# US 11,307,725 B2 · Mask and electronic device thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,725 B2 - Document ID: US11307725B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/117,043 - Filed: 2020-12-09 - Published: 2021-12-30 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2020-06-24 - Assignees: Hannstar Display Corp. - Applicants: Hannstar Display Corporation - Inventors: Mei-Ling Chou; Chih-Wei Chen; Chia-Yu Liu; Ming-Liang Chen; Yao-Chih Chuang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307725B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/044: by capacitive means - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - H05K 3/0073: {Masks not provided for in groups H05K3/02 - H05K3/46, e.g. for photomechanical production of patterned surfaces} - G06F 2203/04103: Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices - G06F 2203/04112: Electrode mesh in capacitive digitiser: electrode for touch sensing is formed of a mesh of very fine, normally metallic, interconnected lines that are almost invisible to see. This provides a quite large but transparent electrode surface, without need for ITO or similar transparent conductive material - H05K 2201/09681: Mesh conductors, e.g. as a ground plane - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A mask including a substrate and a mesh pattern are disclosed along with an electronic device. The mesh pattern, being disposed on the substrate, includes a first striped pattern and a second striped pattern; the first striped pattern includes a first, second, and third section, and the second section is disposed between the first and the third sections; the second striped pattern includes a fourth, fifth, and sixth section, and the fifth section is disposed between the fourth and the sixth sections; the first section has a first extension direction, the fourth section has a second extension direction, and a first included angle is between the first extension direction and the second extension direction; the fifth section and the second section intersect each other while having a second included angle between the two sections, and the second included angle is greater than the first included angle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mask, comprising: a substrate; and a mesh pattern disposed on the substrate, wherein the mesh pattern comprises: a first striped pattern and a second striped pattern, wherein the first striped pattern and the second striped pattern intersect each other; wherein the first striped pattern comprises a first section, a second section and a third section, and the second section is disposed between the first section and the third section; wherein the second striped pattern comprises a fourth section, a fifth section and a sixth section, and the fifth section is disposed between the fourth section and the sixth section; and wherein the first section has a first extension direction, the fourth section has a second extension direction, a first included angle is between the first extension direction and the second extension direction, the fifth section and the second section intersect each other, a second included angle is between the fifth section and the second section, and the second included angle is greater than the first included angle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mask of claim 1, wherein the second included angle is 90 degrees. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mask of claim 1, wherein the third section extends along the first extension direction, and the sixth section extends along the second extension direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mask of claim 1, wherein the second section has a first width, the first section has a second width, the fifth section has a third width, and the fourth section has a fourth width, wherein the second width is greater than the first width, and the fourth width is greater than the third width. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The mask of claim 4, wherein the first width is equal to the third width, and the second width is equal to the fourth width. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The mask of claim 4, wherein a ratio of the second width to the first width is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 2, and a ratio of the fourth width to the third width is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 2. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The mask of claim 4, wherein a width of the third section is equal to the second width, and a width of the sixth section is equal to the fourth width. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The mask of claim 4, wherein a shape of each of the first section, the third section, the fourth section and the sixth section is a straight-line shape. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The mask of claim 8, wherein a shape of each of the second section and the fifth section is a straight-line shape. ### Claim 10 An electronic device, comprising: a substrate; and a metal mesh structure disposed on the substrate, wherein the metal mesh structure comprises: a node; a plurality of inner metal sections, wherein the inner metal sections are connected to the node; and a plurality of outer metal sections, wherein each of the outer metal sections is connected to a corresponding one of the inner metal sections, and each of the inner metal sections is disposed between a corresponding one of the outer metal sections and the node; wherein the outer metal sections comprise a first outer metal section and a second outer metal section adjacent to the first outer metal section, the first outer metal section has a first extension direction, the second outer metal section has a second extension direction, a first included angle is between the first extension direction and the second extension direction, the inner metal sections comprise a first inner metal section and a second inner metal section adjacent to the first inner metal section, the first outer metal section is connected to the first inner metal section, the second outer metal section is connected to the second inner metal section, the first inner metal section has a third extension direction, the second inner metal section has a fourth extension direction, a second included angle is between the third extension direction and the fourth extension direction, and the second included angle is greater than the first included angle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the second included angle is 90 degrees. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein each of the first inner metal section and the second inner metal section has a first width, each of the first outer metal section and the second outer metal section has a second width, and the second width is greater than the first width. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein a ratio of the second width to the first width is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 2. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the node has a length and a width, and a ratio of the length to the width is greater than or equal to 0.8 and less than or equal to 2.0. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the ratio of the length to the width is greater than or equal to 0.8 and less than or equal to 1.2. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the electronic device comprises a touch panel, and the touch panel comprises a plurality of touch electrodes, wherein each of the touch electrodes comprises the metal mesh structure.