Embodiment
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the embedded touch-screen of Transflective that the utility model embodiment is provided and the embodiment of display device are described in detail.
In accompanying drawing, the thickness of each layer film and shape do not reflect the true ratio of array base palte and color membrane substrates, and purpose is signal explanation the utility model content just.
The schematic top plan view of tft array substrate in Fig. 1 a and the horizontal section schematic diagram that is respectively the embedded touch-screen of condenser type that the utility model embodiment provides shown in Figure 3 and touch-screen.As Fig. 1 a and shown in Figure 3, the embedded touch-screen of the Transflective that the utility model embodiment provides specifically comprises: color membrane substrates 1, thin film transistor (TFT) tft array substrate 2, and the liquid crystal layer 3 between color membrane substrates 1 and tft array substrate 2, be formed with a plurality of pixel cells 4 that are the matrix arrangement in the embedded touch-screen of Transflective, be provided with transmission area and echo area at each pixel cell;
The thickness of the liquid crystal layer 3 of transmission area is greater than the thickness of the liquid crystal layer 3 of echo area; And tft array substrate 2 is provided with optical retarder 5 and metallic reflector 6 in the echo area; Optical retarder 5 is used for the light delay that compensation is caused by the thickness difference of the liquid crystal layer 3 of transmission area and the liquid crystal layer 3 of echo area;
Color membrane substrates 1 has many touch-control sensing electrodes 7 that extend along the line direction of pixel cell 4;
Tft array substrate 2 has many touch-control drive wires 8 of the gap location between the pixel cell 4 of adjacent columns, data signal line 9 mutually insulateds in each touch-control drive wire 8 and tft array substrate 1.
The embedded touch-screen of a kind of Transflective that the utility model embodiment provides, transmission area and echo area are set in each pixel cell, the thickness of the liquid crystal layer of transmission area is greater than the thickness of the liquid crystal layer of echo area, tft array substrate arranges optical retarder and reflection horizon in zone corresponding to echo area, optical retarder is used for the light delay that compensation is caused by the thickness difference of the liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal layer of transmission area and echo area; In procedure for displaying, because the thickness of the liquid crystal layer of transmission area and echo area is different, after energising, the liquid crystal layer of different-thickness can have different delayed-actions to light, optical retarder is set in the echo area can compensates the light delay difference that causes thus, make one in pixel cell the echo area and the light transmission rate of transmission area mutually mate, and, electric field open with the state that closes under can keep in a pixel cell GTG consistent, thereby reach the Transflective display effect.
In the specific implementation, the thickness of liquid crystal layer of transmission area is generally the twice of the thickness of liquid crystal layer of echo area; Optical retarder is generally the quarter-wave optical retarder; In each pixel cell, the area of metallic reflector generally accounts for half of open area area.
The below carries out brief description to the semi-transparent semi-reflecting principle of work of above-mentioned Transflective touch-screen, particularly, the thickness of liquid crystal layer that below is all (λ/4) optical retarder and transmission area take optical retarder as quarter-wave describes as the twice of the thickness of liquid crystal layer of echo area as example.
As shown in Figure 1a; color membrane substrates 1 dorsad the one side of liquid crystal layer 3 the first polaroid 10 can be set usually; tft array substrate 2 dorsad the one side of liquid crystal layer 3 the second polaroid 11 can be set usually; the light transmission direction of principal axis of the first polaroid 10 is set to along surface level, and it is inside that the light transmission direction of principal axis of the second polaroid 11 is set to vertical paper.Towards the one side of liquid crystal layer, the first alignment films 12 can be set usually at color membrane substrates 1, be set to along surface level towards the frictional direction that the one side of liquid crystal layer 3 can arrange the second alignment films 13, the first alignment films 12 and the second alignment films 13 usually at tft array substrate 2.
As shown in Figure 1a, at touch-screen not during making alive, transmission area and echo area (in Fig. 1 a shown in wire frame) all are details in a play not acted out on stage, but told through dialogues, its concrete light simulation drawing is as shown in Fig. 1 b: in the echo area, along surface level, surround lighting is by the first rear generation horizontal direction of polaroid 10 linearly polarized light due to the light transmission direction of principal axis of the first polaroid 10; Because liquid crystal molecule in the liquid crystal layer 3 of echo area is parallel-oriented, the horizontal direction linearly polarized light through after liquid crystal layer 3 without delayed-action; The horizontal direction linearly polarized light becomes left circularly polarized light after the phase delay of λ/4 optical retarder 5; Left circularly polarized light is through the right-circularly polarized light that reflects to form of metallic reflector 6; After process λ/4 optical retarder 5, right-circularly polarized light forms the vertical direction linearly polarized light; Without delayed-action, this moment, the polarization direction of vertical direction linearly polarized light was mutually vertical with the light transmission direction of principal axis of the first polaroid 10 after through the liquid crystal layer 3 of echo area for the vertical direction linearly polarized light, thereby in echo area formation details in a play not acted out on stage, but told through dialogues.In transmission area, because the vertical paper of light transmission direction of principal axis of the second polaroid 11 is inside, what backlight sent is backlight through the second polaroid 11 effect generation vertical direction linearly polarized lights; Because liquid crystal molecule in the liquid crystal layer 3 of transmission area is parallel-oriented, the vertical direction linearly polarized light through after liquid crystal layer without delayed-action, this moment, the polarization direction of vertical direction linearly polarized light was mutually vertical with the light transmission direction of principal axis of the first polaroid 10, thereby formed details in a play not acted out on stage, but told through dialogues at transmission area.
When the liquid crystal panel making alive, the deflection under the effect of field effect of liquid crystal molecule in the liquid crystal layer 3 of transmission area and echo area is arranged, phase delay occurs in polarized light when the liquid crystal molecule by deflecting, as shown in Fig. 2 a, because liquid crystal layer 3 thickness of transmission area and echo area are different, they are also different to carryover effects of polarized light, play λ/2 light delay effects at the liquid crystal layer 3 of transmission area, and the liquid crystal layer 3 in the echo area plays λ/4 light delay effects.
After the liquid crystal panel making alive, transmission area and echo area all are bright field, its concrete light simulation drawing is as shown in Fig. 2 b: in the echo area, along surface level, surround lighting is by the first rear generation horizontal direction of polaroid 10 linearly polarized light due to the light transmission direction of principal axis of the first polaroid 10; Because the liquid crystal layer 3 of echo area plays λ/4 light delay effects, become left circularly polarized light after the phase delay of horizontal direction linearly polarized light through the liquid crystal layer 3 of echo area; Left circularly polarized light becomes the horizontal direction linearly polarized light after the phase delay of λ/4 optical retarder 5; The horizontal direction linearly polarized light forms left circularly polarized light through the reflection of metallic reflector 6 and through after λ/4 optical retarder 5; Become the horizontal direction linearly polarized light after the phase delay of left circularly polarized light through the liquid crystal layer 3 of echo area, this moment, the polarization direction of horizontal direction linearly polarized light was parallel with the light transmission direction of principal axis of the first polaroid 10, thereby formed bright field in the echo area.In transmission area, because the vertical paper of light transmission direction of principal axis of the second polaroid 11 is inside, what backlight sent is backlight through the second polaroid 11 effect generation vertical direction linearly polarized lights; Because the liquid crystal layer 3 of transmission area plays λ/2 light delay effects, become the horizontal direction linearly polarized light after the phase delay of vertical direction linearly polarized light through the liquid crystal layer 3 of transmission area, this moment, the polarization direction of horizontal direction linearly polarized light was parallel with the light transmission direction of principal axis of the first polaroid 10, thereby formed bright field at transmission area.
The above-mentioned touch-screen that the utility model embodiment provides is on the basis of realizing semi-transparent semi-reflecting display effect, the touch-control sensing electrode is set on color membrane substrates, the touch-control drive wire of the gap location setting between the pixel cell of adjacent columns on tft array substrate and data signal line insulation, touch-control drive wire and touch-control sensing electrode are carried out the timesharing driving, with compatible touch controllable function and display effect.And, owing to adopting the timesharing type of drive at touch-control and demonstration stage, can reduce the mutual interference mutually that shows with touch-control, improve picture quality and touch-control accuracy.
Particularly, the driving method of the embedded touch-screen of above-mentioned Transflective that the utility model embodiment provides, sequential chart as shown in Figure 4 specifically comprises:
At first, touch-screen is shown that the time of each frame (Vsync) is divided into displaying time section (Display) and touch-control time period (Touch), for example in driving sequential chart shown in Figure 4, the time of demonstration one frame of touch-screen is 16.67ms, choose wherein 4ms as the touch-control time period, other 12.67ms is as the displaying time section, can certainly be according to the processing power of IC chip suitable both durations of adjustment are not specifically limited at this.
At displaying time section (Display), to every in touch-screen signal line G1, G2 ... Gn applies scanning gate signal successively, and data signal line Data is applied the GTG signal, controls the liquid crystal molecule upset; Be as good as with normal ADS type liquid crystal panel principle of work during this period of time.In the displaying time section, touch-control sensing electrode Rx ground connection namely loads 0V voltage, the input of touch-control drive wire Tx no signal.
At touch-control time period (Touch), Tx applies touch scanning signals to the touch-control drive electrode, voltage signal and the output of touch-control sensing electrode Rx coupling touch scanning signals.By the touch of finger, change the inductance capacitance between two electrodes of position, touch point, thereby change the size of the end receiver voltage signal of touch-control sensing electrode Rx, realize touch controllable function.In the touch-control time period, every signal line in touch-screen and the input of data signal line no signal.
The above-mentioned touch-screen that the utility model embodiment provides goes for the lcd technology of various patterns, for example go for to realize the plane internal switch (IPS at wide visual angle, In-Plane Switch) and senior super dimension field switch (ADS, Advanced Super Dimension Switch) type lcd technology, also go for traditional twisted-nematic (TN, Twisted Nematic) type lcd technology is not done restriction at this.
The below is described in detail the concrete structure of the touch-control drive wire of realizing touch controllable function in above-mentioned touch-screen.
In the specific implementation, data signal line in touch-control drive wire and tft array substrate can be arranged with layer, like this, do not need to increase extra preparation section when the preparation tft array substrate, only need to can form the figure of data signal line and touch-control drive electrode by a composition technique, can save preparation cost, the improving product added value.And, for fear of crosstalking between signal, when data signal line and touching signals line are arranged with layer, as shown in Figure 3, generally touch-control drive wire 8 and data signal line 9 are separately positioned on the both sides of pixel cell 4, disturb to avoid touch-control drive wire 8 with data signal line 9, signal to occur.
Usually, the precision of touch-screen is usually at grade, can be according to the density of required touch-control accuracy selection touch-control drive wire and touch-control sensing electrode and width guaranteeing required touch-control precision, when usually designing the touch-control drive wire, the spacing between can each touch-control drive wire is set to identical.
Particularly, because touch-control drive wire and data signal line all are arranged between the pixel cell of adjacent columns, and the gap between pixel cell generally only has 5 microns left and right usually, therefore, the width of each touch-control drive wire is also very thin, and this will cause the coupling capacitance less between touch-control drive wire and touch-control sensing electrode.In order to guarantee that the coupling capacitance between touch-control drive wire and touch-control sensing electrode reaches required numerical value, generally in the 3pF left and right, the touch-control drive wire can be adjacent with at least one pixel cell in metallic reflector be electrical connected by via hole, as shown in Figure 3, in the touch-control time period, the metallic reflector 6 that is electrical connected with touch-control drive wire 8 can increase the area of touch-control sensing, guarantees the required coupling capacitance of touch-control.In the specific implementation, generally according to required coupling capacitance, select the quantity of the metallic reflector of concrete touch-control drive wire connection, do not do restriction at this.
Usually, on the array base palte of tradition ADS type liquid crystal panel, public electrode is positioned at lower floor's (more close underlay substrate) as plate electrode, and pixel electrode is positioned at upper strata (more close liquid crystal layer) as gap electrode, is provided with insulation course between pixel electrode and public electrode.And on the array base palte of HADS type liquid crystal panel, pixel electrode is positioned at lower floor's (more close underlay substrate) as plate electrode, and public electrode is positioned at upper strata (more close liquid crystal layer) as gap electrode, is provided with insulation course between pixel electrode and public electrode.
Particularly, in order to guarantee the normal demonstration of touch-screen, can according to the pattern of the concrete display panels of using of above-mentioned touch-screen, the particular location of metallic reflector be set.
For example: in the touch-screen of HADS pattern, as shown in Figure 1a, namely tft array substrate has the public electrode 15 that is positioned at pixel electrode 14 tops, and public electrode 15 has the slit-shaped transparent electrode structure in the position corresponding with the open area of pixel cell; In each pixel cell, metallic reflector 6 can be positioned at the below of public electrode 15 and be electrical connected with pixel electrode 14.In the specific implementation, metallic reflector 6 can be set directly at pixel electrode 14 tops (as shown in Figure 1a) or below, does not do restriction at this.In the displaying time section, the metallic reflector that is electrical connected with pixel electrode is as the part of pixel electrode, produces multi-dimensional electric field with the public electrode of top, controls the liquid crystal upset.
And, in the HADS pattern, when touch-control drive wire and data signal line arrange with layer, can be blocked by the public electrode of more close liquid crystal layer, be unfavorable for being arranged on the touch-control sensing electrode detector touch scanning signals on color membrane substrates.Therefore, arrived by the touch-control sensing electrode detector in order to guarantee that the touch scanning signals that applies on the touch-control drive wire is easier, can be set to engraved structure in the position corresponding with the touch-control drive wire by public electrode, be that public electrode arranges the pattern without public electrode in the position corresponding with the touch-control drive wire, as shown in the B zone in Fig. 5.
In the touch-screen of ADS pattern, be that tft array substrate has the public electrode that is positioned at the pixel electrode below, the public electrode mutually insulated that the public electrode that the pixel cell row adjacent with the touch-control drive wire have and other pixel cells row have, pixel electrode has the slit-shaped transparent electrode structure in the position corresponding with the open area of pixel cell; In each pixel cell, metallic reflector is positioned at the below of pixel electrode and is electrical connected with public electrode.In the specific implementation, metallic reflector can be set directly at above or below public electrode, does not do restriction at this.In the displaying time section, the metallic reflector that is electrical connected with public electrode is as the part of public electrode, produces multi-dimensional electric field with the pixel electrode of top, controls the liquid crystal upset.And in the touch-control time period, mutually insulated between the public electrode that is connected with each touch-control drive wire by metallic reflector and other public electrodes can not produce crosstalking of touching signals.
The below is described in detail the concrete structure of the touch-control sensing electrode of realizing touch controllable function in above-mentioned touch-screen.
In the specific implementation, the touch-control sensing electrode can also can be positioned at the black matrix area of color membrane substrates towards the one side of liquid crystal layer between the substrate and black matrix area of color membrane substrates, can also be positioned at the color membrane substrates one side of liquid crystal layer dorsad.
At present, in display panels, the interference of outer signals to display in the procedure for displaying, general all can color membrane substrates dorsad the one side of liquid crystal layer the guarded electrode layer is set, this guarded electrode layer is whole setting.The above-mentioned touch-screen that the utility model embodiment provides in the specific implementation, can be according to required touch-control precision, as shown in Figure 6, guarded electrode layer on color membrane substrates (shielding ITO) is divided into the touch-control sensing electrode Rx of suitable width, generally, the width of every touch-control sensing electrode Rx is good at 5 ~ 6mm.And the precision of touch-screen is usually at grade, and the precision of LCDs can be found out to show that required precision is far longer than the required precision of touch-control usually at micron order, and therefore, general every touch-control sensing electrode all can corresponding multirow pixel cell.
At the touch-control of a frame in the time period, touch-control drive electrode Tx transmits touch scanning signals, voltage signal and the output of each touch-control sensing electrode Rx coupling touch scanning signals, in the displaying time section, each touch-control sensing electrode Rx can ground connection, the effect of guarded electrode is played in the interference of shielding outer signals to display.
Further, in order to carry out reduction processing to box body after color membrane substrates and tft array substrate are to box, namely use the exposed underlay substrate in the outside of particular liquid etching, the guarded electrode layer can be produced on color membrane substrates towards the one side of liquid crystal layer, particularly, each touch-control sensing electrode Rx that forms the guarded electrode layer can be arranged between the substrate and black matrix area of color membrane substrates, also can be positioned at black matrix towards the one side of liquid crystal layer.When touch-control sensing electrode Rx is arranged between the substrate of color membrane substrates and black matrix area, more be conducive to shield the interference of outer signals.
When the touch-control sensing electrode is positioned at color membrane substrates dorsad during the one side of liquid crystal layer, because the spacing between touch-control sensing electrode and touch-control drive electrode is larger, therefore, as shown in Figure 6, can directly each touch-control sensing electrode Rx be prepared into planar structure and can guarantee that coupling capacitance is in suitable scope.
When each touch-control sensing electrode is positioned at color membrane substrates towards the one side of liquid crystal layer, because the spacing between touch-control sensing electrode and touch-control drive electrode is less, in order to guarantee that coupling capacitance improves the feasibility of touch-control in suitable scope, as shown in Figure 7, each touch-control sensing electrode Rx can be designed to have the grid electrode structure, and the pattern of each touch-control sensing electrode is deceived matrix area and is covered, so just can utilize black matrix to hide the fenestral fabric of touch-control sensing electrode, can the aperture opening ratio of display not exerted an influence, can not affect the light transmission rate of display yet.
Particularly, due to the touch-control sensing electrode of the fenestral fabric that arranges on color membrane substrates can occluded pixels the unit, therefore, the material of touch-control sensing electrode can be specially transparent conductive oxide for example ITO or IZO, also can be metal, can effectively reduce its resistance when adopting metal to make the touch-control sensing electrode.
In addition, when touch-control drive wire and touch-control sensing electrode are set, in order to reduce connected IC chip cost, can by adjacent a plurality of touch-control drive wires are passed through the mode of wire conducting at arbitrary end, be reduced to and respectively drive the quantity that the touch-control line provides the driving passage (channel) of electric signal; Simultaneously, can by adjacent a plurality of touch-control sensing electrodes are passed through the mode of wire conducting at arbitrary end, reduce the quantity of the induction channels (channel) that is connected with each touch-control sensing electrode.For example, resolution is the touch-screen of 1280*800, the touch-control drive wire that can consider every 120 pixels are comprised is by the wire conducting, as a touch-control drive wire, the touch-control sensing electrode of 100 length in pixels as a touch-control sensing electrode, therefore, is only needed the channel interface of 10 touch-control drive wires altogether, the channel interface of 8 touch-control sensing electrodes has reduced the requirement to the IC chip.
Based on same utility model design, the utility model embodiment also provides a kind of display device, comprise the embedded touch-screen of above-mentioned Transflective that the utility model embodiment provides, the enforcement of this display device can referring to the embodiment of the embedded touch-screen of above-mentioned Transflective, repeat part and repeat no more.
The embedded touch-screen of a kind of Transflective and display device that the utility model embodiment provides, transmission area and echo area are set in each pixel cell, the thickness of the liquid crystal layer of transmission area is greater than the thickness of the liquid crystal layer of echo area, tft array substrate arranges optical retarder and reflection horizon in zone corresponding to echo area, optical retarder is used for the light delay that compensation is caused by the thickness difference of the liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal layer of transmission area and echo area; In procedure for displaying, because the thickness of the liquid crystal layer of transmission area and echo area is different, after energising, the liquid crystal layer of different-thickness can have different delayed-actions to light, optical retarder is set in the echo area can compensates the light delay difference that causes thus, make one in pixel cell the echo area and the light transmission rate of transmission area mutually mate, and, electric field open with the state that closes under can keep in a pixel cell GTG consistent, thereby reach the Transflective display effect.The touch-control sensing electrode is set on color membrane substrates, the touch-control drive wire of the gap location setting between the pixel cell of adjacent columns on tft array substrate and data signal line insulation, touch-control drive wire and touch-control sensing electrode are carried out the timesharing driving, with compatible touch controllable function and display effect.And, owing to adopting the timesharing type of drive at touch-control and demonstration stage, can reduce the mutual interference mutually that shows with touch-control, improve picture quality and touch-control accuracy.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification and not break away from spirit and scope of the present utility model the utility model.Like this, if within of the present utility model these are revised and modification belongs to the scope of the utility model claim and equivalent technologies thereof, the utility model also is intended to comprise these changes and modification interior.