Touch panel and touch panel-integrated organic light emitting display device

1. A touch panel comprising:

an array of first touch electrodes connected in a first direction on an inner surface of a first substrate;

an array of second touch electrodes, in a same plane as the first touch electrodes, connected in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on the inner surface of the first substrate; and

an array of electrically floating parts in at least one of the first and second touch electrodes, the floating parts configured to increase touch sensitivity by minimizing parasitic capacitance generated between touch detection parts of the first touch electrodes and an electrostatic object, or generated between touch detection parts of the second touch electrodes and the electrostatic object,

wherein the first and second touch electrodes include line electrodes disposed in a mesh pattern and a plurality of segment electrodes connected with the line electrodes at an intersection point of the line electrodes, and

wherein the plurality of segment electrodes include touch segments directly connected with the touch detection part of the line electrodes and floating segments directly connected with the floating part of the line electrodes.

2. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein each floating part has a surface area that is 10% to 65% of a total surface area of each first touch electrode or each second touch electrode.

3. The touch panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a ground electrode, corresponding to the floating parts, separated from and on a different plane than the first and second touch electrodes.

4. The touch panel according to claim 3 , wherein the ground electrode has a ground potential, and forms a capacitance with respect to the first touch electrode or the second touch electrode.

5. The touch panel according to claim 4 , wherein a size of the ground electrode depends upon a gap between the first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate.

6. The touch panel according to claim 5 , further comprising a plurality of connection electrodes connecting the second touch electrodes in the second direction, and

wherein adjacent ground electrodes are connected to each other by a conductive connection line passing through the center of one connection electrode.

7. The touch panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a polarizer on the first substrate, and

wherein the first and second touch electrodes are disposed on a black matrix.

8. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second touch electrodes and the floating parts are implemented in a organic light emitting display device.

9. A touch panel for an imaging device, comprising:

an array of touch panels including a plurality of touch planes arranged in a touch area of a substrate, the touch planes including first touch electrodes extending in a first direction, and second touch electrodes extending in a second direction different from the first direction; and

connection electrodes connecting the second touch electrodes in the second direction,

wherein the first touch electrodes include a first sub-electrode and a second subelectrode,

wherein each of the first sub-electrode and the second sub-electrode includes a floating part and a touch detection part surrounding and electrically separated from the floating part, and

wherein the second touch electrode is divided into a first sub-section and a second subsection, the touch detection part of the first sub-electrode passing between the first sub-section and the second sub-section in the first direction,

wherein the second touch electrode includes a floating part and a touch detection part,

wherein the first and second touch electrodes include line electrodes disposed in a mesh pattern and a plurality of segment electrodes connected with the line electrodes at an intersection point of the line electrodes, and

wherein the plurality of segment electrodes include touch segments directly connected with the touch detection part of the line electrodes and floating segments directly connected with the floating part of the line electrodes.

10. The touch panel for an imaging device of claim 9 , further comprising a plurality of pads in the peripheral area surrounding the touch area of the substrate.

11. The touch panel for an imaging device of claim 10 , wherein the first sub-section and the second sub-section of the second touch electrode are connected to each other by a connection routing line in the peripheral area of the substrate.

12. The touch panel for an imaging device of claim 11 , wherein the touch detection part is connected to the pads via a first routing line and the connection routing line.

13. The touch panel for an imaging device of claim 9 , further comprising a ground electrode corresponding to an area of each of the floating parts on the substrate, wherein the ground electrode is separated from and on a different plane than touch planes of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode.

14. The touch panel for an imaging device of claim 13 , wherein the ground electrode has a ground potential, and forms a capacitance with respect to the first touch electrode or the second touch electrode.

15. The touch panel for an imaging device of claim 14 , wherein a size of the ground electrode depends upon a distance between the first and second touch electrodes and a cathode of the imaging device.

16. The touch panel for an imaging device of claim 9 , wherein the floating part has an area of 10%-65% of a total area of the first touch electrode.

17. The touch panel for an imaging device of claim 9 , further comprising an overcoat layer on the first and second touch electrodes, wherein the connection electrodes connect the touch detection parts of the second of the second touch electrodes via contact holes in the overcoat layer.

18. The touch panel for an imaging device of claim 9 , wherein the second touch electrodes include a first sub-electrode and a second sub-electrode.