Touch panel

a touch panel and touch technology, applied in the field of touch panels, can solve the problems of increasing the border size of the touch panel, high risk of malfunction, and increasing the risk of electrostatic discharge, so as to reduce or even save the space

Active Publication Date: 2015-01-22
HTC CORP
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Benefits of technology

The patent application describes a touch panel that can save space by reducing the need for an electrostatic discharge circuit. The touch panel includes two electrostatic discharge protection circuits, with one circuit overlapping with an extended portion on the substrate. This allows for a slimmer border and efficient use of space.

Problems solved by technology

Generally, damages caused by the electrostatic discharge (ESD) possibly happen to an electronic product at any time when the electronic product is manufactured, packaged, tested, delivered, even finally shipped and used, which leads to high risk of malfunction.
The touch panel is also likely to be damaged by electrostatic discharge.
Nevertheless, the width of the ESD protection circuit causes the border size of the touch panel to be increased, which does not meet the requirement that current electronic products tend to be designed with small sizes.

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[0018]FIG. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a touch panel according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating local enlargement of the touch panel in FIG. 1. Please refer to both FIGS. 1 and 2. A touch panel 100 includes a substrate 110, a touch sensing array 120, a plurality of connecting lines 130, a plurality of extending portions 140, a first electrostatic discharge protection circuit 150 and a second electrostatic discharge protection circuit160. The substrate 110 is, for example, a glass substrate or a plastic substrate. The substrate 110 has an active region 110a and a periphery region 110b. The touch sensing array 120 is disposed in the active region 110a. The connecting lines 130 and extending portions 140 are disposed in the periphery region 110b. As shown in FIG. 1, in the embodiment, the extending portions 140 are arranged around the active region 110a, wherein an end of each of the connecting lines 130 is respectively connected to the ...

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Abstract

A touch panel including a substrate, a touch sensing array, connecting lines, extending portions, a first electrostatic discharge protection circuit, and a second electrostatic discharge protection circuit is provided. The substrate has an active region and a periphery region. The touch sensing array is disposed in the active region. The connecting lines and extending portions are disposed in the periphery region. An end of each of the connecting lines is respectively connected to the touch sensing array by the corresponding extending portion. The first electrostatic discharge protection circuit is disposed in the periphery region and located between the outermost connecting line and the edge of the corresponding substrate. The second electrostatic discharge protection circuit is disposed in the periphery region and located between the innermost connecting line and the touch sensing array. The second electrostatic discharge protection circuit overlaps with the extending portions on the substrate.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The application relates to a touch panel, and more particularly to a touch panel having electro-static discharge protection.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]In the past few years, with rapid development and application in information technology, wireless mobile communication, and information appliance, conventional input devices such as a keyboard or mouse for a lot of information products are now replaced by a touch panel as an input device for the products to be easier to use, more compact, and more human.[0005]A touch panel can be roughly categorized into a resistive touch panel, a capacitive touch panel, an optical touch panel, a surface acoustic wave touch panel, and an electromagnetic touch panel based on the way it senses. Compared with other types of touch panels, the capacitive touch panel has the advantages of short response time, favorable reliability, high definition, etc. and is therefore widely use...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/041
CPCG06F3/041G06F3/0443G06F3/0446G06F2203/04111G06F2203/04112
Inventor YANG, TUN-CHUNHU, CHIH-JEN
Owner HTC CORP
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