Desktop computer

• US 20100073322A1
• Filed: 07/02/2009
• Published: 03/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
• Inventors: Fan, Shou-Shan, Li, Qun-Qing, Jiang, Kai-Li
• Application Number:
  US12/459,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20100073322A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact

Abstract

A desktop computer includes a body, a display and a touch panel. The display is connected to the body by a data wire. The display includes a display screen. The touch panel includes at least one transparent conductive layer including a carbon nanotube structure.

Claims

1. A desktop computer, comprising:

a body;

a display connected to the body via a data wire, the display comprising a display screen; and

a touch panel, the touch panel comprising at least one transparent conductive layer comprising a carbon nanotube structure.

2. The desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotube structure comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes uniformly distributed therein.

3. The desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotube structure comprises of an ordered carbon nanotube film.

4. The desktop computer of claim 3, wherein the carbon nanotube film comprises of a plurality of carbon nanotubes primarily arranged along a single direction.

5. The desktop computer of claim 3, wherein the carbon nanotube film comprises of two or more sections within each of which the carbon nanotubes are arranged approximately along a same direction.

6. The desktop computer of claim 2, wherein the carbon nanotubes film comprises of carbon nanotubes that are disorderly arranged, and the carbon nanotubes are entangled or attracted to each other by van der Waals attractive force therebetween.

7. The desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotube structure comprises at least one carbon nanotube film comprising a plurality of successively oriented carbon nanotube segments joined end to end by the van der Waals attractive force therebetween, each carbon nanotube segment comprises a plurality of the carbon nanotubes that are combined by van der Waals attractive force therebetween.

8. The desktop computer of claim 7, wherein the carbon nanotube structure comprises at least two carbon nanotube films, an angle between the aligned directions of the carbon nanotubes in the two adjacent carbon nanotube films ranges from greater than or equal to 0 degrees to less than or equal to 90 degrees.

9. The desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the touch panel is adjacent to the display screen.

10. The desktop computer of claim 9, wherein the touch panel is located on a surface of the display screen.

11. The desktop computer of claim 1, further comprising a base, the touch panel and the display screen are integrated with the base.

12. The desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the touch panel is a capacitance-type touch panel, and comprises:

a substrate adjacent to the display screen;

a transparent conductive layer located on the substrate, the transparent conductive layer comprises of the carbon nanotube structure; and

two electrodes electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer.

13. The desktop computer of claim 12, wherein the two electrodes comprise of a carbon nanotube film or a conductive metal layer.

14. The desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the touch panel is a resistance-type touch panel, and comprises:

a first electrode plate comprising;

a first substrate,

a first transparent conductive layer located on a first surface of the first substrate, the first transparent conductive layer comprises of the carbon nanotube structure, the carbon nanotube structure comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes arranged primarily along a first direction, and

two first electrodes that are connected to the first transparent conductive layer; and

a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate, and comprising;

a second substrate located adjacent to the display screen;

a second transparent conductive layer located on the second substrate opposite to the first surface;

the second transparent conductive layer comprises of the carbon nanotube structure, the carbon nanotube structure comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes arranged primarily along a second direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction; and

two second electrodes that are electrically connected to the second transparent conductive layer.

15. The desktop computer of claim 14, wherein the touch panel further comprises an insulative layer located between the first and second electrode plates for insulating the first electrode plate from the second electrode plate.

16. The desktop computer of claim 14, wherein one or more of dot spacers are located between the first transparent conductive layer and the second transparent conductive layer.

17. The desktop computer of claim 14, wherein the touch panel further comprises a transparent protective film located on the first substrate.

18. The desktop computer of claim 14, wherein the touch panel further comprises a shielding layer and a passivation layer located between the second electrode plate and the display screen, the passivation layer is located between the shielding layer and the display screen.

19. The desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the display screen is selected from a group consisting of liquid crystal display screen, filed emission display screen, plasma display screen, electroluminescent display screen and vacuum fluorescent display screen.

20. The desktop computer of claim 1, wherein the body further comprises a main board, a central processing unit, a memory, and hard drive components.