Touch panel and method for manufacturing touch panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9652065-B2
Application number	US-201414555698-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2014
Priority date	Jul 4, 2014
Publication date	May 16, 2017
Grant date	May 16, 2017

Abstract

A touch panel includes a first substrate, a first electrode formed on the first substrate, a second substrate, and a second electrode formed on the second substrate. The first electrode includes a number of first conductive patterns extending in a first direction. The second electrode includes a number of second conductive patterns extending in a second direction. Both the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns include a number of parallel first metal wires and a number of parallel second metal wires perpendicularly crossing with the first metal wires. A first angle is defined between the first metal wires of the first conductive pattern and the first direction. A second angle is defined between the first metal wires of the second conductive pattern and the second direction. The first angle is different from the second angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A touch panel comprising:
a first substrate;
a first electrode formed on the first substrate and comprising a plurality of first conductive patterns extending in a first direction;
a second substrate; and
a second electrode formed on the second substrate and comprising a plurality of second conductive patterns extending in a second direction,
wherein each of the plurality of first conductive patterns comprises a plurality of parallel first metal wires and a plurality of second metal wires perpendicularly crossing with the plurality of first metal wires, a first angle is defined between the plurality of first metal wires and the second direction, each of the plurality of second conductive patterns comprises a plurality of parallel third metal wires and a plurality of fourth metal wires perpendicularly crossing with the third metal wires, a second angle is defined between the plurality of third metal wires and the second direction, and the first angle is different from the second angle,
wherein each of the plurality of first conductive patterns comprises a plurality of first sensing units connected end-to-end in the first direction, the plurality of first metal wires and the plurality of second metal wires cooperatively form a plurality of first square meshes in the plurality of first sensing unit, each of the second conductive patterns comprises a plurality of second sensing units connected end-to-end in the second direction, and the plurality of third metal wires and the plurality of fourth metal wires cooperatively form a plurality of second square meshes in the plurality of second sensing unit,
wherein each first sensing unit and each second sensing unit are shaped as a bowknot, and each first sensing unit and each second sensing unit respectively comprise a pair of end parts and a middle part, each pair of end parts comprises a wide side and a narrow side parallel to the wide side, and each pair of end parts is connected to two opposite ends of the middle part; and
wherein the middle part is rectangular, a mesh pattern of the first electrode and the second electrode satisfy two formulas as below:
N×a =√{square root over (2)}× Y ×(b−1)/cos(θ)

M×c =√{square root over (2)}× Y ×(d−1)/cos(90°−θ)

wherein M is a length of the first sensing unit or the second sensing unit extended in an extending direction thereof, N is a width of the first sensing unit extending in a direction where the first conductive patterns are arranged or a width of the second sensing unit extending in a direction where the second conductive patterns are arranged, letter a is a minimum number of the first conductive patterns arranged in the second direction or a minimum number of the second conductive patterns arranged in the first direction, letter c is a minimum number of the first sensing units arranged in the first direction or a minimum number of the second sensing unit arranged in the second direction, letter b is a minimum number of the first square meshes arranged in the second direction or a minimum number of the second square meshes arranged in the first direction, letter d is a minimum number of the first square meshes arranged in the first direction or a minimum number of the second square meshes arranged the second direction, Y is a side length of the first square meshes or a side length of the second square meshes, and θ is the first angle or the second angle.

2. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first conductive patterns are parallel to each other and arranged in the second direction, and the plurality of second conductive patterns are parallel to each other and arranged in the first direction.

3. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the first angle and the second angle is greater than the ten degrees and less than the thirty degrees.

4. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the first metal wires, the second metal wires, the third metal wires, and the fourth metal wires are not parallel to each other.

5. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive patterns are electrical isolated with each other and the second conductive patterns are electrical isolated with each other.

6. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is a glass substrate and the second substrate is made of polyethylene terephthalate.

7. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein both the first electrode and the second electrode are made of a material selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, gold, tin, silver halides and alloys thereof.

Assignees

• Interface Optoelectronic (Shenzhen) Co Ltd
• General Interface Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Kung-Chieh

Classifications

• G06F2203/04112

  Electrode mesh in capacitive digitiser: electrode for touch sensing is formed of a mesh of very fine, normally metallic, interconnected lines that are almost invisible to see. This provides a quite large but transparent electrode surface, without need for ITO or similar transparent conductive material · CPC title

• G06F3/0412 Primary

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · 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

• G06F3/0448

  Details of the electrode shape, e.g. for enhancing the detection of touches, for generating specific electric field shapes, for enhancing display quality · CPC title