IP Library Granted Patent US 10,599,262
Granted Patent B2
US 10,599,262 · App. 16/537,719 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Touch panel

Inventor: Masahiro Teramoto (Mobara, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0416G06F3/044G06F3/0412H01H1/58G06F2203/04103G06F2203/04111
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Patent No.
US 10,599,262
App. No.
16/537,719
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of wirings. Each of the plurality of first electrodes has a first portion formed on a layer different from that on which the second electrodes are formed and intersecting the second electrodes, and a second portion formed on the same layer as that on which the second electrodes are formed, but separated from the second electrode. The second electrode and the second portion of the first electrode are formed on a layer different than the layer where the wiring is formed. The first portion of the first electrode is connected to the second portion through a contact portion formed in an insulating film made of a negative resist between the first portion and the second electrode.

Claims (44)

1. A touch panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes on the substrate extending in a first direction, each of the first electrodes having a plurality of first intersecting portions;

a plurality of second electrodes on the substrate extending in a second direction, each of the second electrodes having a plurality of second intersecting portions, each of the second intersecting portions intersecting a corresponding one of the first intersecting portions of each of the first electrodes, three-dimensionally;

a plurality of first wirings and second wirings provided in a peripheral area of the substrate, the peripheral area being around the first and second electrodes; and

a protective film above the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes,

wherein

each of the plurality of first wirings is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the first electrodes with a first connection portion,

each of the plurality of second wirings is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the second electrodes with a second connection portion,

the first connection portion has a first length in the second direction,

the second connection portion has a second length in the first direction,

each of the first intersecting portions has a first width in the second direction which is shorter than the first length,

each of the second intersecting portions has a second width in the first direction which is shorter than the second length,

each of the plurality of second wirings has a terminal portion which is connected to the second connection portion continuously,

the terminal portion of the longest wiring of the plurality of the second wirings extends in the second direction and has a third width in the first direction which is shorter than the second length, and

the terminal portion of each of the plurality of second wirings is made of a metal material.

2. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the terminal portion of the shortest wiring of the plurality of the second wirings extends in the first direction.

3. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of first and second wirings are made of a metal material.

4. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of second electrodes are formed of electrically conductive transparent materials.

5. A touch panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes on the substrate, extending in a first direction, each of the first electrodes having a plurality of first intersecting portion;

a plurality of second electrodes on the substrate extending in a second direction, each of the second electrodes having a plurality of second intersecting portions, each of the second intersecting portions intersecting a corresponding one of the first intersecting portions of each of the first electrodes, three-dimensionally;

a plurality of first wirings provided in a peripheral area of the substrate and electrically connected to respective electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes with a plurality of first connection portions, the peripheral area being around the first and second electrodes;

a plurality of second wirings provided in the peripheral area and electrically connected to respective electrodes of the plurality of second electrodes with a plurality of second connection portions; and

a protective film above the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes, wherein

each of the plurality of first connection portions has a first length in the second direction,

each of the plurality of second connection portions has a second length in the first direction,

each of the plurality of first intersecting portions has a first width in the second direction,

each of the plurality of second intersecting portions has a second width in the first direction,

the first length is greater than the first width,

the second length is greater than the second width,

each of the plurality of second wirings has a terminal portion which is connected to a corresponding one of the second connection portions continuously,

the terminal portion of the longest wiring of the plurality of the second wirings extends in the second direction and has a third width in the first direction which is shorter than the second length, and

the terminal portion of each of the plurality of second wirings is made of a metal material.

6. The touch panel according to claim 5 , wherein

the terminal portion of the longest wiring of the plurality of the second wirings extends in the second direction, and

the terminal portion of the shortest wiring of the plurality of the second wirings extends in the first direction.

7. The touch panel according to claim 5 , wherein

the plurality of first and second wirings are made of a metal material.

8. The touch panel according to claim 5 , wherein the plurality of second electrodes are formed of electrically conductive transparent materials.

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 2008-197240 · Jul 31, 2008 · national
Continuity (9)
Continuation 16225543 · Dec 19, 2018
Continuation 15952919 · Apr 13, 2018
Continuation 15704040 · Sep 14, 2017
Continuation 15586340 · May 4, 2017
Continuation 15279516 · Sep 29, 2016
Continuation 14971460 · Dec 16, 2015
Continuation 13949673 · Jul 24, 2013
Continuation 12510488 · Jul 28, 2009
Related Publication 20190361565A1 · Nov 28, 2019
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