The present application relates to the field of touch display, and in particular, to a touch display panel and an electronic device.
A touch panel and a display panel of an existing touch display panel are stacked at different layers, resulting in a bigger overall thickness, which is not conducive to ultra-thinness and miniaturization of the touch display panel.
In view of this, it is necessary to provide a touch display panel, where a cathode metal layer thereof is reused as a touch electrode layer, and inputs different drive signals in different time periods, which can greatly reduce a thickness of the touch display panel.
The present application provides a touch display panel, including:
a substrate; and
a light-emitting unit layer locating on a side of the substrate comprising
a cathode metal layer reused as a touch electrode layer and multiple light-emitting units arranged in an array;
the light-emitting units each having a light-emitting cycle, and the light-emitting cycle comprising a first time period and a second time period staggered from the first time period; wherein
the cathode metal layer accesses a touch drive signal when the light-emitting cycle is within the first time period, and the cathode metal layer accesses a display drive signal when the light-emitting cycle is within the second time period.
Optionally, the cathode metal layer includes multiple cathodes arranged in an array, the touch electrode layer includes multiple touch electrodes arranged in an array, one cathode corresponds to one touch electrode, and the touch display panel further includes:
multiple signal lines, where each of the signal lines is electrically connected to one cathode, and the signal lines are configured as cathode lines of the cathodes and are reused as touch signal lines of the touch electrodes.
Optionally, the touch display panel further includes a data selector, where the data selector is electrically connected to the multiple signal lines, and the data selector is configured to access the touch drive signal in the first time period and is configured to access the display drive signal in the second time period.
Optionally, the light-emitting cycle includes a reset time period, a write time period and a light-emitting time period; and the first time period is within the reset time period, or within the write time period, or spans the reset time period and the write time period.
Optionally, a refresh frequency of the touch drive signal is the same as a refresh frequency of the display drive signal, or the refresh frequency of the touch drive signal is different from the refresh frequency of the display drive signal.
Optionally, the refresh frequency of the touch drive signal is lower than the refresh frequency of the display drive signal when the refresh frequency of the touch drive signal is different from the refresh frequency of the display drive signal.
Optionally, multiple rows of the light-emitting units simultaneously receive the touch drive signal in the first time period of one light-emitting cycle, and multiple rows of the light-emitting units sequentially receive the display drive signal row by row in the second time period of the light-emitting cycle.
Optionally, when the refresh frequency of the touch drive signal is the same as the refresh frequency of the display drive signal, in one light-emitting cycle, a total time length during which cathodes of multiple rows of the light-emitting units simultaneously receive the touch drive signal is less than or equal to a total time length during which the cathodes of the multiple rows of the light-emitting units sequentially receive the display drive signal row by row.
Optionally, each of the cathodes includes multiple sub-cathodes arranged in an array, and the multiple sub-cathodes are electrically connected to each other at the cathode metal layer through leading wires to form one touch electrode, or the multiple sub-cathodes extend mutually to form a whole as one touch electrode.
Optionally, each of the cathodes includes multiple sub-cathodes arranged in an array, and at least one of the sub-cathodes of each of the touch electrodes is electrically connected to all adjacent sub-cathodes; or at least one of the sub-cathodes of each of the touch electrodes is electrically connected to some of the adjacent sub-cathodes.
Optionally, each of the cathodes includes multiple sub-cathodes arranged in an array, and all the sub-cathodes of each of the touch electrodes are electrically connected to each other at a layer at which the signal lines are located.
Optionally, the signal lines and the cathodes are arranged at a same layer, each of the cathodes includes multiple sub-cathodes arranged in an array, and each of the signal lines includes at least two of the sub-cathodes electrically connected to each other.
Optionally, the multiple signal lines are located between the touch electrodes and the substrate.
Optionally, the light-emitting units each further include an anode, and the multiple signal lines and the anode are arranged at a same layer and insulated from each other.
Optionally, the touch display panel further includes a source and a drain, where the source and the drain are located between the substrate and the light-emitting unit layer, respectively, and the multiple signal lines are arranged at a same layer as the source and the drain and insulated from the source and the drain.
Optionally, the touch display panel further includes a gate, where the gate is located between the substrate and the light-emitting unit layer, and the multiple signal lines and the gate are arranged at a same layer and insulated from each other.
Optionally, the touch display panel further includes a light shielding layer, where the light shielding layer is located on a side of the substrate facing the light-emitting unit layer, and the multiple signal lines and the light shielding layer are arranged at a same layer and insulated from each other.
Based on the same conception, the present application further provides an electronic device, including:
a display driving unit, configured to generate the display drive signal; a touch driving unit, configured to generate the touch drive signal; and the above-mentioned touch display panel, where the touch display panel is electrically connected to the display driving unit and the touch driving unit.
Therefore, the cathode metal layer of the touch display panel according to the present application is reused as the touch electrode layer, that is, the cathode metal layer accesses the touch drive signal when the light-emitting cycle is within the first time period, and the cathode metal layer accesses the display drive signal when the light-emitting cycle is within the second time period, which can realize the touch and display functions simultaneously, and also can greatly reduce the thickness of the touch display panel. At the same time, the cathode metal layer is composed of multiple cathodes arranged at intervals, which increases the transparency of the touch display panel and reduces the reflection of ambient light by the touch display panel.
To illustrate structural features and functions of the present application more clearly, the following detailed description will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely some rather than all of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
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Optionally, the touch display panel 100 according to the present application may be a self-capacitive touch display panel 100.
The cathode metal layer 33 of the touch display panel 100 according to the present application is reused as the touch electrode layer 33. The cathode metal layer 33 accesses the touch drive signal when the light-emitting cycle is within the first time period, and the cathode metal layer 33 accesses the display drive signal when the light-emitting cycle is within the second time period. In this way, touch and display functions can be implemented, and a thickness of the touch display panel 100 can be greatly reduced. In addition, the cathode metal layer 33 includes multiple cathodes arranged at intervals, which increases the transparency of the touch display panel 100 and reduces the reflection of ambient light by the touch display panel 100.
Specifically, the light-emitting units 31 each further include an anode 311, and the anode 311 is located between the substrate 10 and the cathode metal layer 33.
Optionally, the cathode metal layer 33 includes multiple cathodes 331 arranged in an array, the touch electrode layer 33 includes multiple touch electrodes 331 arranged in multiple arrays, and one cathode 331 forms one touch electrode 331.
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Different sub-cathodes 301 correspond to different light-emitting units 31. Specifically, in some embodiments, each of the cathodes 331 includes multiple sub-cathodes 301 arranged in an array, and at least one of the sub-cathodes 301 in each of the touch electrodes is electrically connected to all adjacent sub-cathodes; or at least one of the sub-cathodes 301 in each of the touch electrodes is electrically connected to some of the adjacent sub-cathodes 301.
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and the first time period is within the reset time period, or within the write time period, or spans the reset time period and the write time period. When the light-emitting cycle is within the reset time period and the write time period, the cathode metal layer 33 does not access the display drive signal. During this time period, a pixel circuit is in an off state, a pixel circuit data signal is stored in a storage node (Nst), and an original data signal is returned after the input of the touch drive signal is stopped, i.e., after a touch period ends. Therefore, accessing the touch drive signal in any one of the reset time period and the write time period does not affect a normal display function of the touch display panel 100.
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Specifically, in some embodiments, multiple rows of light-emitting units 31 simultaneously receive a touch drive signal in a first time period of one light-emitting cycle, and multiple rows of light-emitting units 31 sequentially receive a display drive signal row by row in a second time period of the light-emitting cycle.
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In some other embodiments, multiple signal lines 50 are located between the touch electrode 331 and the substrate 10.
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It should be understood that the “same layer”, “arrangement at a same layer” and the like in the present application are implemented by making metals or metal alloys in a same process, or by patterning a same metal layer or metal alloy layer. For example, that the signal lines 50 and the anode 311 are arranged at a same layer and insulated from each other means that the signal lines 50 and the anode 311 are prepared in a same process, or the anode 311 and the signal lines 50 are formed by etching (patterning) a same metal layer or metal alloy layer.
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a display driving unit 210, configured to generate the display drive signal;
a touch driving unit 230, configured to generate the touch drive signal; and
the touch display panel 100 according to the embodiment of the present application, the touch display panel 100 is electrically connected to the display driving unit 210 and the touch driving unit 230.
The above are merely specific implementations of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art may easily think of various equivalent modifications or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in the present application, and these modifications or replacements should fall within the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202010873563.7 | Aug 2020 | CN | national |