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US 10,481,642 B2Granted
Flexible touch screen panel and flexible display device with the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-Ku Kang, Tae-Hyeog Jung, Hak-Sun Kim, Jung-Yun Kim, Mi-Ae Park
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Abstract
A flexible touch screen panel includes a substrate having flexibility, sensing electrodes on at least one surface of the substrate, and implemented using an opaque conductive metal, and a polarizing plate on the substrate having the sensing electrodes formed thereon. The sensing electrodes may be implemented in a mesh shape having a plurality of openings.
Claims20
A flexible touch screen panel, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes on a same surface of the substrate, the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes including an opaque conductive material;
- position detecting lines connected to the first and second sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- an adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- and
- at least one retardation film between the substrate and the polarizing plate, wherein:
- each of the first and second sensing electrodes is implemented in a mesh shape having a plurality of openings,
- the first sensing electrodes include a plurality of first sensing cells arranged along a first direction, and first connection patterns connecting the first sensing cells to each other,
- the second sensing electrodes include a plurality of second sensing cells arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and second connection patterns connecting the second sensing cells to each other,
- the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes intersect each other between the first connection patterns and second connection patterns,
- an insulation layer is disposed between the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns,
- the at least one retardation film is at least one of a quarter-wave plate, a half-wave plate, and a plate including a half-wave plate stacked on a quarter-wave plate, and
- the substrate is formed of a polymer.
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A flexible touch screen panel, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- sensing electrodes on the substrate, the sensing electrodes including an opaque conductive material;
- position detecting lines connected to the sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- an adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- and
- at least one retardation film between the substrate and the polarizing plate, wherein:
- each of the sensing electrodes is implemented in a mesh shape having a plurality of openings,
- the at least one retardation film is at least one of a quarter-wave plate, a half-wave plate, and a plate including a half-wave plate stacked on a quarter-wave plate,
- the substrate is formed of a polymer, and
- the sensing electrodes and position detecting lines are formed in a same layer.
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A flexible touch screen panel, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- sensing electrodes on the substrate;
- position detecting lines connected to the sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- an adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- and
- at least one retardation film between the substrate and the polarizing plate, wherein:
- the substrate includes at least one of a polycarbonate and a cyclic polyolefin, and
- the at least one retardation film is at least one of a quarter-wave plate, a half-wave plate, and a plate including a half-wave plate stacked on a quarter-wave plate.
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A flexible touch screen panel, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- sensing electrodes on the substrate;
- position detecting lines connected to the sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- an adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- and
- at least one retardation film between the substrate and the polarizing plate, wherein:
- the substrate includes at least one of a polycarbonate and a cyclic polyolefin, and
- the at least one retardation film includes a quarter-wave plate.
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A flexible touch screen panel, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- sensing electrodes on the substrate;
- position detecting lines connected to the sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- an adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- and
- at least one retardation film between the substrate and the polarizing plate, wherein:
- the substrate includes at least one of a polycarbonate and a cyclic polyolefin, and
- the at least one retardation film includes a plate including a half-wave plate stacked on a quarter-wave plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.