IP Library Granted Patent US 12,336,415
Granted Patent B2
US 12,336,415 · App. 18/376,464 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Touch panel

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Yoshiharu Hirakata (Ebina, JP); Hiroyuki Miyake (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10K59/40G06F1/1652G06F3/0412G06F3/04164G06F3/04184G06F3/0445G06F3/0446G06F3/0447G06F2203/04102G06F2203/04103H10K10/88H10K59/38H10K77/111
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Patent No.
US 12,336,415
App. No.
18/376,464
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible touch panel is provided. Both reduction in thickness and high sensitivity of a touch panel are achieved. The touch panel includes a first flexible substrate, a first insulating layer over the first substrate, a transistor and a light-emitting element over the first insulating layer, a color filter over the light-emitting element, a pair of sensor electrodes over the color filter, a second insulating layer over the sensor electrodes, a second flexible substrate over the second insulating layer, and a protective layer over the second substrate. A first bonding layer is between the light-emitting element and the color filter. The thickness of the first substrate and the second substrate is each 1 μm to 200 μm inclusive. The first bonding layer includes a region with a thickness of 50 nm to 10 μm inclusive.

Claims (36)

1. A touch panel comprising:

a display portion over a first adhesive layer;

a second adhesive layer over the display portion;

a touch sensor over the second adhesive layer;

a third adhesive layer over the touch sensor;

a first flexible printed circuit electrically connected to the display portion through a first conductive layer;

an IC mounted on the first flexible printed circuit, the IC functioning as a signal line driver circuit; and

a second flexible printed circuit electrically connected to the touch sensor through a second conductive layer,

wherein the display portion comprises:

a first insulating layer over the first adhesive layer;

a transistor over the first insulating layer;

a second insulating layer over the transistor; and

a light-emitting element over the second insulating layer,

wherein the touch sensor comprises a sensor electrode,

wherein, when seen from above, the first flexible printed circuit faces the second flexible printed circuit with the display portion and the touch sensor therebetween, and

wherein a bottom surface of the first conductive layer and a bottom surface of the second conductive layer are in contact with the first insulating layer.

2. The touch panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a color filter between the light-emitting element and the sensor electrode.

3. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the transistor comprises a semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor.

4. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the transistor comprises a semiconductor layer including polycrystalline silicon.

5. The touch panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of conductive materials electrically connected to the second conductive layer.

6. A touch panel comprising:

a display portion over a first adhesive layer;

a second adhesive layer over the display portion;

a touch sensor over the second adhesive layer;

a third adhesive layer over the touch sensor;

a first flexible printed circuit electrically connected to the display portion through a first conductive layer;

an IC mounted on the first flexible printed circuit; and

a second flexible printed circuit electrically connected to the touch sensor through a second conductive layer,

wherein the display portion comprises:

a first insulating layer over the first adhesive layer;

a transistor over the first insulating layer,

wherein the touch sensor comprises a sensor electrode, and

wherein a bottom surface of the first conductive layer and a bottom surface of the second conductive layer are in contact with the first insulating layer.

7. The touch panel according to claim 6 , wherein the transistor comprises a semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor.

8. The touch panel according to claim 6 , wherein the transistor comprises a semiconductor layer including polycrystalline silicon.

9. The touch panel according to claim 6 , further comprising a plurality of conductive materials electrically connected to the second conductive layer.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-245397 · Nov 27, 2013 · national
JP 2013-245400 · Nov 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17521925 · Nov 9, 2021
Continuation 15819017 · Nov 21, 2017
Continuation 14551955 · Nov 24, 2014
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