US 11,983,374 B2
Touch sensor, touch sensor driving method, and display device
Hwa Jeong Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Jae Sic Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Na Yun Kwak, Yongin-si (KR); Dong Hwan Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Seung Woo Sung, Yongin-si (KR); Min Kyu Woo, Yongin-si (KR); Min Ku Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Seong Jun Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Sang Jin Pak, Yongin-si (KR); and Sang Hyun Jun, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/141,967.
Application 16/915,946 is a division of application No. 15/940,260, filed on Mar. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,732,775, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Application 18/141,967 is a continuation of application No. 17/491,404, filed on Sep. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,675,466.
Application 17/491,404 is a continuation of application No. 16/915,946, filed on Jun. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,163,412, issued on Nov. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0041659 (KR), filed on Mar. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266853 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0446 (2019.05) [G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04164 (2019.05); G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06F 3/044 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a substrate;
a pixel array disposed on the substrate and comprising a plurality of pixels;
a touch electrode array disposed on the pixel array and comprising electrode groups each including a plurality of touch electrodes arranged in a first direction;
a first demultiplexer disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the touch electrode array, the first demultiplexer including sub-demultiplexers electrically connected to the electrode groups;
a driving pad disposed on the substrate; and
a second demultiplexer disposed on the substrate and electrically connected between the first demultiplexer and the driving pad,
wherein the electrode groups comprise a first electrode group and a second electrode group, and the first electrode group and the second electrode group are arranged in the first direction,
wherein the sub-demultiplexers comprise a first sub-demultiplexer and a second sub-demultiplexer, and the first sub-demultiplexer and the second sub-demultiplexer are adjacent to each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, and
wherein the first sub-demultiplexer and the second sub-demultiplexer arranged in the second direction are electrically connected to the first electrode group and the second electrode group arranged in the first direction, respectively.