Low profile keyboard backlight module
AssigneeChicony Power Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorHsin-Chih Liang
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Abstract
A low profile keyboard backlight module includes an electrically insulative bottom membrane layer, an intermediate membrane layer including a conducting layer, an insulative layer and a light-emitting layer attached together through lamination and bonded to the top surface of the bottom membrane layer, and an electrically insulative top membrane layer bonded to a top surface of the intermediate membrane layer opposite to the bottom membrane layer and having an integrated elastic layer located at a top surface thereof to support a set of keys. Thus, the low profile keyboard backlight module provides optimal waterproof effects and is practical for use in an electronic product having light, thin, short and small characteristics.
Claims6
A low profile keyboard backlight module, comprising a bottom membrane layer, a top membrane layer and an intermediate membrane layer sandwiched between said bottom membrane layer and said top membrane layer, wherein:
- said bottom membrane layer is an electrically insulative layer;
- said intermediate membrane layer is laminated on a top surface of said bottom membrane layer, comprising a conducting layer, an insulative layer and a light-emitting layer attached together through lamination, wherein the conducting layer comprises a first conducting layer, a second conducting layer, a plurality of bottom electrodes integrally formed on the top surface of the bottom membrane layer and a plurality of second upper electrodes bonded to a bottom surface of the top membrane layer with the plurality of second upper electrodes respectively disposed corresponding to the respective plurality of bottom electrodes;
- said top membrane layer is an electrically insulative layer bonded to a top surface of said intermediate membrane layer opposite to said bottom membrane layer, comprising an elastic layer located at a top surface thereof and supporting a set of keys;
- wherein the first conducting layer and the plurality of bottom electrodes are made by a one-step processing process, the second conducting layer and the plurality of second upper electrodes are made by a one-step processing process;
- wherein when the plurality of second upper electrodes are forced, the plurality of second upper electrodes will touch the respective plurality of bottom electrodes.
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