ULTRATHIN MUTUAL CAPACITANCE TOUCH SCREEN AND COMBINED ULTRATHIN TOUCH SCREEN

• US 20110007030A1
• Filed: 07/08/2010
• Published: 01/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FocalTech Systems Co.,Ltd
• Original Assignee: FocalTech Systems Co.,Ltd
• Inventors: Mo, Michael, Zhang, JK
• Application Number:
  US12/832,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20110007030A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0448 Details of the electrode shape, e.g. for enhancing the detection of touches, for generating specific electric field shapes, for enhancing display quality

Abstract

Ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen and combined ultrathin touch screen composed by the said ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen, the said ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen comprises driving electrode clusters and sensing electrode clusters, wherein the driving electrode clusters are connected with an excitation signal source arranged outside the touch screen, and the sensing electrode clusters are connected with a sensing control module arranged outside the touch screen. The driving electrode clusters comprise tabulate driving electrodes which are made of transparent conductive materials and connected in series and/or in parallel, and the sensing electrode clusters comprise tabulate sensing electrodes which are made of transparent conductive materials and connected in series and/or in parallel. In particular, in a pair of adjacent driving electrode and sensing electrode of the touch screen, the plate area of at least one electrode producing the eigen mutual electric field is smaller than that of the same electrode producing the variable mutual electric field. The present invention make the thickness of the touch screen become thinner, and ensure a higher effective capacitivity.

Claims

1. An ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen comprises driving electrode clusters and sensing electrode clusters, wherein the driving electrode clusters are connected with an excitation signal source arranged outside the touch screen, and the sensing electrode clusters are connected with a sensing control module arranged outside the touch screen;

the driving electrode clusters comprise tabulate driving electrodes which are made of transparent conductive materials and connected in series and/or in parallel, and the sensing electrode clusters comprise tabulate sensing electrodes which are made of transparent conductive materials and connected in series and/or in parallel;

The ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen is characterized in that;

The driving electrode clusters and the sensing electrode clusters are arranged in the same plane, and the connecting wires thereof cross each other without electrical contact;

in addition, the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes spread over the whole area of the touch screen in the same plane at intervals;

Electric fields formed between a driving electrode and a sensing electrode comprises an eigen mutual electric field which cannot be changed due to the influence of an external conductive electrode and a variable mutual electric fields which can be changed due to the influence of an external conductive electrode;

In a pair of adjacent driving electrode and sensing electrode of the touch screen, the plate area of at least one electrode producing the eigen mutual electric field is smaller than that of the same electrode producing the variable mutual electric field.

2. The ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen according to claim 1 is characterized in that:

At least one hollow area is arranged in each electrode plate of the driving electrodes and/or the sensing electrodes.

3. The ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen according to claim 1 is characterized in that:

The touch screen also comprises dummy electrode clusters, and the dummy electrode clusters comprise independent dummy electrodes which are made of transparent conductive materials and not electrically connected with each other;

each dummy electrode is arranged in at least one of the clearance between a driving electrode and a sensing electrode, the hollow area in the driving electrode and the hollow area in the sensing electrode.

4. The ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen according to claim 1 is characterized in that:

The touch screen also comprises guard electrodes which are made of transparent conductive materials and electrically overhung, directly grounded or electrically connected with a DC power supply outside the touch screen;

each guard electrode is arranged in at least one of the flat bottom area of the plane of the driving electrode clusters and the sensing electrode clusters, the clearance between a driving electrode and a sensing electrode, the hollow area in the driving electrode and the hollow area in the sensing electrode.

5. The ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen according to claim 1 is characterized in that:

A cover plate made of transparent insulating materials is arranged on the top of the plane of the driving electrode clusters and the sensing electrode clusters;

the bottom of the plane of the driving electrode clusters and the sensing electrode clusters is directly arranged on the top of an outside display screen or provided with a bottom plate.

6. The ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen according to claim 1 is characterized in that:

The driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes are in rhombic, rectangular and hexagonal shapes.

7. A combined ultrathin touch screen which comprises a touch panel made of transparent materials and is characterized in that:

The combined ultrathin touch screen also comprises at least two mutual capacitance touch units which together fill the touch area of the touch panel;

The mutual capacitance touch units comprise the driving electrode clusters and the sensing electrode clusters, wherein the driving electrode clusters are electrically connected with the excitation signal source which is arranged outside the combined ultrathin touch screen and corresponds to the mutual capacitance touch units, and the sensing electrode clusters are electrically connected with the sensing control module which is arranged outside the combined ultrathin touch screen and corresponds to the mutual capacitance touch units;

the driving electrode clusters comprise tabulate driving electrodes which are made of transparent conductive materials and connected in series and/or in parallel, and the sensing electrode clusters comprise tabulate sensing electrodes which are made of transparent conductive materials and connected in series and/or in parallel;

The driving electrode clusters and the sensing electrode clusters are arranged in the same plane, and the connecting wires thereof cross each other without electrical contact;

in addition, the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes spread over the whole area of the touch screen in the same plane at intervals;

Electric field formed between a driving electrode and a sensing electrode comprises an eigen mutual electric field which cannot be changed due to the influence of an external conductive electrode and a variable mutual electric fields which can be changed due to the influence of an external conductive electrode;

In a pair of adjacent driving electrode and sensing electrode of the touch screen, the plate area of at least one electrode producing the eigen mutual electric field is smaller than that producing the variable mutual electric field.

8. The combined ultrathin touch screen according to claim 7 is characterized in that:

At least one hollow area is arranged in each electrode plate of the driving electrodes and/or the sensing electrodes.

9. The combined ultrathin touch screen according to claim 7 is characterized in that:

The mutual capacitance touch units also comprises the dummy electrode clusters, and the dummy electrode clusters comprise independent dummy electrodes which are made of transparent conductive materials and not electrically connected with each other;

each dummy electrode is arranged in at least one of the clearance between a driving electrode and a sensing electrode, the hollow area in the driving electrode and the hollow area in the sensing electrode.

10. The combined ultrathin touch screen according to claim 7 is characterized in that:

The combined ultrathin touch screen also comprises connecting wires and lead wires of the guard electrodes, which are made of transparent conductive materials;

The mutual capacitance touch units also comprise guard electrodes which are made of transparent conductive materials;

each guard electrode is arranged in at least one of the flat area at the bottom of the plane of the driving electrode clusters and the sensing electrode clusters, the clearance between a driving electrode and a sensing electrode, the hollow area in the driving electrode and the hollow area in the sensing electrode;

The guard electrodes are electrically suspended;

or, the guard electrodes of each mutual capacitance touch unit are electrically connected with each other through the connecting wires of the guard electrodes and grounded through the lead wires of the guard electrodes or electrically connected with a DC power source outside the combined ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen;

or, the guard electrodes of each mutual capacitance touch unit are directly grounded through the lead wires of the guard electrodes or electrically connected with a DC power source outside the combined ultrathin mutual capacitance touch screen.