Antenna-equipped film and touch panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9859616-B2
Application number	US-201615247940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2016
Priority date	Mar 23, 2016
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

The antenna-equipped film includes: a film base; an antenna pattern formed on the film base; and a number-of-winding setting circuit connected to the antenna pattern. The antenna pattern is formed as a plurality of linear loops. The number-of-winding setting circuit includes: first wiring connected to the antenna pattern to constitute a spiral circuit; jumper switches intervening by two each in each lap of the spiral circuit; second wiring connected to the end portion of the innermost lap of the spiral circuit and a position between the two jumper switches in each lap excluding the innermost lap and the outermost lap of the spiral circuit; third wiring connected in common to the other ends of the second wiring; and jumper switches intervening in the second wiring. The outer end of the spiral circuit and the third wiring constitute a pair of terminals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna-equipped film comprising:
a film base;
an antenna pattern formed on one surface of the film base; and
a number-of-winding setting circuit that is provided outside the film base and connected to the antenna pattern, wherein
the antenna pattern has both end portions positioned at the end edge of the film base and is formed as a plurality of linear loops surrounding a vacant area in the center,
the number-of-winding setting circuit is connected to corresponding end portions of the antenna pattern to constitute one spiral circuit, and
the number-of-winding setting circuit includes:
first wiring as a plurality of first linear patterns;
a plurality of first on-off elements that intervenes by two each in a position corresponding to each lap in the first wiring of the spiral circuit;
second wiring as a plurality of second linear patterns that is connected to the end portion of the innermost lap in the first wiring of the spiral circuit and a position between the two first on-off elements in each lap excluding the innermost lap and the outermost lap in the first wiring of the spiral circuit;
third wiring as a third linear pattern that is connected in common to the other ends of the plurality of second linear patterns; and
a plurality of second on-off elements that intervenes in the plurality of second linear patterns, and
the outer end of the spiral circuit and the third wiring constitute a pair of terminals.

2. The antenna-equipped film according to claim 1 , wherein the number-of-winding setting circuit uses jumper switches as the first on-off elements and the second on-off elements.

3. The antenna-equipped film according to claim 1 , wherein the number-of-winding setting circuit uses semiconductor switches as the first on-off elements and the second on-off elements.

4. The antenna-equipped film according to claim 1 , wherein the film base includes a plurality of the antenna patterns.

5. The antenna-equipped film according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna pattern has a linear width of about several to 20 μm or has wiring patterned in a meshed form to make the antenna pattern less visible.

6. A touch panel, wherein
an electrode pattern for detection of touch positions in an X direction and a Y direction is provided on the other surface of the film base of the antenna-equipped film according to claim 1 , and
a cover panel is laid on the other surface.

7. A touch panel, wherein
the antenna-equipped film according to claim 1 further has another film base,
a pair of electrode patterns for detection of touch positions in the X direction and the Y direction is separately provided on the both surfaces of the other film base,
the other film base is laid on the surface of the film base opposite to the surface on which the antenna pattern is formed, and
the cover panel is laid on the other film base.

Assignees

• Smk Kk

Inventors

• Ikeda Ryuji
• Nagumo Masayuki
• Okamura Ryo
• MIZUMOTO Kensaku

Classifications

• G06F3/046 Primary

  by electromagnetic means · CPC title

• G06K7/10009

  sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves · CPC title

• H01Q7/00 Primary

  Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop · CPC title

• G06K19/07758

  arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag · CPC title

• H04B5/43

  Antennas · CPC title