Flexible touch screen panel and flexible display device with the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-Ku KANG, Tae-Hyeog JUNG, Hak-Sun KIM, Jung-Yun KIM, Mi-Ae PARK
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Abstract
A flexible touch screen panel includes a substrate having flexibility, sensing electrodes on at least one surface of the substrate, and implemented using an opaque conductive metal, and a polarizing plate on the substrate having the sensing electrodes formed thereon. The sensing electrodes may be implemented in a mesh shape having a plurality of openings.
Claims26
-20. (canceled)
A flexible touch screen panel, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes on a same surface of the substrate, the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes including an opaque conductive material;
- position detecting lines connected to the first and second sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- an adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- and
- at least one retardation film between the substrate and the polarizing plate, wherein:
- each of the first and second sensing electrodes is implemented in a mesh shape having a plurality of openings,
- the first sensing electrodes include a plurality of first sensing cells arranged along a first direction, and first connection patterns connecting the first sensing cells to each other,
- the second sensing electrodes include a plurality of second sensing cells arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and second connection patterns connecting the second sensing cells to each other,
- the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes intersect each other between the first connection patterns and second connection patterns,
- an insulation layer is disposed between the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns, and
- the at least one retardation film is at least one of a quarter-wave plate, a half-wave plate, and a plate including a half-wave plate stacked on a quarter-wave plate.
A flexible display device with flexible touch sensor electrodes, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes on a same surface of the substrate, the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes including an opaque conductive material;
- position detecting lines connected to the first and second sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- an adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- at least one retardation film between the substrate and the polarizing plate;
- and
- a flexible display device beneath the first and second sensing electrodes, wherein:
- each of the first and second sensing electrodes is implemented in a mesh shape having a plurality of openings,
- the first sensing electrodes include a plurality of first sensing cells arranged along a first direction, and first connection patterns connecting the first sensing cells to each other,
- the second sensing electrodes include a plurality of second sensing cells arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and second connection patterns connecting the second sensing cells to each other,
- the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes intersect each other between the first connection patterns and second connection patterns,
- an insulation layer is disposed between the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns,
- the at least one retardation film is at least one of a quarter-wave plate, a half-wave plate, and a plate including a half-wave plate stacked on a quarter-wave plate, and
- the flexible display device is a flexible organic light emitting display device.
A display device with flexible touch sensor electrodes, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes on a same surface of the substrate, the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes including an opaque conductive material;
- position detecting lines connected to the first and second sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- a window substrate on the polarizing plate;
- a first adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- a second adhesive layer between the window substrate and the polarizing plate;
- at least one retardation film between the substrate and the polarizing plate;
- and
- a flexible display device beneath the first and second sensing electrodes, wherein:
- each of the first and second sensing electrodes is implemented in a mesh shape having a plurality of openings,
- the first sensing electrodes include a plurality of first sensing cells arranged along a first direction, and first connection patterns connecting the first sensing cells to each other,
- the second sensing electrodes include a plurality of second sensing cells arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and second connection patterns connecting the second sensing cells to each other,
- the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes intersect each other between the first connection patterns and second connection patterns,
- an insulation layer is between the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns,
- the at least one retardation film is at least one of a quarter-wave plate, a half-wave plate, and a plate including a half-wave plate stacked on a quarter-wave plate, and
- the flexible display device is a flexible organic light emitting display device.
A flexible touch screen panel, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- first sensing electrodes on a first surface of the substrate;
- second sensing electrodes on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate;
- position detecting lines connected to the first and second sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- an adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- and
- at least one retardation film between the substrate and the polarizing plate, wherein:
- the first sensing electrodes are arranged in a first direction, and the second sensing electrodes are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
- the first sensing electrodes include a plurality of first sensing cells arranged along the first direction, and first connection patterns connecting the first sensing cells to each other,
- the second sensing electrodes include a plurality of second sensing cells arranged along the second direction, and second connection patterns connecting the second sensing cells to each other,
- the substrate includes at least one of a polycarbonate and a cyclic polyolefin, and
- the at least one retardation film is at least one of a quarter-wave plate, a half-wave plate, and a plate including a half-wave plate stacked on a quarter-wave plate.
A display device with a flexible touch screen panel, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- first sensing electrodes on a first surface of the substrate;
- second sensing electrodes on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate;
- position detecting lines connected to the first and second sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- a flexible display device attached beneath the substrate;
- a first adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- a second adhesive layer between the substrate and the flexible display device;
- a window substrate on the polarizing plate;
- and
- a third adhesive layer between the window substrate and polarizing plate, wherein:
- the first sensing electrodes are arranged in a first direction and the second sensing electrodes are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
- the first sensing electrodes include a plurality of first sensing cells arranged along the first direction, and first connection patterns connecting the first sensing cells to each other,
- the second sensing electrodes include a plurality of second sensing cells arranged along the second direction, and second connection patterns connecting the second sensing cells to each other,
- the substrate includes at least one of a polycarbonate and a cyclic polyolefin,
- at least one retardation film is between the substrate and the polarizing plate,
- the at least one retardation film is at least one of a quarter-wave plate, a half-wave plate, and a plate including a half-wave plate stacked on a quarter-wave plate, and
- the display device is a flexible organic light emitting display device.
A flexible touch screen panel, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes on a same surface of the substrate;
- position detecting lines connected to the first and second sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- an adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- and
- at least one retardation film between the substrate and the polarizing plate, wherein:
- the first sensing electrodes are arranged in a first direction and the second sensing electrodes are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
- the first sensing electrodes include a plurality of first sensing cells arranged along the first direction, and first connection patterns connecting the first sensing cells to each other,
- the second sensing electrodes include a plurality of second sensing cells arranged along the second direction, and second connection patterns connecting the second sensing cells to each other,
- the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes intersect each other between the first connection patterns and second connection patterns,
- an insulation layer is disposed between the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns,
- the substrate includes at least one of a polycarbonate and a cyclic polyolefin, and
- the at least one retardation film is at least one of a quarter-wave plate, a half-wave plate, and a plate including a half-wave plate stacked on a quarter-wave plate.
A display device with a flexible touch screen panel, comprising:
- a substrate having flexibility;
- first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes on a same surface of the substrate;
- position detecting lines connected to the first and second sensing electrodes;
- a polarizing plate on the substrate;
- a first adhesive layer between the polarizing plate and the substrate;
- a second adhesive layer between the substrate and the display device;
- a window substrate on the polarizing plate;
- a third adhesive layer between the window substrate and the polarizing plate;
- and
- at least one retardation film between the substrate and the polarizing plate, wherein:
- the first sensing electrodes are arranged in a first direction and the second sensing electrodes are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction,
- the first sensing electrodes include a plurality of first sensing cells arranged along the first direction, and first connection patterns connecting the first sensing cells to each other,
- the second sensing electrodes include a plurality of second sensing cells arranged along the second direction, and second connection patterns connecting the second sensing cells to each other,
- the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes intersect each other between the first connection patterns and second connection patterns,
- an insulation layer is disposed between the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns,
- the substrate includes at least one of a polycarbonate and a cyclic polyolefin,
- the at least one retardation film is at least one of a quarter-wave plate, a half-wave plate, and a plate including a half-wave plate stacked on a quarter-wave plate, and
- the display device is a flexible organic light emitting display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.