IP Library Granted Patent US 9,176,611
Granted Patent B2
US 9,176,611 · App. 13/670,591 · Granted Nov 3, 2015

Touch screen panel including a plurality of relay patterns and an auxiliary pattern

Inventors: Yong-Joo Kim (Yongin, KR); Hwan-Hee Jeong (Yongin, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G06F3/041G06F3/044G06F2203/04107G06F2203/04111
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Patent No.
US 9,176,611
App. No.
13/670,591
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch screen panel having first sensing electrodes including a plurality of first sensing cells arranged on a substrate and a first coupling unit that electrically couples adjacent ones of the first sensing cells, and having second sensing electrodes including a plurality of second sensing cells arranged on the substrate and a second coupling unit that electrically couples adjacent ones of the second sensing cells. The second coupling unit includes a plurality of relay patterns and the relay patterns are positioned in the first sensing electrodes.

Claims (31)

1. A touch screen panel, comprising:

first sensing electrodes including a plurality of first sensing cells arranged on a substrate and a first coupling unit that electrically couples adjacent ones of the first sensing cells; and

second sensing electrodes including a plurality of second sensing cells arranged on the substrate and a second coupling unit that electrically couples adjacent ones of the second sensing cells,

wherein the second coupling unit includes:

a plurality of relay patterns, the relay patterns being positioned in the first sensing electrodes,

first auxiliary patterns coupled between the relay patterns and the second sensing cells, which second sensing cells are adjacent to the relay patterns, respectively, and

second auxiliary patterns coupled between the relay patterns.

2. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the relay patterns are positioned in the first sensing electrodes and are electrically insulated from the first sensing electrodes.

3. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of the relay patterns is separated from a corresponding one of the first sensing electrodes by a predetermined distance.

4. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the relay patterns are formed of a same material as the first sensing cells and are included in a same layer as the first sensing cells.

5. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second sensing cells are formed of the same material as the first sensing cells and are arranged in the same layer as the first sensing cells.

6. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first sensing cells, the second sensing cells, and the relay patterns are formed of a transparent conductive material.

7. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary patterns and the second auxiliary patterns are formed of an opaque metal.

8. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first auxiliary patterns and the second auxiliary patterns are formed of at least one of Mo, Ag, Ti, Cu, and Al.

9. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary patterns contact the second sensing cells and the relay patterns through contact holes formed in an insulating layer, the insulating layer being interposed between the first sensing electrodes, the second sensing cells, and the relay patterns.

10. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second auxiliary patterns are positioned in a same layer as the first auxiliary patterns, the second auxiliary patterns contacting the relay patterns through other contact holes formed in the insulating layer.

11. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the first sensing cells are arranged along a first direction, and

the second sensing cells are arranged along a second direction that intersects the first direction.

12. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first auxiliary patterns have a predetermined angle with respect to the second direction.

13. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the second auxiliary patterns have a predetermined angle with respect to the second direction.

14. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

first position detecting lines coupled to the first sensing electrodes; and

second position detecting lines coupled to the second sensing electrodes.

15. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the first auxiliary patterns and the second auxiliary patterns are formed of a same material as the first position detecting lines and the second position detecting lines.

16. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the second sensing electrodes includes a pair of second coupling units separated from each other with the first coupling unit interposed therebetween.

17. The touch screen panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of relay patterns includes a pair of relay patterns in each first sensing electrode.

18. A touch screen panel comprising:

first sensing electrodes including a plurality of first sensing cells arranged on a substrate and a first coupling unit that electrically couples adjacent ones of the first sensing cells; and

second sensing electrodes including a plurality of second sensing cells arranged on the substrate and a second coupling unit that electrically couples adjacent ones of the second sensing cells,

wherein the second coupling unit includes a pair of relay patterns in each first sensing electrode, and the pair of relay patterns is coupled to each other by an auxiliary pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2012
From: KIM, YONG-JOO; JEONG, HWAN-HEE
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029254/0124 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0044657 · Apr 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130285939A1 · Oct 31, 2013