IP Library Granted Patent US 12,265,683
Granted Patent B2
US 12,265,683 · App. 18/650,906 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Touch sensor layer, touch screen, and display apparatus

Inventors: Fan He (Beijing, CN); Hongwei Ma (Beijing, CN); Xiangdan Dong (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G06F3/0443G06F3/04164G06F3/0446G06F2203/04107G06F2203/04112
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Patent No.
US 12,265,683
App. No.
18/650,906
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch sensor layer has a touch region and a wiring region at a periphery of the touch region, and includes a plurality of first touch electrode blocks, a plurality of second touch electrode blocks, and at least one first touch auxiliary portion. The plurality of first touch electrode blocks and the plurality of second touch electrode blocks are located in the touch region and disposed in a same layer. Second touch electrode blocks and first touch electrode blocks are staggered in a first direction, and other second touch electrode blocks and other first touch electrode blocks are staggered in a second direction. A first touch auxiliary portion is disposed on a side, facing the wiring region, of at least one first touch electrode block in a group of first touch electrode blocks located at an outermost periphery and proximate to a same side of the touch region.

Claims (46)

1. A touch sensor layer having a touch region and a wiring region located at a periphery of the touch region, the touch sensor layer comprising:

a plurality of first touch electrode blocks located in the touch region;

a plurality of second touch electrode blocks located in the touch region, wherein the plurality of second touch electrode blocks and the plurality of first touch electrode blocks are disposed in a same layer; second touch electrode blocks and first touch electrode blocks are staggered in a first direction, and other second touch electrode blocks and other first touch electrode blocks are staggered in a second direction, the first direction intersects the second direction;

a plurality of first touch leads located in the wiring region;

a plurality of second touch leads located in the wiring region;

a first signal shielding line located at a periphery of the plurality of first touch leads and the plurality of second touch leads, and disposed along an outer contour of the plurality of first touch leads and the plurality of second touch leads; and

a second signal shielding line located on at least one side of the touch region and disposed between the touch region and the first signal shielding line.

2. The touch sensor layer according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the second signal shielding line is smaller than a length of the first signal shielding line.

3. The touch sensor layer according to claim 2 , wherein

at least one end of a line of second touch electrode blocks is coupled to a second touch lead.

4. The touch sensor layer according to claim 3 , further comprising:

at least one second touch auxiliary portion, a second touch auxiliary portion being disposed between a second touch electrode block adjacent thereto and a second touch lead adjacent thereto, and the second touch auxiliary portion being coupled to the second touch electrode block adjacent thereto and the second touch lead adjacent thereto.

5. The touch sensor layer according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal shielding line is located on at least three side of the touch region, and the second signal shielding line is located between the touch region and the first signal shielding line.

6. The touch sensor layer according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one first touch auxiliary portion, wherein a first touch auxiliary portion is disposed on a side, facing the wiring region, of at least one first touch electrode block in a group of first touch electrode blocks located at an outermost periphery and proximate to a same side of the touch region, wherein

the touch region has a first side; an end of a first touch lead located on the first side of the touch region is a first end;

the first touch auxiliary portion is disposed between a first touch electrode block adjacent thereto and a first end of a first touch lead adjacent thereto; and

the first touch auxiliary portion is coupled to the first touch electrode block adjacent thereto and the first end of the first touch lead adjacent thereto.

7. The touch sensor layer according to claim 6 , wherein another end of the first touch lead is a second end; a portion of the first touch lead on the first side of the touch region extends in a third direction, the third direction is parallel to the first direction and directs from the first end of the first touch lead to the second end of the first touch lead; and

no first touch auxiliary portion is disposed on a side, facing the wiring region, of a first touch electrode block proximate to the first side of the touch region and located furthest away from the second end of the first touch lead, and the first touch electrode block proximate to the first side of the touch region and located furthest away from the second end of the first touch lead is directly coupled to a first touch lead.

8. The touch sensor layer according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one first touch auxiliary portion includes a plurality of first touch auxiliary portions, and the plurality of first touch auxiliary portions gradually increase in resistance in the third direction.

9. The touch sensor layer according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one first touch auxiliary portion, wherein a first touch auxiliary portion is disposed on a side, facing the wiring region, of at least one first touch electrode block in a group of first touch electrode blocks located at an outermost periphery and proximate to a same side of the touch region, wherein

the touch region has a first side; a first end of a first touch lead located on the first side of the touch region is coupled to a second touch electrode block, wherein

the first touch auxiliary portion is disposed on a side, facing the wiring region, of a first touch electrode block in the at least one first touch electrode block proximate to the first end of the first touch lead; and

the first touch auxiliary portion and the first touch electrode block in the at least one first touch electrode block are insulated from each other.

10. The touch sensor layer according to claim 9 , wherein the first touch auxiliary portion is of a metal trace; or

the first touch auxiliary portion is of a metal trace; and the first touch auxiliary portion is coupled to the first signal shielding line.

11. The touch sensor layer according to claim 9 , wherein

at least one end of a line of first touch electrode blocks is coupled to a second touch lead.

12. The touch sensor layer according to claim 11 , further comprising:

at least one second touch auxiliary portion, wherein a second touch auxiliary portion is disposed on a side, facing the wiring region, of at least one second touch electrode block in a line of second touch electrode blocks proximate to an end of the second touch lead.

13. The touch sensor layer according to claim 11 , wherein the touch region further has a second side; the touch sensor layer further comprises:

at least one third touch auxiliary portion, wherein a third touch auxiliary portion is disposed on a side, facing the wiring region, of at least one second touch electrode blocks in a group of second touch electrode blocks proximate to the second side of the touch region; and the second side of the touch region is opposite to the first side of the touch region.

14. The touch sensor layer according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch auxiliary portion and the first touch electrode block are each of a metal mesh structure.

15. The touch sensor layer according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one first touch auxiliary portion is located in the touch region.

16. The touch sensor layer according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of the plurality of first touch leads, the at least one first touch auxiliary portion and the plurality of first touch electrode blocks are disposed in a same layer and made of a same material.

17. The touch sensor layer according to claim 1 , wherein the touch region further has a third side; the first touch lead extends from the first side of the touch region to the third side of the touch region, and the first side of the touch region intersects the third side of the touch region.

18. A touch screen, comprising:

a display panel; and

the touch sensor layer according to claim 1 , the touch sensor layer being disposed on a light exit surface of the display panel.

19. The touch screen according to claim 18 , wherein the display panel is an organic light-emitting diode display panel; and

the display panel includes an encapsulation layer, and both the plurality of first touch electrode blocks and the plurality of second touch electrode blocks of the touch sensor layer are disposed on a surface of the encapsulation layer.

20. A display apparatus, comprising:

a housing, and

the touch screen according to claim 18 , the touch screen being disposed in the housing.

Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110595311.7 · May 28, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 18014677
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