# US 10,503,325 B2 · Display device, touch panel and method for manufacturing the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,503,325 B2 - Document ID: US10503325B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/143,673 - Filed: 2016-05-02 - Published: 2017-02-23 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-20 - Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Binbin Cao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503325B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - G06F 3/0443: {using a single layer of sensing electrodes} - G06F 2203/04103: Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices - G06F 2203/04111: Cross over in capacitive digitiser, i.e. details of structures for connecting electrodes of the sensing pattern where the connections cross each other, e.g. bridge structures comprising an insulating layer, or vias through substrate - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a display device, a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the touch panel. The method includes: forming a patterned metal lead and a patterned metal bridge on a substrate through one patterning process; depositing an insulation layer and a transparent electrode layer, and forming a pattern of the insulation layer and patterns of a first electrode and a second electrode for touching through one patterning process. In the method, patterns of the insulation layer, the first electrode and the second electrode can be formed simultaneously through one patterning process, thereby increasing efficiency of manufacturing the touch panel at the extreme, saving manufacturing cost and increasing competitiveness of production line. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for manufacturing a touch panel, comprising: step S1: forming a patterned metal lead and a patterned metal bridge on a substrate through one patterning process by one single first mask; step S2: forming a pattern of an insulation layer provided with via holes and patterns of a first electrode and a second electrode for touching through one patterning process by using only one single second mask, for the pattern of the insulation layer provided with the via holes and patterns of the first electrode and second electrode, on the substrate where the patterned metal lead and the patterned metal bridge have been formed, the pattern of the insulation layer being between a combination of the patterned metal lead and the patterned metal bridge and the patterns of the first electrode and the second electrode, and the pattern of the first electrode being electrically connected with the patterned metal bridge and the patterned metal lead though the via holes. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: before the step S1, forming a pattern of a black matrix, which corresponds to the metal lead, on the substrate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the step S2 comprises: depositing the insulation layer on the substrate where the patterned metal lead and the patterned metal bridge have been formed, coating photoresist on the insulation layer, exposing and developing the photoresist through the second mask which is a semitransparent mask, wherein the semitransparent mask comprises a fully-exposing region, a partially-exposing region and a non-exposing region, a region of the photoresist corresponding to the via holes of the insulation layer is a photoresist fully-exposed region, a region of the photoresist corresponding to the first and second electrodes is a photoresist partially-exposed region, a region of the photoresist excluding the photoresist fully-exposed region and the photoresist partially-exposed region is a photoresist fully-reserved region, the fully-exposing region, the partially-exposing region and the non-exposing region of the semitransparent mask correspond to the photoresist fully-exposed region, the photoresist partially-exposed region and the photoresist fully-reserved region, respectively; dry etching the insulation layer to form the via holes of the insulation layer, and ashing the photoresist to remove the photoresist in the photoresist partially-exposed region; depositing a transparent electrode layer and peeling off a remained photoresist in the photoresist fully-reserved region, so that the transparent electrode layer in a region where the photoresist is remained is fully removed and the transparent electrode layer in a region where there is no photoresist is fully reserved so as to form the first electrode and the second electrode for touching. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the step S2 comprises: depositing the insulation layer on the substrate where the patterned metal lead and the patterned metal bridge have been formed, coating photoresist on the insulation layer, exposing and developing the photoresist through the second mask which is a semitransparent mask, wherein the semitransparent mask comprises a fully-exposing region, a partially-exposing region and a non-exposing region, a region of the photoresist corresponding to the via holes of the insulation layer is a photoresist fully-exposed region, a region of the photoresist corresponding to the first and second electrodes is a photoresist partially-exposed region, a region of the photoresist excluding the photoresist fully-exposed region and the photoresist partially-exposed region is a photoresist fully-reserved region, the fully-exposing region, the partially-exposing region and the non-exposing region of the semitransparent mask correspond to the photoresist fully-exposed region, the photoresist partially-exposed region and the photoresist fully-reserved region, respectively; dry etching the insulation layer to form the via holes of the insulation layer, and ashing the photoresist to remove the photoresist in the photoresist partially-exposed region; depositing a transparent electrode layer and peeling off a remained photoresist in the photoresist fully-reserved region, so that the transparent electrode layer in a region where the photoresist is remained is fully removed and the transparent electrode layer in a region where there is no photoresist is fully reserved so as to form the first electrode and the second electrode for touching. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: forming a protective layer on the first and second electrodes after the step S2. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising: forming a protective layer on the first and second electrodes after the step S2. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the protective layer is formed of SiNOx film. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the protective layer is formed of SiNOx film.