Touch panel
First Claim
1. A touch panel comprising:
- an upper electrode substrate including an upper conductive layer;
a lower electrode substrate including a lower conductive layer;
a first electrode and a second electrode respectively provided at first and second ends of the upper conductive layer in a first direction for causing an electric potential distribution in the first direction;
a third electrode and a fourth electrode respectively provided at third and fourth ends of the lower conductive layer in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction for causing an electric potential distribution in the second direction;
a fifth electrode provided at the first end of the upper conductive layer; and
a first resistor portion formed at the upper electrode substrate at the first end of the upper conductive layer,wherein the first resistor portion is made of a material same as that of the upper conductive layer,wherein the first resistor portion electrically connects the first electrode and the fifth electrode,wherein the first resistor portion is formed to be separated into plural resistor blocks which are connected in series, andwherein the plural resistor blocks of the first resistor portion are aligned along the first electrode in the second direction.
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Abstract
A touch panel including upper and lower electrode substrates including upper and lower conductive layers, respectively; first and second electrodes respectively provided at both ends of the upper conductive layer in a first direction for causing an electric potential distribution in the first direction; third and fourth electrodes respectively provided at both ends of the lower conductive layer in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction for causing an electric potential distribution in the second direction; a flexible substrate provided to be connected to the lower electrode substrate or the upper electrode substrate; a first resistor portion electrically connected to either of the first or second electrode and formed at the upper electrode substrate or the flexible substrate; and a second resistor portion connected to either of the third or fourth electrode and formed at the lower electrode substrate or the flexible substrate.
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6 Claims
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1. A touch panel comprising:
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an upper electrode substrate including an upper conductive layer; a lower electrode substrate including a lower conductive layer; a first electrode and a second electrode respectively provided at first and second ends of the upper conductive layer in a first direction for causing an electric potential distribution in the first direction; a third electrode and a fourth electrode respectively provided at third and fourth ends of the lower conductive layer in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction for causing an electric potential distribution in the second direction; a fifth electrode provided at the first end of the upper conductive layer; and a first resistor portion formed at the upper electrode substrate at the first end of the upper conductive layer, wherein the first resistor portion is made of a material same as that of the upper conductive layer, wherein the first resistor portion electrically connects the first electrode and the fifth electrode, wherein the first resistor portion is formed to be separated into plural resistor blocks which are connected in series, and wherein the plural resistor blocks of the first resistor portion are aligned along the first electrode in the second direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A touch panel comprising:
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an upper electrode substrate including an upper conductive layer; a lower electrode substrate including a lower conductive layer; a first electrode and a second electrode respectively provided at first and second ends of the upper conductive layer in a first direction for causing an electric potential distribution in the first direction; a third electrode and a fourth electrode respectively provided at third and fourth ends of the lower conductive layer in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction for causing an electric potential distribution in the second direction; a fifth electrode provided at the first end of the upper conductive layer; and a first resistor portion formed at the upper conductive layer at the first end of the upper conductive layer, made of a material same as that of the upper conductive layer, and that electrically connects the first electrode and the fifth electrode, wherein the first resistor portion is formed to be separated into three or more plural resistor blocks which are connected in parallel, and wherein the plural resistor blocks of the first resistor portion are aligned along the first electrode in the second direction. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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