IP Library Granted Patent US 8,803,829
Granted Patent B2
US 8,803,829 · App. 13/339,718 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Touch panel

Inventors: Po-Yang Chen (New Taipei, TW); Chien-Yung Cheng (New Taipei, TW); Po-Sheng Shih (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Shih Hua Technology Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,803,829
App. No.
13/339,718
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a sensor, an optically clear adhesive layer, and a cover lens. The sensor has a surface. The optically clear adhesive layer is located on the surface of the sensor. The cover lens is located on a surface of the optically clear adhesive layer. The touch panel defines two areas: a touch-view area and a trace area. A space is defined between the sensor and cover lens in the trace area. The space is filled with dielectric material with a permittivity less than a permittivity of the optically clear adhesive layer.

Claims (39)

1. A touch panel, comprising:

a sensor having a surface defining a touch-view area and a trace area, wherein the sensor comprises:

an insulating layer having a first surface adjacent to the optically clear adhesive layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a first transparent conductive layer located on the first surface and having a smallest resistance along an X direction parallel to the first surface;

a second transparent conductive layer located on the second surface and having a smallest resistance along a Y direction parallel to the second surface, wherein the X direction and the Y direction are perpendicular with each other;

a plurality of first electrodes arranged on a side of the first transparent conductive layer and along the Y direction;

a plurality of second electrodes arranged on a side of the second transparent conductive layer and along the X direction;

a first conductive trace located on the first surface and in the trace area, wherein the first conductive trace is electrically connected with the plurality of first electrodes;

a second conductive trace located on the second surface and in the trace area, wherein the second conductive trace is electrically connected with the plurality of second electrodes; and

a substrate located on and covering the second transparent conductive layer, the plurality of second electrodes and the second conductive trace;

an optically clear adhesive layer located on the surface of the sensor; and

a cover lens located on the optically clear adhesive layer and covering the surface of the sensor, wherein a first space is defined between the trace area and the cover lens, and the first space is filled with a first dielectric material with a permittivity that is less than a permittivity of the optically clear adhesive layer.

2. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the optically clear adhesive layer is located only on the touch-view area, and the first dielectric material is located between and in contact with the trace area and the cover lens.

3. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the optically clear adhesive layer is located both on the touch-view area and the trace area, and the first dielectric material is located between and in contact with the optically clear adhesive layer and the cover lens.

4. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the optically clear adhesive layer is located both on the touch-view area and the trace area, and the first dielectric material is located between and in contact with the optically clear adhesive layer and the trace area.

5. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the first dielectric material is air with the permittivity of about 1.

6. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the first dielectric material is an insulating paint with the permittivity in a range from about 2 to about 3.

7. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the permittivity of the optically clear adhesive layer is in a range from about 3 to about 5.

8. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the optically clear adhesive layer comprises polymethyl methacrylate.

9. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the cover lens is a polymer film, a glass sheet, or a silicon dioxide layer.

10. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein the trace area is an L-shaped region on adjacent two sides of the sensor, and the touch-view area is the rest of the sensor.

11. The touch panel of claim 10 , wherein the first transparent conductive layer comprises a patterned ITO layer, and the second transparent conductive layer comprises a carbon nanotube film.

12. The touch panel of claim 10 , wherein the first transparent conductive layer comprises a first carbon nanotube film, and the second transparent conductive layer comprises a second carbon nanotube film.

13. The touch panel of claim 10 , wherein a second space is defined between part of the insulating layer that corresponds to the trace area and part of the substrate that corresponds to the trace area, and the second space is filled with a second dielectric material.

14. A touch panel, comprising:

an insulating layer, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface comprises a touch-view area and a trace area;

a first transparent conductive layer located on the first surface and having a smallest resistance along an X direction parallel to the first surface;

a second transparent conductive layer located on the second surface and having a smallest resistance along a Y direction parallel to the second surface, wherein the X direction and the Y direction are perpendicular with each other;

a plurality of first electrodes arranged along the Y direction;

a plurality of second electrodes arranged along the X direction;

a first conductive trace located in the trace area and electrically connected with the plurality of first electrodes;

a second conductive trace located in the trace area and electrically connected with the plurality of second electrodes;

an optically clear adhesive layer located on the first transparent conductive layer;

a cover lens located on the optically clear adhesive layer and covering the first surface of the insulating layer, wherein a space is defined between the trace area and the cover lens; and

a substrate located on and covering the second transparent conductive layer, the plurality of second electrodes and the second conductive trace.

15. The touch panel of claim 14 , wherein the space is empty.

16. The touch panel of claim 14 , wherein the space is filled with an insulating paint with a permittivity in a range from about 2 to about 3.

17. The touch panel of claim 16 , wherein the insulating paint covers the first conductive trace.

18. The touch panel of claim 14 , wherein the first transparent conductive layer comprises a patterned ITO layer, and the second transparent conductive layer comprises a carbon nanotube film.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2021
From: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
To: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056969/0176 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2011
From: CHEN, PO-YANG; CHENG, CHIEN-YUNG; SHIH, PO-SHENG
To: SHIH HUA TECHNOLOGY LTD.
Reel/Frame 027457/0996 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100120205 A · Jun 9, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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