Capacitive Touch Panel
First Claim
1. A capacitive touch panel comprising:
- a substrate having a pattern-forming surface that is divided into an electrode-forming region and a peripheral region surrounding said electrode-forming region and having a bonding area;
a color pixel layer disposed on said substrate and having an array of color pixels, each of which includes at least three sub-pixel color elements that are different in color;
a patterned conductive layer formed on said pattern-forming surface and including a plurality of first electrode units formed on said electrode-forming region and aligned in a first direction, a plurality of second electrode units formed on said electrode-forming region and aligned in a second direction transverse to the first direction, a plurality of spaced apart first conductive lines, and a plurality of spaced apart second conductive lines, said first electrode units being capacitively coupled to said second electrode units so as to form a plurality of two dimensionally arranged capacitive sensing units in said electrode-forming region, each of said first electrode units including a plurality of first electrodes that are aligned in the second direction;
wherein each of said first conductive lines is connected to and extends along said pattern-forming surface from at least one of said first electrodes of a respective one of said first electrode units into said peripheral region, and said first conductive lines converge at said bonding area for electrically bonding to an external connector; and
wherein said second conductive lines extend along said pattern-forming surface from said second electrode units into said peripheral region, respectively, converge at said bonding area for electrically bonding to the external connector, and do not cross said first conductive lines.
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Abstract
A capacitive touch panel includes a substrate having a pattern-forming surface, a color pixel layer formed on the substrate, and a patterned conductive layer formed on the pattern-forming surface of the substrate. The patterned conductive layer includes a plurality of first electrode units, a plurality of second electrode units, a plurality of spaced apart first conductive lines, and a plurality of spaced apart second conductive lines. The first electrode units are capacitively coupled to the second electrode units so as to form a plurality of two dimensionally arranged capacitive sensing units. Each of the first electrode units includes a plurality of first electrodes. Each of the first conductive lines is connected to and extends along the pattern-forming surface from at least one of the first electrodes of a respective one of the first electrode units into a bonding area of the pattern-forming surface. The second conductive lines extend respectively from the second electrode units into the bonding area, and do not cross the first conductive lines.
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33 Claims
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1. A capacitive touch panel comprising:
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a substrate having a pattern-forming surface that is divided into an electrode-forming region and a peripheral region surrounding said electrode-forming region and having a bonding area; a color pixel layer disposed on said substrate and having an array of color pixels, each of which includes at least three sub-pixel color elements that are different in color; a patterned conductive layer formed on said pattern-forming surface and including a plurality of first electrode units formed on said electrode-forming region and aligned in a first direction, a plurality of second electrode units formed on said electrode-forming region and aligned in a second direction transverse to the first direction, a plurality of spaced apart first conductive lines, and a plurality of spaced apart second conductive lines, said first electrode units being capacitively coupled to said second electrode units so as to form a plurality of two dimensionally arranged capacitive sensing units in said electrode-forming region, each of said first electrode units including a plurality of first electrodes that are aligned in the second direction; wherein each of said first conductive lines is connected to and extends along said pattern-forming surface from at least one of said first electrodes of a respective one of said first electrode units into said peripheral region, and said first conductive lines converge at said bonding area for electrically bonding to an external connector; and wherein said second conductive lines extend along said pattern-forming surface from said second electrode units into said peripheral region, respectively, converge at said bonding area for electrically bonding to the external connector, and do not cross said first conductive lines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A capacitive touch panel adapted to be connected to a controller, comprising:
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a substrate having a pattern-forming surface that is divided into an electrode-forming region and a peripheral region surrounding said electrode-forming region and having a bonding area; a color pixel layer disposed on said substrate and having an array of color pixels, each of which includes at least three sub-pixel color elements that are different in color; a patterned conductive layer formed on said pattern-forming surface and including a plurality of first electrode units formed on said electrode-forming region, a plurality of second electrode units formed on said electrode-forming region, a plurality of spaced apart first conductive lines, and a plurality of spaced apart second conductive lines, said first electrode units being capacitively coupled to said second electrode units so as to form a plurality of two dimensionally arranged capacitive sensing units in said electrode-forming region, each of said first electrode units including a plurality of first electrodes; and a connector bonded to said bonding area of said peripheral region of said pattern-forming surface of said substrate for connecting electrically said first and second electrode units to the controller, said connector having a plurality of spaced apart first conductive fingers and a plurality of spaced apart second conductive fingers; wherein each of said first conductive lines is connected to and extends along said pattern-forming surface from at least one of said first electrodes of a respective one of said first electrode units into said peripheral region, and said first conductive lines converge at said bonding area to connect electrically with said first conductive fingers, respectively; and wherein said second conductive lines extend along said pattern-forming surface from said second electrode units into said peripheral region, respectively, do not cross said first conductive lines, and converge at said bonding area to connect electrically with said second conductive fingers, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A capacitive touch panel comprising:
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a substrate; a color pixel layer formed on said substrate and having an array of color pixels, each of which includes at least three sub-pixel color elements that are different in color, said sub-pixel color elements of said pixels cooperatively defining a network of grooves thereamong, said color pixel layer further having a black matrix filling said grooves; and a patterned conductive layer including a plurality of first electrode units aligned in a first direction, and a plurality of second electrode units aligned in a second direction transverse to the first direction, each of said first electrode units including a plurality of first electrodes formed on said black matrix, each of said second electrode units including a plurality of second electrodes formed on said black matrix, said first electrode units being capacitively coupled to said second electrode units so as to form a plurality of two dimensionally arranged capacitive sensing units on the black matrix. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A capacitive touch panel comprising:
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a first substrate having a pattern-forming surface that is divided into an electrode-forming region and a peripheral region surrounding said electrode-forming region and having a bonding area; a patterned conductive layer formed on said pattern-forming surface and including a plurality of first electrode units formed on said electrode-forming region, a plurality of second electrode units formed on said electrode-forming region, a plurality of spaced apart first conductive lines, and a plurality of spaced apart second conductive lines, said first electrode units being capacitively coupled to said second electrode units so as to form a plurality of two dimensionally arranged capacitive sensing units in said electrode-forming region, each of said first electrode units including a plurality of first electrodes, each of said first conductive lines being connected to and extending along said pattern-forming surface from at least one of said first electrodes of a respective one of said first electrode units into said bonding area of said peripheral region, said second conductive lines extending along said pattern-forming surface from said second electrode units into said bonding area of said peripheral region, respectively, and not crossing said first conductive lines; and a second substrate spaced apart and overlapping said first substrate and having opposite first and second surfaces, said first surface being formed with a plurality of spaced apart first conductive fingers and a plurality of spaced apart second conductive fingers, said first and second fingers being adhesively bonded to said first and second conductive lines, respectively, said second surface being formed with a plurality of conductive linking lines, said second substrate being formed with a plurality of via units, each of which includes a plurality of vias extending through said first and second surfaces and connected electrically to a respective one of said linking lines and a respective one of said first conductive lines. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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