# US 12,001,625 B2 · Touch panel and repairing method therefor, and display device

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- Number: US 12,001,625 B2
- Document ID: US12001625B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/802,541
- Filed: 2021-10-13
- Published: 2023-03-16
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2020-11-12
- Assignees: Mianyang Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: MIANYANG BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Lei Zhang; Tieyi Zhang; Tao Peng; Chuanrui Gong; Yancen Liu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12001625B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}
- G09G 3/006: {Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays (testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309)}
- G06F 3/04164: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads}
- G06F 3/04166: {Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184)}
- G06F 3/044: by capacitive means
- G06F 3/0443: {using a single layer of sensing electrodes}
- G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes}
- 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
- G09G 3/3208: organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
- G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)

## Abstract

A touch panel, comprising: a substrate, a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of traces disposed on the substrate. At least one trace is connected to at least one touch electrode, and comprises a first conducting wire and a second conducting wire. A trace insulating layer is provided between the first and second conducting wires. The second conducting wire is connected to the first conducting wire by at least one via on the trace insulating layer. First conducting wires of at least two adjacent traces both have at least one break point, so that a first short circuit point between the first conducting wire is isolated from a corresponding second conducting wire; or, second conducting wires of at least two adjacent traces both have at least one break point, so that a second short circuit point between the second conducting wire is isolated from a corresponding first conducting wire.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A touch panel comprising a substrate, a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of traces disposed on the substrate, wherein
at least one trace is connected with at least one touch electrode;
the at least one trace comprises a first conductive line and a second conductive line that are stacked on the substrate, a trace insulating layer is disposed between the first conductive line and the second conductive line, and the second conductive line is connected with the first conductive line through at least one via on the trace insulating layer, both first and second ends of the first conductive line of a same trace are connected to a corresponding second conductive line;
each of first conductive lines of at least two adjacent traces has at least one break point, to enable a first short-circuit point between the first conductive lines of the at least two adjacent traces to be isolated from corresponding second conductive lines; or, each of second conductive lines of at least two adjacent traces has at least one break point to enable a second short-circuit point between the second conductive lines of the at least two adjacent traces to be isolated from corresponding first conductive lines.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the first short-circuit point comprises a first conductive block between two adjacent first conductive lines, and the first conductive block is covered with a trace insulating layer; and
the second short-circuit point comprises a second conductive block between two adjacent second conductive lines, and the second conductive block is disposed on a trace insulating layer between the two adjacent second conductive lines.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The touch panel of claim 2, wherein the plurality of touch electrodes are in a touch area, and the plurality of traces are in a trace lead-out area on at least one side of the touch area.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The touch panel of claim 1, wherein an orthographic projection of a first conductive line of the at least one trace on the substrate comprises an orthographic projection of a corresponding second conductive line on the substrate; or, an orthographic projection of a second conductive line of the at least one trace on the substrate comprises an orthographic projection of a corresponding first conductive line on the substrate.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The touch panel of claim 4, wherein the plurality of touch electrodes are in a touch area, and the plurality of traces are in a trace lead-out area on at least one side of the touch area.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the first conductive line and the touch electrode are in a same layer, or, the second conductive line and the touch electrode are in a same layer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The touch panel of claim 6, wherein the touch electrode comprises a driving electrode and a sensing electrode; adjacent driving electrodes are connected by a first connecting part, or, adjacent sensing electrodes are connected by a first connecting part;
the first conductive line and the touch electrode are in a same layer, and the second conductive line and the first connecting part are in a same layer; or, the second conductive line and the touch electrode are in a same layer, and the first conductive line and the first connecting part are in a same layer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The touch panel of claim 7, wherein the plurality of touch electrodes are in a touch area, and the plurality of traces are in a trace lead-out area on at least one side of the touch area.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The touch panel of claim 6, wherein the plurality of touch electrodes are in a touch area, and the plurality of traces are in a trace lead-out area on at least one side of the touch area.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the second conductive line of the at least one trace is connected with the first conductive line through a plurality of vias arranged sequentially along an extension direction of the at least one trace.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The touch panel of claim 10, wherein each of the first conductive lines of the at least two adjacent traces has a first break point and a second break point, and a first conductive line between the first break point and the second break point is not connected with a corresponding second conductive line; or
each of the second conductive lines of the at least two adjacent traces has a third break point and a fourth break point, and a second conductive line between the third break point and the fourth break point is not connected with a corresponding first conductive line.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The touch panel of claim 10, wherein the plurality of touch electrodes are in a touch area, and the plurality of traces are in a trace lead-out area on at least one side of the touch area.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The touch panel of claim 1, wherein vias of the plurality of traces are staggered in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the traces.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the plurality of touch electrodes are in a touch area, and the plurality of traces are in a trace lead-out area on at least one side of the touch area.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the plurality of touch electrodes are in an electrode area within a touch area, and the plurality of traces extend from a lead area within the touch area to a trace lead-out area on at least one side of the touch area.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the substrate is an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display substrate.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

A display device, comprising the touch panel of claim 1.

### Claim 18

A method for repairing a touch panel, wherein the touch panel comprises a substrate, a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of traces disposed on the substrate, wherein at least one trace is connected with at least one touch electrode; the at least one trace comprises a first conductive line and a second conductive line that are stacked on the substrate, a trace insulating layer is disposed between the first conductive line and the second conductive line, and the second conductive line is connected with the first conductive line through at least one via on the trace insulating layer, both first and second ends of the first conductive line of a same trace are connected to a corresponding second conductive line;
the method for repairing the touch panel comprises at least one of the followings:
after the first conductive line is formed on the substrate, cutting at least two adjacent first conductive lines connected with a first short-circuit point, sequentially forming a trace insulating layer and a second conductive line on a side of the first conductive line far away from the substrate, to enable the first short-circuit point to be isolated from second conductive lines corresponding to the at least two adjacent first conductive lines;
after the first conductive line, the trace insulating layer and the second conductive line are sequentially formed on the substrate, cutting at least two adjacent second conductive lines connected with a second short-circuit point to enable the second short-circuit point to be isolated from first conductive lines corresponding to the at least two adjacent second conductive lines.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The method for repairing the touch panel of claim 18, wherein the cutting at least two adjacent first conductive lines connected with the first short-circuit point comprises:
cutting the at least two adjacent first conductive lines connected with the first short-circuit point, forming a first break point and a second break point on the at least two adjacent first conductive lines, to enable a first conductive line between the first break point and the second break point to be not electrically connected with a corresponding second conductive line.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The method for repairing the touch panel of claim 18, wherein the cutting at least two adjacent second conductive lines connected with the second short-circuit point comprises:
cutting the at least two adjacent second conductive lines connected with the second short-circuit point, forming a third break point and a fourth break point on the at least two adjacent second conductive lines, to enable a second conductive line between the third break point and the fourth break point to be not electrically connected with a corresponding first conductive line.