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Granted Patent B2
US 9,519,366 · App. 14/273,459 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

Touch sensor

Inventors: Jang Ho Park (Suwon-Si, KR); Woon Chun Kim (Suwon-Si, KR); Jin Uk Lee (Suwon-Si, KR); Nam Keun Oh (Suwon-Si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G06F3/041G06F3/044G06F3/045G06F2203/04103G06F2203/04112
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Patent No.
US 9,519,366
App. No.
14/273,459
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch sensor includes a transparent substrate, and an electrode pattern formed on the transparent substrate. The electrode pattern is formed by stacking at least two or more electrode layers, thereby enhancing the anti-corrosion and visibility of electrode patterns and ensuring the adhesive reliability of the transparent substrate and the electrode patterns.

Claims (27)

1. A touch sensor comprising:

a transparent substrate; and

an electrode pattern formed on the transparent substrate,

wherein the electrode pattern is formed by stacking two or more electrode layers,

and at least one of the two or more electrode layers enhances either one or both of anticorrosion of an exposed portion of the electrode pattern and adhesion between the electrode pattern and the transparent substrate.

2. The touch sensor as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the electrode pattern is formed by sequentially stacking, from one surface of the transparent substrate, a base layer as a first electrode layer and a conductive layer as a second electrode layer.

3. The touch sensor as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the electrode pattern is formed by further stacking a surface layer as a third electrode layer on the second electrode layer.

4. The touch sensor as set forth in claim 3 , wherein a stack-direction thickness d 1 of the first electrode layer, a stack-direction thickness d 2 of the second electrode layer, and a stack-direction thickness d 3 of the third electrode layer satisfy a following conditional expression: d 1 <d 3 <d 2 .

5. The touch sensor as set forth in claim 3 , wherein the sum of a stack direction thickness d 1 of the first electrode layer, a stack-direction thickness d 2 of the second electrode layer, and a stack-direction thickness d 3 of the third electrode layer is 0.05 μm to 2 μm.

6. The touch sensor as set forth in claim 3 , wherein a stack-direction thickness of the first electrode layer is 0.01 μm to 1.935 μm.

7. The touch sensor as set forth in claim 3 , wherein a stack-direction thickness of the second electrode layer is 0.04 μm to 1.975 μm.

8. The touch sensor as set forth in claim 3 , wherein a stack-direction thickness of the third electrode layer is 0.015 μm to 1.95 μm.

9. The touch sensor as set forth in claim 3 , wherein a stack-direction thickness d 1 of the first electrode layer, a stack-direction thickness d 2 of the second electrode layer, and a stack-direction thickness d 3 of the third electrode layer satisfy a following conditional expression: 2%≦d 2 /(d 1 +d 2 +d 3 )×100≦98.75%.

10. The touch sensor as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the first electrode layer is formed to have a smaller thickness in the stack direction than that of the second electrode layer.

11. The touch sensor as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the transparent substrate is formed of glass or temperate glass.

12. The touch sensor set forth in claim 1 , further comprising: a second electrode pattern disposed apart from the first electrode pattern and formed by

stacking two or more electrode layers.

13. The touch sensor set forth in claim 12 , wherein the second electrode pattern is disposed on the transparent substrate.

14. A touch sensor comprising:

a transparent substrate;

a first electrode pattern disposed on the transparent substrate; and

a second electrode pattern insulated from the first electrode pattern,

wherein the first electrode pattern comprises a first layer, a second layer, and a third

layer,

wherein the second layer has a higher electrical conductivity than the first and third layers, the third layer comprises a material that reduces the visibility of the first electrode pattern and prevents corrosion of the first electrode pattern, and the first layer comprises a material that has greater adhesion to the transparent substrate than the second layer.

15. The touch sensor set forth in claim 14 , wherein the third layer comprises the same material as the first layer.

16. The touch sensor as set forth in claim 15 , wherein a stack direction thickness d 1 of the first layer, a stack-direction thickness d 2 of the second layer, and a stack-direction thickness d 3 of the third layer satisfy a following conditional expression: d 1 <d 3 <d 2 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2014
From: PARK, JANG HO; KIM, WOON CHUN; LEE, JIN UK; OH, NAM KEUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032862/0628 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2013-0053359 · May 10, 2013 · national
KR 10-2013-0162829 · Dec 24, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140333855A1 · Nov 13, 2014