# US 12,223,136 B2 · Touch substrate and display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,136 B2 - Document ID: US12223136B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/504,687 - Filed: 2023-11-08 - Published: 2024-03-07 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2023-11-08 - 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: Fan He; Kemeng Tong; Cong Fan; Yu Wang; Hongwei Ma; Qian Ma - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223136B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/04164: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads} - 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 3/0445: {using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer} - G06F 3/045: using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact - G06F 2203/04107: Shielding in digitiser, i.e. guard or shielding arrangements, mostly for capacitive touchscreens, e.g. driven shields, driven grounds - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract This application provides a touch substrate and a display device. The touch substrate comprises a touch area and a peripheral area surrounding the touch area. The touch substrate further comprises: a touch electrode and a touch signal line that are coupled to each other. At least portion of the touch electrode is located in the touch area. At least portion of the touch signal line is located in the peripheral area, the touch signal line comprises at least one corner portion, the at least one corner portion comprises a first part, a second part and a third part that are connected end to end in sequence, an extension direction of the first part is the same as an extension direction of the third part, and an extension direction of the second part intersects with the extension direction of the first part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A touch substrate, comprising a touch area and a peripheral area surrounding the touch area, wherein the touch substrate further comprises a touch electrode and a touch signal line that are coupled to each other; at least portion of the touch electrode is located in the touch area; at least portion of the touch signal line is located in the peripheral area, the touch signal line comprises a first part, a second part and a third part that are connected end to end in sequence, an extension direction of the first part is the same as an extension direction of the third part, and an extension direction of at least one side of the second part intersects with the extension direction of the first part; and a width of the second part in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the at least one side of the second part is larger than a width of the first part in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the first part, and is larger than a width of the third part in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the third part, wherein the touch signal line comprises a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer arranged in different layers; the second part is arranged on each of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and the second part arranged on the first conductive layer is coupled to the second part arranged on the second conductive layer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The touch substrate according to claim 1, wherein the touch substrate comprises a plurality of touch signal lines, each of the plurality of the touch signal lines includes the first part, the second part and the third part, a plurality of second parts of the plurality of the touch signal lines are arranged at intervals along a first direction, and the first direction intersects with both the extension direction of the first part and the extension direction of the at least one side of the second part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The touch substrate according to claim 2, wherein an angle a1 of the first direction and an extension direction of the first part meets a condition that a1 is less than and equal to 80 degree. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The touch substrate according to claim 2, wherein the at least one side of the second part includes a first subside and a second subside that are opposite to each other, and an angle between the first part and the first subside or the second subside of the second part belonging to a same one of the touch signal lines and an angle between the third part and the first subside or the second subside of the second part are both obtuse angles. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The touch substrate according to claim 2, wherein a minimum spacing between adjacent two second parts is larger than a spacing between adjacent two first parts, and is larger than a spacing between adjacent two third parts. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The touch substrate according to claim 1, wherein the first part and the third part do not overlap in the extension direction of the first part, and the first part and the third part do not overlap in the direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the first part. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The touch substrate according to claim 1, wherein the third part is closer to the touch area than the first part. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The touch substrate according to claim 1, wherein the width of the second part in the direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the at least one side of the second part is 1.5 to 4 times of the width of the first part in the direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the first part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The touch substrate according to claim 1, wherein the touch substrate further comprises a touch insulation layer arranged between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, the touch insulation layer comprises a first via hole, an orthographic projection of the first via hole onto a base substrate of the touch substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the second part of the first conductive layer onto the base substrate, and overlaps with an orthographic projection of the second part of the second conductive layer onto the base substrate, and the second part in the first conductive layer is coupled to the second part in the second conductive layer through the first via hole. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The touch substrate according to claim 9, wherein an extension direction of an orthographic projection of the first via hole onto the base substrate is the same as the extension direction of the at least one side of the second part. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The touch substrate according to claim 9, wherein in the direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the at least one side of the second part, a width of the first via hole is 0.2 to 0.5 times of a width of the second part. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The touch substrate according to claim 1, wherein the touch electrode comprises a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes, the first touch electrode comprises a plurality of first electrode patterns formed as an integral structure, the second touch electrode comprises a plurality of second electrode patterns arranged in sequence, and adjacent two of the second electrode patterns are coupled through a connecting bridge; the first electrode patterns and the second electrode patterns are arranged in a same layer and made of a same material, and the second electrode patterns are arranged in a layer different from the connecting bridge; the first conductive layer is arranged in a same layer and made of a same material as the first electrode patterns; and the second conductive layer is arranged in a same layer and made of a same material as the connecting bridge. ### Claim 13 A touch substrate, comprising a touch area and a peripheral area surrounding the touch area, wherein the touch substrate further comprises a touch electrode and a touch signal line that are coupled to each other; at least portion of the touch electrode is located in the touch area; at least portion of the touch signal line is located in the peripheral area, the touch signal line comprises a first part, a second part and a third part that are connected end to end in sequence, each of the first part and the third part includes a first edge and a third edge, the second part includes a second edge, two ends of the second edge are connected to the first edge and the third edge respectively, an extension of the second edge intersects an extension direction of the first edge or an extension direction of the third edge, wherein the touch signal line comprises a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer arranged in different layers and a touch insulation layer arranged between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, each of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes the second part, the touch insulation layer comprises a first via hole, the second part in the first conductive layer is coupled to the second part in the second conductive layer through the first via hole, an orthographic projection of the first via hole onto a base substrate of the touch substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the second part onto the base substrate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The touch substrate according to claim 13, wherein a width of the second part in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the second edge is larger than a width of the first part in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the first edge, and is larger than a width of the third part in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the third edge. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The touch substrate according to claim 13, wherein an extension direction of an orthographic projection of the first via hole onto the base substrate is the same as the extension direction of the at least one edge of the second part. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The touch substrate according to claim 13, wherein the touch electrode comprises a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes, the first touch electrode comprises a plurality of first electrode patterns formed as an integral structure, the second touch electrode comprises a plurality of second electrode patterns arranged in sequence, and adjacent two of the second electrode patterns are coupled through a connecting bridge; the first electrode patterns and the second electrode patterns are arranged in a same layer and made of a same material, and the second electrode patterns are arranged in a layer different from the connecting bridge; the first conductive layer is arranged in a same layer and made of a same material as the first electrode patterns; and the second conductive layer is arranged in a same layer and made of a same material as the connecting bridge. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The touch substrate according to claim 13, wherein the touch substrate comprises a plurality of touch signal lines, each of the plurality of the touch signal lines includes a first part, a second part and a third part, a plurality of second parts of the plurality of the touch signal lines are arranged at intervals along the first direction, and the first direction intersects with each of the extension direction of the first edge of the first part, the extension direction of the second edge of the second part and the extension direction of the third edge of the third part. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The touch substrate according to claim 17, wherein a plurality of first via holes corresponding to the plurality of second parts are arranged at interval along the first direction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) A display device comprising the display substrate according to claim 13. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The display device according to claim 19, further comprising a display panel, the touch substrate and the display panel are stacked, the touch substrate is arranged at a light exiting side of the display panel.