IP Library Granted Patent US 8,982,088
Granted Patent B2
US 8,982,088 · App. 12/690,908 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Touch sensitive device

Inventors: Chen-Pang Kung (Taoyuan County, TW); Yu-Jen Chen (Pingtung County, TW); Chen-Wei Lin (Kaohsiung, TW)
Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
G06F3/044
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Patent No.
US 8,982,088
App. No.
12/690,908
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch sensitive device is provided. The device includes a substrate; a plurality of first electrodes formed on the substrate and arranged along a first direction without overlapping one another; a first insulating layer formed on the substrate and covering the plurality of first electrodes; and a plurality of second electrodes formed on the first insulating layer and arranged along a second direction without overlapping one another, wherein the first direction is vertical to the second direction.

Claims (27)

1. A touch sensing device, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes formed on the substrate and arranged along a first direction without overlapping one another;

a first insulating layer formed on the substrate and covering the plurality of first electrodes;

a plurality of second electrodes formed on the first insulating layer and arranged along a second direction without overlapping one another, wherein each of the plurality of second electrodes has a first surface facing away from the first insulating layer and two second surfaces being opposite to each other and connecting the first surface and the first insulating layer; and

a material layer formed on the first insulating layer and enclosing the plurality of second electrodes, wherein the material layer directly contacts with and covers the first surface and the second surfaces of each of the plurality of second electrodes, and the material layer comprises a second insulating layer or an adhesive layer;

wherein the first direction is orthogonal to the second direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes are configured to sense capacitance variation in respond to a conductor indirectly touching the first electrodes,

wherein a display device is disposed directly on the material layer of the touch sensing device.

2. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more layer pairs formed on the material layer, wherein when the one layer pair is formed on the material layer, the layer pair comprises a third electrode layer and a third insulating layer formed on the material layer in sequence, and wherein when the layer pairs are formed on the material layer, the layer pairs are formed on the material layer in sequence, and each of the layer pairs comprises a third electrode layer and a third insulating layer formed in sequence from a side adjacent to the material layer to another side away from the material layer; and

another third electrode layer formed on the one or more layer pairs.

3. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the conductor, wherein the first electrodes and the second electrodes are used to sense total capacitance variation according to the conductor indirectly touching the first electrodes.

4. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a third electrode layer formed on the material layer, wherein the material layer is the second insulating layer.

5. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second insulating layer and the third electrode layer form an isolating layer.

6. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising an adhesive layer formed on the isolating layer.

7. A touch sensing device, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes formed on the substrate and arranged along a first direction without overlapping one another;

a first insulating layer formed on the substrate and covering the plurality of first electrodes;

a plurality of second electrodes formed on the first insulating layer and arranged along a second direction without overlapping one another, wherein each of the plurality of second electrodes has a first surface facing away from the first insulating layer and two second surfaces being opposite to each other and connecting the first surface and the first insulating layer;

a material layer formed on the first insulating layer and enclosing the plurality of second electrodes, wherein the material layer directly contacts with and covers the first surface and the second surfaces of each of the plurality of second electrodes, and the material layer comprises a second insulating layer or an adhesive layer;

one or more layer pairs formed on the material layer, wherein when the one layer pair is formed on the material layer, the layer pair comprises a third electrode layer and a third insulating layer formed on the material layer in sequence, and wherein when the layer pairs are formed on the material layer, the layer pairs are formed on the material layer in sequence, and each of the layer pairs comprises a third electrode layer and a third insulating layer formed in sequence from a side adjacent to the material layer to another side away from the material layer; and

another third electrode layer formed on the one or more layer pairs,

wherein the first direction is orthogonal to the second direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes are configured to sense capacitance variation in respond to a conductor indirectly touching the first electrodes.

8. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the second insulating layer, the one or more layer pairs, and the another third electrode layers form an isolating layer.

9. The touch sensing device as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising an adhesive layer formed on the isolating layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2022
From: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
To: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059365/0305 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2010
From: KUNG, CHEN-PANG; CHEN, YU-JEN; LIN, CHEN-WEI
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 023830/0359 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 98112461 A · Apr 15, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100265193A1 · Oct 21, 2010