Silicon Works Co., Ltd.

Lx Semicon Co., Ltd.

Hee Ra Yun

Jae Hwan Lee

Kyu Tae Lee

Mun Seok Kang

Jeong Kwon Nam

Jin Yoon Jang

Hyun Soo Chung

Kyung Min Shin

Hee Jin Lee

Yeon Ju Yu

The present embodiment may provide a touch sensing circuit including: an analog signal processing circuit including one or more adjustable filters configured to receive a touch sensing signal from a touch electrode of a panel and to transmit some of a frequency region of the touch sensing signal; and a touch control circuit configured to determine a change in capacitance of the touch electrode attributable to an object approaching the panel and to transmit a controlling signal to control the adjustable filters of the analog signal processing circuit. The adjustable filter of the present embodiment may include a variable resistor or a variable capacitor. A resistance value or capacitance value of the adjustable filter may be changed in response to the controlling signal, thus changing a frequency pass band of the touch sensing signal.

Touch sensing circuit including adjustable filter and touch sensing method thereof

The present disclosure provides a touch sensing circuit comprising an analog signal processing circuit configured to receive a plurality of sensing signals having different frequencies from touch electrodes; and a digital signal processing circuit configured to receive output data of the analog signal processing circuit and perform a discrete Fourier transform. In addition, the present disclosure provides a touch sensing circuit comprising the digital signal processing circuit of the touch sensing circuit that separates the plurality of sensing signals through the discrete Fourier transform and allowing a simultaneous sensing of a finger touch and a stylus pen touch.

Touch sensing circuit and its method for sensing multi-frequency signals

The present disclosure relates to a touch circuit and a touch sensing method. A touch circuit may include a driving circuit configured to transmit a driving signal to a touch electrode, a sensing circuit configured to sense a change in capacitance generated in the touch electrode, and a touch control circuit configured to control a polarity of the driving signal transmitted by the driving circuit. The polarity of the driving signal controlled by the touch control circuit may be determined based on a location of the touch electrode. Touch sensitivity can be improved by differently controlling a polarity of a driving signal transmitted to an adjacent touch electrode.

Touch circuit and touch sensing method

The present disclosure provides a technology for mitigating retransmission in a low ground mass (LGM) state and improving the touch sensitivity by not driving two adjacent sensor electrodes simultaneously.

Touch sensing device and method

Disclosed is a touch sensing device for preventing touch sensing performance from being reduced by a parasitic capacitance. The touch sensing device includes a plurality of buffers buffering a difference between a reference signal and a reception signal received from a touch electrode through a touch sensing line and generating first and second currents corresponding to a buffered signal, a plurality of current mirror unit respectively connected to the plurality of buffers, a plurality of filter circuits generating a first filter signal and a second filter signal by removing common noise included in a first output signal output from an ncurrent mirror unit of the plurality of current mirror units and a second output signal output from an (n&#x2212;1)current mirror unit of the plurality of current mirror units, and a plurality of integrators respectively connected to the plurality of filter circuits.

Touch sensing device and display apparatus including the same

Disclosed is a touch sensing device for preventing touch sensing performance from being reduced by a parasitic capacitance. The touch sensing device includes a plurality of buffers buffering a difference between a reference signal and a reception signal received from a touch electrode and generating first and second currents corresponding to a buffered signal, a plurality of current mirror units generating a first output signal using a first mirror current generated through mirroring of the first current and a third mirror current generated through mirroring of the second current and generate a second output signal using a second mirror current generated through mirroring of the first current and a fourth mirror current generated through mirroring of the second current, and a plurality of integrators integrating a difference between the first output signal from an ncurrent mirror unit and the second output signal from an (n&#x2212;1)current mirror unit.

A touch sensing device of a current driving type, which separately drives a parasitic capacitor by using an electric charge controller, includes a parasitic capacitance charger connected to a touch sensing line to charge a parasitic capacitor of a touch electrode connected to the touch sensing line with a predetermined charging current during a charging period and a sensing unit connected to the touch sensing line during a first driving period to drive a capacitor of the touch electrode with a first driving current corresponding to a difference voltage between a first voltage, charged into the parasitic capacitor when a touch does not occur, and a second voltage charged into the parasitic capacitor when a touch occurs and to sense a first touch voltage of the capacitor based on the first driving current during a first sensing period.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Hee Ra Yun