Laminated acoustic wave touch panel
First Claim
1. An acoustic wave touch panel comprising:
- a substrate capable of supporting an acoustic wave for propagation therein;
a back plate;
an adhesive barrier material positioned between said substrate and said back plate, said barrier material defining a cavity with at least three sides between said substrate and said back plate; and
an adhesive disposed in said cavity between said substrate and said back plate, said adhesive laminating said substrate to said back plate.
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Abstract
A laminated acoustic wave touch panel is shown and a method of making the panel is described using an adhesive barrier material. The adhesive barrier material is positioned between a substrate in which a shear wave is to propagate and a backplate in order to form a cavity between the substrate and backplate. An adhesive is injected into the cavity to laminate the substrate to the back plate. The use of the barrier material allows the laminated touch panel to be easily manufactured and allows the adhesive to be constrained to a desired area of the panel. The invention envisions the use of similar and dissimilar materials for the substrate and backplate. The velocity of a shear wave at a given frequency is greater in the backplate than in the substrate in the case where the materials are dissimilar and equal for a given frequency when the materials are the same.
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22 Claims
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1. An acoustic wave touch panel comprising:
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a substrate capable of supporting an acoustic wave for propagation therein; a back plate; an adhesive barrier material positioned between said substrate and said back plate, said barrier material defining a cavity with at least three sides between said substrate and said back plate; and an adhesive disposed in said cavity between said substrate and said back plate, said adhesive laminating said substrate to said back plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An acoustic wave touch panel, comprising:
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a substrate capable of supporting an acoustic wave for propagation therein, said acoustic wave having a first velocity for a given frequency in said substrate; a backplate, said backplate capable of supporting an acoustic wave having a second velocity for said given frequency, said second velocity being greater than said first velocity; an adhesive barrier material positioned between said substrate and said backplate, said barrier material defining a cavity with at least three sides between said substrate and said back plate; and
an adhesive disposed in said cavity between said substrate and said back plate, said adhesive laminating said substrate to said back plate. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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