Touch sensing structure

US8994677B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8994677-B2
Application numberUS-201213541513-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 3, 2012
Priority dateJul 3, 2012
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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A touch sensing structure including a central area and a border area, including: a display panel, including: first substrate; and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate comprises in the border area a recess that partially exposes the first substrate; a main flexible printed circuit (FPC) and a touch flexible printed circuit (FPC) laterally juxtaposed in the border area, wherein the main FPC is bonded to an exposed portion of the first substrate and electrically connected to a first driving element, wherein the touch FPC is bonded to the second substrate and electrically connected to a second driving element; and a touch sensing unit disposed on the second substrate and electrically connected to the touch FPC.

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What is claimed is: 1. A touch sensing structure comprising a central area and a border area, comprising: a display panel, including: a first substrate; and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate comprises in the border area a recess that partially exposes the first substrate; a main flexible printed circuit (FPC) and a touch flexible printed circuit (FPC) laterally juxtaposed in the border area, wherein the main FPC is bonded to an…

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What does patent US8994677B2 cover?
A touch sensing structure including a central area and a border area, including: a display panel, including: first substrate; and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate comprises in the border area a recess that partially exposes the first substrate; a main flexible printed circuit (FPC) and a touch flexible printed circuit (FPC) laterally juxtaposed in…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Poorter Adjo, Meijers Jan Mathijs, Innocom Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F3/041. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).