IP Library Granted Patent US 8,941,616
Granted Patent B2
US 8,941,616 · App. 14/166,054 · Granted Jan 27, 2015

Display device with touch panel

Inventor: Masahiro Teramoto (Mobara, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/044G06F3/0412G06F2203/04111
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Patent No.
US 8,941,616
App. No.
14/166,054
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A 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 intersecting the plurality of first electrodes, extending in the second direction, and being disposed in parallel in the first direction. Each of the plurality of first electrodes includes a first portion and a second portion with the second portion of first electrode and the second electrode being made of a first conductive film, and the first portion of the first electrode being made of a second conductive film.

Claims (30)

1. A touch panel comprising:

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 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 and a second portion;

wherein the second portion of first electrode and the second electrode are made of a first conductive film, and the first portion of the first electrode is made of a second conductive film;

wherein an insulating film which is made of negative resist is formed between the first conductive film and the second conductive film,

wherein a contact portion which is formed above the second portion of the first electrode is exposed by removal of the insulating film,

wherein the insulating film includes an interlayer portion which is formed at an intersection of the first portion of the first electrode and the second electrode, and

wherein the first portion of the first electrode is formed above the interlayer portion and electrically connects between two adjacent contact portions.

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

3. A touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the first electrode is a square electrode, the contact portion is formed at a corner of the square electrode.

4. A touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

each of the plurality of second electrodes includes a portion wider than a portion intersecting the first portion of the first electrode, between adjacent two electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes.

5. 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 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 touch panel comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction on the substrate, and a plurality of second electrodes intersecting the plurality of first electrodes;

wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes includes a first portion and a second portion;

wherein the second portion of first electrode and the second electrode are made of a first conductive layer;

wherein the first portion of the first electrode is made of a second conductive layer;

wherein the second portion of the first electrode is a square electrode;

wherein an insulating film which is made of negative resist is formed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer;

wherein a contact portion which is formed above the second portion of the first electrode is formed at a corner of the square electrode;

wherein the insulating film includes an interlayer portion which is formed at an intersection of the first portion of the first electrode and the second electrode; and

wherein the first portion of the first electrode is formed above the interlayer portion and electrically connects between two adjacent contact portions.

8. A touch panel according to claim 7 , wherein the first portion of the first electrode is formed above the plurality of second electrodes.

9. A touch panel according to claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of second electrodes includes a portion wider than a portion intersecting the first portion of the first electrode, between adjacent two electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes.

10. A touch panel according to claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes includes the second portion of the first electrode being larger in width than a width of the first portion of the first electrode, between adjacent two electrodes of the plurality of second electrodes.

11. A touch panel according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are made of transparent conductive materials.

12. A touch panel according to claim 7 , further comprising a protective film formed on the substrate to cover the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes.

Assignments (2)
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-111414 · Apr 22, 2008 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13798372 · Mar 13, 2013
Continuation 12427878 · Apr 22, 2009
Related Publication 20140139485A1 · May 22, 2014