# US 2013/0153391 A1 · Capacitive touch panel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0153391 A1 - Document ID: US20130153391A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/714,330 - Filed: 2012-12-13 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-14 - Assignees: Wintek Corporation; Wintek (China) Technology Ltd. - Inventors: Chin-Chang Liu; Kuo-Chang Su; Wen-Chun Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153391A1 ## CPC - 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} - H03K 17/9622: {using a plurality of detectors, e.g. keyboard} - G06F 2203/04111: Cross over in capacitive digitiser, i.e. details of structures for connecting electrodes of the sensing pattern where the connections cross each other, e.g. bridge structures comprising an insulating layer, or vias through substrate - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) ## Abstract A capacitive touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first axis electrodes and a plurality of second axis electrodes disposed on the substrate. Each of the first axis electrodes includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes disposed along a first direction and a plurality of first connecting electrodes respectively disposed between two adjacent first sensing electrodes. Each of the second axis electrodes includes a plurality of second sensing electrodes disposed along a second direction and a plurality of second connecting electrodes respectively disposed between two adjacent second sensing electrodes. Each of the first sensing electrodes partially overlaps the second sensing electrodes along a third direction perpendicular to the substrate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A capacitive touch panel, comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a plurality of first axis electrodes disposed on the substrate, and the first axis electrodes extending along a first direction, wherein each of the first axis electrodes comprises a plurality of first sensing electrodes disposed along the first direction and a plurality of first connecting electrodes respectively disposed between two adjacent first sensing electrodes, and the first sensing electrodes are electrically connected by the first connecting electrodes in the same first axis electrode; and a plurality of second axis electrodes disposed on the substrate, and the second axis electrodes extending along a second direction, wherein each of the second axis electrodes comprises a plurality of second sensing electrodes disposed along the second direction and a plurality of second connecting electrodes respectively disposed between two adjacent second sensing electrodes, and the second sensing electrodes are electrically connected by the second connecting electrodes in the same second axis electrode, wherein a width of each of the first connecting electrodes is substantially smaller than a width of each of the first sensing electrodes along the second direction, a width of each of the second connecting electrodes is substantially smaller than a width of each of the second sensing electrodes along the first direction, and each of the first sensing electrodes partially overlaps the second sensing electrodes along a third direction perpendicular to the substrate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, wherein at least one of each of the first sensing electrodes and each of the second sensing electrodes has a step-shaped side. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the second sensing electrodes comprises a main electrode and a plurality of extending electrodes electrically connected to the main electrode, and each of the first sensing electrodes at least partially overlaps the extending electrodes along the third direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the extending electrodes has an extending direction, and the extending direction is perpendicular to at least a side of at least one of each of the first sensing electrodes and each of the second sensing electrodes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 3, further comprising at least one third connecting electrode disposed between the main electrode and the extending electrode, wherein each of the main electrodes is electrically connected to each of the extending electrodes by the third connecting electrode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 5, wherein at least one of each of the first connecting electrodes and each of the second connecting electrodes is connected to one of the main electrodes and one of the extending electrodes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 5, further comprising a plurality of conductive covering patterns respectively electrically connected to at least one of the first connecting electrode, the second connecting electrode and the third connecting electrode, wherein a resistivity of the conductive covering pattern is substantially smaller than a resistivity of at least one of the first connecting electrode, the second connecting electrode and the third connecting electrode. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of dummy electrodes disposed between the first axis electrodes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of dummy electrodes disposed between the second axis electrodes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, further comprising a dielectric layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate, wherein the first axis electrodes and the second axis electrodes are disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and the dielectric layer is disposed between the first axis electrode and the second axis electrode. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is disposed between the first axis electrode and the second axis electrode.