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Granted Patent B2
US 12,379,817 · App. 18/704,014 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Touch panel and touch panel manufacturing method

Inventors: Takao Saitoh (Kameyama, JP); Yohsuke Kanzaki (Kameyama, JP); Masaki Yamanaka (Kameyama, JP); Masahiko Miwa (Kameyama, JP); Yi Sun (Kameyama, JP); Masaki Fujiwara (Kameyama, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
G06F3/047G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 12,379,817
App. No.
18/704,014
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch panel includes: a first metal wire formed on an underlayer; an insulating film formed to cover the first metal wire; and a second metal wire formed on the insulating film. The second metal wire has: a first pattern extending in a first direction; and a plurality of second patterns formed to be insulated from the first pattern. The first metal wire has: a bridge pattern connecting together, in a second direction, a pair of second patterns arranged to sandwich the first pattern; and a dummy pattern formed to be insulated from the bridge pattern, the second direction intersecting with the first direction, and the pair of second patterns being included in the plurality of second patterns.

Claims (33)

1. A touch panel, comprising:

a first metal wire formed on an underlayer;

an insulating film formed to cover the first metal wire; and

a second metal wire formed on the insulating film,

wherein the second metal wire has:

a first pattern extending in a first direction, and

a plurality of second patterns formed to be insulated from the first pattern,

the first metal wire has:

a bridge pattern connecting together, in a second direction, a pair of second patterns arranged to sandwich the first pattern, and

a dummy pattern formed to be insulated from the bridge pattern, the second direction intersecting with the first direction, and the pair of second patterns being included in the plurality of second patterns,

the bridge pattern is formed in a V-shaped mesh pattern as a whole,

each of the first pattern, the second pattern, and the dummy pattern is formed in a mesh pattern, and

the dummy pattern is positioned to overlap with the first pattern and the second pattern as a whole.

2. The touch panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the dummy pattern is electrically connected to the first pattern and the second pattern, and

a portion of the dummy pattern connected to the first pattern and another portion of the dummy pattern connected to the second pattern are insulated from each other.

3. The touch panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first metal wire has a multilayer structure including titanium, aluminum, and titanium.

4. A touch panel manufacturing method, comprising:

forming step of forming a first metal wire having a bridge pattern and a dummy pattern on an underlayer;

covering the bridge pattern with a resist and removing a product produced on the underlayer during the forming of the first metal wire;

delaminating the resist from the bridge pattern;

forming an insulating film that covers the first metal wire;

and

forming step of forming a second metal wire on the insulating film,

wherein the second metal wire has:

a first pattern extending in a first direction, and

a plurality of second patterns formed to be insulated from the first pattern,

the bridge pattern connects together, in a second direction, a pair of second patterns arranged to sandwich the first pattern, the second direction intersecting with the first direction, the pair of second patterns being included in the plurality of second patterns, and

the dummy pattern is insulated from the bridge pattern.

5. The touch panel according to claim 2 ,

wherein the insulating film has a contact hole, and

the dummy pattern is electrically connected to the first pattern and the second pattern through the contact hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2024
From: SAITOH, TAKAO; KANZAKI, YOHSUKE; YAMANAKA, MASAKI; MIWA, MASAHIKO; SUN, YI; FUJIWARA, MASAKI
To: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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