Touch panel
AssigneeShih Hua Technology Ltd.
InventorsPo-Yang Chen, Chien-Yung Cheng, Po-Sheng Shih
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a sensor, an optically clear adhesive layer, and a cover lens. The sensor has a surface. The optically clear adhesive layer is located on the surface of the sensor. The cover lens is located on a surface of the optically clear adhesive layer. The touch panel defines two areas: a touch-view area and a trace area. A space is defined between the sensor and cover lens in the trace area. The space is filled with dielectric material with a permittivity less than a permittivity of the optically clear adhesive layer.
Claims18
A touch panel, comprising:
- a sensor having a surface defining a touch-view area and a trace area, wherein the sensor comprises:
- an insulating layer having a first surface adjacent to the optically clear adhesive layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface;
- a first transparent conductive layer located on the first surface and having a smallest resistance along an X direction parallel to the first surface;
- a second transparent conductive layer located on the second surface and having a smallest resistance along a Y direction parallel to the second surface, wherein the X direction and the Y direction are perpendicular with each other;
- a plurality of first electrodes arranged on a side of the first transparent conductive layer and along the Y direction;
- a plurality of second electrodes arranged on a side of the second transparent conductive layer and along the X direction;
- a first conductive trace located on the first surface and in the trace area, wherein the first conductive trace is electrically connected with the plurality of first electrodes;
- a second conductive trace located on the second surface and in the trace area, wherein the second conductive trace is electrically connected with the plurality of second electrodes;
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- a substrate located on and covering the second transparent conductive layer, the plurality of second electrodes and the second conductive trace;
- an optically clear adhesive layer located on the surface of the sensor;
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- a cover lens located on the optically clear adhesive layer and covering the surface of the sensor, wherein a first space is defined between the trace area and the cover lens, and the first space is filled with a first dielectric material with a permittivity that is less than a permittivity of the optically clear adhesive layer.
A touch panel, comprising:
- an insulating layer, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface comprises a touch-view area and a trace area;
- a first transparent conductive layer located on the first surface and having a smallest resistance along an X direction parallel to the first surface;
- a second transparent conductive layer located on the second surface and having a smallest resistance along a Y direction parallel to the second surface, wherein the X direction and the Y direction are perpendicular with each other;
- a plurality of first electrodes arranged along the Y direction;
- a plurality of second electrodes arranged along the X direction;
- a first conductive trace located in the trace area and electrically connected with the plurality of first electrodes;
- a second conductive trace located in the trace area and electrically connected with the plurality of second electrodes;
- an optically clear adhesive layer located on the first transparent conductive layer;
- a cover lens located on the optically clear adhesive layer and covering the first surface of the insulating layer, wherein a space is defined between the trace area and the cover lens;
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- a substrate located on and covering the second transparent conductive layer, the plurality of second electrodes and the second conductive trace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.