TOUCH SCREEN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20180081471A1
• Filed: 09/14/2016
• Published: 03/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co Ltd (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co Ltd (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: QU, Lianjie, LV, Zhichao, SHI, Guangdong, LIU, Shuai
• Application Number:
  US15/525,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20180081471A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• 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

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a touch screen and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The touch screen comprises a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode located on a substrate and arranged in cross distribution along different directions. The first touch electrode and the second touch electrode are insulated from each other at a cross position. One of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode comprises a metal bridging line and a plurality of transparent conductive portions arranged at intervals. The metal bridging line electrically connects adjacent transparent conductive portions arranged at intervals at the cross position. The touch screen further comprises an opaque pattern. The metal bridging line corresponds to a position of the opaque pattern. The opaque pattern can be located at a side of the metal bridging line close to a display image.

Claims

1. A touch screen, comprising a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode located on a substrate and arranged in cross distribution along different directions, wherein the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode are insulated from each other at a cross position,

wherein one of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode comprises a metal bridging line and a plurality of transparent conductive portions arranged at intervals, and the metal bridging line electrically connects adjacent transparent conductive portions arranged at intervals at the cross position, and

wherein the touch screen further comprises an opaque pattern, the metal bridging line corresponds to a position of the opaque pattern.

2. The touch screen according to claim 1, wherein the metal bridging line is arranged on the opaque pattern, and a surface of the opaque pattern comprises a slope that is not parallel to the substrate and not perpendicular to the substrate, and wherein an angle between the slope and a first straight line is larger than 0°

, the first straight line is parallel to the substrate and an extending direction of the first straight line is perpendicular to an extending direction of said one of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode, and the metal bridging line comprises a portion that covers the slope.

3. The touch screen according to claim 2, wherein the slope is located at an edge of the opaque pattern.

4. The touch screen according to claim 3, wherein in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of said one of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode, a width d₁ of a first projection of the metal bridging line on the substrate is larger than a width d₂ of a second projection of the opaque pattern on the substrate, wherein 1 μ

m≦

d₁−

d₂≦

3 μ

m.

5. The touch screen according to claim 3, wherein in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of said one of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode, a width of the opaque pattern is d₂, wherein 5 μ

m≦

d₂≦

10 μ

m.

6. The touch screen according to claim 1, wherein the number of the opaque pattern is plural, and the metal bridging line corresponds to positions of at least two opaque patterns.

7. The touch screen according to claim 6, wherein an arranging direction of the at least two opaque patterns is consistent with an extending direction of the metal bridging line.

8. The touch screen according to claim 6, wherein an arranging direction of the at least two opaque patterns is perpendicular to an extending direction of the metal bridging line.

9. The touch screen according to claim 1, wherein the opaque pattern as well as the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode are located in a touch area.

10. The touch screen according to claim 9, wherein the first touch electrode comprises the metal bridging line and the plurality of transparent conductive portions arranged at intervals, the plurality of transparent conductive portions are distributed along a row direction, the metal bridging line electrically connects adjacent transparent conductive portions arranged at intervals in the row direction, and wherein the second touch electrode comprises a plurality of other transparent conductive portions, the plurality of other transparent conductive portions extend along a column direction, and the plurality of transparent conductive portions and the plurality of other transparent conductive portions are arranged in a same layer.

11. The touch screen according to claim 1, further comprising an insulating layer arranged on the metal bridging line.

12. A display device, comprising the touch screen as claimed in claim 1, wherein the opaque pattern of the touch screen is located at a side of the metal bridging line close to a display image of the display device.

17. A display device, comprising the touch screen as claimed in claim 2, wherein the opaque pattern of the touch screen is located at a side of the metal bridging line close to a display image of the display device.

18. A display device, comprising the touch screen as claimed in claim 3, wherein the opaque pattern of the touch screen is located at a side of the metal bridging line close to a display image of the display device.

19. A display device, comprising the touch screen as claimed in claim 6, wherein the opaque pattern of the touch screen is located at a side of the metal bridging line close to a display image of the display device.

20. A display device, comprising the touch screen as claimed in claim 9, wherein the opaque pattern of the touch screen is located at a side of the metal bridging line close to a display image of the display device.

13. A manufacturing method of a touch screen, comprising forming a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode in cross distribution along different directions on a substrate, wherein the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode are insulated from each other at a cross position, one of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode comprises a metal bridging line and a plurality of transparent conductive portions arranged at intervals, and the metal bridging line electrically connects adjacent transparent conductive portions arranged at intervals at the cross position,

wherein the manufacturing method further comprises:

forming an opaque pattern, and the metal bridging line corresponds to a position of the opaque pattern.

14. The manufacturing method according to claim 13, wherein the opaque pattern as well as the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode are located in a touch area.

15. The manufacturing method according to claim 14, wherein the first touch electrode comprises the metal bridging line and the plurality of transparent conductive portions arranged at intervals, the plurality of transparent conductive portions are distributed along a row direction, and the metal bridging line electrically connects adjacent transparent conductive portions arranged at intervals in the row direction, and wherein the second touch electrode comprises a plurality of other transparent conductive portions, the plurality of other transparent conductive portions extend along a column direction, and the plurality of transparent conductive portions and the plurality of other transparent conductive portions are formed by a patterning process of a same transparent conductive layer.

16. The manufacturing method according to claim 13, further comprising forming an insulating layer on the metal bridging line.