Method for manufacturing touch panel

A method for manufacturing a touch panel, the method comprising:

• providing a base plate;
• forming a first conductive layer and a shielding layer surrounding the first conductive layer on the base plate to substantially completely cover the base plate;
• etching the first conductive layer to form a plurality of first sensing pads which are arranged according to columns along a first direction, the first sensing pads arranged in a column along the first direction being electrically coupled to each other to form a first sensing electrode column;
• etching the first conductive layer to form a plurality of second sensing pads which are arranged according to columns along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and forming one bridge connector between each two neighboring second sensing pads in a column along the second direction, the second sensing pads arranged in each column according the second direction having separate patterns and being electrically coupled to each other via the bridge connectors to form a second sensing electrode column;
• forming a second conductive layer on the shielding layer via an ink jet printing method, the second conductive layer at least partially covering the shielding layer;
• and
• etching the second conductive layer to form a plurality of first and second sensing lines separated from each other via a laser processing method, each first sensing line being electrically coupled to the corresponding one first sensing electrode column, and each second sensing line being electrically coupled to the corresponding one second sensing electrode column.