1. A method of facilitating access to electronics components within an electronics enclosure, the method comprising:
providing a component support assembly comprising a rotatable base support, and a component connector assembly associated with the rotatable base support for operatively coupling to multiple electronics components, wherein the rotatable base support is sized to reside within the electronics enclosure and support multiple operational electronics components thereon;
disposing multiple electronics components on the rotatable base support in operative position by coupling the multiple electronics components to the component connector assembly; and
wherein rotation of the rotatable base support facilitates access to the multiple electronics components during operation of the multiple electronics components, and wherein the component connector assembly allows for rotation of the rotatable base support with the multiple electronics components operatively supported thereon.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing at least one flexible cable connecting the component connector assembly to an electronics interface of the electronics enclosure, wherein the providing of the at least one flexible cable comprises providing the at least one flexible cable with sufficient length and flexibility to allow for rotation of the rotatable base support at least 90\xb0.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing an access opening within an access surface of the electronics enclosure, wherein the access opening allows access therethrough to the multiple electronics components supported by the rotatable base support via selective rotation of the rotatable base support.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the disposing comprises placing the multiple electronics components in a planar array on the rotatable base support.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the disposing comprises disposing at least some electronics components of the multiple electronics components vertically in operative position on the rotatable base support and coupled to the component connector assembly.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the rotatable base support comprises a first rotatable base support, and wherein the method further comprises providing at least one additional rotatable base support rotatably coupled to the first rotatable base support to rotate relative to the first rotatable base support and turn with rotation of the first rotatable base support, and wherein the at least one additional rotatable base support operatively supports at least one electronics component thereon of the multiple electronics components and facilitates access to the at least one electronics component disposed thereon.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A touch display device, comprising:
a timing controller to generate a sync signal for controlling timing of a touch sensor driving period and a display driving period in each of a plurality of frames, the touch sensor driving period and the display driving period alternating with each other;
a display panel comprising a plurality of display pixels having a common electrode segmented into a plurality of touch sensors, the plurality of display pixels to display pixel data in response to data voltages during the display driving period;
a touch sensor driving circuit to supply a touch sensor driving signal to the plurality of touch sensors during the touch sensor driving period and to detect if a touch occurred based on a change in charge on the touch sensors;
a plurality of positive polarity output buffers to output positive polarity data voltages to the display pixels during the display driving period;
a plurality of negative polarity output buffers to output negative polarity data voltages to the display pixels during the display driving period;
a first set of switches to couple the plurality of positive polarity output buffers to respective odd signal lines and to couple the plurality of negative polarity output buffers to respective even signal lines during a first phase of the display driving period;
a second set of switches to couple the plurality of positive polarity output buffers to respective even signal lines during a second phase of the display driving period;
a third set of switches to couple the plurality of negative polarity output buffers to respective odd signal lines during the second phase of the display driving period;
a fourth set of switches to couple the signals lines to each other during a charge share period between the first phase of the display driving period and the second phase of the display driving period, and to couple the signals lines to each other during the touch sensor driving period; and
a fifth switch to couple the signal lines to an oscillating input voltage during the touch sensor driving period, the oscillating input voltage having an approximately same phase as the touch sensor driving signal.
2. The touch display device of claim 1, wherein for a given odd signal line, a first one of the first set of switches couples the given odd signal line to one of the positive polarity output buffers during the first phase of the display driving period, and one of the third set of switches couples the given odd signal line to one of the negative polarity output buffers during the second phase of the display driving period.
3. The touch display device of claim 2, wherein for a given even signal line, a second one of the first set of switches couples the given even signal line to the one of the negative polarity output buffers during the first phase of the display driving period, one of the second set of switches couples the given even signal line to the one of the positive polarity output buffers during the second phase of the display driving period.
4. A touch display device, comprising:
a timing controller to generate a sync signal for controlling timing of a touch sensor driving period and a display driving period in each of a plurality of frames, the touch sensor driving period and the display driving period alternating with each other, the display driving period comprising a first phase to drive odd signal lines according to a first polarity and to drive even signal lines according to a second polarity, a second phase to drive the odd signal lines according to the second polarity and to drive the even signal lines according to the first polarity, and a charge share period between the first phase and the second phase;
a display panel comprising a plurality of display pixels having a common electrode segmented into a plurality of touch sensors, the plurality of display pixels to display pixel data in response to data voltages during the display driving period;
a touch sensor driving circuit to supply a touch sensor driving signal to the plurality of touch sensors during the touch sensor driving period and to detect if a touch occurred based on a change in charge on the touch sensors;
a set of charge sharing switches to couple the odd and even signal lines together during the charge share period and to couple the odd and even signal lines together during the touch sensor driving period; and
a timing switch to couple the odd and even signal lines to receive an oscillating signal during the touch period and to decouple the odd and even signal lines from the oscillating signal during the display driving period.
5. The touch display device of claim 4, further comprising:
a plurality of positive polarity output buffers to output data voltages having the first polarity;
a plurality of negative polarity output buffers to output data voltages having the second polarity;
a first set of switches to couple the plurality of positive polarity output buffers to the odd signal lines and to couple the plurality of negative polarity output buffers to the even signal lines during the first phase of the display driving period; and
a second set of switches to couple the plurality of positive polarity output buffers to the even signal lines during the second phase of the display driving period.
6. The touch display device of claim 5, further comprising:
a third set of switches to couple the plurality of negative polarity output buffers to the odd signal lines during the second phase of the display driving period.
7. The touch display device of claim 6, wherein for a given odd signal line, a first one of the first set of switches couples the given odd signal line to a first one of the positive polarity output buffers during the first phase of the display driving period, and one of the third set of switches couples the given odd signal line to one of the negative polarity output buffers during the second phase of the display driving period.
8. The touch display device of claim 7, wherein for a given even signal line, a second one of the first set of switches couples the given even signal line to the one of the negative polarity output buffers during the first phase of the display driving period, and one of the second set of switches couples the given even signal line to the one of the positive polarity output buffers during the second phase of the display driving period.
9. The touch display device of claim 4, wherein the oscillating signal has an approximately same phase as the touch sensor driving signal during the touch sensor driving period.
10. A method for operating a touch display device, the method comprising:
generating, by a timing controller, a sync signal for controlling timing of a touch sensor driving period and a display driving period in each of a plurality of frames, the touch sensor driving period and the display driving period alternating with each other, the display driving period comprising a first phase, a second phase, and a charge share period between the first and second phases;
driving odd signal lines of a display panel according to a first polarity and even signal lines according to a second polarity during the first phase of the display driving period;
driving the odd signal lines of the display panel according to the second polarity and the even signal lines according to the first polarity during the second phase of the display driving period;
displaying, by the display panel, pixel data in response to data voltages driven onto the odd and even signal lines during the display driving period, the display panel comprising a plurality of display pixels having a common electrode segmented into a plurality of touch sensors;
controlling a set of charge sharing switches to couple the odd and even signal lines together during the charge share period to distribute charge between the odd signal lines and the even signal lines, and to couple the odd and even signal lines together during the touch sensor driving period;
supplying, by a touch sensor driving circuit, a touch sensor driving signal to the plurality of touch sensors during the touch sensor driving period;
detecting, by the touch sensor driving circuit, if a touch occurred during the touch sensor driving period based on a change in charge on the touch sensors; and
controlling a timing switch to couple the odd and even signal lines to receive a oscillating signal during the touch sensor driving period and to decouple the odd and even signal lines from the oscillating signal during the display driving period.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
outputting data voltages having the first polarity from a plurality of positive polarity output buffers;
outputting data voltages having the second polarity from a plurality of negative polarity output buffers;
controlling a first set of switches to couple the plurality of positive polarity output buffers to the odd signal lines and to couple the plurality of negative polarity output buffers to the even signal lines during the first phase of the display driving period; and
controlling a second set of switches to couple the plurality of positive polarity output buffers to the even signal lines during the second phase of the display driving period.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
controlling a third set of switches to couple the plurality of negative polarity output buffers to the odd signal lines during the second phase of the display driving period.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
controlling a first one of the first set of switches to couple a given odd signal line to one of the positive polarity output buffers during the first phase of the display driving period; and
controlling one of the third set of switches to couple the given odd signal line to one of the negative polarity output buffers during the second phase of the display driving period.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
controlling a second one of the first set of switches to couple a given even signal line to the one of the negative polarity output buffers during the first phase of the display driving period;
controlling one of the second set of switches to couple the given even signal line to the one of the positive polarity output buffers during the second phase of the display driving period.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein the oscillating has an approximately same phase as the touch sensor driving signal.