Dual-side integrated touch panel structure

• US 20100078231A1
• Filed: 12/01/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: JTouch Corporation
• Original Assignee: JTouch Corporation
• Inventors: Ho, Wei-Hsuan, Yeh, Yu-Chou
• Application Number:
  US12/292,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20100078231A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 178/18.50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

A dual-side integrated touch panel structure is provided. The structure comprises a capacitive touch panel and a resistive touch panel. The backs of the touch panels are adhered together via an adhesive layer so the touch panel structure can be used on two sides and operate two functions. Also, to simplify the structure, conductive layers of different functions are disposed on the two sides of the same substrate. This allows the structure to use one less substrate and one less adhesive layer, and keeps the structure thin.

Claims

1. A dual-side integrated touch panel structure, comprising:

a first touch panel, wherein the first touch panel is a capacitive touch panel;

a second touch panel, wherein the second touch panel is a resistive touch panel; and

an adhesive layer, for adhering the back of the first touch panel and the back of the second touch panel together so the layered structure forms the dual-side integrated touch panel.

2. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 1, wherein the first touch panel comprises:

a conductive layer and a protective layer, wherein the conductive layer is formed by forming transparent conducting oxide on a transparent substrate, and the protective layer is formed on the outside of the conductive layer.

3. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 2, wherein the transparent conducting oxide is ITO.

4. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 2, wherein the substrate of the conductive layer is PET or glass.

5. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 2, wherein the material for the protective layer is glass or plastic.

6. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 5, the plastic is polymethyl methacrylate.

7. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 1, wherein the second touch panel comprises an upper conductive layer, a lower conductive layer, and a plurality of separation elements, which are located in between the upper layer and the lower layer.

8. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 1, wherein the perimeters of the upper conducing layer and the lower conductive layer of the second touch panel further comprises a binding layer.

9. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 7, wherein the upper conducing layer is an ITO thin film.

10. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 7, wherein the material of the lower conductive layer is ITO polyester thin film, glass, or polycarbonate.

11. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 1, wherein the adhesive layer is selected from optical adhesive, UV gel, or hydrogel.

12. A dual-side integrated touch panel structure, comprising:

a first substrate, having a first plane and a second plane where a conductive layer of a capacitive touch panel is located on the first plane, and a lower conductive layer of a resistive touch panel is located on the second plane;

a protective layer, disposed on the first plane of the first substrate;

a second substrate, having a third plane where an upper conductive layer of the resistive touch panel is located, and the upper conductive layer and the lower conductive layer are located opposite to each other; and

a separation element, disposed in between the upper conductive layer and the lower conductive layer for separating the upper conductive layer and the lower conductive layer.

13. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 12, wherein the first substrate is a transparent polyester thin film or glass.

14. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 12, wherein the second substrate is a transparent polyester thin film.

15. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 12, wherein the protective layer is glass or plastic.

16. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 15, wherein the plastic is polymethylmethacrylate.

17. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 12, wherein the conductive layer of a capacitive touch panel is ITO thin film.

18. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 12, wherein the upper conductive layer is ITO thin film.

19. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 12, wherein the lower conductive layer is ITO thin film.

20. The dual-side integrated touch panel structure of claim 12, wherein the perimeters of the upper conductive layer and the lower conductive layer further comprises a binding layer.