TOUCH PANEL

• US 20140152608A1
• Filed: 12/21/2012
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Henghao Technology Company Limited (Compal Electronics Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Henghao Technology Company Limited (Compal Electronics Incorporated)
• Inventors: PENG, YEN-CHUN
• Application Number:
  US13/725,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20140152608A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 5/2405 by varying dielectric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0445 using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer

Abstract

A touch panel includes a first sensing electrode layer formed on a first surface of a transparent substrate, the first sensing electrode layer having plural first electrodes. Plural first dummy electrodes are disposed among the first electrodes of the first sensing electrode layer respectively, and are electrically insulated from the first electrodes. A second sensing electrode layer is formed on a second surface being opposite to the first surface. The second sensing electrode layer includes plural second electrodes, which are disposed complementally in relation to the first electrodes.

Claims

1. A touch panel, comprising:

a transparent substrate;

a first sensing electrode layer formed on a first surface of the transparent substrate, the first sensing electrode layer having a plurality of first electrodes;

a plurality of first dummy electrodes disposed among the first electrodes of the first sensing electrode layer respectively, and electrically insulated from the first electrodes; and

a second sensing electrode layer formed on a second surface of the transparent substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, the second sensing electrode layer including a plurality of second electrodes that are disposed complementally in relation to the first electrodes.

2. The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the first electrodes comprise a light-transmissive structure made of a non-transparent material.

3. The touch panel of claim 2, wherein the first electrodes comprise a plurality of metal nanowires or metal nanonets.

4. The touch panel of claim 3, wherein the first electrodes further comprise plastic material for fixing the metal nanowires or the metal nanonets in the first sensing electrode layer.

5. The touch panel of claim 3, wherein the first electrodes further comprise photosensitive material.

6. The touch panel of claim 1, wherein a distance between the first dummy electrode and a neighboring first electrode is less than or equal to 40 nanometers.

7. The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the first dummy electrode comprises a plurality of strips.

8. The touch panel of claim 7, wherein the strip has a width of less than or equal to 90 nanometers.

9. The touch panel of claim 7, wherein a distance between neighboring strips is less than or equal to 40 nanometers.

10. The touch panel of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of second dummy electrodes disposed among the second electrodes of the second sensing electrode layer respectively, and electrically insulated from the second electrodes.

11. The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the transparent substrate has a thickness greater than 50 nanometers.

12. The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the transparent substrate comprises glass, photosensitive material or polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

13. The touch panel of claim 1, wherein the second electrodes comprise transparent conductive material.