Touch screen panel and fabrication method thereof
First Claim
1. A touch screen panel comprising:
- a transparent substrate;
a plurality of first coupling patterns on the transparent substrate aligned in a first direction, wherein an entire bottom surface of the plurality of first coupling patterns directly contacts the transparent substrate;
a plurality of second coupling patterns on the transparent substrate aligned in a second direction and being spaced from the first coupling patterns, wherein an entire bottom surface of the plurality of second coupling patterns directly contacts the transparent substrate, wherein the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are at a same layer on a same side of the transparent substrate and do not cross each other, and wherein the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are implemented with low-resistance material rather than transparent conductive material;
a dielectric layer on the first and second coupling patterns and having first and second contact holes respectively corresponding to end portions of the first and second coupling patterns, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of first coupling patterns and at least a portion of the plurality of second coupling patterns are between the transparent substrate and the dielectric layer;
a plurality of first sense cells arranged in rows extending in the first direction on the dielectric layer; and
a plurality of second sense cells arranged in columns extending in the second direction on the dielectric layer,wherein adjacent ones of the first sense cells are electrically coupled to each other through the first coupling patterns exposed by the first contact holes, and adjacent ones of the second sense cells are electrically coupled to each other through the second coupling patterns exposed by the second contact holes.
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Abstract
A touch screen panel includes first and second sense cells on a same layer and coupling patterns that couple adjacent ones of the first sense cells and adjacent ones of the second sense cells to each other, respectively. The coupling patterns do not cross with each other, thereby improving the ability of the coupling patterns to withstand static electricity. A dummy line formed of a same material as the sense cells may be formed between the first and second sense cells, and the dummy line is electrically coupled to a guard ring located in an area outside of a display area of the touch screen panel, making it possible to overcome the effects of static electricity applied to the front surface of the touch screen panel as well as the side surface thereof.
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43 Claims
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1. A touch screen panel comprising:
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a transparent substrate; a plurality of first coupling patterns on the transparent substrate aligned in a first direction, wherein an entire bottom surface of the plurality of first coupling patterns directly contacts the transparent substrate; a plurality of second coupling patterns on the transparent substrate aligned in a second direction and being spaced from the first coupling patterns, wherein an entire bottom surface of the plurality of second coupling patterns directly contacts the transparent substrate, wherein the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are at a same layer on a same side of the transparent substrate and do not cross each other, and wherein the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are implemented with low-resistance material rather than transparent conductive material; a dielectric layer on the first and second coupling patterns and having first and second contact holes respectively corresponding to end portions of the first and second coupling patterns, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of first coupling patterns and at least a portion of the plurality of second coupling patterns are between the transparent substrate and the dielectric layer; a plurality of first sense cells arranged in rows extending in the first direction on the dielectric layer; and a plurality of second sense cells arranged in columns extending in the second direction on the dielectric layer, wherein adjacent ones of the first sense cells are electrically coupled to each other through the first coupling patterns exposed by the first contact holes, and adjacent ones of the second sense cells are electrically coupled to each other through the second coupling patterns exposed by the second contact holes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A fabrication method of a touch screen panel, the method comprising:
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forming a plurality of first coupling patterns aligned in a first direction, an entire bottom surface of the plurality of first coupling patterns directly contacting a transparent substrate, and forming a plurality of second coupling patterns aligned in a second direction, an entire bottom surface of the plurality of second coupling pattern directly contacting the transparent substrate, the second coupling patterns being spaced from the first coupling patterns, wherein the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are at a same layer on a same side of the transparent substrate and do not cross each other, and wherein the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are implemented with low-resistance material rather than transparent conductive material; forming a dielectric layer on the first and second coupling patterns, the dielectric layer having first and second contact holes respectively corresponding to end portions of the first and second coupling patterns, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of first coupling patterns and at least a portion of the plurality of second coupling patterns are between the transparent substrate and the dielectric layer; forming first sense cells arranged in rows extending in the first direction on the dielectric layer; and forming second sense cells arranged in columns extending in the second direction on the dielectric layer, wherein the adjacent first sense cells are electric ally coupled to each other through the first coupling patterns exposed by the first contact holes, and the adjacent second sense cells are electrically coupled to each other through the second coupling patterns exposed by the second contact holes. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A touch screen panel comprising:
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a transparent substrate; a plurality of first sense cells arranged in rows extending in a first direction on the transparent substrate; a plurality of second sense cells arranged in columns extending in a second direction on the transparent substrate; a dielectric layer on the first and second sense cells and having first and second contact holes overlapped with the first and second sense cells, respectively; a plurality of first coupling patterns on the dielectric layer and overlapping the first contact holes and the first sense cells, the first coupling patterns coupling adjacent ones of the first sense cells to each other; and a plurality of second coupling patterns on the dielectric layer and overlapping the second contact holes and the second sense cells, the second coupling patterns coupling adjacent ones of the second sense cells to each other and being spaced from the first coupling patterns, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of first sense cells and at least a portion of the plurality of second sense cells are between the transparent substrate and the dielectric layer, wherein the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are at a same layer on a same side of the transparent substrate and do not cross each other, wherein an entire bottom surface of the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are spaced from the transparent substrate, and wherein the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are implemented with low-resistance material rather than transparent conductive material. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A fabrication method of a touch screen panel, the method comprising:
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forming a plurality of first sense cells arranged in rows extending in a first direction on a transparent substrate; forming a plurality of second sense cells arranged in columns extending in a second direction on the transparent substrate; forming a dielectric layer on the first and second sense cells, the dielectric layer having first and second contact holes overlapped with the first and second sense cells, respectively; forming a plurality of first coupling patterns on the dielectric layer to couple the adjacent first sense cells to each other through the first contact holes, the first coupling patterns being overlapped with the first sense cells and the first contact holes; and forming a plurality of second coupling patterns on the dielectric layer to couple the adjacent second sense cells to each other through the second contact holes, the second coupling patterns being overlapped with the second sense cells and the second contact holes, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of first sense cells and at least a portion of the plurality of second sense cells are between the transparent substrate and the dielectric layer, wherein the second coupling patterns are spaced from the first coupling patterns, wherein the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are at a same layer on a same side of the transparent substrate and do not cross each other, wherein an entire bottom surface of the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are spaced from the transparent substrate, and wherein the plurality of first coupling patterns and the plurality of second coupling patterns are implemented with low-resistance material rather than transparent conductive material. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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