WO2016140456A1 - Dispositif et procédé pour détecter un signal de toucher capacitif - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour détecter un signal de toucher capacitif Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2016140456A1
WO2016140456A1 PCT/KR2016/001743 KR2016001743W WO2016140456A1 WO 2016140456 A1 WO2016140456 A1 WO 2016140456A1 KR 2016001743 W KR2016001743 W KR 2016001743W WO 2016140456 A1 WO2016140456 A1 WO 2016140456A1
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
touch
row
voltage
sensing pad
sensing
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/KR2016/001743
Other languages
English (en)
Korean (ko)
Inventor
이성호
Original Assignee
주식회사지2터치
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by 주식회사지2터치 filed Critical 주식회사지2터치
Publication of WO2016140456A1 publication Critical patent/WO2016140456A1/fr

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/0416—Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
    • G06F3/0418—Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/044—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means
    • G06F3/0446—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/0412—Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/0416—Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
    • G06F3/04166—Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/044—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
    • G06F3/044—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means
    • G06F3/0445—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by capacitive means using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/94—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the way in which the control signals are generated
    • H03K17/96—Touch switches
    • H03K17/962—Capacitive touch switches

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for detecting a capacitive touch signal of a finger or a touch input means having a conductive characteristic similar to that of a body, and more particularly, by using a sensing equivalent capacitor formed between a sensing pad and a non-sensing pad.
  • a capacitive touch signal device and method for detecting a touch signal are provided.
  • a touch screen panel is attached to 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.
  • a signal corresponding to a corresponding position is generated when an object such as a finger or a pen is touched.
  • Touch screen panels are used in a wide range of applications, such as small portable terminals, industrial terminals, and digital information devices (DIDs).
  • the capacitive touch screen panel has a high transmittance, a soft touch can be recognized, and multi-touch and gesture recognition have advantages of expanding the market.
  • a transparent conductive film is formed on upper and lower surfaces of a transparent substrate 2 made of plastic, glass, or the like, and a voltage applying metal electrode 4 is formed at each of four corners of the transparent substrate 2.
  • the transparent conductive film is formed of a transparent metal such as indium tin oxide (ITO) or antimony tin oxide (ATO).
  • the metal electrodes 4 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 4. 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 4.
  • the capacitive touch screen panel As described above, when an alternating voltage of high frequency is applied to the metal electrode 4, it is spread on the front surface of the transparent substrate 2. At this time, when the transparent conductive film on the upper surface of the transparent substrate 2 is lightly touched by the finger 8 or the conductive touch input means, a certain amount of current is absorbed into the body and the current sensor built in the controller 6 detects a change in the current. The touch points are recognized by calculating the amount of current in each of the four metal electrodes 4.
  • the capacitive touch screen panel as shown in FIG. 1 is a method of detecting the magnitude of the micro current, and thus requires an expensive detection device, which increases the price and makes it difficult to multi-touch to recognize a plurality of touches.
  • the capacitive touch screen panel as shown in FIG. 2 is mainly used.
  • the touch screen panel of FIG. 2 includes a linear touch detection sensor 5a in the horizontal direction, a linear touch detection sensor 5b in the longitudinal direction, and a touch drive IC 7 for analyzing a touch signal.
  • the touch screen panel is a method for detecting the magnitude of the capacitance formed between the linear touch detection sensor 5 and the finger 8, and the linear touch detection sensor 5a in the horizontal direction and the linear touch detection sensor 5b in the longitudinal direction. ) And a signal is detected to recognize a plurality of touch points.
  • the touch screen panel as described above is mounted and used on a display device such as an LCD, a phenomenon in which signal detection is difficult due to noise occurs.
  • the LCD uses a common electrode, and in some cases, an alternating common voltage Vcom is applied to the common electrode.
  • the common voltage Vcom of the common electrode acts as noise when detecting the touch point.
  • FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which a conventional capacitive touch screen panel is installed on an LCD.
  • the display device 200 has a structure in which a liquid crystal is sealed between the lower TFT substrate 205 and the upper color filter 215 to form the liquid crystal layer 210.
  • the TFT substrate 205 and the color filter 215 are bonded by the sealant 230 at the outer portion thereof.
  • a polarizing plate is attached to the upper and lower sides of the liquid crystal panel, and in addition, a BLU (Back Light Unit) is installed.
  • BLU Back Light Unit
  • a touch screen panel is installed on the display device 200 as shown.
  • the touch screen panel has a structure in which the linear touch detection sensor 5 is mounted on the upper surface of the substrate 1.
  • a protective panel 3 for protecting the linear touch detection sensor 5 is attached.
  • the touch screen panel is attached to an edge portion of the display device 200 through an adhesive member 9 such as a double adhesive tape (DAT), and forms an air gap 9a between the display device 200.
  • DAT double adhesive tape
  • a capacitance such as Ct is formed between the finger 8 and the linear touch detection sensor 5.
  • a capacitance such as the common electrode capacitance Cvcom, is formed between the linear touch detection sensor 5 and the common electrode 220 formed on the lower surface of the color filter 215 of the display device 200, and the linear touch
  • the detection sensor 5 also acts on Cp, which is an unknown parasitic capacitance due to capacitance coupling between patterns or manufacturing process factors.
  • a circuit such as the equivalent circuit of FIG. 4 is configured.
  • the conventional touch screen panel detects a touch by detecting a change amount of Ct, which is a touch capacitance, and components such as Cvcom and Cp act as noise in detecting Ct.
  • Ct which is a touch capacitance
  • components such as Cvcom and Cp act as noise in detecting Ct.
  • the common electrode capacitance Cvcom generated between the pattern and the display device is sometimes ten times larger than the touch capacitance Ct, the touch sensitivity is deteriorated due to Cvom.
  • the present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems of the conventional touch screen panel, and is formed between a sensing pad connected to the touch detector and a non-sensing pad adjacent to the sensing pad, and a sensing equivalent capacitor that has previously been operated as a parasitic capacitor.
  • a touch capacitance is alternately applied to one side of the touch panel and a touch capacitance is formed between the touch input means such as a hand and the sensing pad, a difference occurs in the magnitude of the voltage detected by the touch detector according to the magnitude of the touch capacitance. It is an object of the present invention to provide a capacitive touch detection means and a detection method for minimizing the influence of parasitic capacitance and stably obtaining a touch signal by acquiring a touch signal using the touch signal.
  • the capacitive touch signal detection device for detecting whether or not the touch input means such as a finger of the body or the like conductor in the touch panel including a plurality of touch detection sensors arranged in the form of a first frame,
  • a memory unit connected to the plurality of touch detection sensors of each column to receive and store a touch signal through a plurality of touch signal lines transferring a touch signal generated by the touch detection sensor, wherein the storage array of the memory unit is The memory unit having a second frame shape different from the first frame shape of the touch detection sensor;
  • a touch drive IC (TDI: Touch Drive IC) for detecting the touch by detecting the touch signal stored in the memory unit.
  • the touch drive IC uses at least one sensing equivalent capacitor Ceq formed between at least one sensing pad and a non-sensing pad of the touch detection sensors.
  • the controller determines whether the touch is performed, and the memory unit stores the result of the touch by performing a process of re-mapping the first frame.
  • a plurality of multiplexers connected to the plurality of touch detection sensors of each column to receive the touch signals through a plurality of touch signal lines for transmitting touch signals generated by the touch detection sensors;
  • At least one selection signal generator for generating a selection signal for selecting a touch signal of some of the touch signals received by each of the multiplexers.
  • the remapping may be a process of rearranging the touch signals stored in the memory unit based on the coordinates of the columns of the touch detection sensor.
  • the sensing pad is a pad on which touch detection is performed by the touch drive IC at a first time point
  • the non-sensing pad is a pad on which touch detection is not performed by the touch drive IC at the first time point
  • the sensing pad and the non-sensing pad may vary with time, and the sensing pad may be selected by the selection signal.
  • the sensing equivalent capacitor Ceq may be a plurality of line capacitors generated between a sensing pad signal line connecting the sensing pad and the touch drive IC and a non-sensing pad signal line connecting the non-sensing pad and the touch drive IC. It features.
  • the size of the sensing equivalent capacitor is determined by charging the sensing pad to a first voltage and applying a second voltage to the non-sensing pad.
  • the first voltage and the second voltage may be a DC voltage, an alternating voltage, or a combination of a DC voltage and an alternating voltage, and the first voltage and the second voltage may have different potentials to generate a potential difference.
  • the second voltage may be applied to all the non-sensing pads except the sensing pad to operate the touch panel in a full driving state (FULL driving).
  • non-sensing pads are connected to the second voltage, and some of the non-sensing pads are connected to a DC power source or maintained in a floating state to operate the touch panel in a block driving state. It is characterized by.
  • the voltage Vsensor touch when the touch capacitance Ct is generated by the touch input means approaching the touch detection sensor and the voltage Vsensor nontouch when the touch capacitance is not generated. It is characterized by.
  • the voltage Vsensor touch when the touch capacitance Ct is generated by the touch input means approaching the touch detection sensor and the voltage Vsensor nontouch when the touch capacitance is not generated are the sensing equivalent capacitor size. It is characterized by being proportional to.
  • the voltage Vsensor touch when the touch capacitance Ct is generated by the touch input means approaching the touch detection sensor is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the touch capacitance Ct.
  • the second voltage is an alternating voltage
  • Touch detection in the touch drive IC may be performed in synchronization with a falling time (Ft) from the high level of the second voltage to the low level.
  • Ft falling time
  • the magnitude of the first voltage is greater than the magnitude of the second voltage when the voltage Vsensor touch is generated when the touch capacitance Ct is generated by the touch input means approaching the touch detection sensor. And greater than the difference between the high value of the second voltage and the low value of the second voltage.
  • the magnitude of the first voltage is greater than the magnitude of the second voltage, or the high value of the second voltage and the low value of the second voltage. It is characterized by greater than the difference.
  • the first voltage and the second voltage are alternating voltages, and the first voltage and the second voltage are antiphase.
  • All of the non-sensing pads except the sensing pad maintain a DC potential or a floating state, and the DC potential includes zero (V).
  • the sensing pad may be a touch detection sensor positioned in a row [j] determined by the selection signal.
  • Row [1] represents the first row where the touch detection sensors located at the longest distance from the touch drive IC are located
  • row [m] represents the first row where the touch detection sensors located at the shortest distance from the touch drive IC are located. Indicates m rows.
  • the sensing pad is a touch detection sensor located in the row [j] determined by the selection signal,
  • the non-sensing pad is a plurality of touch detection sensors located in at least one row positioned between row [1] and row [j-1] or located between row [j + 1] and row [m]. And a plurality of touch detection sensors positioned in at least one row.
  • Row [j] maintains the relationship of Row [1] ⁇ Row [j] ⁇ Row [m],
  • Row [1] represents the first row where the touch detection sensors located at the longest distance from the touch drive IC are located
  • row [m] represents the first row where the touch detection sensors located at the shortest distance from the touch drive IC are located. Indicates m rows.
  • Some of the touch detection sensors positioned in the row [j] include a sensing non-sensing pad,
  • the sensing non-sensing pad may be a non-sensing pad located in the row [j].
  • the two or more sensing pads are touch detection sensors connected to different multiplexers and are determined by different selection signals.
  • Means for determining a location where the non-sensing pads are present are present.
  • the touch detection sensor positioned in the row [j] is divided into a plurality of subsets and scanned, wherein the subset includes at least one touch detection sensor.
  • the subset consists of a first subset comprising touch detection sensors of even columns and a plurality of second subsets comprising touch detection sensors of odd columns.
  • the subset includes two subsets, wherein the first subset is touch detection sensors positioned on the left side with respect to the center column, and the second subset is touch detection sensors located on the center column.
  • Some of the touch detection sensors positioned in the row [j] include a sensing non-sensing pad,
  • the sensing non-sensing pad is an non-sensing pad located in the row [j],
  • the second voltage applied to the non-sensing pad is an alternating voltage, and the alternating voltage applied to the sensing non-sensing pad is in phase with the second voltage.
  • the alternating voltage of the reverse phase with the second voltage is applied to only a part of the sensing non-sensing pad.
  • the second voltage is an alternating voltage
  • the non-sensing pads positioned in at least one of the rows [1] to [j-1] and the rows [j + 1] to [m] have a first group and a first phase that are first phases. It is characterized in that it is classified into a second group and the anti-phase.
  • the non-sensing pad is a touch detection sensor located at the row [j-1] and the row [j + 1], and the second voltage applied to the non-sensing pad is an alternating voltage.
  • All the touch detection sensors except the sensing pad and the non-sensing pad maintain a DC potential or a floating state, and the DC potential includes zero (V) or ground.
  • sensing pad is a touch detection sensor located in row [1]
  • the non-sensing pad may be a touch detection sensor located between rows [2] and [m].
  • the row on which the non-sensing pad is located is characterized in that row [2] and row [m], respectively.
  • the non-sensing pad is determined as a plurality of rows in the front and the rear of the row based on the row [1] where the sensing pad is located,
  • the front row refers to a plurality of rows located between the row [m] and the row located at the center, and the row of the rear row is a plurality of rows located on the center row from the row [2] It is characterized by referring to.
  • the sensing pad is a touch detection sensor located in the row [m],
  • the non-sensing pad may be a touch detection sensor positioned between a row [1] and a row [m-1].
  • non-sensing pad is set to one row of the front and the rear with respect to the row [m] where the sensing pad is located,
  • the row on which the non-sensing pad is located is characterized in that row [m-1] and row [1], respectively.
  • the non-sensing pad is determined as a plurality of rows in the front and the rear of the row based on the row [m] where the sensing pad is located,
  • the front row refers to a plurality of rows located between the row [m-1] to a row located at the center and the rear row refers to a plurality of rows located at the center located row from the row [1] It is characterized by referring to two rows.
  • sensing pad is a touch detection sensor located in row [1]
  • the sensing equivalent capacitor includes line capacitance with a plurality of sensor signal lines connected to a plurality of touch detection sensors positioned in a second column, which is a next column after the first column in which the sensing pad is located.
  • Sensor signal lines of the touch detection sensor positioned in the second column may be formed on the left and right sides of the touch detection sensor of the second column.
  • the sensor signal line formed on the right side is connected to the touch drive IC, and the sensor signal line formed on the left side is spaced apart from the sensor signal line of row [1] of the first column at a predetermined interval so that the second voltage is applied. It features.
  • the capacitive touch signal detection method for detecting whether or not the touch input means, such as a finger of the body or the like conductor in the touch panel including a plurality of touch detection sensors arranged in the form of a first frame,
  • the storing step having a second frame shape different from the first frame shape of the detection sensor
  • a touch drive IC By access of the touch input means using at least one sensing equivalent capacitor (Ceq) formed between the sensing pad and the non-sensing pad by a touch drive IC (TDI). Detecting whether a touch is made; And
  • the remapping may be a process of rearranging the touch signals stored in the memory unit based on the coordinates of the columns of the touch detection sensor.
  • the sensing pad is a pad on which touch detection is performed by the touch drive IC at a first time point
  • the non-sensing pad is a pad on which touch detection is not performed by the touch drive IC at the first time point
  • the sensing pad and the non-sensing pad may vary with time, and the sensing pad may be selected by the selection signal.
  • the sensing equivalent capacitor Ceq may be a plurality of line capacitors generated between a sensing pad signal line connecting the sensing pad and the touch drive IC and a non-sensing pad signal line connecting the non-sensing pad and the touch drive IC. It features.
  • the size of the sensing equivalent capacitor is determined by charging the sensing pad to a first voltage and applying a second voltage to the non-sensing pad.
  • the first voltage and the second voltage may be a DC voltage, an alternating voltage, or a combination of a DC voltage and an alternating voltage, and the first voltage and the second voltage may have different potentials to generate a potential difference.
  • the second voltage may be applied to all the non-sensing pads except the sensing pad to operate the touch panel in a full driving state (FULL driving).
  • non-sensing pads are connected to the second voltage, and some of the non-sensing pads are connected to a DC power source or maintained in a floating state to operate the touch panel in a block driving state. It is characterized by.
  • the voltage Vsensor touch when the touch capacitance Ct is generated by the touch input means approaching the touch detection sensor and the voltage Vsensor nontouch when the touch capacitance is not generated. It is characterized by.
  • the voltage Vsensor touch when the touch capacitance Ct is generated by the touch input means approaching the touch detection sensor and the voltage Vsensor nontouch when the touch capacitance is not generated are the sensing equivalent capacitor size. It is characterized by being proportional to.
  • the voltage Vsensor touch when the touch capacitance Ct is generated by the touch input means approaching the touch detection sensor is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the touch capacitance Ct.
  • the second voltage is an alternating voltage
  • Touch detection in the touch drive IC may be performed in synchronization with a falling time (Ft) from the high level of the second voltage to the low level.
  • Ft falling time
  • the magnitude of the first voltage is greater than the magnitude of the second voltage when the voltage Vsensor touch is generated when the touch capacitance Ct is generated by the touch input means approaching the touch detection sensor. And greater than the difference between the high value of the second voltage and the low value of the second voltage.
  • the magnitude of the first voltage is greater than the magnitude of the second voltage, or the high value of the second voltage and the low value of the second voltage. It is characterized by greater than the difference.
  • the first voltage and the second voltage are alternating voltages, and the first voltage and the second voltage are antiphase.
  • All of the non-sensing pads except the sensing pad maintain a DC potential or a floating state, and the DC potential includes zero (V).
  • the sensing pad may be a touch detection sensor positioned in a row [j] determined by the selection signal.
  • Row [1] represents the first row where the touch detection sensors located at the longest distance from the touch drive IC are located
  • row [m] represents the first row where the touch detection sensors located at the shortest distance from the touch drive IC are located. Indicates m rows.
  • the sensing pad is a touch detection sensor located in the row [j] determined by the selection signal,
  • the non-sensing pad is a plurality of touch detection sensors located in at least one row positioned between row [1] and row [j-1] or located between row [j + 1] and row [m]. And a plurality of touch detection sensors positioned in at least one row.
  • Row [j] maintains the relationship of Row [1] ⁇ Row [j] ⁇ Row [m],
  • Row [1] represents the first row where the touch detection sensors located at the longest distance from the touch drive IC are located
  • row [m] represents the first row where the touch detection sensors located at the shortest distance from the touch drive IC are located. Indicates m rows.
  • Some of the touch detection sensors positioned in the row [j] include a sensing non-sensing pad,
  • the sensing non-sensing pad may be a non-sensing pad located in the row [j].
  • the two or more sensing pads are touch detection sensors connected to different multiplexers and are determined by different selection signals.
  • Means for determining a location where the non-sensing pads are present are present.
  • the touch detection sensor positioned in the row [j] is divided into a plurality of subsets and scanned, wherein the subset includes at least one touch detection sensor.
  • the subset consists of a first subset comprising touch detection sensors of even columns and a plurality of second subsets comprising touch detection sensors of odd columns.
  • the subset includes two subsets, wherein the first subset is touch detection sensors positioned on the left side with respect to the center column, and the second subset is touch detection sensors located on the center column.
  • Some of the touch detection sensors positioned in the row [j] include a sensing non-sensing pad,
  • the sensing non-sensing pad is an non-sensing pad located in the row [j],
  • the second voltage applied to the non-sensing pad is an alternating voltage, and the alternating voltage applied to the sensing non-sensing pad is in phase with the second voltage.
  • the alternating voltage of the reverse phase with the second voltage is applied to only a part of the sensing non-sensing pad.
  • the second voltage is an alternating voltage
  • the non-sensing pads positioned in at least one of the rows [1] to [j-1] and the rows [j + 1] to [m] have a first group and a first phase that are first phases. It is characterized in that it is classified into a second group and the anti-phase.
  • the non-sensing pad is a touch detection sensor located at the row [j-1] and the row [j + 1], and the second voltage applied to the non-sensing pad is an alternating voltage.
  • All the touch detection sensors except the sensing pad and the non-sensing pad maintain a DC potential or a floating state, and the DC potential includes zero (V) or ground.
  • sensing pad is a touch detection sensor located in row [1]
  • the non-sensing pad may be a touch detection sensor located between rows [2] and [m].
  • the row on which the non-sensing pad is located is characterized in that row [2] and row [m], respectively.
  • the non-sensing pad is determined as a plurality of rows in the front and the rear of the row based on the row [1] where the sensing pad is located,
  • the front row refers to a plurality of rows located between the row [m] and the row located at the center, and the row of the rear row is a plurality of rows located on the center row from the row [2] It is characterized by referring to.
  • the sensing pad is a touch detection sensor located in the row [m],
  • the non-sensing pad may be a touch detection sensor positioned between a row [1] and a row [m-1].
  • non-sensing pad is set to one row of the front and the rear with respect to the row [m] where the sensing pad is located,
  • the row on which the non-sensing pad is located is characterized in that row [m-1] and row [1], respectively.
  • the non-sensing pad is determined as a plurality of rows in the front and the rear of the row based on the row [m] where the sensing pad is located,
  • the front row refers to a plurality of rows located between the row [m-1] to a row located at the center and the rear row refers to a plurality of rows located at the center located row from the row [1] It is characterized by referring to two rows.
  • sensing pad is a touch detection sensor located in row [1]
  • the sensing equivalent capacitor includes line capacitance with a plurality of sensor signal lines connected to a plurality of touch detection sensors positioned in a second column, which is a next column after the first column in which the sensing pad is located.
  • Sensor signal lines of the touch detection sensor positioned in the second column may be formed on the left and right sides of the touch detection sensor of the second column.
  • the sensor signal line formed on the right side is connected to the touch drive IC, and the sensor signal line formed on the left side is spaced apart from the sensor signal line of row [1] of the first column at a predetermined interval so that the second voltage is applied. It features.
  • the touch capacitance applied to the sensing pad and the sensing equivalent capacitor formed between the sensing pad and the adjacent non-sensing pad is alternately applied, and the touch capacitance is added by a touch input such as a finger.
  • a touch input such as a finger.
  • the sensitivity of the touch signal can be adjusted by adjusting the magnitude of the driving voltage applied to the sensing equivalent capacitor.
  • FIG. 1 is a view showing a perspective view of an example of a conventional touch screen panel.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view illustrating another example of a conventional touch screen panel.
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example in which the touch screen panel of FIG. 2 is installed on a display device.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an equivalent circuit diagram of detecting touch capacitance in the touch screen panel of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 5 is a waveform diagram illustrating a common voltage waveform of a liquid crystal display device.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram conceptually showing a conventional three-terminal switching device.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating a principle of detecting a touch input.
  • FIG. 8 is a view showing a basic circuit diagram of the touch detection apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates the equivalent circuit of FIG. 8 in more detail.
  • FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing an example of the configuration of the touch detection sensor according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a sectional view showing another example of the configuration of the touch detection sensor according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of applying an alternating voltage to a sensing equivalent capacitor between a sensing pad signal line and a non-sensing pad signal line according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of the capacitive touch signal detection apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 14 is a view showing an embodiment in which the capacitive touch signal detection apparatus according to the present invention includes a multiplexer.
  • FIG. 15 is a view for explaining an embodiment of a block drive according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 16 is a view for explaining another embodiment (rotation function) of the block drive according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 17 illustrates an embodiment of a touch screen panel according to the present invention.
  • RE-MAP capacitive touch signal detection apparatus
  • FIG. 19 is a view illustrating a remapping process of FIG. 18.
  • 20 is a view showing the result of remapping stored in a memory storage device according to the present invention.
  • the present invention relates to a capacitive touch signal detection method. Unlike the conventional touch detection means for detecting the magnitude of the capacitance caused by the touch of a finger or the like, a non-sensing pad adjacent to the sensing pad detecting the touch is detected.
  • the present invention relates to a method of detecting a touch by using a phenomenon in which a difference occurs in a detection voltage due to a difference in magnitude of an added touch capacitance when applying an alternate driving voltage to a sensing equivalent capacitor formed therebetween.
  • the sensing equivalent capacitor refers to an equivalent capacitor formed between a signal line connected to the sensing pad and a signal line connected to the non-sensing pad, as well as a capacitor formed between the sensing pad and the adjacent non-sensing pad.
  • the entire driving method (FULL driving method) in the present invention refers to a driving method for applying touch voltage alternately to all non-sensing pads except at least one sensing pad to engage in touch detection.
  • the block driving method (BLOCK driving method) according to the present invention is a concept corresponding to the entire driving method, in which a part of the non-sensing pads, in particular, an alternating driving voltage is applied to only the non-sensing pads adjacent to the sensing pads to engage in touch detection. It refers to a driving method.
  • the touch detection apparatus compares a voltage detected when a touch is not generated with a magnitude of a voltage detected when a touch capacitance is added by touch generation, detects a touch by a difference between two voltages, and detects a parasitic capacitance. Minimized by the influence, it is possible to obtain a touch signal more stably.
  • the display device referred to in the present invention means any one of LCD, PDP and OLED, or any means for displaying other images.
  • the LCD requires a common voltage (Vcom) to drive the liquid crystal.
  • Vcom common voltage
  • a line inversion scheme in which a common voltage of a common electrode alternates for one or a plurality of gate lines is used to reduce current consumption.
  • a large LCD uses a dot inversion driving scheme in which a common voltage of a common electrode has a constant DC level.
  • a transverse electric field mode LCD a common electrode is formed in a partial region of the LCD TFT substrate to display an image by a line in version or dot in version driving method.
  • a back ground is commonly formed in the entire color filter exposed to the outside through the back ITO, and grounded with a ground signal to prevent ESD.
  • common electrodes in addition to the electrode to which the common voltage Vcom is applied as described above, all electrodes which are commonly used in the display device are referred to as “common electrodes” and the alternating voltage, DC voltage, or unspecified applied to the common electrode of the display device Voltage in the form of alternating frequency is referred to as "common voltage”.
  • non-contact touch input means that a touch input means such as a finger makes a touch input while being spaced a predetermined distance from the touch detection sensor by a substrate existing between the input means and the touch detection sensor.
  • the touch input means may contact the outer surface of the substrate.
  • the touch input means and the touch detection sensor maintain a non-contact state. Therefore, the touch action of the finger on the touch detection sensor may be expressed by the term “access”.
  • the finger since the finger may be in contact with the outer surface of the substrate, the touch action of the finger against the substrate may be expressed by the term "contact”. In this specification, “access” and “contact” are commonly used.
  • configurations such as “units” described below are collections of unit function elements that perform specific functions.
  • an amplifier of a signal is a unit function element, and an amplifier or signal converters are collected.
  • the aggregate may be named as a signal converter.
  • ⁇ part may be included in a larger component or “ ⁇ part” or may include smaller components and “ ⁇ part”. Also, the " ⁇ part” may have its own CPU.
  • signal refers to voltage or current, unless otherwise specified.
  • capacitor refers to physical size and is used in the same meaning as “capacitance”.
  • capacitor refers to an element having a capacitance of physical size.
  • the compensation capacitor (Cbal) is also made by the manufacturing process by the value designed as the inside of the touch drive IC, it is natural like the line capacitor of the present specification made between two sensor signal lines parallel to any distance. It is also generated by. In this specification, both a capacitor made directly and a capacitor formed naturally are referred to as “capacitors”.
  • C used as a symbol of the capacitor in the present specification is used as a symbol to refer to the capacitor and also denotes a capacitance that is the size of the capacitor.
  • C1 is a symbol for a capacitor and also means that the capacitance of the capacitor is C1.
  • the "forcing" signal means that the level of a signal that is kept in a certain state is changed.
  • the on / off control terminal of the switching element is used.
  • Applying a signal means that the existing low level voltage changes to a high level.
  • the touch detection sensor 10 in the present specification is composed of a sensing pad 10a and a non-sensing pad 10b.
  • the sensing pad 10a is a touch detection sensor 10 connected to the touch detection unit 14 to detect a touch among the plurality of touch detection sensors 10, and the non-sensing pad 10b does not perform touch detection.
  • the touch detection sensor 10 is not connected to the touch detection unit 14.
  • the sensing pad 10a becomes the non-sensing pad 10b after the touch detection is completed, and any non-sensing pad 10b is switched to the sensing pad 10a in a predetermined order. Therefore, the sensing pad and the non-sensing pad are not fixed and are sequentially determined in a predetermined order.
  • the time sharing technique is an embodiment for determining the order of the sensing pad and the non-sensing pad.
  • the meaning of detecting a touch or a touch signal is the same meaning.
  • the touch detection unit detects a touch or touch signal.
  • the difference between the voltage and the voltage detected by the touch detection unit is detected by the touch capacitance Ct formed when a conductor such as a finger faces the touch detection sensor.
  • touch drive IC Touch Drive IC
  • TDI touch drive IC
  • precharge and charge and precharge voltage and charge voltage are used in the same meaning.
  • the sensing pad 10a is meant to include not only the sensing pad 10a itself but also a sensor signal line connected to the sensing pad 10a, and the non-sensing pad 10b is the same as the non-sensing pad 10b. In addition to itself, it is meant to include a non-sensing pad signal line connected to the non-sensing pad 10b.
  • column and row as used herein are terms indicating directionality related to the arrangement of the sensing pad or the sensor signal line
  • column COLumn is a direction toward the TDI 30 in which the sensor signal lines are grouped in groups.
  • ROW is a direction perpendicular to the column direction.
  • the column and row directions are not used in an absolute sense, but are terms indicating directions that may change depending on the placement position of the TDI or other factors.
  • a three-terminal switching device conceptually depicts a three-terminal switching element of the switching element used as an example of the charging means in the present invention.
  • a three-terminal switching device generally includes three terminals of an on / off control terminal (Cont), an input terminal (In), and an output terminal (Out).
  • the on / off control terminal (Cont) is a terminal for controlling the turn on / off of the switching element.
  • the voltage or current applied to the input terminal (In) is output terminal ( Is output in the form of voltage or current.
  • the touch detection sensor 10 and the finger 25 are spaced at an interval of “d”, and “A”. Assume that it has an opposite area of. Then, the capacitance "C" is formed between the finger 25 and the touch detection sensor 10 as disclosed in the right equivalent circuit and equation of FIG. In the present specification, the capacitance formed between the finger 25 and the touch detection sensor 10 is referred to as touch capacitance or touch capacitance Ct.
  • the product thickness of the material multiplied by the opposing lengths of the two signal lines is the opposing area of the two parallel signal lines, and the gap between the two opposing signal lines is the separation distance.
  • the OCA Optically Clear Adhesive
  • the air layer is formed between the two signal lines, the dielectric constant of OCA or air may be applied in the equation of FIG. 7.
  • the touch detection means specialized according to the present invention includes a charging means 12, a touch detection sensor 10, a sensor signal line 22, a common electrode capacitor Cvcom, a floating capacitance capacitor Cp, and a touch. It is comprised including the detection part 14.
  • the charging means 12 supplies Vpre, which is a precharge signal (or a charging signal), to all capacitors connected to the touch detector 14, and the turn-off applied to the " on / off control terminal " Turn Off) is a switching element that is turned off and makes the output terminal 12-1 high impedance, or a linear element such as an OP-AMP that supplies a signal in accordance with a control signal.
  • the three-terminal switching device When the three-terminal switching device is used as the charging means 12 as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 8, by using the control signal supplied to the on / off control terminal and the signal Vpre supplied to the input terminal 12-2, When necessary, an appropriate charging voltage can be supplied to all capacitors connected to the output terminal 12-1 of the charging means 12.
  • the charging voltage may be a DC voltage including zero volts, or an alternating AC voltage such as a square wave, triangle wave, or sine wave, or a combination of DC and AC voltages.
  • the touch detection sensor 10 is a sensing pad 10a connected to the touch detector 14 to detect a touch signal, and a non-sensing pad not connected to the touch detector 14 and not detecting a touch signal ( Non Sensing Pad, 10b).
  • the sensing pad 10a and the non-sensing pad 10b are not fixed.
  • the sensing pad 10a is referred to as a sensing pad 10a.
  • the non-sensing pad 10b When it is spaced apart from the touch detector 14, it is referred to as a non-sensing pad 10b. Therefore, depending on whether the arbitrary touch detection sensor 10 is connected to the touch detection unit 14, it is divided into a sensing pad or a non-sensing pad.
  • the touch detection sensor labeled "PB” served as the sensing pad, and after the sensing pads labeled “PC", the touch detection sensor labeled "PD” was non-sensing. The role will be changed from the pad to the sensing pad, and thus the switching of the touch detection sensor 10 to the sensing pad and the non-sensing pad is performed by the intervention of the timing controller 33 of FIG. 13.
  • the touch signal detection method using one sensing pad of FIG. 8 is an embodiment derived for convenience, and in practice, a plurality of touch detection sensors may operate as the sensing pad at the same time.
  • the precharge voltage Vpre is applied to the sensing pad signal line 22a and the sensing pad 10a having the sign of the PC, and the non-sensing pad having the sign of PB, PD, and PF adjacent to the sensing pad 10a and the same.
  • the connected non-sensing pad signal lines 22b-B, 22b-D, and 22b-F are connected to any voltage Vlbl having a predetermined potential difference with Vpre, the sensing pad 10a and the non-sensing by the principle described in FIG. A capacitance is formed between the pads 22b.
  • Vpre having a predetermined potential is applied to the sensing pad signal line 22a and the sensing pad 10a, and the non-sensing pad signal lines 22b-B connected to Vlbl are applied to the sensing pad signal line 22a and the predetermined pad.
  • a capacitance between lines having a capacitance of C1 is formed by the principle described in FIG. 7, and the sensing pad signal line 22a and the non-sensing pad signal line ( The line capacitance C2 is formed between 22b-D), and the line capacitance C3 is formed on the same principle between the non-sensing pad signal lines 22b-F facing the sensing pad PC 10a.
  • the line capacitances C1, C2, and C3 act as parasitic capacitors Cp to reduce noise.
  • the touch sensitivity is improved by reducing Cp in Equation 1 or Equation 2, and the line capacitance, which is reduced Cp, is applied to the molecule of Equation 1 or Equation 2. It has a plurality of sensitivity enhancement effect to improve the touch sensitivity by positioning.
  • a plurality of secondary line capacitances are formed in the sensing pad 10a and the sensing pad signal line 22a. Since the touch sensitivity is improved when the secondary line capacitance is also used for touch detection, it is preferable to connect all non-sensing pad signal lines for forming the secondary line capacitance to Vlbl used for forming the primary line capacitance. This method is defined as “full drive method”.
  • non-sensing pad signal line for forming the secondary line capacitance may be connected to a potential other than Vlbl, but it is preferable to use Vlbl in common to simplify the circuit.
  • the non-sensing pad signal line (signal lines such as 22b-A or 22b-E in the embodiment of FIG. 8) is maintained in a floating or high impedance state. It is also possible that the secondary line capacitance is not generated between the floating non-sensing pad signal line and the sensing pad signal line.
  • the TDI has a means for generating secondary line capacitance and determining whether to connect the sensing pad signal line 22a and the non-sensing pad signal line 22b adjacent to a predetermined potential or to remain in a floating or high impedance state.
  • the voltage Vlbl connected to the non-sensing pad signal line 22b is a DC potential or an AC voltage including zero (V).
  • the term closed is applied to a non-sensing pad signal line that forms a primary interline capacitance based on a sensing pad signal line, and also applies to a non-sensing pad signal line that forms a secondary interline capacitance.
  • the line equivalent capacitor Ceq has the following characteristics.
  • an equivalent line capacitor Ceq is formed between the sensing pad 10a and the adjacent non-sensing pad 10b and the non-sensing pad 10b is connected to an arbitrary voltage Vblbl.
  • the non-sensing pad 10b and the non-sensing pad signal line 22b of FIG. 9 include a plurality of non-sensing pad and non-sensing pad signal lines forming the primary line capacitance and the secondary line capacitance in FIG. 8.
  • the equivalent non-sensing pad 10b and the equivalent non-sensing pad signal line 22b are shown. Since the driving voltage Vlbl is connected to all the non-sensing pad signal lines 22b except for the sensing pad 10a in FIG. 8, the voltage Vlbl is connected to the non-sensing pad signal line 22b in FIG. 9.
  • Vlbl is connected to one non-sensing pad signal line 22b in FIG. 9, Vlbl is actually connected to a plurality of non-sensing pad signal lines that generate primary or secondary line capacitance.
  • Vlbl is a voltage applied to one side of the non-sensing signal line 22b when the precharge voltage Vpre is applied. Specifically, Vlbl is a voltage for interacting with the precharge voltage to form the line equivalent capacitance Ceq. Alternate Vlbl is applied to the non-sensing signal line 22b to detect the touch signal.
  • All capacitors connected to the output terminal 12-1 and the output terminal 12-1 of the charging means 12 are connected to the touch detector 14.
  • the buffer Buffer 14-1 is one of the components constituting the touch detector 14, and the input terminal has a high impedance (Hi-z) characteristic.
  • Hi-z high impedance
  • the charging time also depends on the position of the sensing pad.
  • the charging time is inevitably determined as the longest time, so the touch detection time is slowed.
  • the TDI has a means to determine the charging time.
  • the charging time is determined by the turn on time of the charging means 12.
  • FIG 9 illustrates that the output terminal 12-1 of the charging means 12 is directly connected to the buffer 14-1, but all devices in which the input of the gate of the MOS, the gate of the TFT, etc., are in the Hi-z state. Can be used in place of the buffer 14-1.
  • the reason for making the output terminal 12-1 and the touch detector 14 of the charging means 12 into the Hi-z state is that there is no discharge path of the charges isolated in the Hi-z state. This is because the magnitude is kept long and it is easy to detect the magnitude of the voltage.
  • the signal output from the buffer 14-1 is input to the amplifier 14-2.
  • a DAC 14-3 may be used in the amplifier, and the DAC is generated using the ref (14-4) voltage.
  • the signal detected and amplified by the touch detector 14 may pass through the ADC converter 14-5 to be transferred to the signal processor 35 of FIG. 13.
  • One or more of the ADC converters 14-5 may be used, and a plurality of ADC converters 14-5 may enable faster signal processing.
  • a filter may be used between the various functional units displayed in the touch detector 14.
  • the filter may be used at the front end of the buffer 14-1, and the filter may be used at the front end of the amplifier 14-2 or as part of an amplifier component.
  • filters include a bandwidth low pass filter, a bandwidth high pass filter, a grass cut filter, a ranking filter, and an average filter by chopping. Can be used.
  • the touch detection sensor 10 is formed of a transparent conductor or a metal.
  • the transparent conductor may be formed of indium tin oxide (ITO), antimony tin oxide (ATO), carbon nano tube (CNT), indium zinc oxide (IZO), or the like. It is formed of a conductive transparent material or a transparent material having similar conductive properties.
  • the touch detection sensor 10 may be formed of a non-transparent material such as metal.
  • the sensor signal line 22 is a signal line that connects the polarity of the touch capacitance to the touch detection unit 14 when a touch means such as a finger 25 approaches the touch detection sensor 10. It may be formed of a conductive transparent material with the same mask as the touch detection sensor 10.
  • the sensor signal line 22 may be formed of a non-transparent material such as metal using a touch detection sensor 10 and a different mask.
  • the sensor signal line 22 denotes the magnitude of the resistance as Rt, and specifies the magnitude of the resistance of the non-sensing pad 10b as Rnt.
  • the sensor signal line 22 connected to the touch detection sensor 10 disposed at a long distance in the TDI is preferably widened in order to lower the resistance, and the sensor signal line of the touch detection sensor 10 disposed at a short distance from the TDI. Since the absolute resistance value is small even if the resistance is increased due to the narrow width of 22), the width of the sensor signal line 22 of the touch detection sensor 10 disposed near the TDI is narrowed to narrow the width of the path through which the sensor signal lines pass. It is preferable.
  • the width of the sensor signal line may be different according to the position of the touch detection sensor 10.
  • the common electrode capacitor Cvcom of FIGS. 8 to 9 is a capacitance formed when the touch detection sensor 10 faces the common electrode of the display device, one side of which is connected to the touch detection unit 14 and the other side of the common device of the display device. Connected to the voltage.
  • the display device may be applied electromagnetically through a medium such as glass or air.
  • Ct is a value set by the relational expression of FIG. 7 and may be adjusted by adjusting a distance, an opposing area, and the like between the touch means such as the finger 25 and the touch detection sensor 10.
  • Ct when the area of the touch detection sensor 10 is enlarged, Ct also increases according to the relational expression of FIG. 7. On the contrary, Ct becomes small by making the area of the touch detection sensor 10 small.
  • Ct may be designed to a few fF (femto Farada) to several tens of micro Farads (uF).
  • Cp of FIG. 9 is a parasitic capacitor, which is an equivalent circuit of parasitic capacitors formed in the TDI and formed in the wire bonding of the semiconductor and the package.
  • the parasitic capacitor may be composed of a plurality of parasitic capacitors Cp having different grounds, and in the present specification, only one parasitic capacitor connected thereto is assumed assuming only one ground.
  • Vpre which is a precharge voltage
  • Vg applied to the on / off control terminal cont.
  • the switching element which is the charging means 12
  • the sensing pad detecting the touch after turning on the switching element
  • the potentials of the touch capacitor Ct, the line equivalent capacitor Ceq, the parasitic capacitance Cp, and the common electrode capacitance Cvcom formed between 10a) and the finger 25 are ground potentials connected to one side of each capacitance. Is 3V.
  • the potential 3V of the common electrode capacitance Cvcom is 3V based on the case where the common voltage Vcom is 4V. That is, the potential of the common electrode capacitance Cvcom means a difference from the common voltage.
  • FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of the configuration of the touch detection sensor according to the present invention
  • Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view showing another example of the configuration of the touch detection sensor according to the present invention.
  • 10 illustrates a case in which the touch detection sensor 10 is mounted on a substrate formed separately from the display device
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a case in which the touch detection sensor 10 is embedded in the display device. 10 and 11, the formation relationship of the common electrode capacitor Cvcom will be described.
  • the display device 200 has a common electrode 220.
  • AMOLED or PDP it does not have a common electrode provided with a function for displaying the image quality, but the various potentials formed on the TFT substrate of the AMOLED or the driving substrate of the PDP and the touch detection sensors 10 opposed thereto are illustrated in FIGS. Since Cvcom in FIG. 9 is formed, a virtual potential consisting of various potentials formed on a TFT substrate of an AMOLED or a driving substrate of a PDP will also be referred to as a common electrode.
  • the display device 200 may be the aforementioned various types of display devices, and the common electrode 220 may be a Vcom electrode of the LCD or another type of electrode. 10 illustrates an LCD among display devices.
  • the display device 200 illustrated in FIG. 10 has a structure in which a liquid crystal is sealed between the TFT substrate 205 on the lower side and the color filter 215 on the upper side to form the liquid crystal layer 210.
  • the TFT substrate 205 and the color filter 215 are bonded by the sealant 230 at the outer portion thereof.
  • a polarizing plate may be attached to the upper and lower sides of the liquid crystal panel, and in addition, optical sheets constituting a BLU and a brightness enhancement film may be installed together with the BLU.
  • the touch screen panel 50 is installed on the display device 200 as shown in the figure.
  • the touch screen panel 50 is attached to the upper portion of the display device 200 through an adhesive member 57 such as a double adhesive tape (DAT) at an outer portion thereof.
  • An air gap 58 is formed between the touch screen panel 50 and the display device 200 or filled with the contact member 58.
  • the contact member 58 is a material for attaching the touch screen panel 50 and the display device 200, such as transparent silicon, optically clear adhesive (OCA), or adhesive resin (Resin).
  • a common voltage level for image display is applied to the common electrode 220 of the display device 200, and the common voltage is DC or a voltage alternately having a predetermined amplitude at a predetermined frequency.
  • the common voltage of the common electrode 220 is alternated as shown in FIG. Is approved.
  • a common electrode capacitor Cvcom is formed between the touch detection sensor 10 and the common electrode 220 of the display device 200, and the touch capacitance is between the touch detection sensor 10 and the finger 25. (Ct) is formed.
  • the touch detection sensor 10 is formed with the common electrode capacitance Cvcom and the touch capacitance Ct.
  • reference numeral 24 denotes a protective layer 24 for protecting the touch detection sensor 10, and glass, plastic, vinyl, cloth, or the like is used.
  • the touch screen panel 50 may be formed on an upper surface of the color filter 215 that is a part of the display device. As shown, the common electrode 220 is formed under the color filter 215, and the touch detection sensor 10 is patterned on the upper surface of the color filter.
  • the protective layer 24 is replaced with a polarizer.
  • the common electrode capacitance Cvcom is formed between the common electrode 220 and the touch detection sensor 10, and the common electrode capacitance Cvcom and the touch capacitance Ct are formed on the touch detection sensor 10. It is formed like this.
  • FIG. 12 illustrates an embodiment in which an alternating voltage is applied to the line equivalent capacitor Ceq in order to detect a touch signal.
  • the touch capacitance Ct and Ceq, Cvcom, and Cp formed between the touch detection sensor 10 and a conductor such as a finger 25 are connected to the output terminal 12-1 of the charging means 12. It is.
  • the output terminal 12-1 of the charging means 12 and the input terminal of the touch detector 14 are in a Hi-z state, and preferably have an impedance of at least 100 Kohm or more. If the touch input is observed while discharging the signals charged in the four capacitors, the signals charged by other means are isolated, or the signals are quickly observed at the start of the discharge, the input terminal of the touch detector 14 must be Hi-. It does not have to be z.
  • the touch detector 14 detects the voltage of the sensing pad 10a (or the voltage of P point).
  • the touch detector 14 detects the voltage at point P when no touch occurs (ie, when Ct is not formed), and detects the voltage at point P when touch occurs (ie, when Ct is formed).
  • the touch signal is obtained using the difference in magnitude.
  • the sensing signal line resistance Rt is present at the input terminal of the sensing pad 10a and the P-detecting point, the influence of Rt is ignored because the signals of both ends of Rt are the same. Therefore, in the present specification, the voltage detected by the sensing pad 10a and the voltage detected at the point P have the same meaning.
  • Vl is the low voltage of the alternating voltage of the present invention
  • Vh is the high voltage of the alternating voltage of the present invention
  • the alternating voltage alternates Vh and Vl.
  • Vh and Vl have the same role as Vlbl described above, that is, forming a line equivalent capacitor (Ceq).
  • An alternating voltage is applied to the non-sensing pad signal line 22b to detect the touch signal after a predetermined time has passed after the charging voltage is applied.
  • the absolute magnitude of the alternating voltage is Vh-Vl and the potential can be changed from the high voltage Vh to the low voltage Vl or from the low voltage Vl to the high voltage Vh.
  • the alternating voltage is a voltage of various forms such as square wave, triangle wave, sine wave or sawtooth wave, and the TDI of the present invention can vary the magnitude or frequency of the alternating voltage.
  • the touch detector 14 has a rising edge (Rt: rising time) in which the alternating voltage rises from the low voltage (Vl) to the high voltage (Vh) or falls in the low voltage (Vl) at the high voltage (Vh).
  • the voltage is detected in synchronization with an edge (Ft: falling time).
  • the TDI detects the voltage in synchronization with the rising or falling edge, the TDI preferably detects the voltage after being delayed for a predetermined time from the edge. This is because a certain amount of time is required until the detection voltage is stabilized by the resistance component Rt of the sensing pad signal line 22a or the resistance component Rnt of the non-sensing pad.
  • the present TDI has a means for determining the predetermined time which can be determined by a register. And registers have several kinds of time and it is possible to select one of them.
  • the TDI of the present invention has a rising or falling edge of the alternating voltage. Has the means to adjust the slope of the.
  • a register may be used as an example of a means for adjusting the tilt inside the TDI. Times of rising or falling edges are mapped to the plurality of registers. When one of the plurality of registers is selected, the alternating voltage generation unit 42 of FIG. 13 adjusts the slope of the rising or falling edge of the alternating voltage. It is possible.
  • Vh Assuming Vh is 5V and Vl is 0V, the absolute magnitude of the alternating voltage (Vh-Vl) is 5V.
  • the alternating voltage When the alternating voltage changes from low to high, the alternating voltage is + 5V, which is positive polarity, and when alternating from high to low, the alternating voltage is -5V, which is negative polarity. This polarity is applied to the touch signal detection equation to be described later.
  • the voltage detected by the touch detector 14 by the alternating voltage applied to the non-sensing pad signal line 22b is as follows.
  • Equation 2 Since a touch capacitance Ct is added to the touch detector 14 when a touch is generated, the voltage detected by the touch detector 14 is determined by Equation 2 below.
  • the polarity of (Vh-Vl) is positive (Positive or plus) when the alternating voltage alternates from low to high, and the polarity of (Vh-Vl) is negative (negative or minus) when the alternating voltage alternates from high to low to be.
  • Equation 1 the difference between Equation 1 and Equation 2
  • Ct is present in the denominator. Since the touch capacitance Ct is a capacitor formed between the touch means such as the sensing pad 10a and the finger 25, the capacitance, which is the size of Ct, depends on the presence or absence of touch or the opposing distance between the touch means and the touch sensing pad 10a.
  • the difference in Ct causes the difference between the voltages induced by Equations 1 and 2, so that the voltage difference (Equation 1-Equation 2) or If ⁇ Equation 2>- ⁇ Equation 1> is detected, it is possible to calculate whether or not it is touched or the touch area.
  • Equation 1 is a fixed value because it is a value detected by the touch detector 14 when the touch is not performed. However, since the voltage detected by the touch detector 14 is variable when the touch capacitance is added as shown in Equation 2, the magnitude of the voltage detected by Equation 2 is variable. Since the present invention detects whether the touch or the touch area is detected by the voltage difference between Equation 1 and Equation 2 or Equation 2 and Equation 1, the voltage of Equation 1, which is fixed, is It is preferable to store in the storage device (memory section, 28 in FIG. 13).
  • Equation 1-Equation 2 or Equation 2- Equation (1) can be detected in a simple circuit such as a differential amplifier. Therefore, the present invention has a means for storing the voltage detected by the touch detection unit 14 in the form of Equation 1 when the touch is not in the memory, and also the DAC 14 when the touch is not stored in the memory. -3) has a means to replace.
  • the voltage detected by the touch detector 14 is 3V when the sensing pad 10a of FIG. 8 is not touched, the voltage at the time of non-touch of the sensing pad 10a of FIG.
  • the displayed DAC is 3V.
  • the DAC may display 3V including a constant offset. For example, if the DAC is 3.5V, it contains an offset of 0.5V.
  • the voltages detected by the touch detector 14 during the non-touch of all the touch detectors 10 are stored in a memory, and when the touch detectors 10 operate as the sensing pads, they are compared with the voltages detected by the touch detectors. If the difference is detected, it is possible to easily detect whether or not it is touched and the touched area.
  • Vh and Vl are generated in the power supply unit 47 of FIG. 13, and alternating voltages of Vh and Vl are generated in the alternating voltage generation unit 42 of FIG. 13.
  • Equation 3> Is a complex dielectric constant of the media existing between the touch detection sensor 10 and the common electrode 220.
  • the composite dielectric constant of Equation 3 Becomes S1 may be easily obtained because the area of the touch detection sensor 10 and the common electrode 220 is opposite to each other.
  • the common electrode 220 is formed over the entire lower surface of the color filter 215 as in the example of FIG. 10, the opposing area S1 is determined by the area of the touch detection sensor 10.
  • D1 is the distance between the touch detection sensor 10 and the common electrode 220, it corresponds to the thickness of the medium.
  • Cvcom is a value that can be easily obtained and set.
  • ⁇ Equation 4> Can be obtained from the medium between the touch detection sensor 10 and the finger 25, and can be obtained from their complex dielectric constant if a plurality of mediums are used. If the glass is attached to the upper surface of the touch screen panel 50 in Figure 10, the dielectric constant of the dielectric constant of the glass by multiplying the dielectric constant of the vacuum Can be obtained. S2 corresponds to the opposing area of the sensing pad 10a and the finger 25.
  • S2 corresponds to the area of the touch detection sensor 10. If the finger 25 covers a part of the touch detection sensor 10, S2 may be reduced by an area not facing the finger 25 in the area of the sensing pad 10a.
  • D2 is the distance between the sensing pad 10a and the finger 25, it may correspond to the thickness of the protective layer 24 placed on the upper surface of the touch screen panel 50.
  • Ct is also a value that can be easily obtained, and can be easily set by using a thickness under the material such as a protective layer 24 or tempered glass that is placed on the touch screen panel 50.
  • Equation 4 since Ct is proportional to the opposing areas of the finger 25 and the touch detection sensor 10, the touch occupancy rate of the finger 25 with respect to the touch detection sensor 10 can be calculated therefrom.
  • the method of calculating the touch occupancy rate of the finger 25 is as follows. Referring to ⁇ Equation 1> and ⁇ Equation 2>, the difference is the presence or absence of the touch capacitance (Ct) according to the presence or absence of the touch. If it is assumed that all capacitances quoted in Equation 1 have a fixed fixed magnitude and Vpre is also a fixed value, only Ct is calculated using the voltages detected in Equations 1 and 2. can do.
  • Equation 4 when ⁇ 2 and D2 are fixed values, the touch capacitance Ct and the touch area are proportional to each other. Therefore, the area calculation can be performed by the extracted Ct. As described above, when the area is calculated using Equations 1 and 2, both the voltage detected by Equation 1 and the voltage detected by Equation 2 are used. In addition, the present invention can calculate the touch area based on the voltage detected by the touch detector 14.
  • FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of a touch screen panel according to the present invention, and illustrates an example in which the touch detection sensors 10 are arranged in a dot matrix form.
  • the bottom of FIG. 13 shows the configuration of the TDI 30.
  • the TDI 30 includes a driver 31, a touch detector 14, a timing controller 33, a signal processor 35, a memory 28, an alternating voltage generator 42, and a power supply 47.
  • the communication unit 46 and may further include a CPU 40.
  • the CPU 40 is a microprocessor having an arithmetic function and may be located outside the TDI 30.
  • the driving unit 31 includes a charging unit 12, and includes a function of selecting a sensing pad and a non-sensing pad from among the plurality of touch detection sensors 10 and connecting the touch detection unit 14. It also includes a function of connecting one side of the non-sensing pad signal line 22b to Vh or Vl during the charging operation using the charging means 12.
  • the magnitude of the detection voltage is different depending on the magnitude of the alternating voltage (Vh-Vl), so that the magnitude of the alternating voltage inside the TDI is adjusted to adjust the touch sensitivity. It can be provided with means which can be changed. The larger the alternating voltage is, the larger the detection voltage is, which means that the detection sensitivity is good.
  • a resistor is provided inside the TDI to adjust the size of Vh-Vl, which is the magnitude of the alternating voltage.
  • the register has a plurality of addresses and different alternating voltages are mapped to each address. The magnitude of the alternating voltage corresponding to the value of the selected register is transferred to the driver 31 and applied when the touch signal is detected.
  • the timing controller 33 generates a plurality of clocks different from each other required by the TDI. For example, a clock is required to operate the CPU 40, and a clock is required to operate the ADC or to sequentially operate the multiplexer of the driver 31. As described above, there are several types of clocks required for each function, and the timing controller 33 generates and supplies a plurality of various clocks.
  • the signal processor 35 transmits the ADC value generated by the touch detector 14 to the CPU 40, or controls the communication unit 46 to transmit the ADC value to the outside of the TDI 30 through an I 2 C or SPI signal line, It generates and supplies signals required by all functional elements in the TDI 30 such as the touch detector 35 or the driver.
  • Function-specific elements or function-specific blocks refer to each function shown in FIG. 13.
  • the TDI currently includes nine functional blocks, and the CPU 40 is one of them.
  • the signal processor 35 may store the ADC value generated by the touch detector 14 in the memory 28 and perform a necessary operation.
  • the signal processor 35 may calculate the touch area due to the touch of the touch detection sensor 10 and the contact means with reference to the ADC value generated by the touch detector 14, and also the ADC value or the calculated area.
  • the touch coordinates can be calculated using the value.
  • the memory unit 28 is composed of Flash memory, E2PROM, SRAM, or DRAM.
  • the memory unit 28 also includes a frame memory that stores the touch signal detected by the sensing pad 10a.
  • the frame memory is mapped one-to-one with the touch detection sensor 10.
  • the flash memory or the E2PROM stores various register values necessary for driving the TDI 30 or programs necessary for operating the CPU 40.
  • the CPU 40 overlaps many functions with the signal processor 35. Therefore, the CPU 40 may not be included in the TDI 30 or may be located outside the TDI 30. If the CPU 40 and the signal processor 35 are used simultaneously, one may not be used.
  • the CPU may play most of the roles of the signal processing unit 35, and extract touch coordinates, perform gestures such as zoom, rotation, and move, or perform various functions. .
  • the zooming signal when generating the zooming signal by calculating the area of the touch input, calculating the strength of the touch input, or when the GUI object such as the keypad is touched at the same time, only the GUI object desired by the user (for example, a large area detected) is valid.
  • the data may be processed in various forms such as recognized as an input and used inside the TDI 30 or transmitted to the outside using a communication line.
  • the program for controlling the CPU 40 is installed in the memory unit 28 and can be replaced with a new program when modifications occur.
  • the new program is implemented using a communication bus included in the communication unit 46, for example, serial communication such as I2C, SPI or USB, or parallel communication such as a CPU interface (hereinafter referred to as I / F).
  • the communication unit 46 outputs necessary information to the outside of the TDI 30 or inputs information provided from the outside of the TDI 30 into the TDI.
  • the communication unit uses serial communication such as I2C or SPI and parallel I / F such as CPU interface.
  • the alternating voltage generation unit 42 generates an alternating voltage applied to the line equivalent capacitor Ceq.
  • the high voltage Vh and the low voltage Vl of the alternating voltage are generated in the power supply unit 47, and the alternating voltage generation unit 42 combines them to generate the alternating voltage to enable the alternating voltage in the driving unit.
  • the alternating voltage generation section 42 also has a means for adjusting the inclination of the rising or falling edge of the alternating voltage.
  • FIG. 13 is an embodiment of a capacitive touch detection device for detecting a touch using a sensing equivalent capacitor of the present invention.
  • the hatched touch detection sensor 10 of FIG. 13 is a sensing pad 10a detecting a touch signal
  • the touch detection sensor 10 without hatching is a non-sensing pad (not detecting a touch). 10b).
  • the sensing pads 10a may be staggered like COL1 and COL2, and the touch signals may be detected in the same row as COL3 and COL4.
  • (C3, R1) and (C4, R1) generate mutual interference, so as shown, DC lines having zero potential, ground, or DC voltage between them ( 1310) is preferred.
  • a preferred embodiment is to select one sensing pad 10a in one column.
  • One method of extracting one sensing pad 10a from a plurality of touch detection sensors 10 included in one column is to use a multiplexer (hereinafter, mux, mux).
  • FIG. 14 is an embodiment of the use of a multiplexer.
  • the embodiment of FIG. 14 has five groups and includes six touch detection sensors 10 in one group. (The number of such groups and the number of touch detection sensors are just exemplary embodiments. In fact, more groups and more touch detection sensors 10 can be added in one group.)
  • a group is a collection of touch detection sensors 10 sharing a mux 31a.
  • the mux 31a is a 6 in x 1 out type that outputs one signal for six inputs.
  • various embodiments may be selected, such as 20 in x 1 out (select one of 20 inputs) or 30 in x 1 out (select one of 30 inputs).
  • a select signal In order to select one of a plurality of signals input to the mux 31a, a select signal is required. Two selection signals are needed to select one of the four input signals, and three selection signals will be needed to select one of the eight input signals.
  • a selection signal generated by one selection signal generator is commonly applied to all muxes.
  • the mux 31a preferably uses the same type.
  • the same type of mux means 1) the same number of inputs 2) the same number of outputs 3) the same number of selection signals 4) the order of the input signals selected for any selection signal is the same (i.e., ABC Hi (1) / Lo (0) / Lo (0) means that the fifth of the six signals input to the mux is selected and this fifth signal is output).
  • the connection method of the touch detection sensor 10 and the mux in the group connected to the mux 31a is also the same.
  • input number 1 of the mux 31a is allotted ROW1 and input number 2 of the mux is assigned ROW2.
  • the last row, ROW6, is assigned to mux input 6, and this wiring method is the same for each mux. Therefore, except in exceptional cases, the touch detection sensor 10 in the same row is used for detecting the touch signal.
  • ROW1 becomes the sensing pad 10a
  • the remaining ROW becomes the non-sensing pad 10b
  • ROW1 becomes the non-sensing pad
  • ROW2 becomes the sensing pad
  • All touch sensors except ROW become non-sensing pads.
  • the sensing pad goes through the process of ROW1-> ROW2-> ROW3-> ROW4-> ROW5-> ROW6-> ROW1-> ROW2-> .... and all but the non-sensing pads become non-sensing pads. .
  • a part of the non-sensing pad is used to form a secondary line capacitance, and a part is connected to a DC power source or floated.
  • the touch sensitivity is improved as the secondary line capacitance is increased, it is preferable to form as many secondary line capacitance as possible.
  • the same alternating voltage is applied to all of the non-sensing pads while all the touch detection sensors 10 except the sensing pad 10a are non-sensing pads.
  • full driving means applying an alternating voltage to all the non-sensing pads 10b except for the sensing pad 10a that is detecting the touch signal and detecting the touch signal in synchronization with the alternating voltage.
  • even columns of the ROW including the sensing pad may also be the non-sensing pad 10b when the full column is driven.
  • odd columns C1, R1, (C3, R1), and (C5, R1) detect the touch signal 10a.
  • even columns (C2, R1) and (C4, R1) mean non-sensing pads that do not detect touch signals.
  • odd columns of the same row may become non-sensing pads.
  • the touch may be detected by dividing it into three or more times. For example, if 45 touch detection sensors 10 exist in one row, the row is divided into three by 15 and one row is scanned three times. In this case, the touch detection sensors divided by 15 form one subset, and are divided into three subsets to scan.
  • An alternating voltage falling from high to low may be applied to the non-sensing pad, or an alternating voltage rising from low to high may be applied.
  • Equation 1 when (Vh-Vl) is an alternating voltage rising, the polarity of (Vh-Vl) becomes plus, so the calculated value of Equation 1 or (2) is ( Vh-Vl) becomes larger than when the alternating voltage falls.
  • Equations 1 and 2 Assuming a calculated value of 0.5 and assuming that (Vh-Vl) is 10V and rising alternating voltage, the calculated value of Equation 1 becomes 6V when Vpre is 1V.
  • the operating voltage of the CPU or logic is less than 3V, and the ADC or DAC also operates at low voltages, which is advantageous for generating the consumption current or the operating voltage. Therefore, the detection voltage of 6V is difficult to operate.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention detects the touch in synchronization with the falling time of the alternating voltage. If the calculated value of is 0.5 and (Vh-Vl) is 10V and the falling alternating voltage, it is possible to derive the calculated value of Equation 1 or Equation 2 to the desired voltage band by adjusting the size of Vpre.
  • Vpre when Vpre is 7V, the calculated value of Equation 1 is 2V.
  • the present invention uses an alternating voltage falling from high to low during touch detection, and determines Vpre so that a calculated value is derived within a desired voltage based on the falling alternating voltage and the calculation formula (1) or (2). At this time, Vpre is set larger than the calculated value or the measured value of the item except Vpre in Equation 1 or Equation 2.
  • the non-sensing pad included in the row in which the sensing pad exists in the FULL driving method is the same as the other non-sensing pads. Voltage is applied.
  • the alternating voltage may affect the LCD and affect the display quality of the LCD.
  • the display device may cause electrical interference with the display device, thereby causing deterioration of display quality of the display device.
  • Another method to overcome this problem is the block driving method, which will be described later.
  • Another method is to alternate the non-sensing pads (sensing-nonsensing pads) in the same row as the sensing pads in the full driving method.
  • the alternating polarity of the voltage or the polarity of the alternating voltage of the non-sensing pad of the row different from the row where the sensing pad is located is different.
  • the change in the polarity of the alternating voltage may mean that the polarity may be different with the same size (Vh-Vl), and may be different in size and different in polarity.
  • the electromagnetic energy is canceled from each other to reduce the influence applied to the display device.
  • Sensing non-sensing pads may be applied with alternating voltages applied to the non-sensing pads in alternating phase or in phase or out of phase.
  • the second method is as follows.
  • ROW3 and ROW5 are one row each before and after ROW4, but two or three or more of each can be used.
  • an antiphase voltage to the front and rear of the ROW including the sensing pad 10a.
  • FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of block driving. Referring to FIG. 15, it is a touch product composed of eight columns and ten rows. The eight columns are eight groups using eight muxes (a group is a collection of touch detection sensors that share muxes).
  • ROW6 is detecting a touch.
  • the whole ROW6 (as described above) or a part of the ROW6 to serve as a sensing pad that detects a touch, such as an even column or an odd column.
  • One or more non-sensing pads may be located only on the upper side or the lower side of the row including the sensing pads.
  • the alternating voltage may be applied only to the non-sensing pads positioned above and below the sensing pad, and the alternating voltage may not be applied to the non-sensing pads positioned above and below the sensing-nonsensing pad.
  • All the rows except the row selected as the non-sensing pad and to which the alternating voltage is applied may maintain a floating state connected to zero voltage, ground, or a DC potential having a predetermined potential, or not connected anywhere.
  • ROW6 will detect touch when the touch detection of ROW6 is completed and that there are two non-sensing pads before and after, ROW5 and ROW6 and ROW8 and ROW9 are non-sensing when sensing pads exist in ROW7. Will be the pad.
  • the present invention has a means for selecting one of a block drive or a full drive. In one embodiment, this is possible by setting a register. For example, you could design a register called "FULL_BLOCK" and do a full drive in the high state and a block drive in the low state.
  • the present invention also has a means for determining the location of the non-sensing pad in block drive.
  • the non-sensing pad is located before and after the sensing pad when the register value is 0, and the front end of the sensing pad is farther away from the TDI based on the row where the sensing pad is located. If the non-sensing pad is located at a row, that is, a row closer to ROW 1, and is 2, the rear end of the sensing pad (a row closer to the row 8, which is closer to row 8, based on the row where the sensing pad is located) The sensing pad could be placed.
  • ROW6 is the front end of ROW7 and the rear end of ROW5.
  • the present invention has a means for setting the number of ROW including the non-sensing pad in the block drive. For example, if the value of a 2bit register named ROW_num is 0, one row will be selected, 1 will select 2 rows, and 2 will select 3 rows.
  • the two rows at the start of scanning that is, the two rows, ROW1 and ROW2, and the last two scan lines.
  • ROW that is, ROW9 and ROW10 have a problem that the amount of primary and secondary line capacitance is different from the other ROW, which will cause a difference in touch sensitivity.
  • a non-sensing pad for two rows before and after the sensing pad for example, when ROW6 serves as a sensing pad, ROW4 / 5 and ROW7 / 8 serve as non-sensing pads and ROW1.
  • Burn serves as a sensing pad, ROW9 / 10 and ROW2 / 3 act as non-sensing pads.
  • the role of the non-sensing pad is defined as the rotation function as the start point and the end point are connected to each other.
  • the sensor signal lines 22 (1700) of the end point ROW form primary or secondary line capacitances facing the sensor signal lines 22 of the start point ROW1 of an adjacent group. .
  • the separate opposing sensor signal lines are preferably equal to the number of ROWs including the non-sensing pads.
  • two separate sensor signal lines are preferably arranged, two each before and after the sensing pad.
  • the characteristics of the separate opposing sensor signal line, two are originated from one touch detection sensor 10, one side is connected to the TDI (30) and the other side is arranged at a predetermined distance from the sensor signal line of the other group of time. do. It is also wired to the left and right sides of the originated touch detection sensor.
  • the gap between the end point wiring and the touch detection sensor at the other group's point of view does not exceed + -500% with the general distance between the touch detection signal lines 22.
  • the FULL driving method and the BLOCK driving method in the present invention may be applied to various types of touch panels in addition to the touch panel described above.
  • Remapping (re-map) used in the present invention refers to arithmetic operations such as rearranging the touch signals stored in the memory unit of the TDI to match the arrangement of the touch detection sensor.
  • a series of calculation processes for matching the touch detection signal stored in the memory unit of the TDI with the arrangement of the touch detection sensor must be additionally performed.
  • This re-map process occurs when the TDI employed to detect this in a display device having an array of touch detection sensors of X x Y has a different array of memory than the array of X x Y. .
  • the MUXs having the same number of input pins are allocated to six touch signal lines constituting one column such as 1 to 6 and 7 to 12, respectively, to configure TDI.
  • the operation step of the re-map described above is not separately required.
  • each mux of the group configuring the TDI does not accommodate all one group in the touch detection sensor and transitions to another mux.
  • the touch detection sensor 10 may be added in all directions in the horizontal or vertical direction or in the horizontal and vertical direction, thereby increasing the number of TDIs. For example, if the resolution of the touch detection sensor optimized for 7-inch display is 20 horizontal and 20 vertical, the same TDI used for the 7-inch display is used for 7-inch display for the 14-inch display. Four more than the number of TDIs required.
  • the display device is slightly larger than 7 inches by 8 inches, 20 horizontally and vertically 22 touch detection sensors may be optimally disposed.
  • the number of touch detection targets for detection is increased to 440 TDIs 30 that need to detect the existing 20x20 resolution, that is, the touch signals from 400 touch detection sensors 10.
  • the number of touch signal detection signals limited to 400 cannot be increased.
  • the resolution of one of the touch signals detected in one of the X and Y directions may be abandoned, and the resolution of one of the touch signals may be adjusted.
  • the arrangement of the 18 x 22 touch detection sensor is optimal, where X (or horizontal) is the number of groups and Y (or horizontal) at the touch resolution of X x Y (or horizontal x vertical). It is assumed that the number of vertical lines) is the number of touch detection sensors 10 included in one group.
  • a technique called re-map In order to use the TDI 30 optimized for the configuration of a 20x20 touch detection sensor in a display device of 18x22, a technique called re-map must be used, and a touch detection device and method using a sensing equivalent capacitor in the present invention. The same applies to the touch panel related to remapping.
  • FIG. 18 illustrates an exemplary embodiment in which only the sensor signal line 22 is disposed from right to left in the embodiment of FIG. 14 and the re-map of the touch detection sensor 10 is illustrated.
  • the horizontal touch resolution is more important, it is possible to use an array of display devices having six or seven columns in the horizontal direction and a reduced number of sensors in the vertical direction.
  • the touch panel may increase the touch detection resolution by connecting the touch detection sensors 10 used in different groups in the vertical direction.
  • the sensor signal line can be arranged either on the left side or the right side of the touch detection sensor 10.
  • the TDI 30 used in the embodiment of FIG. 14 may accommodate five mux groups and six touch detection sensors 10 in each group, that is, when six touch signal lines are received. to be.
  • FIG. 18 illustrates an example of remapping, and illustrates an example in which a TDI 30 optimized for a 6 ⁇ 5 array of touch detection sensors is employed for use in a 4 ⁇ 7 array of touch detection sensors. .
  • each MUX group may not accommodate all the touch signal lines of each column, but the number of input pins of the entire TDI 30 may accommodate all the touch signal lines of the touch detection sensor.
  • the touch signal of the touch detection sensor of (C2, R1) of the first column is not received by the mux 31-1 of group 1, but is received by the mux 31-2 of group 2. .
  • touch signals of the touch detection sensors of (C3, R1) and (C3, R2) of the second column are not received by the mux 31-2 of group 2, and the mux 31-3 of group 3 Is received.
  • (C4, R1), (C4, R2) and (C4, R3) of the third column are not received by the mux 31-3 of group 3, but are received by the mux 31-4 of group 4 .
  • the seven touch signal lines of each column in FIG. 18 are not individually accommodated in each mux group having six input pins, the 28 touch signal lines can all be accommodated in a mux group having a total of 30 input pins. to be.
  • the two input pins of the Group 5 mux remain unconnected to the touch signal line.
  • the operation of the mux in FIG. 18 operates in the same manner as described in FIG. That is, one output is discharged by the selection signal generated in the selection signal generator 400 and the same selection signal may be adopted for all mux groups. In this case, the touch detection sensor 10 in the same row is selected for detecting the touch signal.
  • the touch detection sensors simultaneously detected by the TDI include (C1, R1), (C2, R1), (C3, R1), (C4, R1), and (C5, R1).
  • the touch detection sensor of the same row is selected in FIG. 14 by the same selection signal.
  • the touch detection sensor of the same row is different from FIG. Parent parts) It can be seen that the touch detection sensor is selected.
  • the hatched portion of FIG. 18 is a row 1 of FIG. 14, and shows a state in which a row is changed by the first scanning of the sensor 10 or remapping.
  • two sensors 10 may be selected in one column.
  • the touch detection sensor 10 may be re-map, but a specific region (hereinafter referred to as frame memory) of the memory unit 28 mapped one-to-one with the touch detection sensor 10 in the TDI 30 may be re-map. Therefore, if the frame memory of the memory unit 28 of the TDI 30 is read, it will be read as shown in FIG. 20.
  • the memory unit 28 will be stored and read as shown in FIG. 20 because the memory unit 28 will store the touch signals received from the mux of each group.
  • (C2, R1) of FIG. 18 is disposed in Group 1 in the touch detection sensor, the sensor signal line connected to (C2, R1) is connected to the mux of Group 2, and as shown in FIG. Stored in a column.
  • the frame memory in the memory section 28 in the present invention is associated with a group of mux, which will not necessarily be the same as the frame memory of the touch detection sensor.
  • the present invention re-maps the raw data stored in the memory to be mapped with the re-mapped touch detection sensor 10 based on the raw data mapped one-to-one with the touch detection sensor 10.
  • the remapping process refers to a process of rearranging the frame memory of the memory unit according to the column coordinates of the touch detection sensor.
  • Using the remapping process in the present invention can have an advantageous effect in terms of reducing the production cost of the TDI.
  • each column of the touch detection sensor in which the number of input pins receiving touch signals of each multiplexer is connected to the input pins In the case where the number of the touch signal lines is smaller than, the TDI used when the number of each column of the touch detection sensor and the number of input pins of each multiplexer are matched one-to-one may be used as it is.
  • Remapping refers to a process such that a touch signal stored in a memory unit matches an array of touch detection sensors. That is, remapping refers to a process of rearranging the touch signals stored in the memory unit based on the coordinates of the columns of the touch detection sensor.
  • the rule of the ROW scan differs from the embodiment in FIG. 14 by re-map at the time of full drive (FULL drive) or block drive (BLOCK drive) of the present invention.
  • the scan is performed in the ROW unit (the embodiment of FIG. 14), but when the remapping is performed, the scan is not performed in the ROW unit (that is, the concept of a line) as in the embodiment of FIG. That is, the concept of random).
  • the sensing non-sensing pad may not be located in the same row.
  • non-sensing pads can be distributed to multiple rows without blocking the same row during block driving.
  • the present invention may serve as a sensing pad 10a in which two touch detection sensors 10 detect a touch in one column by remap.
  • the present invention can also design the remapped form of FIG. 18 as a TDI 30 of a non-remapped form. That is, referring to FIG. 18, four groups, that is, TDIs having four muxes and seven touch detection sensors.
  • the sensing equivalent of the frame memory 6 X 5 of the memory unit 28 is different from the frame memory 7 X 4 of the touch detection sensor, and has been previously operated as a parasitic capacitor in a touch panel requiring remapping.
  • the operation of increasing the touch sensitivity by using the capacitor in the touch detection will be described in detail.
  • a touch pad requiring re-matching scans in point units (or column units).
  • the touch fencing sensors of (C1, R1) and (C2, R1) become sensing pads, and the remaining (C1, R2), (C1, R3), (C1).
  • the touch detection sensors of (R4), (C1, R5) and (C1, R6) become non-sensing pads.
  • the touch detection sensors of (C3, R1) become sensing pads, and the remaining (C2, R2), (C2, R3), (C2, R4), (C2, R5), (C2, R6) and ( The touch detection sensors of C3 and R1 become non-sensing pads.
  • the touch detection sensors of (C4, R1) become sensing pads, and the remaining (C3, R3), (C3, R4), (C3, R5), (C3, R6), (C4, R2) and ( The touch detection sensors of C4 and R3 become non-sensing pads.
  • the touch detection sensors of (C5, R1) become sensing pads, and the remaining (C4, R4), (C4, R5), (C4, R6), (C5, R2), (C5, R3) and ( The touch detection sensors of C5 and R4 become non-sensing pads.
  • Vpre which is a precharge signal (or a charge signal), by using the charging means 12.
  • the charging means 12 is a three-terminal switching element or a linear element such as OPAMP which supplies a signal in accordance with a control signal.
  • the charging voltage may be a DC voltage including zero volts or an alternating AC voltage such as a square wave, triangle wave, or sine wave, or a combination of DC and AC voltages.
  • FIG. 18 illustrates a result of setting a sensing pad by applying a selection signal generated by one selection signal generator 400 to all muxes in common.
  • the touch detection sensor positioned in the same row as the embodiment of FIG. 14 may be selected as the sensing pad.
  • the selection signals for the muxes 31-1 to 31-5 of groups 1 to 5 are different from each other so that (C1, R1), (C2, R2), (C3, R3), (C4, R4
  • the touch detection sensor located in the first row of the) serves as a sensing pad.
  • the embodiment applied in FIG. 14 may be applied as it is.
  • the alternating voltage applied to the sensing pad for example, the touch detection sensor located at row 2 when the touch detection sensor located at row 1 is the sensing pad
  • the alternating voltage applied to the remaining non-sensing pads are reversed.
  • Embodiments that maintain the phase relationship may be applied to the embodiment of FIG. 18 as it is.
  • Capacitance is formed between the sensing pad and the non-sensing pad by the charging of Vpre and the application of Vlbl. Specifically, the capacitance may be classified into a primary line capacitance or a secondary line capacitance, but collectively, a sensing equivalent capacitor or a sensing equivalent capacitance It is called.
  • the non-sensing pad signal line may be connected to a potential other than Vlbl, but it is preferable to use Vlbl in common to simplify the circuit.
  • the voltage Vblbl connected to the non-sensing pad signal line is a DC potential or an AC voltage including zero (V).
  • an alternating voltage is applied to the line equivalent capacitor to detect the touch signal.
  • the output terminal of the charging means and the input terminal of the touch detection unit 14 are Hi-z, and preferably have an impedance of at least 100 Kohm or more. If observing the touch input while discharging the signal charged in the capacitor, isolating the signal charged by other means, or observing the signal quickly at the start of discharge, the input terminal of the touch detector 14 must be Hi-z. It is not.
  • the touch detector 14 detects the voltage of the sensing pad.
  • the touch detector 14 detects the voltage at point P when no touch occurs (ie, when Ct is not formed), and detects the voltage at point P when touch occurs (ie, when Ct is formed).
  • the touch signal is obtained using the difference in magnitude.
  • a predetermined voltage V1 or Vh is applied to one side of the non-sensing pad signal line connected to the non-sensing pad.
  • Vl is the low voltage of the alternating voltage of the present invention
  • Vh is the high voltage of the alternating voltage of the present invention
  • the alternating voltage alternates Vh and Vl.
  • Vh and Vl have the same role as Vlbl described above, that is, forming a line equivalent capacitor (Ceq).
  • an alternating voltage is applied to the non-sensing pad signal line, and the absolute magnitude of the alternating voltage is Vh-Vl and the high voltage Vh to the low voltage Vl.
  • the potential may be changed from the low voltage Vl to the high voltage Vh.
  • the touch detector 14 is synchronized with a rising edge Edge at which the alternating voltage rises from the low voltage Vl to the high voltage Vh or a falling edge falling from the high voltage Vh to the low voltage Vl. To detect the voltage.
  • the TDI detects the voltage in synchronization with the rising or falling edge, the TDI preferably detects the voltage after being delayed for a predetermined time from the edge. This is because a certain amount of time is required until the detection voltage is stabilized by the resistance component Rt of the sensing pad signal line 22a or the resistance component Rnt of the non-sensing pad.
  • (C1, R1) and (C2, All non-sensing pads except R1) are connected to an alternating voltage.
  • the alternating voltage may affect the LCD and affect the display quality of the LCD.
  • the display device may cause electrical interference with the display device, thereby causing deterioration of display quality of the display device.
  • One way to overcome this problem is to change the alternating polarity of the alternating voltages of the non-sensing pads (sensing-nonsensing pads) in the same row as the sensing pads in the full driving method, or The polarities of alternating voltages of the non-sensing pads of different rows are different.
  • (C2, R2), (C3, R3) and (C4, R4) become the sensing non-sensing pads and these sensing non-sensing pads and the remaining non-sensing pads (e.g., The phase of the alternating voltage applied to C1, R2), (C2, R3, etc.) is maintained in an inverse phase relationship, thereby preventing display quality deterioration of the display device.
  • the alternating voltage applied to the touch detection sensor adjacent to the sensing pad such as the touch detection sensors C1 and R2 of the first group and C1 and R6, and the touch detection sensors C1 and R3 of the remaining first group, ( The same effect can be obtained by maintaining the phases of the alternating voltages applied to C1, R4), (C1, R5), and (C1, R6) in an antiphase relationship.
  • one touch detection sensor before and after the sensing pad maintains the reverse phase relationship with the alternating voltage applied to the remaining touch detection sensors of each column.
  • the block driving state with respect to the embodiment of FIG. 18 may also be applied as it is with the embodiment of FIG. 14.
  • an alternating voltage of Vbl is applied to only some of the touch detection sensors other than the sensing pad, and the remaining touch detection sensors maintain the DC potential or the floating state to prevent the generation of the sensing capacitance.
  • group 2 may be applied in the same manner as column 1 of group 1.
  • the non-sensing pads become (C2, R1) and (C1, R2), and (C1, R1) and (C2, R1) are sensing pads at the same time.
  • (C1, R2) and (C1, R6) may become non-sensing pads to detect a touch by continuously connecting the start point and the end point.
  • the display device may be configured to perform a rotation function by providing a separate signal line as shown in FIG. 17.
  • the touch detection method applied in FIG. 14 may be applied as it is.
  • the selection signal generator is separately provided for each group of muxes, the sensing pads are positioned at different rows in each column. In this case, there is only a difference that the positions of the sensing pad and the non-sensing pad are different from those in the embodiment of FIG. 14.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Position Input By Displaying (AREA)

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif et un procédé pour détecter un signal de toucher capacitif d'un doigt d'un corps humain ou un moyen d'entrée tactile ayant des propriétés conductrices similaires à celui-ci, et concerne un dispositif et un procédé pour détecter un signal de toucher capacitif, la présente invention ayant une tension d'attaque alternative appliquée à un côté d'un condensateur équivalent de détection formé entre un plot de détection et un plot non de détection, et comprenant une unité de détection tactile qui détecte une différence de tension générée à partir du plot de détection selon la survenue ou la non-survenue d'un contact tactile, ce qui permet de déterminer si le contact tactile se produit ou non. Selon le dispositif et le procédé pour détecter un signal de toucher capacitif de la présente invention, une tension d'attaque alternative est appliquée au condensateur équivalent de détection formé entre le plot de détection et le plot non de détection adjacent au plot de détection, et l'unité de détection tactile détecte la génération d'une différence de tension au moyen d'une différence de capacité de toucher ajoutée par une entrée tactile, telle qu'un doigt, ce qui permet d'obtenir un signal de toucher, et, ainsi, la capacité parasite qui est générée entre des lignes de signal de capteur et a été appliquée de manière classique en tant que bruit est inversement utilisée en tant que moyen pour détecter un signal de toucher, ce qui permet la conception aisée d'un panneau tactile et l'obtention d'un effet d'amélioration de la sensibilité.
PCT/KR2016/001743 2015-03-05 2016-02-23 Dispositif et procédé pour détecter un signal de toucher capacitif WO2016140456A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
KR10-2015-0030826 2015-03-05
KR1020150030826A KR101566939B1 (ko) 2015-03-05 2015-03-05 정전식 터치 신호 검출 장치 및 방법

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2016140456A1 true WO2016140456A1 (fr) 2016-09-09

Family

ID=54601343

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/KR2016/001743 WO2016140456A1 (fr) 2015-03-05 2016-02-23 Dispositif et procédé pour détecter un signal de toucher capacitif

Country Status (2)

Country Link
KR (1) KR101566939B1 (fr)
WO (1) WO2016140456A1 (fr)

Families Citing this family (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR101766757B1 (ko) * 2015-12-18 2017-08-11 주식회사 지2터치 터치스크린 패널 및 터치스크린 패널의 터치센서 구동 방법
KR101855796B1 (ko) 2016-07-07 2018-05-15 지투지솔루션(주) 센싱 감도가 향상된 정전용량 터치패널
KR102335789B1 (ko) * 2017-06-08 2021-12-08 주식회사 지2터치 먹스와 센서 스위치를 구비한 터치 스크린
KR102409864B1 (ko) * 2021-02-13 2022-06-16 이성호 하나의 디코더를 사용하여 복수의 스위치그룹에서 복수의 신호선을 동시에 추출하는 방법
KR20220116094A (ko) * 2021-02-13 2022-08-22 이성호 빈공간의 구성 및 활용방법
KR102381169B1 (ko) * 2021-03-02 2022-03-30 이성호 역위상의 구동전압을 이용한 오브젝트 검출장치 및 검출방법
US11914828B1 (en) 2022-08-18 2024-02-27 Sung Ho Lee Object detection device and detection method using reverse phase driving voltage

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR101085086B1 (ko) * 2010-09-29 2011-11-18 이성호 레벨시프트를 이용한 정전식 터치 검출수단, 검출방법 및 터치스크린패널과, 그러한 정전식 터치스크린패널을 내장한 표시장치
KR101165456B1 (ko) * 2011-03-07 2012-07-12 이성호 전압변동을 이용한 정전식 터치 검출수단, 검출방법 및 터치스크린패널과, 그러한 정전식 터치스크린패널을 내장한 표시장치
KR101197460B1 (ko) * 2012-01-27 2012-11-12 크루셜텍 (주) 기생 정전 용량을 저감시키는 터치 검출 장치 및 그 방법
KR20140010788A (ko) * 2012-07-17 2014-01-27 크루셜텍 (주) 데드존 최소화를 위한 터치 검출 장치 및 터치 검출 방법
KR20140121658A (ko) * 2013-04-08 2014-10-16 이성호 정전식 터치 검출수단 및 검출방법

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR101085086B1 (ko) * 2010-09-29 2011-11-18 이성호 레벨시프트를 이용한 정전식 터치 검출수단, 검출방법 및 터치스크린패널과, 그러한 정전식 터치스크린패널을 내장한 표시장치
KR101165456B1 (ko) * 2011-03-07 2012-07-12 이성호 전압변동을 이용한 정전식 터치 검출수단, 검출방법 및 터치스크린패널과, 그러한 정전식 터치스크린패널을 내장한 표시장치
KR101197460B1 (ko) * 2012-01-27 2012-11-12 크루셜텍 (주) 기생 정전 용량을 저감시키는 터치 검출 장치 및 그 방법
KR20140010788A (ko) * 2012-07-17 2014-01-27 크루셜텍 (주) 데드존 최소화를 위한 터치 검출 장치 및 터치 검출 방법
KR20140121658A (ko) * 2013-04-08 2014-10-16 이성호 정전식 터치 검출수단 및 검출방법

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
KR101566939B1 (ko) 2015-11-06

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
WO2016140455A1 (fr) Dispositif et procédé pour détecter un signal de toucher capacitif
WO2016140456A1 (fr) Dispositif et procédé pour détecter un signal de toucher capacitif
WO2013048195A2 (fr) Moyens de détection tactile, procédé de détection et écran tactile utilisant le phénomène de retour de commande, et dispositif d'affichage dans lequel est inclus un écran tactile
WO2014168399A1 (fr) Moyen de détection tactile capacitif, et procédé de détection
WO2012121517A2 (fr) Moyen de détection tactile capacitif utilisant les fluctuations de tension, procédé de détection, panneau d'écran tactile et dispositif d'affichage à panneau d'écran tactile capacitif intégré
WO2015072722A1 (fr) Procédé de détection d'entrée tactile destiné à réduire l'influence de capacitance parasite et dispositif associé
AU2015307393B2 (en) Touch panel and coordinate measuring system having the same
WO2015199272A1 (fr) Panneau de détection tactile de type capacitif et appareil de détection tactile de type capacitif le comportant
WO2016032245A1 (fr) Écran tactile et système de mesure de coordonnées l'intégrant
WO2016195388A1 (fr) Technologie de pilotage d'un panneau
WO2020036275A1 (fr) Dispositif d'affichage
WO2016093525A1 (fr) Dispositif de détection de signal de toucher et procédé de détection de signal de toucher
WO2016144108A1 (fr) Dispositif d'affichage capable de numériser des images
WO2016122173A1 (fr) Fenêtre tactile
WO2016093612A1 (fr) Capteur de type bande et dispositif vestimentaire ayant ce dernier
WO2014088206A1 (fr) Moyen et procédé de détection d'une capacité connectée à une alimentation en c.a.
WO2016036071A1 (fr) Panneau d'écran tactile, note électronique et terminal portable
WO2016125962A1 (fr) Terminal mobile comprenant un stylet et un écran tactile, et procédé de commande associé
WO2018080006A1 (fr) Appareil électronique équipé d'une interface humaine complexe et son procédé de commande
WO2015108339A1 (fr) Dispositif électronique, circuit pilote pour dispositif d'affichage, dispositif de communication comprenant le pilote, et système d'affichage
WO2018034496A1 (fr) Stylet, système de détection tactile, dispositif de commande tactile et procédé de détection tactile
WO2021221320A1 (fr) Dispositif d'entrée tactile
WO2017034289A1 (fr) Dispositif de commande de panneau et procédé de commande de panneau
WO2016093523A1 (fr) Dispositif de détection de signal de toucher et procédé de détection de signal de toucher
WO2018124583A1 (fr) Procédé de compensation de la sensibilité à la pression tactile d'un dispositif d'entrée tactile et support d'enregistrement lisible par ordinateur

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 16759092

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 16759092

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1