IP Library Granted Patent US 10,908,730
Granted Patent B2
US 10,908,730 · App. 16/784,670 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Touch panel

Inventor: Masahiro Teramoto (Mobara, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0416G06F3/044G06F3/0412H01H1/58G06F2203/04103G06F2203/04111
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Patent No.
US 10,908,730
App. No.
16/784,670
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of wirings. Each of the plurality of first electrodes has a first portion formed on a layer different from that on which the second electrodes are formed and intersecting the second electrodes, and a second portion formed on the same layer as that on which the second electrodes are formed, but separated from the second electrode. The second electrode and the second portion of the first electrode are formed on a layer different than the layer where the wiring is formed. The first portion of the first electrode is connected to the second portion through a contact portion formed in an insulating film made of a negative resist between the first portion and the second electrode.

Claims (77)

1. A touch panel, comprising:

a substrate;

an insulating film above the substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction above the substrate; and

a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction,

wherein each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first portions under the insulating film and a plurality of second portions on the insulating film,

the first portions and the second portions are alternately arranged in the first direction,

each of the second portions is larger than each of the first portions,

the insulating film has contact holes exposing the first portions,

the first portions are connected to the second portions via the contact holes, and

each of the second portions is located in corresponding at least one of the contact holes.

2. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the second portions is located in corresponding two of the contact holes, the two being adjacent to each other.

3. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the contact holes includes a side surface, and

the side surface is in contact with corresponding one of the second portions.

4. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first portions overlaps a first contact hole and a second contact hole included in the contact holes, and

the one of the first portions is connected to one of the second portions via the first contact hole and to another of the second portions via the second contact hole.

5. The touch panel according to claim 4 , wherein the one of the first portions overlap one of the second electrodes between the first contact hole and the second contact hole in a plan view.

6. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrodes are located on the insulating film,

each of the second electrodes includes a plurality of third portions and a plurality of fourth portions,

the third portions and the fourth portions are alternately arranged in the second direction and located in a same layer as the second portions,

each of the fourth portions is larger than each of the third portions,

each of the third portions overlaps corresponding one of the first portions via the insulating film in a plan view, and

the fourth portions do not overlap the first electrodes in a plan view.

7. The touch panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of wirings connected to the first electrodes,

wherein each of the wirings includes a first region overlapping the insulating film and a second region not overlapping the insulating film, and

the second region is connected to corresponding one of the second portions.

8. The touch panel according to claim 7 , wherein the wirings and the first portions are located in a same layer.

9. The touch panel according to claim 7 , further comprising a protective film covering the first electrodes, the second electrodes and the contact holes,

wherein the protective film is in contact with a part of the second region.

10. The touch panel according to claim 7 , further comprising a protective film covering the first electrodes, the second electrodes and the contact holes,

wherein the protective film overlaps an area where the second region is connected to the corresponding one of the first electrodes.

11. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first portions is linear, and

a width of each of the first portions is narrower than a width of each of the second portions in the second direction.

12. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating film has a top surface in contact with the second electrodes, and a side wall intersecting the top surface,

at least one of the second portions is on and in contact with the top surface, the side wall, and the second region continuously.

13. A touch panel, comprising:

a substrate;

an insulating film above the substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction above the substrate;

a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and,

a plurality of wirings connected to the first electrodes,

wherein each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first portions under the insulating film and a plurality of second portions on the insulating film,

each of the first portions is linear,

the first portions and the second portions are alternately arranged in the first direction,

each of the second portions is larger than each of the first portions,

the second electrodes are located on the insulating film,

each of the second electrodes includes a plurality of third portions and a plurality of fourth portions,

the third portions and the fourth portions are alternately arranged in the second direction and located in a same layer as the second portions,

each of the fourth portions is larger than each of the third portions,

each of the third portions overlaps corresponding one of the first portions via the insulating film in a plan view, and

the fourth portions do not overlap the first electrodes in a plan view,

the insulating film has contact holes exposing the first portions,

the first portions are connected to the second portions via the contact holes,

each of the second portions is located in corresponding at least one of the contact holes,

each of the wirings includes a first region overlapping the insulating film and a second region not overlapping the insulating film, and

the second region is connected to corresponding one of the second portions.

14. The touch panel according to claim 13 , wherein the insulating film has a top surface in contact with the second electrodes, and a side surface intersecting the top surface, and

at least one of the second portions is on and in contact with the top surface, the side surface, and the second region continuously.

15. The touch panel according to claim 13 , wherein at least one of the second portions is located in corresponding two of the contact holes, the two being adjacent to each other.

16. The touch panel according to claim 13 , wherein each of the contact holes includes a side surface, and

the side surface is in contact with corresponding one of the second portions.

17. The touch panel according to claim 13 , wherein at least one of the first portions overlaps a first contact hole and a second contact hole included in the contact holes, and

the one of the first portions is connected to one of the second portions via the first contact hole and to another of the second portions via the second contact hole.

18. The touch panel according to claim 15 , wherein the one of the first portions overlap one of the second electrodes between the first contact hole and the second contact hole in a plan view.

19. A touch panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction above the substrate; and

a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction,

a plurality of wirings connected to the first electrodes,

wherein each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first portions and a plurality of second portions connected to the first portions,

the first portions are located between the substrate and the second portion,

the first portions and the second portions are alternately arranged in the first direction,

each of the second portions is larger than each of the first portions,

each of the wirings is located in a same layer as the first portions, and is in contact with corresponding one of the second portions.

20. The touch panel according to claim 19 , further comprising an insulating film with a plurality of contact holes exposing the first portions,

wherein the insulating film has a top surface in contact with the second electrodes, and a side surface intersecting the top surface, and

at least one of the second portions is in contact with corresponding one of the contact holes, the top surface, the side wall, and corresponding one of the wiring continuously.

Assignments (2)
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-197240 · Jul 31, 2008 · national
Continuity (10)
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