Light transmissivity-controlled touch sensor panel design
A touch sensor panel is disclosed. In some examples, the touch sensor panel includes a substrate including a first side and a second side, a passivation layer, a first plurality of touch electrodes formed on the first side of the substrate, and a second plurality of touch electrodes formed on the second side of the substrate. In some examples, a component of the touch sensor panel, other than the first plurality of touch electrodes and the second plurality of touch electrodes, is configured to prevent light configured to activate the passivation layer during fabrication of the touch sensor panel from being transmitted from the first side of the substrate to the second side of the substrate.
1. A touch sensor panel comprising:
a substrate including a first side and a second side;
a passivation layer;
a first plurality of touch electrodes formed on the first side of the substrate; and
a second plurality of touch electrodes formed on the second side of the substrate,
wherein a component of the touch sensor panel, other than the first plurality of touch electrodes and the second plurality of touch electrodes, is configured to prevent light configured to activate the passivation layer during fabrication of the touch sensor panel from being transmitted from the first side of the substrate to the second side of the substrate, the component configured with a transmissivity less than or equal to a transmissivity threshold at which an intensity of the light transmitted from the first side of the substrate to the second side of the substrate is equal to an activation intensity threshold of the passivation layer.
2. The touch sensor panel of claim 1 , wherein:
the component is the substrate.
3. The touch sensor panel of claim 1 , wherein:
the component is an attenuation mask formed in a same material layer as the first plurality of touch electrodes.
4. The touch sensor panel of claim 3 , wherein the attenuation mask is not patterned.
5. The touch sensor panel of claim 3 , wherein the attenuation mask is patterned.
6. The touch sensor panel of claim 5 , wherein the pattern of the attenuation mask is such that the attenuation mask does not overlap an alignment feature included in the same material layer as the first touch electrodes.
7. The touch sensor panel of claim 1 , wherein:
the component is a light-absorptive layer formed on the first side or the second side of the substrate.
8. A method of fabricating a touch sensor panel, the method comprising:
forming a first plurality of touch electrodes on a first side of a substrate of the touch sensor panel;
forming a second plurality of touch electrodes on a second side of the substrate of the touch sensor panel; and
forming and activating a first passivation layer on the first side of the substrate and a second passivation layer on the second side of the substrate,
wherein a component of the touch sensor panel, other than the first plurality of touch electrodes and the second plurality of touch electrodes, is configured to prevent light configured to activate the passivation layer during the activation from being transmitted from the first side of the substrate to the second side of the substrate, the component configured with a transmissivity less than or equal to a transmissivity threshold at which an intensity of the light transmitted from the first side of the substrate to the second side of the substrate is equal to an activation intensity threshold of the passivation layer.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:
the component is the substrate.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein:
the component is an attenuation mask formed in a same material layer as the first plurality of touch electrodes.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the attenuation mask is not patterned.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the attenuation mask is patterned.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the pattern of the attenuation mask is such that the attenuation mask does not overlap an alignment feature included in the same material layer as the first touch electrodes.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein:
the component is a light-absorptive layer formed on the first side or the second side of the substrate.