# US 2014/0152615 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 2014/0152615 A1 - Document ID: US20140152615A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/097,293 - Filed: 2013-12-05 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-05 - Assignees: Wintek Corporation - Applicants: Wintek Corporation - Inventors: Ting-Yu Chang; Kuo-Chang Su; Shiao-Hui Liao; Ching-Fu Hsu; Kun-Chang Ho; Fa-Chen Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152615A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/044: by capacitive means - G06F 3/0443: {using a single layer of sensing electrodes} - G06F 3/04166: {Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A capacitive touch panel including a substrate and a plurality of approach sensing units disposed on the substrate is provided. Each approach sensing unit comprises a first driving electrode, a second driving electrode, a first sensing electrode unit and a second sensing electrode unit. The first and second driving electrodes are arranged in parallel along an axis. The first and second sensing electrode units are arranged along an axis and sense the approach of an object to generate a first approach sensing signal and a second approach sensing signal, respectively. The first and second sensing electrode units are adjacent to each other and disposed between the first and second driving electrodes or the first and second driving electrodes are adjacent to each other and disposed between the first and second sensing electrode units. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A capacitive touch panel, comprising: a substrate; and a plurality of approach sensing units disposed on the substrate, wherein each approach sensing unit comprises: a first driving electrode; a second driving electrode arranged in parallel with the first driving electrode along an axis; a first sensing electrode unit which is disposed on one side of the first driving electrode and senses the approach of an object to generate a first approach sensing signal; and a second sensing electrode unit which is disposed on one side of the second driving electrode and senses the approach of the object to generate a second approach sensing signal; wherein, the first sensing electrode unit and the second sensing electrode unit are adjacent to each other and disposed between the first and second driving electrodes or the first and second driving electrodes are adjacent to each other and disposed between the first sensing electrode unit and the second sensing electrode unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the first sensing electrode unit comprises a plurality of first sensing electrodes arranged along the axis, the second sensing electrode unit comprises a plurality of second sensing electrodes arranged along the axis, and the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes have the same quantity of sensing electrodes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 2, wherein the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes are arranged in pairs and disposed between the first driving electrode and the second driving electrode to form a plurality of differential electrode pairs. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, wherein when the first driving electrode and the second driving electrode are adjacent to each other, the second driving electrode is disposed between the first driving electrode and the first sensing electrode unit, and the first driving electrode is disposed between the second driving electrode and the second sensing electrode unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, further comprising a detection circuit which is connected to the first sensing electrode unit and the second sensing electrode unit and detects the first and second approaching sensing signals generated by the first sensing electrode unit and the second sensing electrode unit respectively. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 5, wherein the detection circuit comprises a differential circuit which is connected to the first sensing electrode unit and the second sensing electrode unit respectively and calculates a differential signal according to the first approach sensing signal and the second approach sensing signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 6, further comprising a coordinate determination unit which is connected to the differential circuit and receives and convert the differential signal into a coordinate information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 5, further comprising a coordinate determination unit which is connected to the detection circuit and receives and converts an output signal outputted from the detection circuit into a coordinate information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, further comprising a driving circuit which is connected to the first driving electrode and the second driving electrode and synchronously inputs a signal to drive the first driving electrode and the second driving electrode. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, further comprising a driving circuit which is connected to the first driving electrode and the second driving electrode, the second driving electrode is not driven when the first driving electrode is driven, and the first driving electrode is not driven when the second driving electrode is driven. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the substrate further comprises a first signal line group and a second signal line group which are connected to the first sensing electrode unit and the second sensing electrode unit respectively. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The capacitive touch panel according to claim 11, wherein each approach sensing unit further comprises a dividing electrode disposed between the first sensing electrode unit and the second sensing electrode unit when the first sensing electrode unit and the second sensing electrode unit are adjacent to each other.