TOUCH SENSING UNIT HAVING TOUCH SENSING PATTERN WITH HOLLOW AREAS, AND RELATED TOUCH SENSING ELEMENT AND DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20120262409A1
• Filed: 08/22/2011
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
• Inventors: Tsai, Yu-Jen, Yang, Hsueh-Wei
• Application Number:
  US13/214,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20120262409A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• 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

A touch sensing unit includes an external conductive part and at least one internal conductive part. Each internal conductive part has at least two ends respectively connected to the external conductive part. A sensing pattern constituted by the at least one internal conductive part and the external conductive part includes a plurality of hollow areas.

Claims

1. A touch sensing unit, comprising:

an external conductive part; and

at least one internal conductive part, each internal conductive part having at least two ends respectively connected to the external conductive part, wherein a sensing pattern constituted by the at least one internal conductive part and the external conductive part includes a plurality of hollow areas.

2. The touch sensing unit of claim 1, being a capacitive touch sensing unit.

3. The touch sensing unit of claim 1, wherein the hollow areas are directional.

4. The touch sensing unit of claim 1, wherein the external conductive part surrounds a diamond-shaped region, and each internal conductive part is a strip-shaped region.

5. A touch sensing element, comprising:

a carrier board; and

a plurality of touch sensing units, disposed on the carrier board, wherein a sensing pattern of each of the touch sensing units includes a plurality of hollow areas.

6. The touch sensing element of claim 5, wherein each of the touch sensing units is a capacitive touch sensing unit.

7. The touch sensing element of claim 5, wherein the touch sensing units comprise:

a plurality of first touch sensing units, having an identical first sensing pattern; and

a plurality of second touch sensing units, having an identical second sensing pattern, wherein the second sensing pattern is identical to the first sensing pattern rotated by a predetermined angle.

8. The touch sensing element of claim 7, wherein the first touch sensing units are arranged on the carrier board in a first direction, the second touch sensing units are arranged on the carrier board in a second direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

9. A touch sensing device, comprising:

a touch sensing element, comprising;

a carrier board; and

a plurality of touch sensing units, disposed on the carrier board, the touch sensing unit arranged for generating a plurality of sensing signals, respectively, a sensing pattern of each of the touch sensing units includes a plurality of hollow areas; and

a control circuit, coupled to the touch sensing units, for detecting a touch event according to sensing signal(s) generated by at least one of the touch sensing units.

10. The touch sensing device of claim 9, wherein each of the touch sensing units is a capacitive touch sensing unit.

11. A touch pad, comprising:

a carrier board; and

a plurality of first traces arranged in a first direction, wherein the first traces are parallel with each other and disposed on the carrier board, the first traces include a plurality of first touch sensing units connected in series, and each of the first touch sensing units has a plurality of hollow areas included therein.

12. The touch pad of claim 11, further comprising:

a plurality of second traces arranged in a second direction, wherein the second traces are parallel with each other and disposed on the carrier board, the second traces include a plurality of second touch sensing units connected in series, and each of the second touch sensing units has a plurality of hollow areas included therein;

wherein the first traces and the second traces are not electronically connected.

13. The touch pad of claim 11, wherein each of the first touch sensing units comprises an external conductive part and at least one internal conductive part, each internal conductive part has at least two ends respectively connected to the external conductive part, a sensing pattern constituted by the at least one internal conductive part and the external conductive part includes the hollow areas, and the at least one internal conductive part is perpendicular to the first direction.

14. The touch pad of claim 12, wherein each of the second touch sensing units comprises an external conductive part and at least one internal conductive part, each internal conductive part of the second touch sensing unit has at least two ends respectively connected to the external conductive part of the second touch sensing unit, a sensing pattern constituted by the at least one internal conductive part and the external conductive part of the second touch sensing unit includes the hollow areas, and the at least one internal conductive part is perpendicular to the second direction.

15. The touch pad of claim 12, wherein the first touch sensing units and the second touch sensing units are coplanar.

16. The touch pad of claim 12, further comprising:

an insulation layer, located in between the first traces and the second traces.