# US 11,907,488 B2 · Touch structure, touch display panel, and display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,907,488 B2 - Document ID: US11907488B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/616,520 - Filed: 2021-02-26 - Published: 2023-06-22 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-02-26 - Assignees: Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kemeng Tong; Cong Fan; Fan He; Yu Wang; Xiangdan Dong; Jiangtao Deng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907488B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - G06F 3/0448: {Details of the electrode shape, e.g. for enhancing the detection of touches, for generating specific electric field shapes, for enhancing display quality} - G06F 3/0445: {using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer} - 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 - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A touch structure, a touch display panel, and a display device are provided. The touch structure includes a substrate and a first metal grid electrode layer, an insulating layer, a second metal grid electrode layer on the substrate. The first metal grid electrode layer is on a side of the second metal grid electrode layer away from the substrate; the first metal grid electrode layer includes a plurality of first metal grids formed by a plurality of first metal lines, the second metal grid electrode layer includes a plurality of second metal grids formed by a plurality of second metal lines, first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines and second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines have same line extension directions, respectively, and overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A touch structure comprising a substrate and a first metal grid electrode layer, an insulating layer, and a second metal grid electrode layer on the substrate, wherein the first metal grid electrode layer is located on a side of the second metal grid electrode layer away from the substrate, the insulating layer is disposed between the first metal grid electrode layer and the second metal grid electrode layer; the first metal grid electrode layer comprises a plurality of first metal grids formed by a plurality of first metal lines, the second metal grid electrode layer comprises a plurality of second metal grid formed by a plurality of second metal lines, first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines and second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines have same line extension directions, respectively, and overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, the insulating layer includes edge slope parts covering the second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines in a direction perpendicular to the line extension direction, each edge slope parts forms a step relative to the surface of the substrate, and the first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines at least partly do not overlap with the edge slope parts. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The touch structure according to claim 1, wherein in a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate, a line width of each second portion of the plurality of the second metal lines is greater than a line width of each first portion of the plurality of the first metal lines; and orthographic projections of the first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines on the substrate are within orthographic projections the second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines on the substrate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The touch structure according to claim 1, wherein the first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines comprise a plurality of first metal sub-lines, the second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines comprise a plurality of second metal sub-lines, the plurality of the first metal sub-lines and the plurality of the second metal sub-lines overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The touch structure according to claim 1, wherein the first metal grid electrode layer comprises a plurality of first touch sub-electrodes and a plurality of first connection electrodes disposed along a first direction, the plurality of the first touch sub-electrodes and the plurality of the first connection electrodes are alternately distributed and electrically connected in sequence to form the first touch electrode extending along the first direction; the first metal grid electrode layer further comprises a plurality of second touch sub-electrodes which are disposed in sequence and spaced apart from each other along a second direction, the first direction crosses with the second direction; each of the plurality of the first touch sub-electrodes and each of the second touch sub-electrodes are spaced apart from each other, and each of the plurality of the first touch sub-electrodes and the second touch sub-electrodes comprises the plurality of the first metal grids; the second metal grid electrode layer comprises a plurality of second connection electrodes which are spaced apart from each other, each of the plurality of the second connection electrodes is electrically connected with an adjacent second touch sub-electrode through a plurality of via-holes in the insulating layer, so that the adjacent second touch sub-electrodes are electrically connected to form the second touch electrode extending in the second direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The touch structure according to claim 4, wherein first portions of the plurality of the first metal sub-lines comprises first sub-portions located at side ends of the first touch sub-electrodes near the second connection electrodes, second portions of the plurality of the second metal sub-lines comprises second sub-portions located at side ends of the second connection electrodes near the first touch sub-electrodes, and in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, the first sub-portions overlap with the second sub-portions, and the first sub-portions are electrically connected with the second sub-portions through a plurality of via-holes in the insulating layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The touch structure according to claim 5, wherein the first portions of the plurality of the first metal sub-lines further comprises third sub-portions located in the first connection electrodes, and the second portions of the plurality of the second metal sub-lines further comprises fourth sub-portions located in the second connection electrodes, in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, the third sub-portions overlap and are electrically insulated from the fourth sub-portions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The touch structure according to claim 6, wherein a ratio of the line width of the second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines to the line width of the first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines is R1, where 2≥R1>1. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The touch structure according to claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of the first metal lines has a line width of 3 μm-5 μm, and the line width of the second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines is 0.2 μm-0.5 μm greater than the line width of the first metal lines. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The touch structure according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of the second metal lines further include third portions which do not overlap with the plurality of the first metal lines, wherein a ratio of the line width of the third portions of the plurality of the second metal lines to the line width of the first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines is R2, where 1>R2≥0.6; and wherein the line width of the third portions of the plurality of the second metal lines is 0.2 μm-0.5 μm less than the line width of the first metal lines; and the third portions of the plurality of the second metal lines comprises connection portions between the second sub-portions and the fourth sub-portions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The touch structure according to claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of the second metal lines has a line width of 2.5 μm-4.5 μm, and the line width of the first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines is 0.2 μm-0.5 μm less than the line width of the second metal lines. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The touch structure according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of the first metal lines further include fourth portions that do not cross with the plurality of the second metal lines, and a line width of the fourth portions of the plurality of the first metal lines is greater or less than the line width of the second metal line. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The touch structure according to claim 4, wherein the second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines as a whole are in a shape of a plurality of fold lines arranged in spacing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The touch structure according to claim 12, wherein each of the plurality of the second connection electrodes along the second direction comprise: a first metal grid row comprising the plurality of the second metal grids arranged along the first direction; and a second metal grid row which is adjacent to and connected with the first metal grid row and comprises at least one second metal grid arranged along the first direction, wherein the amount of the second metal grids in the second metal grid row is less than or equal to the amount of the second metal grids in the first metal grid row, and the second metal lines of the second metal grids in the second metal grid row near the first metal grid row are second metal lines shared with the second metal grids in the first metal grid row. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The touch structure according to claim 13, wherein the second metal lines that the second metal grid row and the first metal grid row share are in a shape of a first fold line, and the plurality of fold lines arranged in spacing comprise the first fold line; the first metal grid row further comprises first unshared second metal lines opposite to the shared second metal line, and the first unshared second metal lines are in a shape of a second fold line, and the plurality of fold lines arranged in spacing comprise the second fold line. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The touch structure according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of via-holes comprise first via-holes located at turning positions of the second fold lines in the first unshared second metal lines, and the first metal grid row is electrically connected with one of the two second touch sub-electrodes adjacent to the second connection electrode where the first metal grid row is located through the first via-hole; and wherein the plurality of via-holes further comprise second via-holes located at turning positions of the third fold lines in the second unshared second metal lines, and the third metal grid row is electrically connected with another one of the two second touch sub-electrodes adjacent to the second connection electrode where the third metal grid row is located through the second via-hole. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The touch structure according to claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of the second connection electrodes further comprise, along the second direction, a third metal grid row which is located on a side of the second metal grid row away from the first metal grid row, and comprises the plurality of the second metal grids arranged along the first direction; and a fourth metal grid row which is located on a side of the third metal grid row near the second metal grid row and adjacent to and connected with the third metal grid row, and comprises at least one of the second metal grids arranged along the first direction, wherein the amount of the second metal grids in the fourth metal grid row is less than the amount of the second meal grids in the third metal grid row, and the second metal lines of the second metal grids in the fourth metal grid row near the third metal grid row are the second metal lines shared with the second metal grids in the third metal grid row. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The touch structure according to claim 16, wherein the third metal grid row further comprises second unshared second metal lines opposite to the second metal lines that the fourth metal grid row and the third metal grid row share, the second unshared second metal line are in a shape of a third fold line, and the plurality of fold lines arranged in spacing comprise the third fold line. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The touch structure according to claim 16, wherein the second connection electrodes further comprise at least one intermediate metal grid row located between the second metal grid row and the fourth metal grid row, and each of the at least one intermediate metal grid row comprises at least one of the second metal grids; wherein the at least one intermediate metal grid row comprises second metal lines shared with the second metal grid row or the fourth metal grid row, the second metal lines that the at least one intermediate metal grid row and the second metal grid row or the fourth metal grid row share are in a shape of a fourth fold line, and the plurality of fold lines arranged in spacing comprise the fourth fold line. ### Claim 19 A touch display panel comprising a base substrate, and a display structure and a touch structure stacked on the base substrate, wherein the touch structure comprises: a substrate and a first metal grid electrode layer, an insulating layer, and a second metal grid electrode layer on the substrate, wherein the first metal grid electrode layer is located on a side of the second metal grid electrode layer away from the substrate, the insulating layer is disposed between the first metal grid electrode layer and the second metal grid electrode layer; the first metal grid electrode layer comprises a plurality of first metal grids formed by a plurality of first metal lines, the second metal grid electrode layer comprises a plurality of second metal grid formed by a plurality of second metal lines, first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines and second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines have same line extension directions, respectively, and overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, the insulating layer includes edge slope parts covering the second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines in a direction perpendicular to the line extension direction, each edge slope parts forms a step relative to the surface of the substrate, and the first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines at least partly do not overlap with the edge slope parts. ### Claim 20 A display device comprising a touch display panel, wherein the touch display panel comprises: a base substrate, and a display structure and a touch structure stacked on the base substrate, wherein the touch structure comprises: a substrate and a first metal grid electrode layer, an insulating layer, and a second metal grid electrode layer on the substrate, wherein the first metal grid electrode layer is located on a side of the second metal grid electrode layer away from the substrate, the insulating layer is disposed between the first metal grid electrode layer and the second metal grid electrode layer; the first metal grid electrode layer comprises a plurality of first metal grids formed by a plurality of first metal lines, the second metal grid electrode layer comprises a plurality of second metal grid formed by a plurality of second metal lines, first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines and second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines have same line extension directions, respectively, and overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, the insulating layer includes edge slope parts covering the second portions of the plurality of the second metal lines in a direction perpendicular to the line extension direction, each edge slope parts forms a step relative to the surface of the substrate, and the first portions of the plurality of the first metal lines at least partly do not overlap with the edge slope parts.