# US 11,307,723 B2 · Touch panel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,723 B2 - Document ID: US11307723B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/483,550 - Filed: 2019-04-25 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-05 - Assignees: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Bo Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307723B2 ## 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 3/0448: {Details of the electrode shape, e.g. for enhancing the detection of touches, for generating specific electric field shapes, for enhancing display quality} - G06F 2203/04102: Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper - 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 A touch panel is provided. the touch panel includes a substrate, a sensing electrode, and a driving electrode. The sensing electrode and the driving electrode are disposed on the substrate insulated from each other. The sensing electrode includes a plurality of sensing sub-electrodes electrically connected to each other. The driving electrode includes a plurality of driving sub-electrodes electrically connected to each other. A length of each sensing sub-electrode is less than 500 μm. A length of each driving sub-electrode is less than 500 μm. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A touch panel, comprising: a substrate, a plurality of sensing electrodes, and a plurality of driving electrodes, wherein the sensing electrodes and the driving electrodes are disposed on the substrate and insulated from each other, and each sensing electrode comprises a plurality of sensing sub-electrodes electrically connected to each other; each driving electrode comprises a plurality of driving sub-electrodes electrically connected to each other; a length of each sensing sub-electrode is less than 500 micrometers; a length of each driving sub-electrode is less than 500 micrometers; and wherein both the sensing sub-electrodes and the driving sub-electrodes are arranged in a triangular shape and a rectangular shape, both the sensing electrodes and the driving electrodes are arranged in a triangular shape, and the sensing electrodes and the driving electrodes are arranged to form a rectangle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The touch panel according to claim 1, wherein an edge of each sensing sub-electrode parallels an edge of a contour of the sensing electrode, another edge of the sensing sub-electrode parallels another edge of the contour of the sensing electrode, an edge of each driving sub-electrode parallels an edge of a contour of the driving electrode, and another edge of the driving sub-electrode parallels another edge of the contour of the driving electrode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The touch panel according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of first metallic bridges, wherein each sensing sub-electrode electrically connects with another sensing sub-electrode by the first metallic bridge. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The touch panel according to claim 3, further comprising a first insulated layer disposed between the first metallic bridge and the sensing sub-electrode. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The touch panel according to claim 4, further comprising a first electrically conductive hole disposed through the first insulated layer for electrically connecting the first metallic bridge with the sensing sub-electrode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The touch panel according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of second metallic bridge, wherein each driving sub-electrode connects with another driving sub-electrode by the second metallic bridge. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The touch panel according to claim 6, further comprising a second insulated layer disposed between the second metallic bridge and the driving sub-electrode. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The touch panel according to claim 7, further comprising a second electrically conductive hole disposed through the second insulated layer for electrically connecting the second metallic bridge with the driving sub-electrode. ### Claim 9 A touch panel, comprising a substrate, a plurality of sensing electrodes, a plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of first metallic bridges, and a plurality of second metallic bridges, wherein the sensing electrodes, the driving electrodes, and the plurality of first metallic bridges are disposed on the substrate, and the plurality of second metallic bridges are disposed above the substrate; the sensing electrodes and the driving electrodes are insulated from each other; each sensing electrode comprises a plurality of sensing sub-electrodes electrically connected to each other by the plurality of first metallic bridges; each driving electrode comprises a plurality of driving sub-electrodes electrically connected to each other by the plurality of second metallic bridges; a length of each sensing sub-electrode is less than 500 micrometers; a length of each driving sub-electrode is less than 500 micrometers; and wherein both the sensing sub-electrodes and the driving sub-electrodes are arranged in a triangular shape and a rectangular shape, both the sensing electrodes and the driving electrodes are arranged in a triangular shape, and the sensing electrodes and the driving electrodes are arranged to form a rectangle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The touch panel according to claim 9, wherein an edge of each sensing sub-electrode parallels an edge of a contour of the sensing electrode, another edge of the sensing sub-electrode parallels another edge of the contour of the sensing electrode, an edge of each driving sub-electrode parallels an edge of a contour of the driving electrode, and another edge of the driving sub-electrode parallels another edge of the contour of the driving electrode.