IP Library Granted Patent US 10,114,488
Granted Patent B2
US 10,114,488 · App. 14/969,556 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Interface module and manufacturing method thereof

Inventor: Kung-Chieh Huang (Miao-Li County, TW)
Assignees: INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; INNOLUX CORPORATION
G06F3/0412G06F3/044H05K1/147H05K3/361G06F2203/04103H05K2201/052H05K2201/053H05K2201/056Y10T29/49126
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Patent No.
US 10,114,488
App. No.
14/969,556
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An interface module is provided. The interface module includes a substrate and a flexible print circuit board. The substrate includes a first side, a second side, a plurality of column electrodes and a plurality of row electrodes, wherein the first side is perpendicular to the second side, the column electrodes are formed on the substrate and arranged along the first side, and the row electrodes are formed on the substrate and arranged along the second side. The flexible print circuit board includes a first connection portion and a second connection portion, wherein the first connection portion is electrically connected to the column electrodes at the first side, and the second connection portion is electrically connected to at least a portion of the row electrodes at the second side.

Claims (26)

1. A touch interface module, comprising:

a substrate, comprising a first side, a second side, wherein the first side is substantially perpendicular to the second side;

a plurality of touch column electrodes disposed on the substrate and arranged along the first side;

a plurality of touch row electrodes disposed on the substrate and arranged along the second side; and

a flexible print circuit board, comprising a first connection portion, a second connection portion and a third connection portion,

wherein the flexible print circuit board is integrally formed, the first connection portion, the second connection portion and the third connection portion are separated from and without overlapping each other, and the first connection portion is electrically connected to a portion of the touch column electrodes,

wherein the plurality of touch row electrodes comprise a first group and a second group, the first group comprises at least two continuous touch row electrodes, the second connection portion is directly connected to the first group of the touch row electrodes without passing through a first integrated circuit, the second group comprises at least two another continuous touch row electrodes, and the third connection portion is directly connected to the second group of the touch row electrodes without passing through a second integrated circuit.

2. The touch interface module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two another continuous touch row electrodes of the second group is different from the at least two continuous touch row electrodes of the first group.

3. The touch interface module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second connection portion is directly connected to the first group of the touch row electrodes,

and the third connection portion is directly connected to the second group of the touch row electrodes.

4. The touch interface module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the touch column electrodes or the touch row electrodes are sensing electrodes.

5. The touch interface module as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a third integrated circuit, wherein the third integrated circuit is disposed on the first side of the substrate, the touch column electrodes are electrically connected to the third integrated circuit, the first connection portion is electrically connected to the third integrated circuit, the third integrated circuit outputs a row signal, and the row signal is transmitted to one of the touch row electrodes via the second connection portion of the flexible print circuit board.

6. The touch interface module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a third side, the third side is parallel to the second side, and the third connection portion is electrically connected to the second group of the touch row electrodes at the third side.

7. The touch interface module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the touch interface module comprises an interface side and a back side, the interface side is opposite to the back side, and at least a portion of the second connection portion is bent to contact the back side.

8. A touch panel, comprising:

an interface module, comprising:

a substrate, comprising a first side, a second side, wherein the first side is substantially perpendicular to the second side;

a plurality of touch column electrodes disposed on the substrate and arranged along the first side;

a plurality of touch row electrodes disposed on the substrate and arranged along the second side; and

a flexible print circuit board, comprising a first connection portion, a second connection portion and a third connection portion,

wherein the flexible print circuit board is integrally formed, the first connection portion, the second connection portion and the third connection portion are separated from and without overlapping each other, and the first connection portion is electrically connected to a portion of the touch column electrodes,

wherein the plurality of touch row electrodes comprise a first group and a second group, the first group comprises at least two continuous touch row electrodes, the second connection portion is directly connected to the first group of the touch row electrodes without passing through an integrated circuit, the second group comprises at least two another continuous touch row electrodes, and the third connection portion is directly connected to the second group of the touch row electrodes without passing through an another integrated circuit.

9. The touch panel as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the at least two another continuous touch row electrodes of the second group is different from the at least two continuous touch row electrodes of the first group.

10. The touch panel as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the touch column electrodes or the touch row electrodes are sensing electrodes.

11. The touch panel as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the substrate comprises a third side, the third side is parallel to the second side, and the third connection portion is electrically connected to the second group of the touch row electrodes at the third side.

12. The touch panel as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the interface module comprises an interface side and a back side, the interface side is opposite to the back side, and at least a portion of the second connection portion is bent to contact the back side.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2015
From: HUANG, KUNG-CHIEH
To: INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037294/0431 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 15, 2015
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037294/0464 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 101105043 A · Feb 16, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13685056 · Nov 26, 2012
Related Publication 20160103540A1 · Apr 14, 2016