch scan signal line, a touch sensing signal line, and a common electrode signal line. One or any combination thereof;
- Step 1012 forming a gate insulating layer on the gate, the gate line and the metal signal line, the gate insulating layer covering the entire substrate;
- Step 1013 forming an active layer pattern on the gate insulating layer
- Step 1014 forming a source, a drain, and a data line connected to the source on the base substrate on which the active layer pattern is formed, and the gate line and the data line define the pixel unit;
- Step 1015 forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain in the pixel unit
- Step 1016 forming a passivation layer on the substrate substrate on which the pixel electrode is formed, and forming a via hole on the passivation layer.
- Step 102 forming a common electrode layer on the substrate formed with the passivation layer, the common electrode layer includes a touch scan electrode and a touch sensing electrode, and the touch scan electrode is configured to load the common electrode signal during the display period and Loading a touch scan signal during a touch period, the touch sense The electrode is configured to load the common electrode signal during the display time period and output the touch sensing signal during the touch time period.
- the common electrode layer may further include a common electrode for loading the common electrode signal during the display period.
- the common electrode layer is formed on the passivation layer and filled in the via hole, so that the touch scan signal line and the corresponding touch scan electrode are connected through the via hole, and the touch sensing signal line and the corresponding touch sensing electrode pass through The via connection, and the common electrode signal line and the corresponding common electrode are connected through the via.
- the gate, the gate line, the metal signal line, the active layer pattern, the source, the drain, the data line, the touch scan electrode, the touch sensing electrode, and the common electrode may all be formed by a patterning method.
- the patterning method may at least include: photoresist coating, mask exposure, development, etching, and photoresist stripping.
- the method for fabricating the array substrate provided in this embodiment can be used to fabricate the array substrate described in the first embodiment, the second embodiment, or the third embodiment.
- the structure of the array substrate refer to the above embodiments, and details are not described herein.
- the array substrate manufactured by the method for manufacturing the array substrate includes a touch scan electrode, a touch sensing electrode, and a common electrode, and the display signal and the touch signal are time-divisionally driven, so that the touch signal is displayed during the transmission period.
- the control scanning electrode, the touch sensing electrode and the common electrode jointly realize the transmission of the common signal.
- the touch scanning electrode and the touch sensing electrode realize the transmission of the touch signal sensing.
- the touch scan electrode and the touch sense electrode are formed in the common electrode layer, there is no need to add a new film layer on the array substrate, and there is no need to add a new process step in the manufacturing process, thereby reducing production. Cost increases production efficiency.
- the same mask can be used to simultaneously produce the touch scan signal line, the touch sensing signal line, and the common electrode.
- Signal lines and gate lines eliminate the need for additional masks, simplifying production processes, reducing manufacturing costs and increasing productivity.
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