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Abstract
A hybrid touch sensor and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. One embodiment of the touch sensor according to the present invention includes a sensing electrode and a driving electrode disposed at upper and lower sides, the sensing electrode is made of silver nano wire (AgNw), and the driving electrode is made of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide). According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a touch sensor which can be advantageously applied to a medium-sized or larger-sized area.
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The present invention relates to a touch sensor of a touch screen panel, and more particularly, to a driving electrode and a sensing electrode formed on a touch sensor.
2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a touch screen panel is an input device that recognizes a touch position when a user touches a screen of the screen with a finger or the like and transmits the recognized touch position to the system. Touch screen panels are classified into resistive type, capacitive type, SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave), infrared (IR), and optical type depending on the touch sensing method. A capacitance method is used.
In the capacitance type, a driving electrode (Tx electrode) and a sensing electrode (Rx electrode) are patterned on an ITO layer of an ITO film in which an ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) layer is coated on a transparent base substrate (PET or other transparent film or glass) And a touch position is calculated by detecting a change in the minute capacitance caused when a finger touches the surface of the touch screen.
A touch electrode is formed on the ITO film in a capacitive touch screen panel, in which a driving electrode pattern and a sensing electrode pattern for recognizing the touch of a finger are formed. The driving electrode pattern and the sensing electrode pattern are disposed in a view area that will be a central portion of the touch screen panel in the ITO film. The electrode pattern composed of the driving electrode and the sensing electrode is generally in the form of rhombus, but may be manufactured in various other shapes.
A wiring electrode is further formed in the touch sensor. The wiring electrodes are arranged in a bezel area which will be the edge of the touch screen panel in the ITO film. The wiring electrode is made of metal to have high electrical conductivity and is opaque. The wiring electrode is electrically connected to the driving electrode and the sensing electrode to transmit the contact signal of the electrode.
GF2 method, GFF method, and the like can be used as the touch sensor by patterning the driving electrode and the sensing electrode on the ITO film. In the GF2 method, a driving electrode and a sensing electrode are patterned on both sides of a single-sided ITO film. In the GFF method, a driving electrode and a sensing electrode are separately patterned on two single-sided ITO films, and are bonded together with an OCA (Optical Clear Adhesive) .
The ITO film (s) produced in this manner are attached to a top plate made of tempered glass or PMMA window. The capacitive type touch screen panel attaches a control IC to the ITO film (s) attached to the top plate so that when the user's hand touches the ITO film (s), a change in the minute charge amount is detected and operated.
1 is a process diagram of a conventional method for manufacturing a touch sensor. Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional method for manufacturing a touch sensor is performed simultaneously on both sides of a double-sided ITO film on which an
A conventional method of manufacturing a touch sensor includes a step of annealing an
A transparent sensing electrode 170-1 made of ITO and a wiring electrode 180-1 made of metal are formed on the
In the
Therefore, in the conventional large-sized touch module, a sensing electrode and a driving electrode are formed by a metal mesh or a silver nano wire (AgNw).
However, when the sensing electrode and the driving electrode are formed of a metal mesh, a regular arrangement of the electrodes is overlapped and a Moire phenomenon appears on the screen depending on the viewing angle, resulting in a deterioration in image quality. In addition, when the sensing electrode and the driving electrode are formed of silver nano wires (AgNw), the light transmittance of the touch sensor is lowered.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a touch sensor capable of avoiding moire phenomenon and a decrease in light transmittance while reducing the resistance of an electrode, and a manufacturing method thereof.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a touch sensor including a sensing electrode and a driving electrode arranged in a vertical direction, the sensing electrode being made of silver nano wire (AgNw) Indium Tin Oxide).
Preferably, the sensing electrode is patterned on one side of the transparent base substrate, and the driving electrode is patterned on the other side of the transparent base substrate. Alternatively, the sensing electrode may be patterned on one side of the first transparent base substrate and the driving electrode may be patterned on one side of the second transparent base substrate.
As in the case of the former case, the sensing electrode and the driving electrode are patterned on both sides of one transparent base substrate, and the sensing electrode and the driving electrode are separately patterned on the two transparent base substrates as in the latter case Corresponds to the GFF scheme.
A method of manufacturing a touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes laminating a silver nano wire (AgNw) layer on the other surface of a transparent base substrate having an ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) layer laminated on one surface thereof, Patterning the electrode and patterning the driving electrode in the ITO layer. According to this method, a GF2 type touch sensor is manufactured.
In another embodiment of the method of manufacturing a touch sensor according to the present invention, a sensing electrode is patterned on the silver nano wire (AgNw) layer of a first film in which a silver wire layer is laminated on one surface of a first transparent base substrate, Patterning a driving electrode on the ITO layer of a second film on which an ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) layer is laminated on one surface of the ITO layer, and laminating the first film and the second film. According to this method, a touch sensor of the GFF type is manufactured.
According to the present invention, since the driving electrode made of ITO and the sensing electrode made of silver nano wire are used in parallel in the touch sensor, the resistance of the electrode is reduced compared to the touch sensor in which both the driving electrode and the sensing electrode are made of ITO, The Moire phenomenon is avoided as compared with the touch sensor in which both the driving electrode and the sensing electrode are formed of the metal mesh and the light transmittance is increased as compared with the touch sensor in which the driving electrode and the sensing electrode are both formed of silver nano wires. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a touch sensor that can be advantageously applied to a medium-sized or larger-sized area.
Since the sensing electrode which is one of the electrodes of the touch sensor is formed of silver nano wire and the resistance of the silver nano wire is small, the electrode resistance of the touch sensor is reduced to increase the sensing sensitivity and the driving electrode, Since the ITO is formed of ITO having a relatively wide line width and the ITO has a relatively high resistance, the electrical noise from the display can be blocked by the driving electrode.
In addition, since the silver nano wire layer is laminated at the time of manufacturing the touch sensor according to the present invention, existing processes in which the driving electrode and the sensing electrode are both formed of ITO can be applied, so that it is possible to manufacture using the existing infrastructure.
1 is a process diagram of a conventional method for manufacturing a touch sensor.
2 is a vertical sectional view of an embodiment of a touch sensor according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method of manufacturing a touch sensor according to the present invention.
4 is a process diagram of the touch sensor manufacturing method of Fig.
5 is a flowchart of another embodiment of a method of manufacturing a touch sensor according to the present invention.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to be illustrative of the present invention and not to limit the scope of the invention. Should be interpreted to include modifications or variations that do not depart from the spirit of the invention.
Although the terms used in the present invention have been selected in consideration of the functions of the present invention, they are generally used in general terms. However, the present invention is not limited to the intention of the person skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs . However, if a specific term is defined as an arbitrary meaning, the meaning of the term will be described separately. Accordingly, the terms used herein should be interpreted based on the actual meaning of the term rather than on the name of the term, and on the content throughout the description.
The drawings attached hereto are intended to illustrate the present invention easily, and the shapes shown in the drawings may be exaggerated and displayed as necessary in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and thus the present invention is not limited to the drawings.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a detailed description of known configurations or functions related to the present invention will be omitted when it is determined that the gist of the present invention may be obscured.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2 is a vertical sectional view of an embodiment of a touch sensor according to the present invention. 2, the
The
The upper sensing electrode 270-1 is opposed to the upper plate made of tempered glass or PMMA window and the lower driving electrode 270-2 is opposed to a display such as an LCD. The sensing electrode 270-1 and the driving electrode 270-2 are disposed in a view area that is a center portion of the touch screen panel in the
The sensing electrode 270-1 is made of silver nano wire AgNw. Generally, a nanowire refers to a wire structure having a size in the nanometer scale. It is generally referred to as nanowires with diameters of less than 10 nm, nanowires of several hundreds of nm in diameter, and there is no particular limitation in the length direction. There are many types of nanowires that are metallic, semiconductor, and insulating. Silver nanowires are nanowires formed of silver (Ag).
When the sensing electrode is made of silver (Ag) itself, transparency of the sensing electrode is deteriorated. However, since the sensing electrode 270-1 is formed of silver nano wire in the
Since the sensing electrode 270-1 is formed of silver nano wire and the resistance of the silver nano wire is smaller than the resistance of the ITO, the electrode resistance of the
The driving electrode 270-2 is made of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide). ITO is a mixture of indium oxide (In 2 O 3 ) and tin oxide (SnO 2 ), which is transparent and colorless in a thin layer state.
Since the driving electrode 270-2 which is opposed to the display such as the LCD is formed of ITO having a relatively wide line width as compared with the silver nano wire and ITO has a relatively high resistance as compared with the silver nano wire, Can be blocked by the driving electrode 270-2.
Since the
The wiring electrodes 280-1 and 280-2 are arranged in a bezel area to be the edge of the touch screen panel in the
The wiring electrodes 280-1 and 280-2 are electrically connected to the sensing electrodes 270-1 and 270-2 to transmit contact signals of the electrodes. The wiring electrode 280-1 connected to the sensing electrode 270-1 may be formed by printing silver (Ag), or may be formed by metal deposition and photolithography.
3 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method of manufacturing a touch sensor according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, a method of manufacturing a touch sensor includes a step S310 of laminating a silver nano wire layer on a single-sided ITO film. The single-sided ITO film is a film in which an ITO layer is coated on one side of a transparent base substrate. The transparent base substrate is made of a transparent film such as PET or glass.
In the touch sensor manufacturing apparatus, a silver wire layer is laminated on a surface of a single-sided ITO film on which the ITO layer is not coated. Such a lamination can be achieved by coating a liquid material in which silver nano wires are dispersed on a transparent base substrate by a method such as spin coating or slip coating.
Next, in the touch sensor manufacturing apparatus, the sensing electrode is patterned in the silver wire layer and the driving electrode is patterned in the ITO layer (S320). The sensing electrode and the driving electrode may be patterned by dry etching or wet etching.
4 is a process diagram of the touch sensor manufacturing method of Fig. Referring to FIG. 3, a touch sensor manufacturing apparatus includes a silver
The touch sensor manufacturing apparatus includes a
The touch sensor manufacturing apparatus exposes and develops the
In the pattern of the
Then, the touch sensor manufacturing apparatus etches the
In order to make the incomplete driving electrode and the sensing electrode complete the driving electrode and the sensing electrode, it is necessary to remove the deposited metal on the ITO from the incomplete driving electrode and to remove the deposited metal on the silver electrode from the incomplete sensing electrode.
To this end, the touch sensor manufacturing apparatus includes a
In the pattern of the
A sensing electrode 270-1 formed of silver nano wire is formed in a view area above the
Then, the touch sensor manufacturing apparatus performs Automatic Optical Inspection (AOI) on the formed touch sensor 200 (step i).
In the manufacturing process described above, conventional processes in which both the driving electrode and the sensing electrode are formed of ITO are applied after the silver nano wire layer is laminated. Accordingly, the
In the above description, the case where the touch sensor according to the present invention is the GF2 type has been described. However, the touch sensor according to the present invention may be a GFF type. Even when the touch sensor according to the present invention is of the GFF type, the sensing electrode is made of silver nano wire, the driving electrode is made of ITO, and the sensing electrode and the driving electrode are arranged vertically. However, the sensing electrode is patterned on one side of the first transparent base substrate, and the driving electrode is patterned on one side of the second transparent base substrate.
FIG. 5 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a method of manufacturing a touch sensor according to the present invention, showing a method of manufacturing a touch sensor of the GFF type. Referring to FIG. 5, the touch sensor manufacturing apparatus patterning sensing electrodes on the silver wire layer of the first film and patterning the driving electrodes on the ITO layer of the second film (S510).
The first film is a film in which a silver wire layer is laminated on one side of a first transparent base substrate and the second film is a cross-sectional ITO film in which ITO is laminated on one side of a second transparent base substrate.
The method of laminating the silver wire layer on the first transparent base substrate is as described above. Patterning of the sensing electrode and patterning of the driving electrode can be performed by applying the processes of FIG. 4 only to one side of the transparent base substrate.
The touch sensor manufacturing apparatus forms a GFF-type touch sensor by joining a second film having a driving electrode formed under the first film on which the sensing electrode is formed (S520). In the thus manufactured GFF type touch sensor, excellent effects exhibited by the above-mentioned GF2 type touch sensor are exhibited.
The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments of the present invention described above can be implemented separately or in combination.
Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.
100: touch sensor 110: transparent base substrate
120: ITO layer 140: metal layer
150: first DFR 160: second DFR
170-1: sensing electrode 170-2: driving electrode
180-1: wiring electrode 180-2: wiring electrode
200: touch sensor 210: transparent base substrate
220: ITO layer 230: silver nano wire layer
240: metal layer 250: first DFR
260: second DFR 270-1: sensing electrode
270-2: driving electrode 280-1: wiring electrode
280-2: wiring electrode
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Wherein the sensing electrode is made of silver nano wire (AgNw), and the driving electrode is made of indium tin oxide (ITO).
Wherein the sensing electrode is patterned on one side of the transparent base substrate and the driving electrode is patterned on the other side of the transparent base substrate.
Wherein the sensing electrode is patterned on one surface of the first transparent base substrate and the driving electrode is patterned on one surface of the second transparent base substrate.
Patterning a sensing electrode on the silver nanowire layer and patterning a driving electrode on the ITO layer.
And bonding the first film and the second film to each other.
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