# US 12,223,130 B2 · Touch panel and display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,130 B2 - Document ID: US12223130B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/508,684 - Filed: 2023-11-14 - Published: 2024-03-07 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-28 - Assignees: Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Haofeng Zhang; Rui Guo; Meng Zhang; Ching Tung Hsu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223130B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing 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} - G06V 40/1306: {non-optical, e.g. ultrasonic or capacitive sensing} - 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) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract A touch panel and a display apparatus. The touch panel has a touch region and a fingerprint identification region and includes a first metal mesh layer, a second metal mesh layer, and a dielectric layer. The first metal mesh layer includes a plurality of touch electrodes disposed in the touch region and a plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes disposed in the fingerprint identification region. The second metal mesh layer includes a plurality of fingerprint lead wires. Each of the plurality of fingerprint lead wires is electrically connected to corresponding one of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes. The dielectric layer is disposed between the first metal mesh layer and the second metal mesh layer. The dielectric layer is provided with a plurality of contact holes via which the identification lead wires are electrically connected to the fingerprint identification electrodes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A touch panel, having a touch region and a fingerprint identification region, and comprising: a first metal mesh layer, comprising a plurality of touch electrodes disposed in the touch region, a plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes disposed in the fingerprint identification region, and a plurality of first mesh wires, a plurality of first meshes being formed in the first metal mesh layer, each first mesh of the plurality of first meshes being formed by part of the plurality of first mesh wires extended in different directions, and each touch electrode of the plurality of touch electrodes comprising part of the plurality of first meshes; a second metal mesh layer, comprising a plurality of fingerprint lead wires, wherein each fingerprint lead wire of the plurality of fingerprint lead wires is electrically connected to corresponding one of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes; and a dielectric layer, disposed between the first metal mesh layer and the second metal mesh layer; wherein the dielectric layer is provided with a plurality of contact holes, and each fingerprint lead wire of the plurality of fingerprint lead wires is electrically connected to corresponding one of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes by corresponding one of the plurality of contact holes. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the second metal mesh layer comprises a plurality of second mesh wires, and each fingerprint lead wire of the plurality of fingerprint lead wires comprises part of the plurality of second mesh wires that are electrically connected to each other and extend in different directions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The touch panel of claim 2, wherein the second metal mesh layer comprises a plurality of second meshes formed by the plurality of second mesh wires, and each fingerprint lead wire of the plurality of fingerprint lead wires comprises part of the plurality of second meshes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The touch panel of claim 2, wherein at least part of the plurality of fingerprint lead wires have the same reactance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The touch panel of claim 2, further comprising: a substrate disposed under the first metal mesh layer and the second metal mesh layer, wherein each of the plurality of second mesh wires is overlapped with one of the plurality of first mesh wires in corresponding position, and an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of second mesh wires on the substrate does not exceed an orthographic projection of corresponding one of the plurality of first mesh wires on the substrate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The touch panel of claim 5, further comprising: a light-emitting layer disposed under the first metal mesh layer and the second metal mesh layer, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a plurality of light-emitting regions spaced from each other and a shielding region located between the light-emitting regions, and an orthographic projection of the plurality of first mesh wires of the first metal mesh layer on the light-emitting layer and an orthographic projection of the plurality of second mesh wires of the second metal mesh layer on the light-emitting layer are both located in the shielding region. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The touch panel of claim 5, wherein each fingerprint identification electrode of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes comprises at least one of the plurality of first meshes, and each touch electrode of the plurality of touch electrodes has a greater number of the first meshes than each fingerprint identification electrode of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The touch panel of claim 5, wherein the second metal mesh layer is located between the first metal mesh layer and the substrate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The touch panel of claim 2, further comprising: a substrate disposed under the first metal mesh layer and the second metal mesh layer, wherein a plurality of orthographic projections of the second mesh wires on the substrate and a plurality of orthographic projections of the first mesh wires on the substrate are arranged in a staggered manner. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The touch panel of claim 9, wherein the plurality of second mesh wires intersect with each other to form a plurality of second meshes, the plurality of first mesh wires intersect with each other to form the plurality of first meshes, and a plurality of orthographic projections of a plurality of vertexes of the plurality of second meshes on the substrate are coincident with a plurality of orthographic projections of a plurality of centers of the plurality of first meshes on the substrate; and/or the plurality of second mesh wires intersect with each other to form a plurality of second meshes, the plurality of first mesh wires intersect with each other to form a plurality of first meshes, and a plurality of orthographic projections of a plurality of centers of the plurality of second meshes on the substrate are coincident with a plurality of orthographic projections of a plurality of vertexes of the plurality of first meshes on the substrate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The touch panel of claim 9, wherein the second metal mesh layer is located between the first metal mesh layer and the substrate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The touch panel of claim 1, wherein each touch electrode of the plurality of touch electrodes comprises a plurality of sub-electrodes, an orthographic projection of each sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes along a direction perpendicular to the touch panel is a first figure, an orthographic projection of each fingerprint identification electrode of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes along the direction perpendicular to the touch panel is a second figure, and the first figure is consistent with the second figure. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The touch panel of claim 12, wherein an arrangement density of the plurality of sub-electrodes in the touch region is equal to an arrangement density of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes in the fingerprint identification region. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The touch panel of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of fingerprint sensing electrodes; and a plurality of fingerprint driving electrodes; wherein each fingerprint sensing electrode of the plurality of fingerprint sensing electrodes comprises part of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes arranged sequentially along a first direction, and at least one first fingerprint connection wire connecting two of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes adjacent along the first direction; wherein each fingerprint driving electrode of the plurality of fingerprint driving electrodes comprises part of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes arranged sequentially along a second direction, and at least one second fingerprint connection wire connecting two of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes adjacent along the second direction; and wherein the at least one first fingerprint connection wire or the at least one second fingerprint connection wire is located in the second metal mesh layer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The touch panel of claim 14, further comprising: a plurality of touch sensing electrodes; and a plurality of touch driving electrodes; wherein each touch sensing electrode of the plurality of touch sensing electrodes comprises part of the plurality of touch electrodes arranged sequentially along a third direction, and at least one first touch connection wire connecting two of the plurality of touch electrodes adjacent along the third direction; wherein each touch driving electrode of the plurality of touch driving electrodes comprises part of the plurality of touch electrodes arranged sequentially along a fourth direction, and at least one second touch connection wire connecting two of the plurality of touch electrodes adjacent along the fourth direction; wherein the at least one first touch connection wire or the at least two second touch connection wire is located in the second metal mesh layer; and wherein the second metal mesh layer further comprises a plurality of touch lead wires, and each touch lead wire of the plurality of touch lead wires is electrically connected to corresponding one of the plurality of touch electrodes. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The touch panel of claim 15, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, and the third direction is perpendicular to the fourth direction; and the third direction forms an angle of 45 degrees with the first direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The touch panel of claim 15, wherein the at least one first touch connection wire and the at least two second touch connection wire are located in different layers; and/or wherein the at least one first fingerprint connection wire and the at least one second fingerprint connection wire are located in different layers. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the plurality of first meshes are of the same size and the plurality of first meshes are uniformly arranged. ### Claim 19 A display apparatus, comprising a touch panel, wherein the touch panel has a touch region and a fingerprint identification region and comprises: a first metal mesh layer, comprising a plurality of touch electrodes disposed in the touch region, a plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes disposed in the fingerprint identification region, and a plurality of first mesh wires, a plurality of first meshes being formed in the first metal mesh layer, each first mesh of the plurality of first meshes being formed by part of the plurality of first mesh wires extended in different directions, and each touch electrode of the plurality of touch electrodes comprising part of the plurality of first meshes; a second metal mesh layer, comprising a plurality of fingerprint lead wires, wherein each fingerprint lead wire of the plurality of fingerprint lead wires is electrically connected to corresponding one of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes; and a dielectric layer, disposed between the first metal mesh layer and the second metal mesh layer; wherein the dielectric layer is provided with a plurality of contact holes, and each fingerprint lead wire of the plurality of fingerprint lead wires is electrically connected to corresponding one of the plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes by corresponding one of the plurality of contact holes. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The display apparatus of claim 19, wherein the second metal mesh layer comprises a plurality of second mesh wires, each fingerprint lead wire of the plurality of fingerprint lead wires comprises part of the plurality of second mesh wires that are electrically connected to each other and extend in different directions, a plurality of second meshes is formed by the plurality of second mesh wires, and each fingerprint lead wire of the plurality of fingerprint lead wires comprises part of the plurality of second meshes.