IP Library Granted Patent US 9,632,609
Granted Patent B2
US 9,632,609 · App. 14/785,052 · Granted Apr 25, 2017

Sensor sheet, sensor sheet module, touch sensor panel module, and electronic equipment

Inventors: Hiroaki Tsukamoto (Osaka, JP); Nakae Nakamura (Osaka, JP); Satoru Kudose (Osaka, JP); Nobuaki Asayama (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
G06F3/041G06F3/044G06F3/0416G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 9,632,609
App. No.
14/785,052
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The efficiency of a product cycle is considerably enhanced by avoiding loss from designing to production including member loss matching various sizes of touch sensor panels. Unit sensor sheets having a square outer shape on which a multiple number of sense lines 21 as a multiple number of conductive wirings are arranged in parallel, are disposed in 3 row, 3 column. Each end of each of the multiple number of sense lines 21 as a multiple number of conductive wirings is sequentially matched one-to-one between unit sensor sheets, for example, between the sensor sheets 2 A and 2 B, or the sensor sheets 2 B and 2 C, and electrically connected with each other, and thereby the respective multiple number of sense lines 21 as a multiple number of conductive wirings are connected in a longitudinal direction thereof and are integrated, in the 3 row, 3 column of the unit sensor sheets 2 A- 2 I.

Claims (8)

1. A sensor sheet, wherein unit sensor sheets having a square outer shape on which a multiple number of conductive wirings are arranged in parallel are disposed in n rows or m columns, or n rows and m columns (n, m are natural numbers of 2 or higher), and wherein each end of each of the multiple number of conductive wirings are sequentially matched one-to-one between the unit sensor sheets and electrically connected, and wherein the respective multiple number of conductive wirings are connected in a longitudinal direction thereof and are integrated in the n rows or m columns, and m columns of the unit sensor sheets.

2. The sensor sheet of claim 1 , wherein ends of the multiple number of conductive wirings between the unit sensor sheets are matched one-to-one, an anisotropic conductive paste or an anisotropic conductive film using nanoparticles is interposed between the ends, and the ends are electrically connected with each other by thermocompression bonding with a predetermined temperature and a predetermined pressure.

3. A sensor sheet module, wherein for each of the unit sensor sheets on either of the both ends of the multiple number of conductive wirings connected in a longitudinal direction, of the sensor sheet of claim 1 , electrode drawing sections connected to each of the multiple number of conductive wirings are arranged, and for each of the electrode drawing sections, a controller means is electrically connected to the electrode drawing sections via a flexible circuit substrate.

4. A touch sensor panel module, wherein for each of unit drive sheets matching the unit sensor sheets, on either of the both ends of the multiple number of conductive wirings formed on a substrate or drive sheet under the sensor sheet of the sensor sheet module of claim 3 , electrode drawing sections connected to each of the multiple number of conductive wirings are arranged, and for each of the electrode drawing sections, the controller means is electrically connected to the electrode drawing sections via a flexible circuit substrate.

5. An electronic equipment, wherein the touch sensor panel module of claim 4 is used on a display screen as a position input device.

6. A sensor sheet module, wherein for each of the unit sensor sheets on either of the both ends of the multiple number of conductive wirings connected in a longitudinal direction, of the sensor sheet of claim 2 , electrode drawing sections connected to each of the multiple number of conductive wirings are arranged, and for each of the electrode drawing sections, a controller means is electrically connected to the electrode drawing sections via a flexible circuit substrate.

7. A touch sensor panel module, wherein for each of unit drive sheets matching the unit sensor sheets, on either of the both ends of the multiple number of conductive wirings formed on a substrate or drive sheet under the sensor sheet of the sensor sheet module of claim 6 , electrode drawing sections connected to each of the multiple number of conductive wirings are arranged, and for each of the electrode drawing sections, the controller means is electrically connected to the electrode drawing sections via a flexible circuit substrate.

8. An electronic equipment, wherein the touch sensor panel module of claim 7 is used on a display screen as a position input device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2024
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: WACOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068453/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2015
From: TSUKAMOTO, HIROAKI; NAKAMURA, NAKAE; KUDOSE, SATORU; ASAYAMA, NOBUAKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036809/0422 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-087489 · Apr 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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