IP Library Granted Patent US 8,681,121
Granted Patent B2
US 8,681,121 · App. 12/954,976 · Granted Mar 25, 2014

Touch panel and display device with touch panel

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Patent No.
US 8,681,121
App. No.
12/954,976
Granted
Mar 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrostatic capacitive coupling type touch panel in which a period before wiring formed outside an input region is chipped or wire-broken due to deterioration of a mask pattern can be prolonged. The touch panel has an input region and plural wirings formed around the input region. The input region has plural X electrodes and plural Y electrodes crossing the X electrodes. The plural wirings are connected to corresponding electrodes of the plural X electrodes and Y electrodes. The plural wirings respectively have a conductive layer and a metal layer formed on the conductive layer. The conductive layer is formed to be wider than the metal layer. The plural wirings have a corner. Among the plural wirings, in the wiring provided in the farthest position from the input region, the corner of the metal layer is chamfered.

Claims (54)

1. An electrostatic capacitive coupling type touch panel having:

an input region; and

a plurality of wirings formed around the input region;

the input region having a plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes crossing the X electrodes;

the plurality of wirings respectively being connected to corresponding electrodes of the plurality of X electrodes and the plurality of Y electrodes;

wherein the plurality of wirings respectively have:

a conductive layer; and

a metal layer formed on the conductive layer;

wherein the conductive layer is formed to have a width greater than that of the metal layer;

wherein the plurality of wirings have a corner; and

wherein, in a wiring provided in a farthest position from the input region, among the plurality of wirings, an outer edge of the corner of the metal layer is chamfered and an outer edge of the corner of the conductive layer is not chamfered.

2. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein, assuming that a width of a chamfered portion of the metal layer at the corner of the wiring formed in the farthest position from the input region is W 1 , and a mean value of the widths of the metal layers in linear portions of the wiring formed in the farthest position from the input region is W 2 ,

0.8×W 2 ≦W 1 ≦1.2×W 2 is satisfied.

3. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer has a transparent conductive film.

4. The touch panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of wirings respectively have an upper conductive layer provided on the metal layer with an insulating film therebetween, and

wherein the upper conductive layer is electrically connected to the conductive layer of the plurality of wirings.

5. The touch panel according to claim 4 , wherein the conductive layer and the upper conductive layer have a transparent conductive film.

6. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the X electrode and the Y electrode have a transparent conductive film.

7. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the X electrode and the Y electrode are formed with an insulating film therebetween.

8. The touch panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the X electrode and the Y electrode have an intersection part between the X electrode and the Y electrode and an electrode part formed between two intersection parts,

wherein the electrode part and the intersection part of the X electrode and the electrode part of the Y electrode are formed on the same layer, and

wherein the intersection part of the Y electrode is formed on a different layer, with an insulating layer therebetween.

9. A display device with touch panel wherein the electrostatic capacitive coupling type touch panel in claim 1 is provided on a surface of a display panel on the observer side.

10. A display device with touch panel wherein the electrostatic capacitance type touch panel in claim 1 is provided on a surface of a display panel on the observer side.

11. The touch panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the wiring provided in the farthest position from the input region, among the plurality of wirings, an inner edge of the corner of the metal layer is not chamfered and an inner edge of the corner of the conductive layer is not chamfered.

12. An electrostatic capacitive coupling type touch panel having:

an input region; and

a plurality of wirings formed around the input region;

the input region having a plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes crossing the X electrodes;

the plural wirings respectively being connected to corresponding electrodes of the plurality of X electrodes and the plurality of Y electrodes;

wherein the plurality of wirings respectively have:

a conductive layer; and

a metal layer formed on the conductive layer;

wherein the conductive layer is formed to have a width greater than that of the metal layer;

wherein the plurality of wirings have a corner;

wherein, in a wiring provided in a farthest position from the input region, among the plurality of wirings, an outer edge of the corner of the metal layer is chamfered and an outer edge of the corner of the conductive layer is not chamfered; and

wherein a dummy wiring, not connected to any of the plurality of X electrodes or the plurality of Y electrodes, is provided outside the wiring formed in a farthest position from the input region, among the plurality of wirings.

13. The touch panel according to claim 12 , wherein the dummy wiring is supplied with a reference voltage.

14. The touch panel according to claim 12 , wherein the conductive layer has a transparent conductive film.

15. The touch panel according to claim 12 ,

wherein the plurality of wirings respectively have an upper conductive layer provided on the metal layer with an insulating film therebetween, and

wherein the upper conductive layer is electrically connected to the conductive layer of the plurality of wirings.

16. The touch panel according to claim 15 , wherein the conductive layer and the upper conductive layer have a transparent conductive film.

17. The touch panel according to claim 12 , wherein the X electrode and the Y electrode have a transparent conductive film.

18. The touch panel according to claim 12 , wherein the X electrode and the Y electrode are formed with an insulating film therebetween.

19. The touch panel according to claim 12 ,

wherein the X electrode and the Y electrode have an intersection part between the X electrode and the Y electrode and an electrode part formed between two intersection parts,

wherein the electrode part and the intersection part of the X electrode and the electrode part of the Y electrode are formed on the same layer, and

wherein the intersection part of the Y electrode is formed on a different layer, with an insulating layer therebetween.

20. The touch panel according to claim 12 ,

wherein in the wiring provided in the farthest position from the input region, among the plurality of wirings, an inner edge of the corner of the metal layer is not chamfered and an inner edge of the corner of the conductive layer is not chamfered.

Assignments (8)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA; JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: PANELTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 067245/0560 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ORIGINAL ELECTRONIC COVER SHEET, TO CHANGE ADDRESS OF RECEIVING PARTY, PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 031430 FRAME 0463. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 2, 2014
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 031910/0841 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
Reel/Frame 031430/0463 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 16, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 031420/0894 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE IN PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027092/0684 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027093/0937 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2010
From: ESAKA, HIROSHI; IKEDA, SHOUJI; ANNO, KOUICHI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 025425/0079 →