Touch panel, and a method and apparatus for manufacturing such a touch panel

A method for providing a transparent interconnecting structure in a touch panel, the method comprising, onto a layer of transparent conducting material on the transparent substrate, the layer of transparent conducting material being provided in a pattern comprising a plurality of electrode cells, wherein the electrode cells are connected together within the layer along a first direction and are isolated from each other in the layer by gaps between the electrode cells in a second direction:

• depositing a pattern of transparent insulating material such as to provide bridging portions of the transparent insulating material that span across at least a subset of the gaps between the electrode cells in the second direction;
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• depositing a plurality of electrically conductive tracks, each track being provided over a respective one of the bridging portions of the transparent insulating material to electrically connect a respective two of the electrode cells across the gap between the electrode cells;
• wherein the depositing of the plurality of electrically conductive tracks is performed on a portion of the deposited pattern of transparent insulating material whilst at the same time the depositing of a further portion of the pattern of transparent insulating material is performed.