Touch electrode structure and touch panel using the same

1. A touch electrode structure for defining a plurality of position units, comprising:

a plurality of electrodes electrically insulated from each other, wherein:

each of the plurality of electrodes comprises a plurality of sub-electrodes electrically insulated from each other,

each of the plurality of sub-electrodes comprises a plurality of sub-electrode units that are comb-shaped and electrically connected to each other,

each of the plurality of position units is defined by two sub-electrode units,

the two sub-electrode units defining a position unit belong to different sub-electrodes of the plurality of sub-electrodes,

each position unit of the plurality of position units uniquely corresponds to a different combination of two sub-electrode units,

a first position unit of the plurality of position units comprises a first sub-electrode unit of a first sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes of a first electrode of the plurality of electrodes and a first sub-electrode unit of a second sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes of the first electrode,

a second position unit of the plurality of position units comprises a second sub-electrode unit of the first sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes of the first electrode and a first sub-electrode unit of a third sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes of the first electrode,

a third position unit of the plurality of position units comprises a second sub-electrode unit of the second sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes of the first electrode and a second sub-electrode unit of the first sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes of the first electrode, and

a fourth position unit of the plurality of position units comprises a third sub-electrode unit of the third sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes of the first electrode and a first sub-electrode unit of a fourth sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes of the first electrode.

2. The touch electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of electrodes and each of the plurality of sub-electrodes of each of the plurality of electrodes extend along a first direction.

3. The touch electrode structure of claim 2 , wherein the two sub-electrode units in each of the plurality of position units extend along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

4. The touch electrode structure of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of electrode zones, wherein:

each of the plurality of electrode zones covers a subset of the plurality of electrodes, and

a first subset in a first electrode zone of the plurality of electrode zones extends along a different direction than a second subset in a second electrode zone of the plurality of electrode zones.

5. The touch electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of electrodes are parallel to each other.

6. The touch electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sub-electrodes do not intersect.

7. The touch electrode structure of claim 1 , wherein an area of each of the plurality of position units is equal to a total area of the two sub-electrode units defining the position unit.

8. A touch panel, comprising:

a substrate, wherein a plurality of position units are defined on the substrate; and

at least one touch electrode structure disposed on the substrate, wherein:

the at least one touch electrode structure comprises a plurality of electrodes electrically insulated from each other,

each of the plurality of electrodes comprises at least three sub-electrodes electrically insulated from each other,

each of the at least three sub-electrodes comprises a plurality of sub-electrode units electrically connected to each other,

each of the plurality of position units is defined by two sub-electrode units, and

each position unit of the plurality of position units uniquely corresponds to a different combination of two sub-electrode units,

a first sub-electrode of the at least three sub-electrodes of a first electrode of the plurality of electrodes comprises two sub-electrode units,

a second sub-electrode of the at least three sub-electrodes of the first electrode comprises three sub-electrode units, and

a third sub-electrode of the at least three sub-electrodes of the first electrode comprises four sub-electrode units.

9. The touch panel of claim 8 , wherein:

the touch panel comprises two touch electrode structures disposed on different regions of the substrate, and

the plurality of electrodes comprised within a first touch electrode structure of the two touch electrode structures extend along a direction that is different than a direction along which the plurality of electrodes comprised within a second touch electrode structure of the two touch electrode structures extends.

10. The touch panel of claim 8 , wherein the substrate is glass.

11. The touch panel of claim 8 , wherein:

the substrate is a color filter, and

the at least one touch electrode structure is disposed between a polarizing plate and the color filter or the color filter is disposed between the polarizing plate and the at least one touch electrode structure.

12. The touch panel of claim 8 , wherein the substrate is a polarizing plate.

13. The touch panel of claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of electrodes and each of the at least three sub-electrodes of each of the plurality of electrodes extend along a first direction.

14. The touch panel of claim 13 , wherein the sub-electrode units in each of the plurality of position units extend along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

15. The touch panel of claim 8 , further comprising a plurality of electrode zones, wherein:

each of the plurality of electrode zones covers a subset of the plurality of electrodes, and

a first subset in a first electrode zone of the plurality of electrode zones extends along a different direction than a second subset in a second electrode zone of the plurality of electrode zones.

16. The touch panel of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of electrodes are parallel to each other.

17. The touch panel of claim 8 , wherein the at least three sub-electrodes do not intersect.

18. The touch panel of claim 8 , wherein an area of each of the plurality of position units is equal to a total area of the two sub-electrodes units defining the position unit.

19. A touch electrode structure for defining a plurality of position units, comprising:

a plurality of electrodes electrically insulated from each other, wherein:

each of the plurality of electrodes comprises a plurality of sub-electrodes electrically insulated from each other,

each of the plurality of sub-electrodes comprises a plurality of sub-electrode units electrically connected to each other,

each of the plurality of position units is defined by two sub-electrode units,

each position unit of the plurality of position units uniquely corresponds to a different combination of the two sub-electrode units,

a first sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes of a first electrode of the plurality of electrodes comprises two sub-electrode units,

a second sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes of the first electrode comprises three sub-electrode units, and

a third sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes of the first electrode comprises four sub-electrode units.

20. The touch electrode structure of claim 19 , further comprising a plurality of electrode zones, wherein:

each of the plurality of electrode zones covers a subset of the plurality of electrodes, and

a first subset in a first electrode zone of the plurality of electrode zones extends along a different direction than a second subset in a second electrode zone of the plurality of electrode zones.