Touch window having a sensing electrode with a variable width of a conductive line

A touch window comprising:

• a sensing electrode having a mesh shape that includes:
• a plurality of first conductive lines extending in a first direction;
• a plurality of second conductive lines extending in a second direction;
• and
• a wire including a wire pad,
• wherein the sensing electrode is provided on an active area of a substrate and on an unactive area of the substrate,
• wherein an outer dummy layer defines the unactive area of the substrate,
• wherein the wire pad includes a side in contact with the sensing electrode,
• wherein the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines cross each other to form a plurality of connecting portions, the plurality of connecting portions including at least one first connecting portion immediately adjacent to the wire pad and an adjacent connecting portion that is further from the wire pad than the first connecting portion, and
• the at least one first connecting portion having an outer line portion of a specific one of the first and second conductive lines extending toward the wire pad and an inner line portion of the specific one of the first and second conductive lines extending toward the adjacent connecting portion,
• wherein the outer line portion of the first connecting portion includes:
• a first part of the specific one of the first and second conductive lines having a uniform width in the first direction, and
• a second part of the specific one of the first and second conductive lines disposed between the wire pad and the first part,
• wherein a width of the second part varies, in a direction parallel to the side of the wire pad, as the second part extends from the first part to the wire pad,
• wherein the second part is provided on the unactive area of the substrate,
• wherein the second part is adjacent to another second part, and a maximum width of the second part is less than a half of a pitch between the two adjacent second parts, and
• wherein the sensing electrode is formed by etching metallic material on the substrate,
• wherein an opening is formed by the first and second conductive lines,
• wherein a maximum pitch between the two adjacent second parts is greater than a width of the opening,
• wherein the width of the opening is defined as a distance between two adjacent first conductive lines or a distance between two adjacent second conductive lines,
• wherein the first part has a first thickness in a third direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and perpendicular to the second direction,
• wherein the second part has a thickness that increases, in the third direction, as the second part extends from the first part to the wire pad,
• wherein the second part, having the thickness that increases, is provided in the unactive area of the substrate.

A touch window comprising:

• a sensing electrode having a mesh shape that includes:
• a plurality of first conductive lines extending in a first direction,
• a plurality of second conductive lines extending in a second direction different from the first direction to form a plurality of intersections between the first and second conductive lines;
• and
• a wire including a wire pad,
• wherein the sensing electrode is provided on an active area of a substrate and on an unactive area of the substrate,
• wherein an outer dummy layer defines the unactive area of the substrate,
• wherein the wire pad includes a side in contact with a plurality of contact portions of the sensing electrode, each contact portion only comprising:
• a single first part of a specific one of the first and second conductive lines having a uniform width, and
• a single second part of the specific one of the first and second conductive lines connected to the single first part and the side of the wire pad,
• wherein a width of the single second part varies, in a direction parallel to the side of the wire pad, as the single second part extends from the single first part to the side of the wire pad, wherein the single first part is connected to a single corresponding intersection of first and second conductive lines,
• wherein the single second part is provided on the unactive area of the substrate,
• wherein the single second part is adjacent to another single second part, and a maximum width of the single second part is less than a half of a pitch between the two adjacent single second parts,
• wherein the sensing electrode is formed by etching metallic material on the substrate,
• wherein an opening is formed by the first and second conductive lines,
• wherein a maximum pitch between the two adjacent single second parts is greater than a width of the opening,
• wherein the width of the opening is defined as a distance between two adjacent first conductive lines or a distance between two adjacent second conductive lines,
• wherein the single first part has a first thickness in a third direction, the third direction being perpendicular to the first direction and perpendicular to the second direction,
• wherein the single second part has a thickness that increases, in the third direction, as the second part extends from the first part to the wire pad,
• wherein the single second part, having the thickness that increases, is provided in the unactive area of the substrate.