Capacitive touch panel with improved visibility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9608628-B2
Application number	US-201213982473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 4, 2012
Priority date	Jul 4, 2011
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a capacitive touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the capacitive touch panel includes a first transparent substrate in which an upper transparent electrode and an upper metal interconnect electrode are formed on the lower side thereof; a transparent adhesive portion; and a second transparent substrate in which a lower transparent electrode and a lower metal interconnect electrode are formed on the upper side thereof. More specifically, the invention provides a capacitive touch panel with excellent visibility since an expensive ITO transparent electrode is replaced with conductive materials such as CNT and graphene and the touch panel has an electrode pattern of a specific structure.

First claim

the invention claimed is:

1. A capacitive touch panel comprising:
a first transparent substrate having an upper transparent electrode and an upper metal-interconnect electrode on a lower surface thereof;
a transparent adhesive portion; and
a second transparent substrate having a lower transparent electrode and a lower metal-interconnect electrode on an upper surface thereof,
wherein the lower transparent electrode comprises a conductive composition,
wherein the upper transparent electrode consists of indium tin oxide (ITO), and the lower transparent electrode consists of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or graphene,
wherein the upper transparent electrode comprises rhombic patterns and upper connectors disposed between the rhombic patterns to connect the rhombic patterns,
wherein the lower transparent electrode comprises octagonal patterns and lower connectors disposed between the octagonal patterns to connect the octagonal patterns, and each octagonal pattern shares a common sidewall with at least one adjacent octagonal pattern,
wherein the lower connectors are the common sidewalls between adjoining octagonal patterns which are continuously arranged,
wherein each rhombic pattern of the upper transparent electrode has a smaller area than each octagonal pattern of the lower transparent electrode, and
wherein the rhombic patterns of the upper transparent electrode and the octagonal patterns of the lower transparent electrode do not overlap each other.

2. The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first or second transparent substrate comprises at least one of glass, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polyimide (PI), and acryl.

3. A method of manufacturing a capacitive touch panel, the method comprising:
forming an upper transparent electrode and an upper metal-interconnect electrode on a lower surface of a first transparent substrate; forming a lower transparent electrode and a lower metal-interconnect electrode on an upper surface of a second transparent substrate; and
bonding the first transparent substrate to the second transparent substrate,
wherein the lower transparent electrode comprises a conductive composition, the upper transparent electrode comprises indium tin oxide (ITO), and the lower transparent electrode comprises carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or graphene,
wherein the upper transparent electrode and the lower transparent electrode are formed on the lower and upper surfaces of the first and second transparent electrodes, respectively, by one method selected from the group consisting of spraying coating, air-jet coating, and rotary screen coating,
wherein the upper transparent electrode is formed comprising rhombic patterns and upper connectors disposed between the rhombic patterns to connect the rhombic patterns, the lower transparent electrode is formed comprising octagonal patterns and lower connectors disposed between the octagonal patterns to connect the octagonal patterns, and each octagonal pattern shares a common sidewall with at least one adjacent octagonal pattern,
wherein the lower connectors are the common sidewalls between adjoining octagonal patterns which are continuously arranged,
wherein each rhombic pattern of the upper transparent electrode is formed having a smaller area than each octagonal pattern of the lower transparent electrode, and
wherein the rhombic patterns of the upper transparent electrode and the octagonal patterns of the lower transparent electrode do not overlap each other.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first or second transparent substrate comprises at least one of glass, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polyimide (PI), and acryl.

Assignees

• Yue Seong-Hoon
• Jung Yong-Bae
• Kim In-Sook
• Lee Min-Hee
• Cho Jung
• Lg Hausys Ltd

Inventors

• Yue Seong-Hoon
• Jung Yong-Bae
• Kim In-Sook
• Lee Min-Hee
• Cho Jung

Classifications

• H03K17/962 Primary

  Capacitive touch switches · CPC title

• G06F2203/04103

  Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices · CPC title

• G06F3/044

  by capacitive means · CPC title

• Y10T156/10

  Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor · CPC title

• G06F3/0446 Primary

  using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes · CPC title