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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2018
Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a display device includes first electrodes overlapping a display area, a cover base covering the display area and a frame area, a second electrode arranged in the cover base and overlapping the frame area, a touch detection driver configured to output a drive signal to the second electrode, and a level shifter arranged between the second electrode and the touch detection driver, and configured to increase a signal level of the drive signal and output the drive signal having the increased signal level to the second electrode. The touch detection driver is configured to detect contact or proximity to an object with the frame area based on electrostatic capacitance between the first electrodes and the second electrode.