IP Library Granted Patent US 9,753,564
Granted Patent B2
US 9,753,564 · App. 14/893,118 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Touch sensor

Inventor: Yuta Osawa (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: POLYMATECH JAPAN CO., LTD.
G06F3/041H03K17/9622G06F2203/04103H03K2217/960755
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Patent No.
US 9,753,564
App. No.
14/893,118
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch sensor includes sensor electrodes formed on a transparent substrate by patterning an electroconductive polymer, and a see-through preventing layer in the vicinity of the outsides of the sensor electrodes on a surface different from the surface of the transparent substrate on which the sensor electrodes are disposed. The see-through preventing layer may be made of the same material as the sensor electrodes, and can not only reduce the visibility of the space between the sensor electrodes, but also reduce short-circuiting between the sensor electrodes.

Claims (11)

1. A touch sensor comprising sensor electrodes formed on a transparent substrate by patterning an electroconductive polymer, and

a plurality of see-through preventing layers in the vicinity of the outsides of the sensor electrodes on a surface different from the surface of the transparent substrate on which the sensor electrodes are disposed,

wherein in a planar view each sensor electrode and one see-through preventing layer of the plurality of see-through preventing layers overlaps 0.2 mm or less.

2. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the one see-through preventing layer expands to the vicinities of the interiors of the sensor electrodes.

3. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the one see-through preventing layer is made of an electroconductive polymer.

4. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the one see-through preventing layer and the sensor electrodes are made of the same material.

5. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , wherein each adjacent pair of the sensor electrodes has a space therebetween, and the one see-through preventing layer lies in the space.

6. The touch sensor according to claim 5 , wherein the one see-through preventing layer lies within the space, and the length of the one see-through preventing layer in the width direction of the space is more than 40% relative to the width of the space.

7. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , wherein each sensor electrode and the one see-through preventing layer have a gap of 0.2 mm or less therebetween.

8. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the one see-through preventing layer is disposed opposite the sensor electrodes with the transparent substrate therebetween.

9. The touch sensor according to claim 1 , further comprising a resist layer covering the sensor electrodes, wherein the one see-through preventing layer is disposed on the surface of the resist layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: POLYMATECH JAPAN CO., LTD.
To: SEKISUI POLYMATECH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045964/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2015
From: OSAWA, YUTA
To: POLYMATECH JAPAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037114/0272 →
Continuity (1)
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