Touch panel
A touch panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes disposed on the substrate and formed in a mesh pattern; a plurality of first connection parts connecting adjacent first touch electrodes and formed in the mesh pattern; and a plurality of second connection parts connecting adjacent second touch electrodes. The second connection part may include first and second contact parts overlapping the adjacent second touch electrodes, respectively, and a leg part connecting the first and second contact parts and a width of the leg part may be narrower than that of an opening of the mesh pattern.
1. A touch panel, comprising:
a substrate;
first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes disposed on the substrate and formed in a mesh pattern;
first connection parts electrically connecting adjacent first touch electrodes and formed in the mesh pattern; and
second connection parts electrically connecting adjacent second touch electrodes,
wherein each of the second connection parts comprises:
a first contact part and a second contact part each having a bent shape in a plane view, the first contact part overlapping one of the adjacent second touch electrodes and the second contact part overlapping the remaining one of the adjacent second touch electrodes; and
at least one leg part connecting the first contact part and the second contact part, and
wherein a width of the leg part is less than a width of an opening in the mesh pattern.
2. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein:
the mesh pattern comprises:
first conductive lines extending in a first direction; and
second conductive lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and connected between adjacent first conductive lines, and the leg part extends in the first direction.
3. The touch panel of claim 2 , wherein:
the leg part does not overlap the first conductive line in a plane view.
4. The touch panel of claim 2 , wherein:
the width of the opening of the mesh pattern is a distance between the adjacent first conductive lines.
5. The touch panel of claim 2 , wherein:
the first direction is a direction inclined from a vertical direction of the touch panel.
6. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein:
the second connection part comprises more than one leg part.
7. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein:
the mesh pattern comprises a metal material.
8. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein:
the second connection part comprises a transparent conductive oxide.
9. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein:
the first and second contact parts have a W shape in a plane view.
10. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein:
the first and second touch electrodes and the first connection parts are positioned in a same layer.
11. The touch panel of claim 10 , wherein:
the second connection part is positioned in a different layer from the second touch electrode, having an insulating layer disposed therebetween, and
the second touch electrode is electrically connected to the first or second contact parts through a contact hole in the insulating layer.
12. The touch panel of claim 11 , wherein:
the second connection part overlaps the first connection part in a plane view.
13. The touch panel of claim 11 , wherein:
the contact hole has a W shape in a plane view.
14. The touch panel of claim 1 , wherein:
a width of the first or second contact parts is larger than that of the leg part.
15. The touch panel of claim 1 , further comprising:
a dummy electrode disposed between the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode, the first touch electrode and second touch electrode disposed adjacent to each other and formed in a mesh pattern.
16. A touch panel, comprising:
a substrate;
first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes disposed on the substrate and formed in a mesh pattern;
first connection parts electrically connecting adjacent first touch electrodes and formed in the mesh pattern; and
second connection parts electrically connecting adjacent second touch electrodes,
wherein each of the second connection parts comprises:
a first contact part overlapping one of the adjacent second touch electrodes and a second contact part overlapping the remaining one of the adjacent second touch electrodes; and
at least one leg part connecting the first contact part and the second contact part, wherein the mesh pattern comprises:
first conductive lines extending in a first direction inclined from a vertical direction of the touch panel; and
second conductive lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and connected between adjacent first conductive lines, and
wherein the leg part extends in the first direction.
17. The touch panel of claim 16 , wherein a width of the leg part is less than a width of an opening in the mesh pattern.
18. A touch panel, comprising:
a substrate;
first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes disposed on the substrate and formed in a mesh pattern;
first connection parts electrically connecting adjacent first touch electrodes and formed in the mesh pattern;
second connection parts electrically connecting adjacent second touch electrodes; and
an insulating layer disposed between the second touch electrodes and the second connection parts,
wherein each of the second connection parts comprises:
a first contact part overlapping one of the adjacent second touch electrodes and a second contact part overlapping the remaining one of the adjacent second touch electrodes; and
at least one leg part connecting the first contact part and the second contact part, and
wherein a second touch electrode of the second touch electrodes is electrically connected to one of the first and second contact parts through a contact hole formed in the insulating layer, the contact hole has a W shape in a plane view.
19. The touch panel of claim 18 , wherein a width of the leg part is less than a width of an opening in the mesh pattern.