IP Library Granted Patent US 8,994,677
Granted Patent B2
US 8,994,677 · App. 13/541,513 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Touch sensing structure

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Patent No.
US 8,994,677
App. No.
13/541,513
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch sensing structure including a central area and a border area, including: a display panel, including: first substrate; and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate comprises in the border area a recess that partially exposes the first substrate; a main flexible printed circuit (FPC) and a touch flexible printed circuit (FPC) laterally juxtaposed in the border area, wherein the main FPC is bonded to an exposed portion of the first substrate and electrically connected to a first driving element, wherein the touch FPC is bonded to the second substrate and electrically connected to a second driving element; and a touch sensing unit disposed on the second substrate and electrically connected to the touch FPC.

Claims (25)

1. A touch sensing structure comprising a central area and a border area, comprising:

a display panel, including:

a first substrate; and

a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate comprises in the border area a recess that partially exposes the first substrate;

a main flexible printed circuit (FPC) and a touch flexible printed circuit (FPC) laterally juxtaposed in the border area, wherein the main FPC is bonded to an exposed portion of the first substrate and electrically connected to a first driving element, wherein the touch FPC is bonded to the second substrate and electrically connected to a second driving element; and

a touch sensing unit disposed on the second substrate and electrically connected to the touch FPC, wherein the main FPC and the touch FPC are laterally juxtaposed when viewed in a direction generally normal to the central area.

2. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the recess has a triangular, rectangular, trapezoidal, hexagonal, or octangonal shape.

3. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the exposed portion of the first substrate is at a corner of the first substrate.

4. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the exposed portion of the first substrate is substantially in a middle region of the border area.

5. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the first substrate and the second substrate comprises glass or plastic.

6. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises a display medium between the first substrate and second substrate.

7. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the display medium is liquid crystal.

8. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the display medium is an organic light-emitting material.

9. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is a thin film transistor array substrate.

10. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second substrate is a color filter substrate.

11. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the touch sensing unit is a touch panel.

12. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the touch sensing unit comprises a plurality of touch sensing electrodes.

13. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first driving element is disposed on the first substrate in the border area.

14. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second driving element is disposed on the second substrate in the border area.

15. The touch sensing structure as claimed claim 1 , wherein the first driving element is integrated onto the main FPC.

16. The touch sensing structure as claimed claim 1 , wherein the second driving element is integrated onto the touch FPC.

17. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the touch sensing structure further comprises a cover substrate over the touch sensing unit.

18. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a sealant between the first substrate and the second substrate for sealing the display medium therein.

19. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the sealant is formed following a contour of the second substrate.

20. The touch sensing structure as claimed in claim 18 , wherein an additional sealant is used in an area next to the recess.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2024
From: INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: RED OAK INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 069206/0903 →