Touch panel and method for manufacturing the same
A touch panel 10 includes a first electrode-side terminal portion 42 A that is electrically connected to an upper detection electrode 36 A. The first electrode-side terminal portion 42 A includes a first resin layer 44 a which is provided on a first substrate 34 A and in which a first terminal groove 54 a is formed and a first conductive material 48 a which fills the first terminal groove 54 a . A flexible print substrate 28 which is a circuit board is stacked on the first electrode-side terminal portion 42 A through an anisotropic conductive film 60 including a conductive ball 61 . A film including the conductive ball 61 , of which the average diameter x has a predetermined relationship with the dimensions a of the first terminal groove 54 a in a width direction and the depth c of a space 64 formed in the first terminal groove 54 a , is selected as the anisotropic conductive film 60.
1. A touch panel comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of detection electrodes that are provided on the substrate;
peripheral wires that are electrically connected to the detection electrodes;
electrode-side terminal portions that are electrically connected to the peripheral wires;
a circuit board on which circuit-side terminal portions electrically connected to the electrode-side terminal portions are provided; and
a resin material that is interposed between the substrate and the circuit board and includes a conductive ball electrically connecting the electrode-side terminal portions and the circuit-side terminal portions,
wherein the electrode-side terminal portion includes a resin layer in which a groove for a terminal portion is formed and a conductive material which fills the groove for a terminal portion,
when an average diameter of the conductive ball is x, and the dimensions of the groove for a terminal portion in a width direction are a,
the resin material includes the conductive ball satisfying x>a and 1<x/a≤6,
in a state of the resin material that includes the conductive ball is thermally pressed, an opening of the groove for the terminal portion is widened and the conductive ball come into contact with the conductive material,
the conductive ball which is located in the vicinity of the opening of the groove for a terminal portion is deformed, and
an average area of the deformed conductive ball in a plan view is equal to or greater than 1.2 times an average area of the conductive ball, which is not deformed in the resin material, in a plan view.
2. The touch panel according to claim 1 ,
wherein a plurality of the grooves for a terminal portion are connected to form a mesh shape.
3. The touch panel according to claim 2 ,
wherein a groove for a peripheral wire which is connected to the groove for a terminal portion and a groove for a detection electrode which is connected to the groove for a peripheral wire are formed in the resin layer, and
the peripheral wire and the detection electrode are made of a conductive material that fills each of the groove for a peripheral wire and the groove for a detection electrode.
4. The touch panel according to claim 1 ,
wherein a groove for a peripheral wire which is connected to the groove for a terminal portion and a groove for a detection electrode which is connected to the groove for a peripheral wire are formed in the resin layer, and
the peripheral wire and the detection electrode are made of a conductive material that fills each of the groove for a peripheral wire and the groove for a detection electrode.
5. A method for manufacturing a touch panel comprising a substrate, a plurality of detection electrodes that are provided on the substrate, peripheral wires that are electrically connected to the detection electrodes, electrode-side terminal portions that are electrically connected to the peripheral wires, a circuit board on which circuit-side terminal portions electrically connected to the electrode-side terminal portions are provided, and a resin material that is interposed between the substrate and the circuit board and includes a conductive ball electrically connecting the electrode-side terminal portions and the circuit-side terminal portions, the method comprising:
a step of forming a resin layer on at least a portion of one surface of the substrate and transferring a convex portion of a mold to the resin layer to form a groove for a terminal portion;
a step of filling at least a portion of the groove for a terminal portion with a conductive material to form the electrode-side terminal portion;
a step of removing the conductive material which remains on an outer surface of the resin layer; and
a step of stacking the circuit board, on which the circuit-side terminal portions electrically connected to the electrode-side terminal portions are provided, on the resin layer through a resin material including a conductive ball,
wherein, when an average diameter of the conductive ball is x, and the dimensions of the groove for a terminal portion in a width direction are a,
a material which includes the conductive ball satisfying x>a and 1<x/a≤6 is selected as the resin material,
the resin material that includes the conductive ball is thermally pressed, an opening of the groove for the terminal portion is widened and the conductive ball is come into contact with the conductive material, and
in the resin material, the conductive ball which is located in the vicinity of the opening of the groove for a terminal portion is deformed until an average area in a plan view is equal to or greater than 1.2 times an average area of the conductive ball, which is not deformed in the resin material, in a plan view.
6. The method for manufacturing a touch panel according to claim 5 ,
wherein a plurality of the grooves for a terminal portion are connected to form a mesh shape.
7. The method for manufacturing a touch panel according to claim 6 ,
wherein when the groove for a terminal portion is formed in the resin layer, a groove for a peripheral wire which is connected to the groove for a terminal portion and a groove for a detection electrode which is connected to the groove for a peripheral wire are formed, and
the groove for a peripheral wire and the groove for a detection electrode are filled with a conductive material to form the peripheral wire and the detection electrode.
8. The method for manufacturing a touch panel according to claim 5 ,
wherein when the groove for a terminal portion is formed in the resin layer, a groove for a peripheral wire which is connected to the groove for a terminal portion and a groove for a detection electrode which is connected to the groove for a peripheral wire are formed, and
the groove for a peripheral wire and the groove for a detection electrode are filled with a conductive material to form the peripheral wire and the detection electrode.