Touchscreen

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10452181-B2
Application number	US-201715730213-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2017
Priority date	Oct 14, 2016
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

A touchscreen includes an OLED, upper-layer inorganic films on the OLED, a lower-layer inorganic film stacked between the OLED and a substrate, and a touch sensor on the upper-layer inorganic film. The upper-layer inorganic films and the lower-layer inorganic film extend over a display area and a picture-frame area. A lower-layer wiring is formed of a conductive film stacked between the OLED and the substrate. A sensor wiring is formed of a conductive film on the upper-layer inorganic film. An inorganic film joining portion where the upper-layer inorganic films and the lower-layer inorganic film are directly joined together or joined together with another inorganic material interposed therebetween is provided in the picture-frame area. A contact portion that electrically connects the sensor wiring with the lower-layer wiring is provided, in a plan view, in the inorganic film joining portion or an area on the outside thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A touchscreen comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the substrate and including an organic material layer, a lower electrode, and an upper electrode, the organic material layer including a light-emitting layer, the lower electrode and the upper electrode interposing the organic material layer therebetween;
an upper-layer inorganic film disposed, in a plan view, to extend over a display area where the plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged and an outer edge area located outside the display area, the upper-layer inorganic film being located on the light-emitting element;
a lower-layer inorganic film disposed to extend over the display area and the outer edge area and located between the light-emitting element and the substrate;
a lower-layer wiring located between the lower-layer inorganic film and the substrate;
a touch sensor disposed on the upper-layer inorganic film;
a sensor wiring disposed on the upper-layer inorganic film and connected to the touch sensor;
an inorganic film joining portion where the upper-layer inorganic film and the lower-layer inorganic film are directly joined together or joined together with another inorganic film interposed therebetween, the inorganic film joining portion being located in the outer edge area; and
a contact portion located, in a plan view, in the inorganic film joining portion or on a side of the inorganic film joining portion opposite to the display area, the contact portion electrically connecting the sensor wiring with the lower-layer wiring, wherein
the upper layer inorganic film includes a first upper layer inorganic film and a second upper layer inorganic film,
the touchscreen includes a sealing film that is a multilayer film composed of the first upper layer inorganic film, an organic film, and a second upper layer inorganic film, the sealing film covering the plurality of light emitting elements,
the first upper layer inorganic film is stacked on a surface of the upper electrode in the display area,
the organic film is interposed between the first and second upper layer inorganic films in the display area, and
the first and second upper layer inorganic films overlap and are in direct contact with each other in the outer edge area.

2. The touchscreen according to claim 1 , wherein
the touch sensor includes a sensor electrode composed of a conductive film stacked on a surface of the second upper-layer inorganic film.

3. The touchscreen according to claim 1 , further comprising a connection terminal area where a connection terminal composed of the lower-layer wiring is disposed, the connection terminal area being adjacent to the outer edge area, wherein
the contact portion is provided in the connection terminal area or a portion of the outer edge area that is adjacent to the connection terminal area.

4. The touchscreen according to claim 3 , wherein
a display terminal connecting to a display wiring used for driving the light-emitting element and a sensor terminal connecting to the sensor wiring via the contact portion are disposed as the connection terminal in the connection terminal area, and
the touchscreen includes a flexible printed circuit including an overlap with the connection terminal area and connected in common to the display terminal and the sensor terminal.

Assignees

• Japan Display Inc

Inventors

• Hanari Jun

Classifications

• G06F3/0412 Primary

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• H01L27/3276

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/323

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5203

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H10K59/131

  Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals · CPC title