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Granted Patent B2
US 9,086,766 · App. 13/155,410 · Granted Jul 21, 2015

Touch panel and touch display panel

Inventor: Ming-Lun Hsieh (Taoyuan County, TW)
Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
G06F3/044
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Patent No.
US 9,086,766
App. No.
13/155,410
Granted
Jul 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of driving electrode series and a plurality of sensing electrode series is provided. The plurality of driving electrode series extending along a first direction is disposed on the substrate. The plurality of sensing electrode series extending along a second direction different from the first direction is disposed on the substrate. The plurality of driving electrode series and the plurality of sensing electrode series are intersected to constitute a plurality of sensing units, in which each sensing unit has a center region and a surrounding region. A first electrode spacing is formed between the driving electrode series and the sensing electrode series disposed in the center region, and a second electrode spacing is formed between the driving electrode series and the sensing electrode series disposed in the surrounding region. The second electrode spacing is smaller than the first electrode spacing.

Claims (27)

1. A touch panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of driving electrode series, disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of driving electrode series comprises a driving electrode trunk extending along a first direction and a plurality of driving electrode branches extending along a second direction, the first direction being different from the second direction extending along a first direction; and

a plurality of sensing electrode series, disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of sensing electrode series comprises a sensing electrode trunk extending along the second direction and a plurality of sensing electrode branches extending along the first direction, the plurality of driving electrode trunks and the plurality of sensing electrode trunks being intersected to constitute a plurality of sensing units, each sensing unit having a center region and a surrounding region, wherein the center region is located inside the surrounding region, wherein one of a sensing electrode trunk and one of the adjacent driving electrode branch disposed in the center region form a capacitor and a first electrode spacing along the first direction, and the same sensing electrode trunk and another one of the adjacent driving electrode branch disposed in the surrounding region form a capacitor and a second spacing along the first direction, and the second electrode spacing is smaller than the first electrode spacing.

2. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the sensing units constituted by intersecting the driving electrode series and the sensing electrode has a geometric center.

3. The touch panel according to claim 2 , wherein in each sensing unit, a distance from the geometric center to a boundary of the sensing unit is D, and a distance d from a boundary of the center region to the geometric center satisfies a formula of 0≦d≦0.95 D.

4. The touch panel according to claim 3 , wherein the distance d from the boundary of the center region to the geometric center satisfies a formula of 0≦d≦0.8 D.

5. The touch panel according to claim 3 , wherein the distance d from the boundary of the center region to the geometric center satisfies a formula of 0≦d≦0.5 D.

6. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein in each sensing unit, a ratio of the second electrode spacing G 2 to the first electrode spacing G 1 is in the range of 0.06≦G 2 /G 1 ≦0.8.

7. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the second electrode spacing G 2 to the first electrode spacing G 1 is in the range of 0.07≦G 2 /G 1 ≦0.7.

8. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the second electrode spacing G 2 to the first electrode spacing G 1 is in the range of 0.1≦G 2 /G 1 ≦0.6.

9. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of driving electrode series is electrically insulated from each other, and the plurality of sensing electrode series is electrically insulated from each other.

10. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein each driving electrode trunk comprises a plurality of strip conductors and a plurality of driving bridge connectors, and each driving bridge connector spans the corresponding sensing electrode trunk and is connected between two adjacent strip conductors.

11. The touch panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of patterned dielectric layers, located at intersection points of the plurality of driving electrode series and the plurality of sensing electrode series, wherein each patterned dielectric layer is located between each of the plurality of driving electrode series and each of the plurality of sensing electrode series, so as to electrically isolate the driving electrode and the sensing electrode.

12. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensing units are disposed with an array arrangement on the substrate.

13. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the sensing units comprises a plurality of driving electrode trunks and a plurality of sensing electrode trunks.

14. A touch display panel, comprising: a display panel;

a touch sensing element, disposed on the display panel, wherein the touch sensing element comprises:

a plurality of driving electrode series, wherein each of the plurality of driving electrode series comprises a driving electrode trunk extending along a first direction and a plurality of driving electrode branches extending along a second direction, the first direction being different from the second direction; and

a plurality of sensing electrode series, wherein each of the plurality of sensing electrode series comprises a sensing electrode trunk extending along the second direction and a plurality of sensing electrode branches extending along the first direction, the plurality of driving electrode trunks and the plurality of sensing electrode trunks being intersected to constitute a plurality of sensing units, each sensing unit having a center region and a surrounding region, wherein the center region is located inside the surrounding region, wherein one of a sensing electrode trunk and one of the adjacent driving electrode branch disposed in the center region form a capacitor and a first electrode spacing along the first direction, and the same sensing electrode trunk and another one of the adjacent driving electrode branch disposed in the surrounding region form a capacitor and a second spacing along the first direction, and the second electrode spacing is smaller than the first electrode spacing.

15. The touch display panel according to claim 14 , wherein the touch sensing element is directly integrated on the display panel.

16. The touch display panel according to claim 14 , further comprising an auxiliary substrate, wherein the touch sensing element is disposed on the display panel through the auxiliary substrate.

17. The touch display panel according to claim 14 , wherein the touch sensing element is embedded and integrated into the display panel.

18. A touch panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of driving electrode series, disposed on the substrate, each of the plurality of driving electrode series extending along a first direction, each of the plurality of driving electrode series comprising at least one driving electrode trunk extending along the first direction and a plurality of driving electrode branches extending along a second direction; and

a plurality of sensing electrode series, disposed on the substrate, each of the plurality of sensing electrode series extending along the second direction, the first direction being different from the second direction, each of the plurality of sensing electrode series comprising at least one sensing electrode trunk extending along the second direction and a plurality of sensing electrode branches extending along the first direction, the plurality of driving electrode series and the plurality of sensing electrode series being intersected to constitute a plurality of sensing units, each sensing unit having a center region and a surrounding region, wherein the center region is located inside the surrounding region, each of the sensing units comprising a plurality of driving electrode trunks and a plurality of sensing electrode trunks, wherein one of a sensing electrode trunk and one of the adjacent driving electrode branch disposed in the center region form a capacitor and a first electrode spacing along the first direction, and the same sensing electrode trunk and another one of the adjacent driving electrode branch disposed in the surrounding region form a capacitor and a second spacing along the first direction, and the second electrode spacing is smaller than the first electrode spacing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2011
From: HSIEH, MING-LUN
To: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026420/0363 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 99147244 A · Dec 31, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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