IP Library Granted Patent US 8,436,830
Granted Patent B2
US 8,436,830 · App. 12/427,878 · Granted May 7, 2013

Display device with touch panel

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Patent No.
US 8,436,830
App. No.
12/427,878
Granted
May 7, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display device with a touch panel, the display device including a display panel and a capacitance coupling type touch panel disposed on a surface of an observer side of the display panel. The capacitance coupling type touch panel includes on a substrate a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. Each of the plurality of first electrodes includes a first portion formed on a layer different from a layer of the plurality of second electrodes to intersect one of the plurality of second electrodes, and a second portion formed on the same layer as the layer of the plurality of second electrodes separately from the plurality of second electrodes. The first portion is connected to the second portion via a contact hole formed through an insulating film formed between the first portion and the plurality of second electrodes.

Claims (30)

1. A display device with a touch panel, the display device comprising:

a display panel; and

a capacitance coupling type touch panel disposed on a surface of an observer side of the display panel;

wherein the capacitance coupling type touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction on the substrate and being disposed in parallel in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of second electrodes three-dimensionally intersecting the plurality of first electrodes, extending in the second direction, and being disposed in parallel in the first direction;

wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes includes a first portion formed on a layer different from a layer of the plurality of second electrodes to three-dimensionally intersect one of the plurality of second electrodes, and a second portion formed on the same layer as the layer of the plurality of second electrodes to be separated from the plurality of second electrodes;

wherein an insulating film made of a negative resist is formed between the first portion and the second portion; and

wherein the first portion is electrically connected to the second portion via a contact portion formed through the insulating film.

2. A display device with a touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion is formed above the plurality of second electrodes.

3. A display device with a touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion is formed below the plurality of second electrodes.

4. A display device with a touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

each of the plurality of second electrodes includes a portion wider than a portion three-dimensionally intersecting the first portion, between adjacent two electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes; and

each of the plurality of first electrodes includes the second portion to be larger in width than the first portion, between adjacent two electrodes of the plurality of second electrodes.

5. A display device with a touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are made of transparent conductive materials.

6. A display device with a touch panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a protective film formed on the substrate to cover the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes.

7. A display device with a touch panel comprising:

a display panel; and

a capacitance coupling type touch panel disposed on a surface of an observer side of the display panel;

wherein the capacitance coupling type touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction on the substrate and being disposed in parallel in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of second electrodes three-dimensionally intersecting the plurality of first electrodes, extending in the second direction, and being disposed in parallel in the first direction;

wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes includes a first portion formed on a layer different from a layer of the plurality of second electrodes to three-dimensionally intersect one of the plurality of second electrodes, and a second portion formed on the same layer as the layer of the plurality of second electrodes to be separated from the plurality of second electrodes;

wherein the first portion is electrically connected to the second portion via a contact hole formed through an insulating film formed between the first portion and the plurality of second electrodes;

wherein the contact hole formed through the insulating film enables electrical contact of the first portion of the plurality of first electrodes formed on the layer different from the layer of the plurality of second electrodes to the second portion of the plurality of first electrodes formed on the same layer as the layer of the plurality of second electrodes, the insulating film electrically insulating the second portion of the plurality of first electrodes from the plurality of second electrodes formed on the same layer; and

wherein the insulating film is a negative resist.

8. A display device with a touch panel, the display device comprising:

a display panel; and

a capacitance coupling type touch panel disposed on a surface of an observer side of the display panel;

wherein the capacitance coupling type touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction on the substrate and being disposed in parallel in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of second electrodes three-dimensionally intersecting the plurality of first electrodes, extending in the second direction, and being disposed in parallel in the first direction;

wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes includes a first portion formed on a layer different from a layer of the plurality of second electrodes to three-dimensionally intersect one of the plurality of second electrodes, and a second portion formed on the same layer as the layer of the plurality of second electrodes to be separated from the plurality of second electrodes;

wherein the first portion is electrically connected to the second portion via a contact hole formed through an insulating film formed between the first portion and the plurality of second electrodes;

wherein the layer on which the first portion of the plurality of first electrodes is formed is a first layer which is different and spaced from the same layer on which the second portion of the first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are formed as a second layer, the first layer and the second layer being spaced from one another at least by a portion of the insulating film; and

wherein the insulating film is a negative resist.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA; JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: PANELTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 067245/0560 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
Reel/Frame 031095/0677 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 031086/0090 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE IN PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027092/0684 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027093/0937 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2009
From: TERAMOTO, MASAHIRO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 022579/0175 →