# US 12,001,637 B2 · Touch module, touch display screen, and electronic device

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- Number: US 12,001,637 B2
- Document ID: US12001637B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/775,731
- Filed: 2021-06-18
- Published: 2023-03-30
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2020-06-19
- 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: Qing Gong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12001637B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes}
- G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]}
- G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)}
- G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}
- 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 module includes a carrier layer, a first metal mesh layer, an insulating layer, and a second metal mesh layer which are stacked; the first metal mesh layer includes a second electrode located in a third region, the second metal mesh layer includes a first electrode located in a second region, and the third region overlaps the second region. In this case, the capacitive signal intensity of a touch unit formed by the first electrode and the second electrode is large. On this basis, by arranging the second region and the third region at a position corresponding to an opening or an arc corner of the display screen, the touch precision and the touch sensitivity at the position can be effectively improved.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A touch module, comprising:
a carrier layer, a first metal mesh layer, an insulating layer and a second metal mesh layer that are sequentially laminated; wherein
the second metal mesh layer is provided with a first region and a second region, and the second metal mesh layer comprises a plurality of touch units disposed in the first region and a first electrode disposed in the second region, wherein the first electrode is directly coupled to a first touch unit of the plurality of touch units, and the first touch unit is adjacent to a first side of the second region; and
the first metal mesh layer is provided with a third region, an orthographic projection of the third region on the carrier layer being overlapped with an orthographic projection of the second region on the carrier layer, and the first metal mesh layer comprises a second electrode disposed in the third region, wherein the second electrode is coupled to a second touch unit of the plurality of touch units, the second touch unit is adjacent to another side of the second region, and the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to form a target touch unit; and
wherein the orthographic projection of the third region on the carrier layer and the orthographic projection of the second region on the carrier layer coincide with each other; and
a hollowed-out portion facing a hole of the display screen is provided in the second region.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The touch module according to claim 1, wherein the first side and a second side are two adjacent sides of the second region.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The touch module according to claim 1, wherein each of the touch units in the first region comprises a sensing electrode and a driving electrode; wherein
the first electrode is coupled to one of the sensing electrode and the driving electrode of the first touch unit, and the second electrode is coupled to the other one of the sensing electrode and the driving electrode of the second touch unit.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The touch module according to claim 1, wherein an orthographic projection of the first electrode on the carrier layer and the orthographic projection of the second region on the carrier layer are overlapped with each other, and an orthographic projection of the second electrode on the carrier layer and the orthographic projection of the third region on the carrier layer are overlapped with each other.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The touch module according to claim 1, wherein the second region is hollowed out in the middle, and the third region is hollowed out in the middle;
wherein an orthographic projection of the hollowed-out portion of the second region on the carrier layer is overlapped with an orthographic projection of a hollowed-out portion of the third region on the carrier layer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The touch module according to claim 5, wherein the orthographic projection of the hollowed-out portion of the second region on the carrier layer and the orthographic projection of the hollowed-out portion of the third region on the carrier layer coincide with each other.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The touch module according to claim 1, wherein a size of the second region is the same as a size of a region occupied by one touch unit in the first region, and a shape of the second region is the same as a shape of the region occupied by the one touch unit in the first region.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The touch module according to claim 7, wherein
the second metal mesh layer comprises one first electrode disposed in the second region; and
a quantity of the second electrodes in the first metal mesh layer equals a quantity of the first electrodes in the second metal mesh layer.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The touch module according to claim 1, wherein a size of the second region is the same as a size of a region occupied by the plurality of touch units in the first region, and a shape of the second region is the same as a shape of the region occupied by the plurality of touch units in the first region.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The touch module according to claim 9, wherein
the second metal mesh layer comprises one or more first electrodes disposed in the second region; and
a quantity of the second electrodes in the first metal mesh layer equals a quantity of the first electrodes in the second metal mesh layer.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The touch module according to claim 1, wherein the second region is provided with a rounded corner.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The touch module according to claim 1, wherein the second metal mesh layer further comprises: one or more dummy electrodes disposed on the first electrode.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The touch module according to claim 1, wherein the carrier layer is made from SiNx or SiOx; or, the carrier layer is a transparent glass layer.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The touch module according to claim 1, wherein the second electrode and the second touch unit are coupled through a via hole.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The touch module according to claim 14, wherein one end of the via hole is disposed at an intersection of two metal wires of the first metal mesh layer, and the other end of the via hole is disposed at an intersection of two metal wires of the second metal mesh layer.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The touch module according to claim 1, further comprising: a protective layer disposed on a side, distal from the carrier layer, of the second metal mesh layer.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The touch module according to claim 16, wherein the protective layer is made from an organic material.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

A touch display screen, comprising a display screen and the touch module as defined in claim 1.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

An electronic device, comprising a power supply assembly and the touch display screen as defined in claim 18;
wherein the power supply assembly is coupled to the touch display screen and configured to supply power to the touch display screen.