US 11,868,570 B2
Electrostatic capacitance-type sensor-equipped display device and method of driving the same
Koji Noguchi, Tokyo (JP); Koji Ishizaki, Tokyo (JP); and Hayato Kurasawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Japan Display Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Japan Display Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,802.
Application 18/086,802 is a continuation of application No. 17/588,394, filed on Jan. 31, 2022, granted, now 11,561,655.
Application 17/588,394 is a continuation of application No. 16/201,475, filed on Nov. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,269,462, issued on Mar. 8, 2022.
Application 16/201,475 is a continuation of application No. 14/609,990, filed on Jan. 30, 2015, granted, now 10,168,819, issued on Jan. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2014-017112 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0124285 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/044 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/04164 (2019.05); G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising: a substrate; a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction, arranged in a second direction, and formed over the substrate;
a plurality of source lines arranged in the first direction;
a plurality of TFTs connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of source lines;
a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of TFTs;
a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in the first direction and the second direction;
a first metal line;
a second metal line;
an insulation layer disposed between the plurality of sensor electrodes and the substrate; a first contact hole formed in the insulation layer; and a second contact hole formed in the insulation layer,
wherein the plurality of sensor electrode comprises a first sensor electrode and a second sensor electrode arranged in the second direction,
the first sensor electrode is transparent and overlaps a first pixel electrode of the plurality of pixel electrode,
the second sensor electrode is transparent and overlaps a second pixel electrode of the plurality of pixel electrode,
the first metal line and the second metal line are arranged in the first direction,
the first metal line is connected to the first sensor electrode,
the second metal line is connected to the second sensor electrode,
the first metal line has a wavy shape which obliquely crosses the first direction and a first region which overlaps the first sensor electrode,
the second metal line has the wavy shape which obliquely crosses the first direction and a second region which overlaps the second sensor electrode,
the first contact hole overlaps the first sensor electrode,
the second contact hole overlaps the second sensor electrode,
the first metal line is connected to the first sensor electrode via the first contact hole, and
the second metal line is connected to the second sensor electrode via the second contact hole.