Touch sensor and display device with touch sensor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10936127-B2
Application number	US-201916438935-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2019
Priority date	Sep 27, 2016
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

First electrodes are formed on an insulation surface in such a manner that the adjacent first electrodes are connected in a first direction and are separated in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Second electrodes are formed on an insulation surface in such a manner that the adjacent second electrodes are connected in the second direction and are separated in the first direction. Third electrodes are formed in regions in which the third electrodes overlap with the first electrodes and do not overlap with the second electrodes in such a manner that the adjacent third electrodes are connected in the second direction and are separated in the first direction. A flexible insulation layer is formed between the first electrodes and the third electrodes. An area of each of the third electrodes is less than an area of each of the first electrodes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A touch sensor comprising:
first electrodes;
second electrodes, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being in a same layer;
third electrodes above the first electrodes and the second electrodes;
an inorganic insulation layer below the first electrodes, the second electrodes, and the third electrodes; and
a buffer layer between the first electrodes and the third electrodes, wherein
two of the first electrodes are connected via a first connection part in a first direction, and
two of the second electrodes are connected via a second connection part in a second direction differing from the first direction.

2. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the first electrodes and the second electrodes are disposed on the inorganic insulation layer.

3. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the first electrodes are disposed without overlapping the second electrodes in a plan view.

4. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an insulation layer between the first electrode and the buffer layer.

5. The touch sensor according to claim 4 , wherein
the insulation layer is disposed in a space between an edge of the first electrode and an edge of the second electrode being opposite to the edge of the first electrode.

6. The touch sensor according to claim 4 , wherein
the insulation layer is flexible.

7. The touch sensor according to claim 4 , wherein
the insulation layer includes soft material.

8. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the buffer layer includes SiN.

9. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , wherein
the third electrodes are on and in contact with the buffer layer,
the buffer layer overlaps the first electrodes and the second electrodes in a plan view, and
each of the third electrodes overlaps a corresponding one of the first electrodes and does not overlap the second electrodes in the plan view.

10. A display device comprising:
a pixel electrode;
a light-emitting element above the pixel electrode;
a counter electrode above the light-emitting element;
an inorganic insulation layer above the counter electrode;
first electrodes above the inorganic insulation layer;
second electrodes above the inorganic insulation layer, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being in a same layer;
third electrodes above the inorganic insulation layer, the first electrodes, and the second electrodes; and
a buffer layer between the first electrodes and the third electrodes, wherein
two of the first electrodes are connected via a first connection part in a first direction, and
two of the second electrodes are connected via a second connection part in a second direction differing from the first direction.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein
the first electrodes and the second electrodes are disposed on the inorganic insulation layer.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein
the first electrodes are disposed without overlapping the second electrodes in a plan view.

13. The display device according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a first insulation layer between the first electrode and the buffer layer.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , further comprising:
a second insulation layer above the pixel electrode, wherein
the second insulation layer covers a peripheral portion of the pixel electrode,
the first electrode overlaps the second insulation layer in a plan view.

15. The display device according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a second insulation layer above the pixel electrode, wherein
the second insulation layer covers a peripheral portion of the pixel electrode,
one of the third electrodes overlap the second insulation layer in a plan view.

16. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein
the first insulation layer is disposed in a space between an edge of the first electrode and an edge of the second electrode being opposite to the edge of the first electrode.

17. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein
the first insulation layer is flexible.

18. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein
the first insulation layer includes soft material.

19. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein
the buffer layer includes SiN.

20. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein
the third electrodes are on and in contact with the buffer layer,
the buffer layer overlaps the first electrodes and the second electrodes in a plan view, and
each of the third electrodes overlaps a corresponding one of the first electrodes and does not overlap the second electrodes in the plan view.

Assignees

• Japan Display Inc

Inventors

• Naganuma Tomohiko
• Miyamoto Mitsuhide
• Ma Chunche

Classifications

• H10K59/87

  Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K2102/311

  Flexible OLED · CPC title

• H10K77/111

  Flexible substrates · CPC title

• H10K59/40 Primary

  OLEDs integrated with touch screens · CPC title

• G06F3/0412 Primary

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title