TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20160103523A1
• Filed: 10/07/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
• Original Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
• Inventors: LIU, Kuei-Ling, CHEN, Yang-Chen, CHANG, Chia-Hsiung
• Application Number:
  US14/877,363
• Publication Number:
  US 20160103523A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• 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

A touch device comprises a substrate, a plurality of sensing electrodes and a plurality of dummy electrodes. The sensing electrodes are disposed on the substrate. The dummy electrodes disposed on the substrate and between the sensing electrodes. The dummy electrodes are disposed separately by a plurality of trenches which are disposed across each other. An intersection of the trenches is configured with at least one first protrusion. Because of the first protrusion disposed at the intersection of the trenches, the corona discharge occurring at the dummy electrode can be reduced and the electrical performance of the touch device won'"'"'t be deteriorated. Besides, the disposition of the first protrusion can blur the edge of the dummy electrode, so that human eyes will uneasily perceive the dummy electrode and the display performance of the touch device can be enhanced.

Claims

1. A touch device, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on the substrate; and

a plurality of dummy electrodes disposed on the substrate and between the sensing electrodes and disposed separately by a plurality of trenches which are disposed across each other,

wherein an intersection of the trenches is configured with at least one first protrusion.

2. The touch device as recited in claim 1, wherein the trenches comprise a plurality of first trenches and a plurality of second trenches, the first trenches are disposed along a first direction and the second trenches are disposed along a second direction.

3. The touch device as recited in claim 2, wherein the first protrusion comprises a bevel edge, and the bevel edge connects to a first side of the first trench and a second side of the second trench which intersect each other.

4. The touch device as recited in claim 3, wherein the greatest distance between the two adjacent first protrusions is larger than the distance between two sides of the second trench.

5. The touch device as recited in claim 3, wherein the first trench and the second trench comprise at least a second protrusion, which is disposed on at least one of the first side and the second side and disposed adjacent to the first protrusion.

6. The touch device as recited in claim 5, wherein the distance between the opposite second protrusions respectively on two sides of the second trench is larger than the distance between the two sides of the second trench.

7. The touch device as recited in claim 6, wherein the greatest distance between the two adjacent first protrusions is larger than the greatest distance between the opposite second protrusions of the second trench.

8. The touch device as recited in claim 3, wherein the first trench and the second trench further comprise at least a third protrusion disposed at the bevel edge.

9. A touch display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a backlight module disposed opposite to the substrate;

a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrate and the backlight module;

a color filter disposed between the substrate and the backlight module;

a thin film transistor (TFT) layer disposed between the substrate and the backlight module;

a first polarizer disposed on side of the substrate farther from the backlight module;

a second polarizer disposed between the substrate and the backlight module;

a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on the substrate; and

a plurality of dummy electrodes disposed on the substrate and between the sensing electrodes and disposed separately by a plurality of trenches which are disposed across each other,

wherein an intersection of the trenches is configured with at least one first protrusion.

10. The touch display device as recited in claim 9, wherein the trenches comprise a plurality of first trenches and a plurality of second trenches, the first trenches are disposed along a first direction and the second trenches are disposed along a second direction.

11. The touch display device as recited in claim 10, wherein the first protrusion comprises a bevel edge, and the bevel edge connects to a first side of the first trench and a second side of the second trench which intersect each other.

12. The touch display device as recited in claim 11, wherein the greatest distance between the two adjacent first protrusions is larger than the distance between two sides of the second trench.

13. The touch display device as recited in claim 11, wherein the first trench and the second trench comprise at least a second protrusion, which is disposed on at least one of the first side and the second side and disposed adjacent to the first protrusion.

14. The touch display device as recited in claim 13, wherein the distance between the opposite second protrusions respectively on two sides of the second trench is larger than the distance between the two sides of the second trench.

15. The touch display device as recited in claim 14, wherein the greatest distance between the two adjacent first protrusions is larger than the greatest distance between the opposite second protrusions of the second trench.

16. The touch display device as recited in claim 11, wherein the first trench and the second trench further comprise at least a third protrusion disposed at the bevel edge.