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Granted Patent B2
US 10,528,160 · App. 15/508,418 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Wiring body, wiring board, and touch sensor

Inventor: Shingo Ogura (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
G06F3/041H05K1/11G06F3/044G06F2203/04103G06F2203/04111G06F2203/04112H05K2201/09227
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Patent No.
US 10,528,160
App. No.
15/508,418
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wiring body includes an resin layer, a reticular electrode layer that includes first conductor wires arranged into the shape of a reticulation disposed on the resin layer, and a lead-out wiring layer connected to the reticular electrode layer disposed on the resin layer. The lead-out wiring layer includes a reticulation portion configured by gathering unit reticulations formed by being surrounded by second conductor wires. The second conductor wires are inclined with respect to an extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer. The unit reticulation includes an end portion that is an intersection point between the second conductor wires, The lead-out wiring layer includes a lateral end portion formed by arranging the unit reticulations side by side along the extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer. The lateral end portion of the lead-out wiring layer is closed by the second conductor wires.

Claims (78)

1. A wiring body comprising:

a resin layer;

a reticular electrode layer disposed on the resin layer and including first conductor wires arranged into the shape of a reticulation; and

a lead-out wiring layer disposed on the resin layer and connected to the reticular electrode layer, wherein

the lead-out wiring layer includes a reticulation portion configured by gathering unit reticulations formed by being surrounded by a second conductor wire, in the planar view,

the second conductor wire is disposed by being inclined with respect to an extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer,

the unit reticulation includes an end portion which is an intersection point between the second conductor wires,

the lead-out wiring layer includes a lateral end portion formed by arranging the unit reticulations side by side along the extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer in the planar view,

the lateral end portion is closed by the second conductor wire connected and terminated to an outside end portion positioned on an outermost side in the end portion of the unit reticulation existing in the lateral end portion,

a width of the reticulation portion is defined by the outside end portion,

wherein the lead-out wiring layer comprises:

a first linear portion extending along a first direction;

a second linear portion extending along a second direction different from the first direction; and

a curved portion connecting the first linear portion and the second linear portion to each other, the curved portion comprising:

a plurality of the second conductor wires that are straight and are extended from at least one end portion at an end of the first linear portion to at least one end portion at an end of the second linear portion;

the first linear portion and the second linear portion are respectively configured by arranging first unit reticulations, disposed only in the first linear portion and the second linear portion, formed of the second conductor wire and having substantially the same shape, as the unit reticulation, and

the following Formula (1) is satisfied:

α 1 =α 2   (1)

in the Formula (1), α 1 is an angle between a virtual straight line extending along an arrangement direction of the first unit reticulation and a virtual straight line extending along the first direction in the first linear portion, and α 2 is an angle between a virtual straight line extending along the arrangement direction of the first unit reticulation and a virtual straight line extending along the second direction in the second linear portion,

wherein the second conductor wires of the curved portion create a second unit reticulation disposed only in the curved portion, that has a plurality of shapes different from a shape of the first unit reticulation and the plurality of shapes of the second unit reticulation are different from one another,

wherein the first direction is not perpendicular to the second direction, and

wherein a number of the plurality of the second conductor wires is greater than or equal to a larger one of:

a number of vertices exposed from the end portion of the first linear portion, and

a number of vertices exposed from the end portion of the second linear portion.

2. The wiring body according to claim 1 , wherein the lateral end portion of the lead-out wiring layer in the planar view has a shape of a wave configured of the second conductor wire forming the unit reticulation disposed on the lateral end portion of the lead-out wiring layer.

3. The wiring body according to claim 1 , wherein the lead-out wiring layer includes a side portion that has a linear shape and is disposed on the lateral end portion of the lead-out wiring layer and connecting the unit reticulations together.

4. The wiring body according to claim 1 , wherein

one end of the first linear portion and one end of the second linear portion are separated from each other,

the curved portion includes a third conductor wire connecting one end of the first linear portion and one end of the second linear portion to each other, and

the second unit reticulation includes the third conductor wire.

5. The wiring body according to claim 4 , wherein the third conductor wire connects the end portion of the first unit reticulation configuring the first linear portion and the end portion of the first unit reticulation configuring the second linear portion to each other.

6. The wiring body according to claim 4 , wherein a width of the second conductor wire is substantially identical to a width of the third conductor wire.

7. The wiring body according to claim 1 , wherein

in the first unit reticulations arranged side by side along the arrangement direction in the first linear portion, the end portion of one first unit reticulation and the end portion of the other first unit reticulation corresponding to the end portion of one first unit reticulation are positioned on the virtual straight line extending along the first direction, and

in the first unit reticulations arranged side by side along the arrangement direction in the second linear portion, the end portion of one first unit reticulation and the end portion of the other first unit reticulation corresponding to the end portion of one first unit reticulation are positioned on the virtual straight line extending along the second direction.

8. The wiring body according to claim 1 , wherein

an aspect ratio of the unit reticulation in the planar view is greater than 1, and

the aspect ratio of the unit reticulation in the planar view is a ratio of a length of the unit reticulation along the extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer to a length of the unit reticulation along a width direction with respect to the extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer.

9. The wiring body according to claim 1 , further comprising:

reticular electrode layers; and

lead-out wiring layers, including and configured identically to the lead-out wiring layer, respectively connected to the reticular electrode layers and arranged approximately in parallel to each other, wherein

the lateral end portion includes:

a convex portion configured by including the outside end portion and the second conductor wire connected to the outside end portion, and protruding towards the outside of the lead-out wiring layer in the planar view; and

a concave portion alternately disposed with the convex portion along the extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer, and recessed towards the inside of the lead-out wiring layer in the planar view, and

among the lead-out wiring layers, the convex portion configuring the lateral end portion of a first lead-out wiring layer facing the lateral end portion of a second lead-out wiring layer and the convex portion configuring the lateral end portion of the second lead-out wiring layer facing the lateral end portion of the first lead-out wiring layer are shifted from each other along the extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer in adjacent lead-out wiring layers.

10. The wiring body according to claim 9 , wherein

the convex portion configuring the lateral end portion of the first other lead-out wiring layer facing the lateral end portion of the second lead-out wiring layer and the concave portion configuring the lateral end portion of the second lead-out wiring layer facing the lateral end portion of the first lead-out wiring layer face each other in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer in the adjacent lead-out wiring layers, and

the concave portion configuring the lateral end portion of the first lead-out wiring layer facing the lateral end portion of the second lead-out wiring layer and the convex portion configuring the lateral end portion of the second lead-out wiring layer facing the lateral end portion of the first lead-out wiring layer face each other in the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer in the adjacent lead-out wiring layers.

11. A wiring board comprising:

the wiring body according to claim 1 ; and

a support that supports the wiring body.

12. A touch sensor, comprising:

the wiring board according to claim 11 .

13. The wiring body according to claim 1 , wherein an aperture ratio of the lead-out wiring layer is within a range of 10% to 50%.

14. A wiring body comprising:

a resin layer;

a reticular electrode layer disposed on the resin layer and including first conductor wires arranged into the shape of a reticulation; and

a lead-out wiring layer disposed on the resin layer and connected to the reticular electrode layer, wherein

the lead-out wiring layer includes a reticulation portion configured by gathering unit reticulations formed by being surrounded by a second conductor wire, in the planar view,

the second conductor wire is disposed by being inclined with respect to an extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer,

the unit reticulation includes an end portion which is an intersection point between the second conductor wires,

the lead-out wiring layer includes a lateral end portion formed by arranging the unit reticulations side by side along the extending direction of the lead-out wiring layer in the planar view,

the lateral end portion is closed by the second conductor wire connected and terminated to an outside end portion positioned on an outermost side in the end portion of the unit reticulation existing in the lateral end portion,

a width of the reticulation portion is defined by the outside end portion,

wherein the lead-out wiring layer comprises:

a first linear portion extending along a first direction;

a second linear portion extending along a second direction different from the first direction; and

a curved portion connecting the first linear portion and the second linear portion to each other, the curved portion comprising:

a plurality of the second conductor wires that are straight and are extended from at least one end portion at an end of the first linear portion to at least one end portion at an end of the second linear portion;

the first linear portion and the second linear portion are respectively configured b y arranging first unit reticulations, disposed only in the first linear portion and the second linear portion, formed of the second conductor wire and having substantially the same shape, as the unit reticulation, and

the following Formula (1) is satisfied:

α 1 =α 2   (1)

in the Formula (1), α 1 is an angle between a virtual straight line extending along an arrangement direction of the first unit reticulation and a virtual straight line extending along the first direction in the first linear portion, and α 2 is an angle between a virtual straight line extending along the arrangement direction of the first unit reticulation and a virtual straight line extending along the second direction in the second linear portion,

wherein the second conductor wires of the curved portion create a second unit reticulation disposed only in the curved portion, that has a plurality of shapes different from a shape of the first unit reticulation and the plurality of shapes of the second unit reticulation are different from one another,

wherein the first unit reticulations of the first linear portion and the second linear portion have a shape of a quadrangle, and

wherein a number of the plurality of the second conductor wires is greater than or equal to a larger one of:

a number of vertices exposed from the end portion of the first linear portion, and

a number of vertices exposed from the end portion of the second linear portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2017
From: OGURA, SHINGO
To: FUJIKURA LTD.
Reel/Frame 041734/0182 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-038652 · Feb 27, 2015 · national
JP 2015-104433 · May 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170308192A1 · Oct 26, 2017