Touch panel and method for manufacturing the same
First Claim
1. A touch panel having first and second transparent electrode films formed on the internal surfaces of first and second substrates, which are opposed to each other, with a plurality of dot spacers between them, and detecting a change in resistance corresponding to a pressed position, wherein at least one of said first and second transparent electrode films is formed by coating said substrate with a transparent conductive polymer.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a resistive-film type touch panel using a transparent conductive polymer film as a transparent electrode film. The touch panel includes a transparent resin sheet and a glass substrate having an ITO film formed thereon. After a solution having a transparent conductive polymer dispersed in a solvent is applied to the undersurface of the transparent resin sheet, the solution is heated and dried in order to form a transparent conductive polymer film. The ITO film and transparent conductive polymer film serve as transparent electrode films that are opposed to each other. When the transparent resin sheet is pressed, the films touch each other. Consequently, a change in resistance corresponding to the pressed position can be detected.
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1. A touch panel having first and second transparent electrode films formed on the internal surfaces of first and second substrates, which are opposed to each other, with a plurality of dot spacers between them, and detecting a change in resistance corresponding to a pressed position, wherein
at least one of said first and second transparent electrode films is formed by coating said substrate with a transparent conductive polymer.
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13. A touch panel having first and second transparent electrode films formed on the internal surfaces of first and second substrates, which are opposed to each other, with a plurality of dot spacers between them, and detecting a change in resistance corresponding to a pressed position, wherein:
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at least one of said first and second transparent electrode films is on pressing side, and the transparent electrode film on pressing side is made from an ITO film; and
a transparent conductive polymer film is layered on the perimeter of said transparent electrode film so that it will have a predetermined width.
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14. A touch panel manufacturing method for producing a touch panel which can detect a change in resistance corresponding to a pressed position, by forming first and second transparent electrode films on the internal surfaces of first and second substrates and then opposing said first and second substrates to each other with a plurality of dot spacers between them, wherein:
at least one of said first and second transparent electrode films is layered by applying a transparent conductive polymer, which is dispersed in a solvent, to the surface of said substrate, and then heating and drying the transparent conductive polymer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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28. A touch panel manufacturing method for producing a touch panel, which can detect a change in resistance corresponding to a pressed position, by forming first and second transparent electrode films on the internal surfaces of first and second substrates, and then opposing said first and second substrates to each other with a plurality of dot spacers between them, wherein:
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at least one of said first and second transparent electrode films is formed on said substrate using an ITO film; and
after a transparent conductive polymer dispersed in a solvent is applied to the edges of said touch panel that have a predetermined width, that is, to the perimeter of said ITO film, said transparent conductive polymer is heated and dried.
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