1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a touch pane and a touch display device, and more particularly, to a touch panel and a touch display device having a three electrode structure which includes one signal transmitting electrode and two different axis electrodes for receiving signals.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In recent years, touch sensing technologies have developed flourishingly, and consumer electronics integrated with touch sensing function are commercialized accordingly. In those consumer electronics, display panels are mainly used to be integrated with the touch sensing function. In other words, the display panels are replaced by the touch display panels with the touch sensing function. According to differences in structure designs, the touch display panels may include an out-cell type touch display panel, an in-cell type touch display panel, and an on-cell type touch display panel. In the out-cell type touch display panel, an independent touch panel is attached to a normal display panel. In the in-cell type touch display panel and the on-cell type touch display panel, touch sensing devices are disposed directly on an inner surface or an outer surface of a substrate in the display panel. The in-cell type touch display panel and the on-cell type touch display panel may be relatively thinner than the out-cell type touch display panel. However, the manufacturing processes of the in-cell type touch display panel and the on-cell type touch display panel are more complicated because additional processes are required to form the touch sensing devices in the display panel, and the yield may become lowered and the manufacturing cost may be increased accordingly.
There are many diverse technologies of touch panel. Capacitive touch technology has become the mainstream touch technology for the high-end and the mid-end consumer electronics, because the capacitive touch panel has advantages such as high precision, and multi-touch property. In the conventional capacitive touch panel, two set of electrodes extending in different axis directions and intersecting to each other are employed. The electrode extending in one axis direction is used to transmit a touch sensing signal, and the electrode extending in another axis direction is used to receive the touch sensing signal. The variations of the received touch sensing signal may be calculated for locating the touch points. Generally, the electrodes extending in different axis directions are made of transparent conductive materials for light transparency consideration. However, the electrical resistivity of the transparent conductive material is generally higher than the electrical resistivity of the metal conductive material, and each of the electrodes has to be kept within a specific width for maintaining appropriate conductivity. The design variation of the electrodes is accordingly limited, and the touch resolution may not be enhanced by simply increasing the number of the electrodes extending in different axis directions.
It is one of the objectives of the present invention to provide a touch panel and a touch display device. A three electrode structure, which including one signal transmitting electrode and two different axis signal receiving electrodes, is employed for sensing touch points. The three electrode structure is further integrated with layers in an ordinary display panel in the present invention. The purposes of improving touch sensing effect, enhancing touch resolution, and simplifying the structure and manufacturing process of the touch display device may be accordingly achieved.
To achieve the purposes described above, a preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a touch panel. The touch panel includes a first substrate, a first axis signal receiving electrode, a second axis signal receiving electrode, a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, and a signal transmitting electrode. The first substrate has a first inner surface and a first outer surface. The first axis signal receiving electrode is disposed on the first inner surface, and the first axis signal receiving electrode includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes extending along a first direction. The second axis signal receiving electrode is disposed on a side of the first inner surface, and the second axis signal receiving electrode includes a plurality of second sensing electrodes extending along a second direction. The first insulation layer is disposed between the first axis signal receiving electrode and the second axis signal receiving electrode. The signal transmitting electrode is disposed on the side of the first inner surface. The second insulation layer is disposed between the second axis signal receiving electrode and the signal transmitting electrode. The signal transmitting electrode is used to transmit a touch driving signal, and the touch driving signal is received by the first axis signal receiving electrode and the second axis signal receiving electrode.
To achieve the purposes described above, a preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a touch display device. The touch display device includes a first substrate, a first axis signal receiving electrode, a second axis signal receiving electrode, a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, a signal transmitting electrode, and a display panel. The first substrate has a first inner surface and a first outer surface. The first axis signal receiving electrode is disposed on the first inner surface, and the first axis signal receiving electrode includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes extending along a first direction. The second axis signal receiving electrode is disposed on a side of the first inner surface, and the second axis signal receiving electrode includes a plurality of second sensing electrodes extending along a second direction. The first insulation layer is disposed between the first axis signal receiving electrode and the second axis signal receiving electrode. The signal transmitting electrode is disposed on the side of the first inner surface. The second insulation layer is disposed between the second axis signal receiving electrode and the signal transmitting electrode. The signal transmitting electrode is used to transmit a touch driving signal, and the touch driving signal is received by the first axis signal receiving electrode and the second axis signal receiving electrode. The display panel is disposed on the side of the first inner surface. The first axis signal receiving electrode, the second axis signal receiving electrode, the signal transmitting electrode, the first insulation layer, and the second insulation layer are disposed between the first substrate and the display panel.
To achieve the purposes described above, a preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a touch display device. The touch display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first axis signal receiving electrode, a second axis signal receiving electrode, a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, a signal transmitting electrode, a pixel electrode, and a display medium layer. The first substrate has a first inner surface and a first outer surface. The first axis signal receiving electrode is disposed on the first inner surface, and the first axis signal receiving electrode includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes extending along a first direction. The second axis signal receiving electrode is disposed on a side of the first inner surface, and the second axis signal receiving electrode includes a plurality of second sensing electrodes extending along a second direction. The first insulation layer is disposed between the first axis signal receiving electrode and the second axis signal receiving electrode. The signal transmitting electrode is disposed on the side of the first inner surface. The second insulation layer is disposed between the second axis signal receiving electrode and the signal transmitting electrode. The signal transmitting electrode is used to transmit a touch driving signal, and the touch driving signal is received by the first axis signal receiving electrode and the second axis signal receiving electrode. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The first axis signal receiving electrode, the second axis signal receiving electrode, the signal transmitting electrode, the first insulation layer, the second insulation layer, the pixel electrode, and the display medium layer are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display medium layer is driven by the first axis signal receiving electrode and the second axis signal receiving electrode through the pixel electrode.
These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
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In this embodiment, the signal transmitting electrode 140 is used to transmit a touch driving signal, and the touch driving signal is received by the first axis signal receiving electrode 121 and the second axis signal receiving electrode 122 respectively. In further description, when a touch object, such as a human finger, touches the first outer surface 110B of the first substrate 110, the electrical condition between the first axis signal receiving electrode 121 and the signal transmitting electrode 140 and the electrical condition between the second axis signal receiving electrode 122 and the signal transmitting electrode 140 may be influenced by the human finger, and signals received by the first axis signal receiving electrode 121 and the second axis signal receiving electrode 122 may be changed accordingly. Variations of the received signals may be calculated to locate the touch position, and the touch positioning function may work accordingly. Additionally, when sensing along the first direction X, the signal transmitting electrode 140 is a driving side, the first axis signal receiving electrode 121 is a sensing side, and the second axis signal receiving electrode 122 is kept in an electrically floating state. Comparatively, when sensing along the second direction Y, the signal transmitting electrode 140 is the driving side, the second axis signal receiving electrode 122 is the sensing side, and the first axis signal receiving electrode 121 is kept in an electrically floating state. In other words, a sensing time point of the first axis signal receiving electrode 121 is preferably separated from a sensing time point of the second axis signal receiving electrode 122. In addition, each of the first sensing electrodes 121S is preferably driven respectively for sensing sequentially, and each of the second sensing electrodes 122S is also preferably driven respectively for sensing sequentially so as to avoid misjudgment under multi point touch sensing operation. Related problems such as ghost points may be accordingly improved. The above-mentioned touch sensing method may be regarded as a kind of mutual capacitance touch sensing method, but not limited thereto. Additionally, the first axis signal receiving electrode 121, the second axis signal receiving electrode 122, and the signal transmitting electrode 140 in the touch panel 101 may be regarded as a three electrode structure, but not limited thereto. The first sensing electrodes 121S and the second sensing electrodes 122S may be metal conductive lines, and the amount of the first sensing electrodes 121 S and the second sensing electrodes 122S may be relatively increased by reducing line widths of the first sensing electrodes 121S and the second sensing electrodes 122S. The touch sensing performance and the touch resolution of the touch panel 101 may be accordingly enhanced.
The following description will detail the different embodiments in the present invention. To simplify the description, identical components in each of the following embodiments are marked with identical symbols. For making it easier to understand the differences between the embodiments, the following description will detail the dissimilarities among different embodiments and the identical features will not be redundantly described.
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In this embodiment, the signal transmitting electrode 340 is used to transmit a touch driving signal, and the touch driving signal is received by the first axis signal receiving electrode 321 and the second axis signal receiving electrode 322. The touch sensing method of the touch display device 301 in this embodiment is similar to the above-mentioned touch sensing method of the touch panel 101 in the first preferred embodiment. When sensing along the first direction X, the signal transmitting electrode 340 is a driving side, the first axis signal receiving electrode 321 is a sensing side, and the second axis signal receiving electrode 322 is kept in an electrically floating state. Comparatively, when sensing along the second direction Y, the signal transmitting electrode 340 is the driving side, the second axis signal receiving electrode 322 is the sensing side, and the first axis signal receiving electrode 321 is kept in an electrically floating state. In other words, a sensing time point of the first axis signal receiving electrode 321 is preferably separated from a sensing time point of the second axis signal receiving electrode 322. In addition, each of the first sensing electrodes 321G is preferably driven respectively for sensing sequentially, and each of the second sensing electrodes 322D is also preferably driven respectively for sensing sequentially so as to avoid misjudgment under the multi point touch sensing operation. The related problems such as ghost points may be accordingly improved. It is worth noting that each of the first sensing electrodes 321G is preferably a gate line, each of the second sensing electrodes 322D is preferably a data line, and the first substrate 310 is preferably an array substrate, but not limited thereto. The display medium layer 393 is driven by each of the first sensing electrodes 321G of the first axis signal receiving electrode 321 and each of the second sensing electrodes 322D of the second axis signal receiving electrode 322 through the pixel electrode 370. In other words, in the touch display device 301 of this embodiment, the first sensing electrodes 321G and the second sensing electrodes 322D, which are employed for touch sensing, are also employed as gate lines and data lines in an ordinary array substrate. Accordingly, each of the first sensing electrodes 321G and each of the second sensing electrodes 322D may also be used to deliver gate line signals and data line signals so as to control the pixel electrode 370 through a switching device (not shown). Additionally, the signal transmitting electrode 340 in this embodiment may preferably be a transparent common electrode. The display medium layer 393 may be driven by the pixel electrode 370 and the signal transmitting electrode 340, which acts as the common electrode, for providing display effects. The display medium layer 393 may include liquid crystal material, organic light emitting material, ink, electro ink, or plasma material, but not limited thereto.
Since the first sensing electrodes 321G and the second sensing electrodes 322D may be the metal conductive lines on the ordinary array substrate, the structure and the manufacturing process of the touch display device 301 may be simplified due to the integration of the gate lines, the data lines, and the signal receiving electrodes. The touch sensing performance of the touch display device 301 may also be enhanced because the resistance of each of the signal receiving electrodes is decreased. For example, in an ordinary display device, a line width of a metal conductive line on an array substrate is around a few micrometers. A normal touch object may completely cover a width of one first sensing electrode 321 G and a width of one second sensing electrode 322D accordingly so as to enhance the signal variation influenced by the touch object. Additionally, the amount of the first sensing electrodes 321 G and the second sensing electrodes 322D may be equal to the gate lines and the data lines, which are used for displaying images. The touch resolution may be therefore enhanced. In this embodiment, the structure of the touch display device 301 may be used for a fringe field switching (FFS) liquid crystal driving method, but the present invention is not limited to this. In other preferred embodiments of the present invention, the material and driving method of the display medium layer 393 may be further modified to generate other display effects. In the touch display device 301, the first outer surface 310B is preferably a touch surface, and the first outer surface 310B or the second outer surface 350B may be designed as a display surface according to different design considerations.
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To summarize the above descriptions, in the touch panel of the present invention, a three electrode structure, which including one signal transmitting electrode and two different axis signal receiving electrodes, is employed for sensing touch points. The purpose of improving touch sensing performance may be accordingly achieved. In addition, conventional layers in an ordinary display panel function as the signal transmitting electrode and the two different axis signal receiving electrodes. The purposes of enhancing touch resolution, and simplifying the structure and manufacturing process of the touch display device may be accordingly achieved.
Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims.
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101120115 | Jun 2012 | TW | national |