# US 12,182,369 B2 · Printed wiring

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- Number: US 12,182,369 B2
- Document ID: US12182369B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/439,348
- Filed: 2024-02-12
- Published: 2024-06-06
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2016-10-13
- Assignees: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Applicants: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
- Inventors: Akitoshi Sakaue
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12182369B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/0445: {using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer}
- B41M 1/34: on glass or ceramic surfaces {(ink-jet printing on glass or ceramic surfaces B41M5/00)}
- G06F 3/04164: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads}
- G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes}
- H05K 1/092: {Dispersed materials, e.g. conductive pastes or inks}
- H05K 3/12: using {thick film techniques, e.g.} printing techniques to apply the conductive material {or similar techniques for applying conductive paste or ink patterns}
- H05K 3/1275: {by other printing techniques, e.g. letterpress printing, intaglio printing, lithographic printing, offset printing}
- B41M 1/10: Intaglio printing {; Gravure printing}
- 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 2201/09227: Layout details of a plurality of traces, e.g. escape layout for Ball Grid Array [BGA] mounting
- H05K 2201/09236: Parallel layout
- H05K 2201/09245: Crossing layout
- H05K 2201/09263: Meander
- H05K 2201/0979: Redundant conductors or connections, i.e. more than one current path between two points
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P)
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS

## Abstract

In printed wiring that is formed on a surface of a base member by a film of cured electrically conductive ink and that includes: a wavy line; a first wiring element located at one side of both sides sandwiching the wavy line in a width direction; and a second wiring element located at the other side of the both sides and adjacently to the wavy line; a surplus wavy line is provided which is another wavy line, which extends along the wavy line adjacently to the wavy line between the wavy line and the first wiring element, and which is connected to the wavy line to have the same potential.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of forming a wiring on a base member using gravure printing, the method comprising:
providing a gravure plate, on which an X direction and a Y direction are defined as perpendicular to each other, the gravure plate having an intaglio pattern including portions for a first wiring element, a surplus wavy line, a wavy line, and a second wiring element, the wavy line and the surplus wavy line both extending along the Y direction, the first wiring element, the surplus wavy line, the wavy line, and the second wiring element being arranged in the X direction in an order named such that the first wiring element is located at one side in the X direction of the surplus wavy line, the surplus wavy line is located at the one side in the X direction of the wavy line, and the wavy line is located at the one side in the X direction of the second wiring element, wherein the surplus wavy line is separated by a distance from the first wiring element in the X direction, the wavy line is adjacent to the surplus wavy line in the X direction, the second wiring element is adjacent to and separated by another distance from the wavy line in the X direction, and wherein the surplus wavy line is separated from the wavy line;
filling the intaglio pattern with electrically-conductive ink using a doctor blade, wherein the doctor blade, an edge of which extends in the Y direction, is slid in the X direction on the gravure plate, in such a manner that the surplus wavy line is positioned immediately downstream of but separated by the distance from the first wiring element, the wavy line is positioned immediately downstream of the surplus wavy line, and the second wiring element is positioned immediately downstream of the wavy line;
transferring the electrically-conductive ink from the intaglio pattern of the gravure plate onto the base member; and
curing the electrically-conductive ink on the base member to form the wiring which includes the wavy line, the first wiring element, the second wiring element, and the surplus wavy line that is insulated from the wavy line, wherein the first wiring element is an electrode made up of thin-line meshes or a wiring line made up of thin-line meshes.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the wavy line and the surplus wavy line includes a bending portion located at another side thereof in the X direction, the another side being opposite to the one side in the X direction, the bending portion protrudes in the X direction, and the bending portion has an apex that is cut.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein inside at least one of the portions of the intaglio pattern for the wavy line and the surplus wavy line, one relievo portion is formed in a width direction of a wavy-line shape and one or more relievo portions are formed in a longitudinal direction of the wavy-line shape.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the second wiring element is another wavy line extending in the Y direction disposed along the wavy line.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method according to claim 4, wherein the second wiring element includes a bending portion located at another side thereof in the X direction, said another side being opposite to the one side in the X direction, the bending portion protrudes in the X direction, and the bending portion has an apex that is cut.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The method according to claim 4, wherein inside the second wiring element, one relievo portion is formed in a width direction of a wavy-line shape and one or more relievo portions are formed in a longitudinal direction of the wavy-line shape.