Patent ID: 8432371

Claim:
An integrated device including a liquid crystal display and a touch screen, comprising: a first polarizer; a second polarizer; a first substrate having select line circuitry formed thereon, the first substrate being disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer; a second substrate disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates; a plurality of touch drive electrodes formed on the first substrate; a plurality of touch sense electrodes disposed between the first and second substrates and operative as a touch sensor during a touch mode of operation, the plurality of touch sense electrodes are spaced apart from the plurality of touch drive electrodes to form capacitive coupling nodes; a counter electrode segmented to form the plurality of touch sense electrodes, the counter electrode operating as a common voltage electrode by providing a common voltage during a display mode of operations and operating as the plurality of touch sense electrodes during the touch mode of operation; at least one capacitance touch sensing circuit coupled to the plurality of touch sense electrodes during the touch mode of operation for measuring a change in capacitance at the capacitive coupling nodes via the plurality of touch sense electrodes; and the touch drive electrodes coupled to the select line circuitry formed on the first substrate; wherein during the touch mode of operation, the plurality of touch drive electrodes are operative to transmit at least one stimulation voltage along one or multiple ones of the plurality of touch drive electrodes to the capacitive coupling nodes.