KR20110034125A - Method and apparatus for manufacturing touchscreen panel - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a touch screen panel, and to a method of manufacturing a window integrated touch screen panel by depositing a conductive material or an insulating material on a window substrate and a device used therein.
Various touch technologies and structures, such as resistive film type, capacitive type, and ultrasonic type, are applied to a touch screen, which is an input device that recognizes a user's touch applied to a specific position on a display screen. Among these, capacitive touch screens, which have recently gained attention due to their advantages such as multi-touch input and excellent durability, are being made of transparent conductive materials such as indium tin oxide (ITO) on the back of a window (also called a cover lens). Using the formed sensor pattern, the touch of the user and the position to which the touch is applied are recognized.
1 illustrates a cross-sectional structure of a conventional capacitive touch screen panel. As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional capacitive touch screen is a transparent sensor substrate attached to a rear surface of a
In the capacitive touch screen panel having such a structure, the FPCB 40 on which the
However, the capacitive touch screen panel having the above structure is necessarily subjected to a process of attaching the
Unlike the conventional structure described above, the touch screen panel of FIG. 2 directly forms the
However, in the case of a window material that requires a reinforcement treatment such as glass, the glass original plate is cut according to the shape of the
Accordingly, the present invention proposes a touch screen panel manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus used in the method to increase the process efficiency by collectively processing a plurality of the window substrate is reinforced.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a touch screen, the method comprising: mounting a plurality of window substrates having a predetermined size on a platform provided with a plurality of seating units, and transparent conductive material on one surface of the plurality of window substrates mounted on the platform Collectively depositing a material to form a transparent conductive layer.
Meanwhile, the method of manufacturing the touch screen panel may be extended to a process of depositing a target material on an arbitrary substrate. The deposition method according to the present embodiment includes the steps of seating a plurality of substrates having a predetermined size on a platform provided with a plurality of seating; Fastening a mask substrate on a platform on which the plurality of substrates are seated; And depositing a target material on the upper surface of the plurality of substrates seated on the platform.
Furthermore, the touch screen manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a chamber; A platform disposed inside the chamber and having a plurality of seating parts on which a plurality of window substrates are seated; And a target support for supporting a target material to be deposited on the plurality of window substrates.
According to the present invention, it is possible to increase the efficiency of the touch screen panel manufacturing process by depositing transparent conductive materials on a plurality of window substrates collectively.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
3 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of a touch screen panel manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the manufacturing apparatus is made of quartz, glass, and the like, and is equipped with a
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In the apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1, the
6 and 7 illustrate a window substrate mounting structure of the touch screen manufacturing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. The
8 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step method of manufacturing a window integrated touch screen panel using the above-described touch screen manufacturing apparatus. First, in step S100, a plurality of window substrates are mounted on the seating part. In this step, the seating portion on which the window substrate is seated is a
Step S400 is a step of collectively depositing a transparent conductive material on a plurality of window substrates seated on the platform. In the step S400, various deposition techniques such as sputtering deposition, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), and plasma deposition may be used. The transparent conductive material is formed on one surface of the window substrate according to the shape of the mask pattern.
The sensor pattern layer formed by the transparent conductive material in step S400 is electrically connected to each sensing channel of the sensor IC mounted in the FPCB later through the wiring pattern and the bonding pad deposited in the next step S600. To this end, the platform on which the plurality of window substrates are mounted is replaced with a mask including a wiring mask pattern in step S500, and then re-injected into the chamber. In step S600, as described above, the wiring pattern layer is formed on one surface of the window substrate. For example, a metal material is collectively deposited on the plurality of window substrates. In the step S600, a wiring pattern layer may be formed using a metal material such as aluminum, molybdenum, copper, or an alloy thereof. Prior to step S600, the process of replacing the target and changing the deposition conditions of the chamber is omitted.
Unlike the order illustrated in FIG. 8, the forming of the wiring pattern layer (S600) may be performed prior to the forming of the sensor pattern layer (S400). In this case, the mask of steps S200 and S300 refers to a mask including a wiring mask pattern, and the mask replaced in step S500 refers to a mask including a sensor mask pattern.
Although not shown in FIG. 8, prior to step S100, an anti-reflection layer may be formed on one surface of the window substrate by a deposition method. This has the effect of preventing the sensor pattern from having visibility by the boundary between the region where the transparent conductive material of the sensor pattern layer is formed and the region where the transparent conductive material is not formed.
In addition, after the sensor pattern layer and the wiring pattern layer are formed, a step of forming a protective layer for preventing chemical and physical damage of the two layers may be added. The protective layer may be formed by coating or depositing SiO 2 or a transparent polymer material on one surface of the window substrate on which the sensor pattern layer and the wiring pattern layer are formed. At this time, since the protective layer should be formed except for the bonding pad portion to which the FPCB is attached, it is preferable to form the protective layer through deposition in the chamber after replacing the mask as in steps S500 and S600.
9 is a flowchart illustrating each step of forming a touch screen panel manufacturing method according to another embodiment of the present invention. Steps S100 to S400 are the same as steps S100 to S400 of FIG. 8. In operation S520, the wiring pattern layer is formed in a manner different from those of operations S500 and S600 of FIG. 8. In operation S520, a wiring pattern layer including a wiring pattern having a predetermined shape is formed on one surface of the window substrate using a technique such as silk screen printing. A representative wiring forming material available at step S520 is silver (Ag). Like the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 8, the present embodiment may also be modified to form the wiring pattern layer prior to the sensor pattern layer by disposing the step S520 in front of the step S100.
10 illustrates a method of manufacturing a touch screen panel according to another embodiment of the present invention. The first step S100 is the same as the step S100 shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. In operation S240, the platform on which the plurality of window substrates are placed is introduced into the chamber. In this step (S240) it is distinguished from the step (S300) of Figs. 8 and 9 in that the platform is introduced into the chamber without the mask is coupled.
Next, in step S340, a transparent conductive material is collectively deposited on one surface of the plurality of window substrates mounted on the platform. In step S440, a mask pattern layer is deposited on the surface of the plurality of window substrates mounted on the platform, which is placed back into the chamber after the mask is coupled, by step S540. The window substrate on which the mask pattern layer is formed on the transparent conductive material deposition layer is etched through step S640. This step (S640) is to selectively etch the portion where the mask pattern is not formed using dry etching, wet etching and other various etching techniques, step (S640) includes the process of removing the mask pattern after the completion of etching. Finally, in step S740, the wiring pattern layer is formed on the window substrate, and the techniques described in steps S500 and S600 of FIG. 8 or step S520 of FIG. 9 may be used.
11 illustrates a method of manufacturing a touch screen panel according to another embodiment of the present invention. The illustrated steps S100 to S400 correspond to the steps S100 to S400 illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9. Meanwhile, steps S100 to S400 may be replaced with steps S100 to S640 of FIG. 10.
In operation S560, the platform is re-injected into the chamber after replacing or removing the mask of the platform on which the window substrate on which the sensor pattern layer is formed is mounted, through the above-described steps. Next, in step S660, an insulating material such as SiO 2 is deposited on the sensor pattern layer. If the mask is replaced in step S560, the insulating material is formed in a predetermined pattern in step S660, and if the platform is re-injected into the chamber with the mask removed in step S560, step S660. Insulation material is deposited on the front side of the window substrate. The former may be used to form a pattern that insulates the two bridge patterns so as not to short-circuit at the intersection when the sensor patterns are connected to each other in a bridge pattern that crosses each other. On the other hand, the latter may be used to form an insulating layer on the entire surface to electrically insulate the sensor pattern and the shielding layer when forming a transparent shielding layer for shielding noise from a display device or the like.
In step S760, after replacing or removing the mask again, the platform is reinserted into the chamber. Next, in step S860, a transparent conductive material is deposited on a plurality of window substrates.
In the case of forming the transparent shielding layer, a step of forming a wiring pattern layer is disposed between steps S400 and S560. Meanwhile, in this case, the platform may be introduced into the chamber with the mask already removed in step S560, and thus a transparent shielding layer may be formed by depositing a transparent conductive material on the remaining area except the bonding pad.
On the contrary, if the insulating layer is formed to form the cross bridge pattern, the transparent conductive material deposited on one surface of the window substrate in step S860 has the shape of a bridge pattern. At this time, the bridge pattern can be designed so that the width and length thereof are sufficiently small so that the bridge pattern is almost invisible. In this case, step S860 is to deposit a material for forming a wire such as aluminum or molybdenum instead of the transparent conductive material. Can be replaced with In this case, the bridge pattern and the wiring pattern may be formed in one process.
8 to 11 have been described various embodiments of a method for manufacturing a touch screen panel according to the present invention. 9 to 11, the details of the embodiments described with reference to FIG. 8 may be applied as they are or with some modifications, and vice versa. Further, further or modified embodiments described in connection with FIG. 8 may also be applied to the embodiments of FIGS. 9 to 11.
Furthermore, the idea of the present invention included in the above-described method for manufacturing a touch screen panel may be extended to a general process of depositing a target material in a predetermined pattern on an arbitrary substrate requiring a strengthening process such as tempered glass. That is, when it is difficult to deposit the target material on a disc basis, high process efficiency may be achieved by placing individual substrates on a platform including a plurality of seating portions, and then placing them in a chamber and processing them collectively.
Such a deposition method includes mounting a plurality of substrates having a predetermined size on a platform provided with a plurality of seating units; Fastening a mask substrate to a platform on which the plurality of substrates are seated; And depositing a target material on the upper surface of the plurality of substrates seated on the platform. As described above, the target material deposited on the substrate may include a transparent conductive material, a metal material, an insulating material, a mask pattern forming material, etc. In addition, the deposition method may be used to deposit various materials.
While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments of the present invention, without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed in the claims. Many modifications are possible to those skilled in the art. In addition, matters that can be easily inferred from the accompanying drawings are to be regarded as included in the contents of the present invention even if they are not described in the detailed description, and various modifications may be separately understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention. I will not.
1 is a view showing a cross-sectional structure of a conventional touch screen panel,
2 illustrates a cross-sectional structure of a window-integrated touch screen panel;
3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a structure of a touch screen panel manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a perspective view illustrating a three-dimensional structure of the platform of FIG. 3;
5 is a perspective view illustrating a three-dimensional structure of the mask substrate of FIG. 3;
6 and 7 are perspective views illustrating the three-dimensional structure of the platform structure and its corresponding sub-platform, respectively, partially modified from that shown in FIG. 4,
8 to 11 are flowcharts illustrating step by step methods of manufacturing a touch screen panel according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
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