WO2009145154A1 - タッチ入力機能を備えた保護パネル - Google Patents
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- a first transparent resistive film, a pair of bus bars located on opposite sides of the first transparent resistive film, and a pair of first terminals connected from the bus bar via a routing circuit are formed on the surface side.
- the back side substrate, A second transparent resistance film, a pair of bus bars located on opposite sides of the second transparent resistance film, a pair of second terminals connected from the bus bar via a routing circuit, are formed on the back surface side; and A surface-side substrate with a decoration on the peripheral edge on the surface side,
- the back side substrate and the front side substrate are arranged such that the first and second transparent resistance films face each other with a predetermined interval, and any one pair of the bus bars is X of the transparent resistance film.
- the present invention relates to a protective panel having a touch input function that constitutes an analog coordinate input unit that detects an XY coordinate by a potential gradient.
- the protective panel as described above protects the display unit of the display device included in the electronic device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PDA, a car navigation device, a digital camera, a digital video camera, a portable game machine, and a tablet, These electronic devices are provided in order to perform a touch input operation in accordance with display contents.
- terminals for the analog coordinate input unit are provided around the transparent resistance films 5 ⁇ / b> A and 6 ⁇ / b> A on the back side substrate 5 and the front side substrate 6.
- terminals for the analog coordinate input unit are provided around the transparent resistance films 5 ⁇ / b> A and 6 ⁇ / b> A on the back side substrate 5 and the front side substrate 6.
- terminals 5K and 6K dedicated to the switch 12 and corresponding routing circuits 5F and 6F it is necessary to secure a wide area that allows additional formation of a plurality of routing circuits 5F, 6F and the like for the switch 12 and to form a complicated circuit around the transparent resistance films 5A, 6A.
- the former configuration is applied to the protection panel, the protection panel is enlarged and the circuit configuration is complicated.
- An object of the present invention is to enable a switch to be equipped without causing an increase in the size of the panel by additionally forming a terminal dedicated to the switch and a corresponding routing circuit on a protective panel having a touch input function. It is in.
- a first characteristic configuration of the present invention includes a first transparent resistance film, a pair of bus bars located on opposite sides of the first transparent resistance film, and a connection from the bus bar through a routing circuit.
- a pair of second terminals connected to each other via a front surface side substrate formed on the back surface side and decorated on the peripheral portion on the front surface side, the back surface side substrate and the front surface side substrate,
- the first and second transparent resistance films are opposed to each other with a predetermined interval, and one of the pair of bus bars is located on the opposite side in the X-axis direction of the transparent resistance film, and the other A pair of bus bars are on opposite sides of the transparent resistance film in the Y-axis direction.
- Protection with a touch input function that constitutes an analog coordinate input unit that detects an XY coordinate serving as an operation position based on a potential gradient based on a touch operation on the front-side substrate.
- the second transparent resistance film has an enlarged region adjacent to a region facing the first transparent resistance film by widening a distance between the pair of bus bars. , Including a contact point connected to the pair of first terminals via a routing circuit so as to be in parallel with the first transparent resistance film, and when connecting the back side substrate and the front side substrate, The contact is disposed so as to face the enlarged region of the second transparent resistance film with a predetermined interval, and the back surface side substrate and the enlarged region of the second transparent resistance film are formed by the contact and the enlarged region of the second transparent resistance film.
- a voltage is applied between the terminals on one of the front side substrates, the presence or absence of contact between the contact and the enlarged region of the second transparent resistance film is detected based on the voltage detected by the other terminal Configure the switch to It lies in the fact was.
- the second characteristic configuration of the present invention includes a first transparent resistance film, a pair of bus bars located on opposite sides of the first transparent resistance film, and a pair of first terminals connected from the bus bar via a routing circuit.
- a first transparent resistance film a pair of bus bars located on opposite sides of the first transparent resistance film
- a pair of first terminals connected from the bus bar via a routing circuit.
- 2 terminals are provided on the back surface side
- a front surface side substrate is decorated on the peripheral edge portion on the front surface side, and the back surface side substrate and the front surface side substrate are connected to the first and second surfaces.
- the transparent resistance film is opposed to the transparent resistance film at a predetermined interval, and one of the pair of bus bars is positioned on the opposite side in the X-axis direction of the transparent resistance film, and the other pair of bus bars is the transparent resistance film.
- a protective panel having a configuration to Aru touch input function analog coordinate input unit for detecting the X-Y coordinate for the operating position by a potential gradient
- the second transparent resistance film has an enlarged region adjacent to a region facing the first transparent resistance film by widening a distance between the pair of bus bars.
- a pair of bus bars is provided, and the third transparent resistance film is opposed to the enlarged region of the second transparent resistance film with a predetermined interval when the back side substrate and the front side substrate are connected.
- the third transparent resistance film connected to the pair of first terminals so as to be in parallel with the first transparent resistance film, and located on the opposite side of the third transparent resistance film, Since a pair of bus bars parallel to the bus bar is provided, the same terminals as the analog coordinate input unit can be used in providing the switches. As a result, there is no need to additionally form a dedicated switch terminal and a corresponding routing circuit around the transparent resistance film on the back side substrate and the front side substrate. It is possible to avoid an increase in the size of the protective panel and a complicated circuit configuration resulting from the additional formation of a routing circuit and the like.
- the third transparent resistance film is disposed so as to face the enlarged region of the second transparent resistance film with a predetermined interval, the third transparent resistance film and the second transparent resistance film face each other.
- the region can also be used as a touch input region different from the region where the first transparent resistance film and the second transparent resistance film face each other.
- a third characteristic configuration of the present invention is the invention according to the second characteristic configuration described above, except that the enlarged region of the second transparent resistive film has at least the portion constituting the switch, and the bus bar. It is the point which comprised so that it might coat
- the voltage value in the enlarged region is constant.
- the voltage value used in both the analog coordinate input unit and the enlarged region which are normally arranged so that the first transparent resistance film and the second transparent resistance film face each other, is used only in the analog coordinate input unit. It will be. That is, the voltage value used in the analog coordinate input unit is larger than usual, and the resolution for detecting the coordinate input is increased.
- an opening is formed between the analog coordinate input portion and the switch and in a portion covered with the same material as the bus bar. It is in the point that it is configured as.
- the circuit configuration of the surface of the back side substrate and the circuit configuration of the back side of the surface side substrate It is in the point which comprised so that it might replace.
- the degree of freedom in the circuit configuration of the back side substrate and the front side substrate can be increased by switching the circuit configuration between the back side substrate and the front side substrate.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the mobile phone according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a mobile phone including a variable switch. These are the front view of the back surface side board
- the electronic device B in addition to the cellular phone 1, there are a smartphone, a PDA, a portable music player, a car navigation device, a digital camera, a digital video camera, a portable game machine, and a tablet.
- FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of the mobile phone 1.
- FIG. 2 is a transverse bottom view of the main part of the mobile phone 1.
- the mobile phone 1 includes a casing 2 made of synthetic resin, a display device 3 having a display unit 3A such as liquid crystal or organic EL, a plurality of input keys 4, and the like.
- the case 2 includes a front side case 2A having a display window 2Aa and the like formed on the front surface, and a back side case 2B equipped with the display device 3 and the like.
- the protection panel A is provided in the display window 2Aa of the front side housing 2A so as to protect the display 3A of the display device 3.
- the display window 2Aa of the front side housing 2A is recessed so as to have a step that allows the protective panel A to be fitted.
- the bottom of the display window 2Aa is formed so as to have an opening 2a that allows the display unit 3A of the display device 3 equipped in the back housing 2B to face the outside, and a support frame 2b that supports the protective panel A.
- the shape and size of the display window 2Aa can be variously changed according to the shape and size of the protective panel A. Various changes can be made to the recess depth of the display window 2Aa depending on the thickness of the protective panel A and the like.
- the shape and size of the opening 2a in the display window 2Aa can be variously changed according to the shape and size of the display unit 3A.
- the shapes of the display window 2Aa, the opening 2a, the display unit 3A, and the protection panel A are set to a rectangular shape or a substantially rectangular shape.
- the recessed depth of the display window 2Aa is set so that the surface of the housing 2 and the surface of the protective panel A have the same height.
- the touch input function in the protection panel A is a function of detecting the XY coordinates as the operation position based on a touch operation on the surface of the protection panel A based on a potential gradient.
- the protective panel A includes a back side substrate 5 having a rectangular transparent resistance film 5A formed on the front side and a front side having a rectangular transparent resistance film 6A formed on the back side.
- the substrate 6 is configured to face each other at a predetermined interval so as to have an air layer between the transparent resistance films 5A and 6A.
- region where the rectangular-shaped transparent resistive films 5A and 6A oppose in the protection panel A functions as the analog coordinate input part Aa.
- the back side substrate 5 has polycarbonate resin (PC), methacrylic resin (PMMA), acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer resin (AS), acrylonitrile-butadiene.
- -Resin plates with excellent transparency, rigidity, and workability such as styrene copolymer resin (ABS), cellulose propionate resin (CP), polystyrene resin (PS), polyester resin, polyethylene resin (PE) are adopted. Yes.
- polycarbonate resin (PC) or methacrylic resin (PMMA) which is excellent in transparency.
- the thickness of the resin plate can be selected from the range of 0.5 to 3.0 mm, and is preferably 1.0 mm.
- a glass plate excellent in strength and transmittance such as soda glass, borosilicate glass, and tempered glass may be adopted for the back side substrate 5.
- the protective panel A can be thinned by reducing the thickness of the back substrate 5 and the mobile phone 1 including the protective panel A can be thinned.
- the thickness of the glass plate can be selected from the range of 0.2 to 3.0 mm, and is preferably 1.0 mm.
- the transparent resistance film 5A, the bus bar 5B, the routing circuit 5C, the terminal 5D, the frame-like adhesive layer 5E, and the like are not directly formed on the front side, but are separately formed.
- the transparent insulating film that has been placed on the front side of the back side substrate 5 the transparent resistance film 5A, the bus bar 5B, the routing circuit 5C, the terminals 5D, and the frame-like adhesive are attached to the front side of the back side substrate 5.
- an engineering plastic such as polycarbonate, polyamide or polyetherketone, resin film such as acrylic, polyethylene terephthalate or polybutylene terephthalate as the transparent insulation film. Can do.
- a flexible transparent insulating film having a property of bending when pressed with a finger or the like is employed for the surface side substrate 6.
- engineering plastics such as polycarbonates, polyamides, and polyether ketones
- resin films such as acrylics, polyethylene terephthalates, and polybutylene terephthalates can be used.
- a pair of parallel bus bars 6B positioned on opposite sides of the transparent resistance film 6A in the Y-axis direction and a pair of routing circuits positioned around the transparent resistance film 6A are provided on the rear surface side of the front substrate 6 together with the transparent resistance film 6A.
- 6C and a pair of terminals 6D facing the through hole 5b corresponding to the bus bar 6B are formed.
- a design sheet 7 is bonded to the front side of the front side substrate 6.
- Each of the transparent resistance films 5A and 6A includes a metal oxide film such as tin oxide, indium oxide, antimony oxide, zinc oxide, cadmium oxide, indium tin oxide (ITO), a composite film mainly composed of these metal oxides, Or it is a transparent conductive film which consists of metal films, such as gold
- a method for forming the transparent resistance films 5A and 6A there are a vacuum deposition method, a sputtering method, an ion plating method, a CVD method, and the like.
- a plurality of fine dot-shaped spacers 8 for preventing erroneous contact when the transparent resistance films 5A and 6A are opposed to each other are formed on the surface of any one of the transparent resistance films 5A and 6A. be able to.
- a plurality of spacers 8 are formed on the transparent resistance film 5 ⁇ / b> A of the back side substrate 5.
- the spacer 8 can be made of a transparent photocurable resin such as epoxy acrylate or urethane acrylate, or a transparent thermosetting resin such as polyester or epoxy.
- the method for forming the spacer 8 includes a printing method such as screen printing, a photo process, and the like.
- Each bus bar 5B, 6B, each routing circuit 5C, 6C, and each terminal 5D, 6D can be formed using a metal such as gold, silver, copper, nickel, or a conductive paste such as carbon. it can.
- the bus bars 5B and 6B, the routing circuits 5C and 6C, and the terminals 5D and 6D are formed by printing methods such as screen printing, offset printing, gravure printing, flexographic printing, photoresist method, brush coating method, and so on.
- Each bus bar 5B, 6B is formed at the end of the back side substrate 5 or the front side substrate 6 as much as possible, and the rectangular transparent resistance films 5A, 6A are opposed to the center of the back side substrate 5 and the front side substrate 6. It is common to secure as wide an area as possible.
- the design sheet 7 has a decorative layer 7B and an adhesive layer on the back side of a transparent film 7A such as engineering plastic such as polycarbonate, polyamide, polyether ketone, acrylic, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, etc. What is formed with 7C can be used.
- the thickness of the transparent film 7A can be selected from a range of 25 to 200 ⁇ m.
- a hard coat layer (not shown) may be formed on the surface side (not shown).
- the materials used for the hard coat layer include inorganic materials such as siloxane-based resins, or organic materials such as acrylic epoxy-based and urethane-based thermosetting resins and acrylate-based photocurable resins.
- the thickness of the hard coat layer is suitably about 1 to 7 ⁇ m.
- a coating method such as roll coating or spray coating, or a normal printing method such as screen printing, offset printing, gravure printing or flexographic printing may be used.
- the hard coat layer may be directly formed on the front side of the transparent film 7A on which the decorative layer 7B and the adhesive layer 7C are directly formed on the back side, and the decorative layer 7B and the adhesive layer 7C on the back side. May be formed on a transparent film different from the directly formed transparent film 7A, and both of them may be bonded together.
- the design sheet 7 may be subjected to non-glare treatment for preventing light reflection, such as roughening, or mixing hard particles such as silica and alumina as extender pigments in the hard coat layer.
- the decoration layer 7B is formed so as to have a frame-shaped decoration portion 7b on the periphery thereof so that the rectangular transparent portion 7a is provided at the center thereof.
- the width and shape of the transparent portion 7a depend on the width and shape of the region where the rectangular transparent resistance films 5A and 6A face each other, that is, the width and shape of the input area and display area in the electronic device B such as the mobile phone 1. Various changes are possible.
- the peripheral portion 6E of the front surface side substrate 6 is subjected to a decoration that covers the bus bars 5B, 6B and the like of the back surface side substrate 5 and the front surface side substrate 6. become. Accordingly, it is not necessary to form a frame portion for covering the bus bars 5B, 6B of the back surface side substrate 5 and the front surface side substrate 6 on the display window 2A of the housing 2, and accordingly the thin shape of the mobile phone 1 is reduced. Can be achieved.
- polyvinyl resin, polyamide resin, polyester resin, polyacrylic resin, polyurethane resin, polyvinyl acetal resin, polyester urethane resin, alkyd resin, etc. are used as binders, and appropriate colors are used.
- a colored ink containing a pigment or dye as a colorant may be used.
- the rectangular transparent portion 7a may be formed with a decorative layer 7B using transparent ink, or may be the transparent portion 7a by not forming the decorative layer 7B.
- a normal printing method such as screen printing, offset printing, gravure printing, flexographic printing, or the like may be used.
- the offset printing method and the gravure printing method are suitable for performing multicolor printing and gradation expression.
- the decoration layer 7B may be a metal thin film layer or a combination of a pattern printing layer and a metal thin film layer.
- the metal thin film layer expresses metallic luster as the decorative layer 7B, and is formed by a vacuum deposition method, a sputtering method, an ion plating method, a plating method, or the like.
- a metal such as aluminum, nickel, gold, platinum, chrome iron, copper, tin, indium, silver, titanium, lead, or zinc, or an alloy or compound thereof is used depending on the metallic luster color to be expressed.
- the film thickness of the metal thin film layer is generally about 0.05 ⁇ m.
- a heat-sensitive or pressure-sensitive resin is appropriately used.
- the surface side substrate 6 and the design sheet 7 are polycarbonate or polyamide, polyacrylic resin, polystyrene resin, polyamide resin, or the like may be used.
- the surface side substrate 6 and the design sheet 7 are acrylic or polyethylene terephthalate, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, acrylic copolymer, or the like may be used.
- a normal printing method such as screen printing, offset printing, gravure printing, flexographic printing, or the like may be used.
- the surface side substrate 6 may not include the design sheet 7.
- a hard coat layer may be formed on the surface side of the surface side substrate 6.
- the surface side of the surface side substrate 6 and the hard coat layer are subjected to uneven processing, or fine particles such as silica or alumina as extender pigments in the hard coat layer. There are methods such as mixing.
- the back casing 2B is equipped with four spring connector pins 9 at positions facing the through holes 5a, 5b of the back substrate 5. Each spring connector pin 9 is energized and connected to an interface (not shown) of the display device 3.
- the terminals 5D and 6D of the back side substrate 5 and the front side substrate 6 are energized and connected to corresponding spring connector pins 9 using the through holes 5a and 5b of the back side substrate 5, respectively.
- a conductive adhesive 10 made of a conductive paste is injected so as to be in contact with the corresponding terminals 5D and 6D so as to be energized.
- the headed conductive pin 11 is electrically conductive at one end 11A.
- the adhesive 10 is inserted so as to be able to be energized.
- Each conductive pin 11 has a circular and flat head portion 11B formed at the other end portion 11B. After insertion into the corresponding through holes 5a and 5b, the head portion 11B is located on the back side of the front housing portion 2A. Exposed. Thereby, the touch input signal from each transparent resistive film 5A, 6A etc. can be taken out to the back side of 2 A of front side housing
- the heads 11B of the respective conductive pins 11 correspond to the terminals 5D of the back substrate 5 and the terminals 6D of the front substrate 6 respectively. It functions as planar terminals 5F and 6F connected to the connector pin 9. Thereby, touch input signals from the transparent resistance films 5A and 6A can be input to the display device 3.
- the diameter of each through-hole 5a, 5b is preferably 0.1 to 2.0 mm. If the diameter of each through hole 5a is smaller than 0.1 mm, there is a possibility that conduction cannot be secured in each through hole 5a. When the diameter of each through-hole 5a is larger than 2.0 mm, there is a possibility that the conductive adhesive 10 cannot be satisfactorily injected into each through-hole 5a, 5b. It is uneconomical because there are many.
- Examples of the conductive paste used for the conductive adhesive 10 include silver paste and copper paste. Examples of the method for injecting the conductive adhesive 10 include application by a dispenser and screen printing. Further, in addition to the injection of the conductive adhesive 10, a film by electroless plating such as nickel or electroplating may be formed on the inner wall of each through hole 5a, 5b.
- the conductive pin 11 has a head 11B with a thickness of 20 to 200 ⁇ m.
- the conductive pin 11 may be a female type having a concave portion or a male type having a convex portion instead of the head portion 11B.
- a metal pin such as copper, iron, nickel, aluminum, and stainless steel can be used.
- gold plating is preferably applied to at least both ends in contact with the conductive adhesive 10 and the spring connector pin 9.
- a flexible printed circuit made of a film in which a circuit made of copper foil is formed on one surface of a polyimide film may be adopted.
- the transparent resistance film 6A is adjacent to the lower side of the region 6Aa facing the transparent resistance film 5A by widening the distance between the pair of bus bars 6B to the lower side. It is formed to have an enlarged region 6Ab.
- the routing circuits 6C for the pair of terminals 6D on the front side substrate 6 are formed so as to pass through the shortest paths from the pair of bus bars 6B.
- three contacts 5G and two resistors 5H are arranged in the X axis direction and adjacent to the contact 5G in a portion facing the enlarged region 6Ab.
- the resistor 5H is formed at a predetermined interval so as to be positioned therebetween.
- the routing circuit 5C for the pair of terminals 5D on the back substrate 5 is formed to have a circuit portion 5Ca in which the transparent resistance film 5A, the three contacts 5G, and the two resistors 5H are arranged in parallel. .
- Each contact 5G is arranged to face the enlarged region 6Ab at a predetermined interval when the back side substrate 5 and the front side substrate 6 are connected.
- the adhesive layer 5E of the back surface side substrate 5 is formed to have an opening 5Ea that enables contact between the opposing contact 5G and the enlarged region 6Ab.
- the switch 12 is configured to detect the presence or absence of contact between the contact 5G and the enlarged region 6Ab.
- the same terminal 5D as the analog coordinate input unit Aa can be used, that is, the switch dedicated terminal and the corresponding terminal are disposed around the transparent resistance films 5A and 6A on the back side substrate 5 and the front side substrate 6. Since there is no need to additionally form a routing circuit or the like, the protection panel A can be increased in size and circuit configuration due to the additional formation of a dedicated switch terminal and a corresponding routing circuit around the transparent resistance films 5A and 6A. Complexity can be avoided.
- the X coordinate of the touch-operated switch 12 can be obtained from the magnitude of the voltage output from the terminal 6D.
- the analog coordinate input unit Aa facing the transparent resistance films 5A and 6A is touched, the touch at the analog coordinate input unit Aa is determined from the magnitude of the voltage output from the terminal 6D of the surface side substrate 6.
- the X coordinate of the operation position can be obtained.
- the switch 12 is in the ON state.
- the analog coordinate input unit Aa is touch-operated, the Y coordinate of the touch operation position in the analog coordinate input unit Aa is obtained from the magnitude of the voltage output from the terminal 5D of the back substrate 5. it can.
- the switches 12 when any of the switches 12 is touch-operated, the X coordinate of the touch operation position obtained by applying a voltage between the terminals 5D of the back-side substrate 5 and the terminals 6D of the front-side substrate 6 are displayed.
- the touch-operated switch 12 can be identified from the touch operation ON information obtained by applying a voltage between them.
- the analog coordinate input unit Aa when the analog coordinate input unit Aa is touch-operated, the X coordinate of the touch operation position obtained by applying a voltage between the terminals 5D of the back surface side substrate 5 and the terminals 6D of the front surface side substrate 6 are displayed.
- the touch operation position in the analog coordinate input unit Aa can be specified from the Y coordinate of the touch operation position obtained by applying a voltage therebetween.
- Each contact 5G can be formed using a metal such as gold, silver, copper, nickel, or a conductive paste such as carbon.
- a method for forming each contact 5G there are a printing method such as screen printing, offset printing, gravure printing, flexographic printing, a photoresist method, a brush coating method, and the like.
- Each resistor 5H includes a metal oxide film such as tin oxide, indium oxide, antimony oxide, zinc oxide, cadmium oxide, indium tin oxide (ITO), a composite film mainly composed of these metal oxides, or gold , Silver, copper, tin, nickel, aluminum, palladium, and other metal films.
- a method of forming each resistor 5H there are a vacuum deposition method, a sputtering method, an ion plating method, a CVD method, and the like.
- the design sheet 7 is formed with a pattern 7c indicating the switch 12 at a position corresponding to each contact 5G in the decoration portion 7b of the decoration layer 7B.
- an indium tin oxide film (hereinafter abbreviated as ITO film) is formed by sputtering on one surface of a flexible transparent insulating film made of a 75 ⁇ m thick roll-shaped polyethylene terephthalate film (hereinafter abbreviated as PET film). To do.
- the PET film was cut into a sheet shape so that the vertical and horizontal lengths had predetermined dimensions, and then an etching resist was applied on the ITO film by screen printing. By removing the ITO film, a rectangular transparent resistance film 6A is formed.
- the resist is removed by alkali cleaning, and a pair of parallel bus bars 6B, a pair of routing circuits 6C, and a pair of parallel resistance films 6A are screen-printed with silver paste on the opposite sides and the periphery in the Y-axis direction.
- Terminal 6D is formed.
- the route of each routing circuit 6C is set so that the routing circuit 6C passes through the shortest route.
- the pair of terminals 6D are arranged and set so as to be arranged at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction at the lower edge of the PET film.
- an ITO film is formed by sputtering on one side of a polycarbonate plate having a thickness of 1.0 mm formed so that the vertical and horizontal lengths are the same as those of the surface-side substrate 6. Thereafter, an etching resist is applied in a pattern on the ITO film by screen printing, and the unnecessary ITO film is removed with sulfuric acid to form a rectangular transparent resistance film 5A and two resistors 5H. .
- the dimension of the transparent resistance film 5A in the Y-axis direction is as short as about 4/5 of the transparent resistance film 6A of the surface-side substrate 6, and the lower end of the transparent resistance film 5A is positioned more inside than the transparent resistance film 6A.
- the two resistors 5H are arranged and set so as to be arranged at a predetermined interval in the left-right direction between the lower edge portion of the polycarbonate plate and the transparent resistance film 5A.
- a plurality of fine dot-shaped spacers 8 are formed on the entire surface of the transparent resistance film 5A by screen printing using an epoxy acrylate thermosetting resin.
- a pair of parallel bus bars 5B, a routing circuit 5C, a pair of terminals 5D, and three contacts 5G are formed by screen printing using silver paste on the opposite sides and the periphery of the transparent resistance film 5A in the X-axis direction.
- the three contacts 5G are arranged at a predetermined interval in the left-right direction, and are arranged so that the resistor 5H is positioned between the adjacent contacts 5G and so as to face the enlarged region 6Ab of the surface-side substrate 6.
- the route of each routing circuit 5C is such that the routing circuit 5C from each bus bar 5B has a circuit portion 5Ca so as to pass through the shortest route and also connect the routes, that is, by this circuit portion 5Ca.
- Two resistors 5H and three contacts 5G are connected in the order of arrangement in the left-right direction so as to be in parallel with the transparent resistive film 5A.
- the pair of terminals 5D are arranged so as to be arranged at a predetermined interval in the left-right direction at the lower left edge of the polycarbonate plate, and so as to correspond to a right position at a predetermined interval from the terminal 6D of the surface side substrate 6. Is set. Thereafter, a pressure-sensitive adhesive ink mainly composed of an acrylate ester is applied to the peripheral edge of the polycarbonate plate by screen printing so as not to cover each contact 5G, thereby forming a frame-shaped adhesive layer 5E. Moreover, four through-holes 5a and 5b are formed by a drill so as to be aligned in a straight line along the lower edge of the polycarbonate plate at the center of the lower edge of the peripheral edge.
- the four through holes 5a and 5b are formed at positions where two of the through holes 5a pass through the corresponding terminals 5D, and the other two through holes 5b correspond to the terminals 6D of the surface-side substrate 6 and the corresponding terminals 6D. It is set at the opposite position. Thereby, the back side substrate 5 provided with the transparent resistance film 5A, the pair of bus bars 5B, the three contacts 5G, the two resistors 5H, the parallel routing circuit 5C, the pair of terminals 5D and the adhesive layer 5E on the surface side is obtained. [See FIG. 5A].
- the material and manufacturing means similar to the resistor 5H can be used.
- a transparent film made of a roll-shaped PET film having a thickness of 125 ⁇ m is cut into a sheet shape so that the length and width are the same dimensions as those of the front surface side substrate 6 and the rear surface side substrate 5,
- the pattern 7c which shows the switch 12 is formed in the location corresponding to each contact 5G of the back surface side board
- substrate 6 and the decorating layer of the design sheet 7 are bonded to the obtained design sheet 7 and the said surface side board
- the entire surface is bonded so that the formation surface (back surface side) faces and the formation position of the enlarged region 6Ab on the front substrate 6 corresponds to the formation position of the pattern 7c on the design sheet 7.
- substrate 6 which gave the decoration which has the pattern 7c for switches in the peripheral part 6E is obtained.
- the front-side substrate 6 in which the design sheet 7 is bonded to the back-side substrate 5 face each other through the air layer, and the bus bars 5B and 6B are mutually connected. Bonding is performed via the adhesive layer 5E of the back-side substrate 5 so that the terminals 6D of the front-side substrate 6 are orthogonal to each other and close the corresponding surface of the through hole 5b.
- a silver paste as the conductive adhesive 10 is injected into the through holes 5a, 5b on the terminals 5D, 6D side by a dispenser.
- the head-side conductive pin 11 is press-fitted into the through holes 5a and 5b so that the one end 11A reaches the conductive adhesive 10 by ultrasonic melting of an ultrasonic press-fitting device.
- Planar terminals 5F and 6F that enable current-carrying connection between the terminals 5D and 6D of the side substrate 5 and the front-side substrate 6 and the spring connector pins 9 provided in the back-side housing 2B are formed, and each transparent resistance film 5A is formed. 6A and the contact 5G can be taken out from the contact 5G.
- the arrangement and configuration of the switch 12 in the protection panel A are different from those in the first embodiment, and other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment. Only differences from the first embodiment will be described.
- FIG. 6 is the same diagram as (b) in FIG.
- a strip-like shape is not provided in the portion facing the enlarged region 6Ab, instead of the three contacts 5G and the two resistors 5H as in the first embodiment.
- a transparent resistive film 5J is formed.
- the routing circuit 5C for the pair of terminals 5D on the back side substrate 5 is formed such that the transparent resistance film 5A and the transparent resistance film 5J are in parallel.
- the strip-shaped transparent resistance film 5J is arranged to face the enlarged region 6Ab with a predetermined interval when the back side substrate 5 and the front side substrate 6 are connected.
- the adhesive layer 5E of the back-side substrate 5 is formed to have three openings 5Ea that allow contact between the opposing transparent resistance film 5J and the enlarged region 6Ab.
- the switch 12 is configured to detect the presence or absence of contact between the strip-shaped transparent resistance film 5J and the enlarged region 6Ab based on the voltage detected by.
- the transparent resistance film 5J may have a shape other than a strip shape.
- the same terminal 5D as the analog coordinate input unit Aa can be used, that is, the switch dedicated terminal and the corresponding terminal are disposed around the transparent resistance films 5A and 6A on the back side substrate 5 and the front side substrate 6. Since there is no need to additionally form a routing circuit or the like, the protection panel A can be increased in size and circuit configuration due to the additional formation of a dedicated switch terminal and a corresponding routing circuit around the transparent resistance films 5A and 6A. Complexity can be avoided. Further, since the light can be transmitted through the switch 12, the degree of freedom of design is increased by arranging illumination, LED, LCD, and the like behind the switch.
- the strip-shaped transparent resistance film 5J includes a metal oxide film such as tin oxide, indium oxide, antimony oxide, zinc oxide, cadmium oxide, indium tin oxide (ITO), a composite film mainly composed of these metal oxides, Or it is a transparent conductive film which consists of metal films, such as gold
- the transparent resistance film 5J may be formed in two or more layers.
- a method for forming the transparent resistance film 5J there are a vacuum deposition method, a sputtering method, an ion plating method, a CVD method, and the like.
- the design sheet 7 has a pattern 7c showing the switch 12 at a position corresponding to the opening 5Ea of the adhesive layer 5E in the decorative portion 7b of the decorative layer 7B.
- an etching resist is applied in a pattern on the ITO film of the PET film by screen printing, and unnecessary ITO film is removed with sulfuric acid to form the rectangular transparent resistance film 6A.
- the resist is removed by alkali cleaning, and a pair of parallel bus bars 6B, a pair of routing circuits 6C, and a pair of parallel resistance films 6A are screen-printed with silver paste on the opposite sides and the periphery in the Y-axis direction.
- Electrode 6D is formed.
- the route of each routing circuit 6C is set so that the routing circuit 6C passes through the shortest route.
- the pair of electrodes 6D is arranged and set so as to be arranged at a predetermined interval in the left-right direction at the lower edge of the PET film.
- an ITO film is formed by sputtering on one side of a polycarbonate plate having a thickness of 1.0 mm formed so that the vertical and horizontal lengths are the same as those of the surface-side substrate 6.
- an etching resist is applied in a pattern on the ITO film by screen printing, and the unnecessary ITO film is removed with sulfuric acid, whereby a rectangular transparent resistance film 5A, a strip-shaped transparent resistance film 5J, Form.
- the dimension of the rectangular transparent resistance film 5A in the Y-axis direction is as short as about 4/5 of the transparent resistance film 6A of the surface-side substrate 6, and the lower end of the transparent resistance film 5A is located on the inner side of the transparent resistance film 6A. .
- the strip-shaped transparent resistance film 5J is disposed along the X-axis direction between the lower edge portion of the polycarbonate plate and the transparent resistance film 5A, and the length thereof is Y of the rectangular transparent resistance film 5A. It is set to be the same as the axial dimension.
- a plurality of fine dot-shaped spacers 8 are formed on the entire surface of the transparent resistance film 5A by screen printing using an epoxy acrylate thermosetting resin.
- a pair of parallel bus bars 5B, a routing circuit 5C, and a pair of electrodes 5D are formed on the opposite sides and the periphery of the transparent resistance films 5A and 5J by screen printing using silver paste.
- the pair of parallel bus bars 5B are formed to extend not only to the opposite side in the X-axis direction of the rectangular transparent resistance film 5A but also to the opposite side in the X-axis direction of the strip-like transparent resistance film 5J.
- the film 5A and the transparent resistance film 5J are arranged and set in parallel.
- the strip-shaped transparent resistance film 5J is arranged and set so as to face the enlarged region 6Ab of the surface side substrate 6.
- the route of each routing circuit 5C is set so that the routing circuit 5C from each bus bar 5B passes through the shortest route.
- the pair of terminals 5D are arranged so as to be arranged at a predetermined interval in the left-right direction at the lower left edge of the polycarbonate plate, and so as to correspond to a right position at a predetermined interval from the terminal 6D of the surface side substrate 6. Is set. Thereafter, a pressure-sensitive adhesive ink mainly composed of an acrylate ester is screened on the peripheral portion of the polycarbonate plate so as not to cover the three circular regions arranged at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction on the strip-shaped transparent resistance film 5J. It is applied by printing to form a frame-like adhesive layer 5E.
- four through-holes 5a and 5b are formed by a drill so as to be aligned in a straight line along the lower edge of the polycarbonate plate at the center of the lower edge of the peripheral edge.
- the four through holes 5a and 5b are formed at positions where two of the through holes 5a pass through the corresponding terminals 5D, and the other two through holes 5b correspond to the terminals 6D of the surface-side substrate 6 and the corresponding terminals 6D. It is set at the opposite position.
- the back side substrate 5 provided with the transparent resistance films 5A and 5J, the pair of bus bars 5B, the pair of routing circuits 5C, the pair of electrodes 5D and the adhesive layer 5E on the surface side is obtained [see FIG. 6 (a). ].
- a decorative layer 7B having a rectangular transparent portion 7a at the center and a frame-shaped decorative portion 7b at the periphery, and a transparent mainly composed of an acrylate ester.
- An adhesive layer 7C made of an adhesive is formed by gravure printing.
- a pattern 7d indicating the switch 12 is formed at a position corresponding to the opening 5Ea of the adhesive layer 5E of the back surface side substrate 5 in the decorative portion 7b.
- the obtained surface side substrate 6 and the design sheet 7 are formed through the adhesive layer 7C of the design sheet 7 to form the non-ITO film forming surface (front side) of the surface side substrate 6 and the decorative layer of the design sheet 7.
- the entire surface is bonded so that the surface (back surface side) faces and the formation position of the enlarged region 6Ab on the front surface side substrate 6 corresponds to the formation position of the pattern 7c on the design sheet 7.
- substrate 6 which gave the decoration which has the pattern 7c for switches in the peripheral part 6E is obtained.
- the front-side substrate 6 in which the design sheet 7 is bonded to the back-side substrate 5 is arranged so that the rectangular transparent resistance films 5A and 5J and the transparent resistance film 6A face each other with an air layer therebetween, and each bus bar. 5B and 6B are orthogonally bonded, and each electrode 6D of the front surface side substrate 6 is bonded through the adhesive layer 5E of the back surface side substrate 5 so as to block the front surface side of the corresponding through hole 5b.
- a silver paste as the conductive adhesive 10 is injected into the through holes 5a, 5b on the electrodes 5D, 6D side by a dispenser.
- the head-side conductive pin 11 is press-fitted into the through holes 5a and 5b so that the one end 11A reaches the conductive adhesive 10 by ultrasonic melting of an ultrasonic press-fitting device.
- Planar terminals 5F and 6F are formed to enable current-carrying connection between the electrodes 5D and 6D of the side substrate 5 and the front-side substrate 6 and the spring connector pins 9 provided in the back side housing portion 2B.
- the touch input signal can be extracted from the resistance films 5A and 6A and the strip-shaped transparent resistance film 5J.
- the number of switches 12 provided in the protection panel A can be variously changed.
- the protection panel A may be provided with a row of single switches 12 (see FIG. 7), or may be provided with a row of two or four or more switches 12.
- a resistor 5H is provided between the contacts 5G.
- switch 12 is touch-operated. That is, in this case, ON / OFF of the switch 12 is recognized from the magnitude of the voltage output from the terminal 5D of the back surface side substrate 5 obtained by applying a voltage between the terminals 6D of the front surface side substrate 6. It becomes only.
- the switch 12 included in the protection panel A can be changed as follows.
- the switch 12 may be formed along the upper and lower edges of the protective panel A. That is, the transparent resistive film 6A has two enlarged regions 6Ab so as to sandwich the opposing region 6Aa with the transparent resistive film 5A, and the contact 5G (see FIG. 8) or strip that faces the enlarged region 6Ab.
- the transparent transparent resistance film 5J (see FIG. 9) is provided.
- the switch 12 may be formed only on the upper edge of the protective panel A.
- a plurality of rows of switches 12 may be provided on one side edge of the upper and lower sides of the protective panel A.
- the circuit portion parallel to the transparent resistance film 5A including the contact 5G is configured to have two or more rows [see FIG. 10].
- the touch-operated switch 12 is obtained from the X coordinate of the touch operation position obtained by applying the voltage and the Y coordinate of the touch operation position obtained by applying the voltage between the terminals 6D of the surface side substrate 6. Will be specified.
- the switch 12 provided in the protection panel A can be changed to be variably configured (see FIG. 11).
- a frame-shaped adhesive layer 5E may be formed so as not to cover the entire surface of the strip-shaped transparent resistance film 5J (see FIG. 12).
- dot-like spacers 8 may be formed on the strip-like transparent resistance film 5J.
- the entire contact 5G group can be a variable switch so as to reduce the interval between the contacts 5G.
- the protection panel A may be provided with both the switch 12 and the variable switch 12.
- variable switch 12 can be changed in magnitude according to the touch operation position with respect to the variable switch 12 or a sliding touch. It can be used for a zoom switch or the like that changes the focal length based on the change direction of the voltage that changes according to the operation. Further, if this protective panel A is installed in an electronic device B having a music playback function such as a portable music player, the variable switch 12 has a magnitude of a voltage that changes according to the touch operation position with respect to the switch, or a slide with respect to it.
- the present invention can be used for a volume switch that changes the volume based on the direction of change of voltage that changes in response to a touch operation.
- a switch suitable for the function of the electronic device equipped with this protective panel can be provided, and the operability of the electronic device can be improved.
- the enlarged region 6Ab of the transparent resistive film 6A of the second embodiment is made of the same material as the bus bar 6B except at least the part constituting the switch 12. Can be coated.
- the resolution for detecting the coordinate input is increased.
- the bus bar is provided in the middle as shown in FIG. 14 instead of surrounding the periphery, the voltage value is constant only in the portion of the intermediate bus bar 6M.
- the opening 5c is provided between the analog coordinate input unit Aa and the switch 12 and in a portion covered with the same material as the bus bar 6B. , 6c.
- a microphone hole, a speaker, a mechanical switch, and the like provided in the housing 2 are connected to the analog coordinate input unit Aa and the The switch 12 can be exposed to the outside, and the degree of freedom in design is increased.
- the enlarged region 6Ab of the transparent resistive film 6A may be configured as an analog coordinate input unit Ab different from the analog coordinate input unit Aa of the opposing region 6Aa.
- a transparent resistance film 5J connected to the pair of terminals 5D is arranged at a position facing the enlarged region 6Ab of the transparent resistance film 6A so as to be in parallel with the transparent resistance film 5A.
- Ab is configured.
- an intermediate bus bar 6M covered with the same material as the bus bar 6B may be disposed between the opposing region 6Aa and the enlarged region 6Ab of the transparent resistance film 6A, and the openings 5c and 6c may be provided in the intermediate bus bar 6M. .
- the protective panel A has a shape with a space cut out from either the left or right side in the middle, and the enlarged region 6Ab is input to the opposing region 6Aa in analog coordinates.
- You may comprise as analog coordinate input part Ab different from part Aa.
- a U-shaped intermediate bus bar 6M covered with the same material as the bus bar 6B is interposed between the facing area 6Aa and the enlarged area 6Ab.
- a transparent resistance film 5J connected to the pair of terminals 5D is arranged so as to be in parallel with the transparent resistance film 5A, thereby constituting an analog coordinate input section Ab.
- the protective panel A has a shape having spaces on the left and right sides at the intermediate portion thereof, and the enlarged region 6Ab is an analog coordinate input unit different from the analog coordinate input unit Aa of the opposing region 6Aa. You may comprise as Ab.
- an H-shaped intermediate bus bar 6M covered with the same material as the bus bar 6B is interposed between the facing area 6Aa and the enlarged area 6Ab.
- a transparent resistance film 5J connected to the pair of terminals 5D is arranged so as to be in parallel with the transparent resistance film 5A, thereby constituting an analog coordinate input section Ab.
- the switch for the analog coordinate input unit Aa and the switch for the analog coordinate input unit Ab are arranged separately on the left and right sides of the space between the analog coordinate input unit Aa and the analog coordinate input unit Ab, and the operation of the electronic device B is performed. It can also improve the performance.
- a display unit of a display device included in an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PDA, a car navigation device, a digital camera, a digital video camera, a portable game machine, and a tablet is protected and displayed according to display contents. It can be used for electronic devices equipped with a protection panel that enables touch input operations.
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第2の透明抵抗膜、この第2の透明抵抗膜の対辺に位置する一対のバスバー、前記バスバーから引き回し回路を介して接続される一対の第2の端子、が裏面側に形成され、かつ、表面側の周縁部に加飾が施された表面側基板とを備え、
前記裏面側基板と前記表面側基板とを、前記第1及び第2の透明抵抗膜が所定間隔を隔てて対向するように、かつ、いずれか一方の一対の前記バスバーが前記透明抵抗膜のX軸方向の対辺に位置し、他方の一対の前記バスバーが前記透明抵抗膜のY軸方向の対辺に位置するように接続することにより、前記表面側基板に対するタッチ操作に基づいて、操作位置となるX-Y座標を電位勾配により検知するアナログ座標入力部を構成してあるタッチ入力機能を備えた保護パネルに関する。
前記表面側基板において、一対の前記バスバーの間隔を広げることにより、前記第2の透明抵抗膜が前記第1の透明抵抗膜との対向領域に隣接する拡大領域を有し、前記裏面側基板において、前記第1の透明抵抗膜と並列になるように引き回し回路を介して前記一対の第1の端子に接続される接点を備え、前記裏面側基板と前記表面側基板とを接続した際に、前記接点が前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域と所定間隔を隔てて対向するように配置し、前記接点と前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域とにより、前記裏面側基板および前記表面側基板の一方について前記端子間に電圧を印可した際に、他方の前記端子により検出される電圧に基づいて、前記接点と前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域の接触の有無を検出するスイッチを構成した点にある。
前記表面側基板において、一対の前記バスバーの間隔を広げることにより、前記第2の透明抵抗膜が前記第1の透明抵抗膜との対向領域に隣接する拡大領域を有し、前記裏面側基板において、前記第1の透明抵抗膜と並列になるように前記一対の第1の端子に接続される第3の透明抵抗膜、この第3の透明抵抗膜の対辺に位置しかつ前記バスバーに平行な一対のバスバーを備え、前記裏面側基板と前記表面側基板とを接続した際に、前記第3の透明抵抗膜が前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域と所定間隔を隔てて対向するように配置し、前記第3の透明抵抗膜と前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域とにより、前記裏面側基板および前記表面側基板の一方について前記端子間に電圧を印可した際に、他方の前記端子により検出される電圧に基づいて、前記第3の透明抵抗膜と前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域の接触の有無を検出するスイッチを構成してあるように構成した点にある。
以下、本発明を実施するための形態の一例として、本発明に係るタッチ入力機能を備えた保護パネルAを、電子機器Bの一例である携帯電話機1に適用した第1実施形態を図面に基づいて説明する。なお、実施形態の説明では各構成要素に図面に基づいて符号を付与しているため、特許請求の範囲で記載している「第1の」、「第2の」、「第3の」などの序数詞は省略する。
図5の(a)に示すように、裏面側基板5においては、拡大領域6Abに対向する部分に、3つの接点5Gと2つの抵抗体5Hとが、X軸方向にかつ隣接する接点5Gの間に抵抗体5Hが位置するように所定間隔を隔てて形成されている。そして、裏面側基板5における一対の端子5Dに対する引き回し回路5Cは、透明抵抗膜5Aと3つの接点5Gおよび2つの抵抗体5Hとが並列になるような回路部分5Caを有するように形成されている。
つぎに、そのPETフィルムを、縦横の長さが予め設定した所定の寸法となるようにシート状にカットした後、ITO膜上にスクリーン印刷にてエッチングレジストを塗布し、硫酸にて不要部のITO膜を除去することにより、矩形状の透明抵抗膜6Aを形成する。
エッチング後、レジストはアルカリ洗浄により除去し、透明抵抗膜6AのY軸方向の対辺および周囲に、銀ペーストを用いたスクリーン印刷により、平行な一対のバスバー6B、一対の引き回し回路6C、および一対の端子6Dを形成する。各引き回し回路6Cの経路は、いずれも引き回し回路6Cが最短の経路を通るように設定されている。一対の端子6Dは、PETフィルムの下縁部において、左右方向に所定間隔を隔てて並ぶように配置設定されている。
これにより、透明抵抗膜6A、一対のバスバー6B、一対の引き回し回路6C、一対の端子6Dを裏面側に備えた表面側基板6が得られる〔図5の(b)参照〕。
その後、ITO膜上にスクリーン印刷にてエッチングレジストをパターン状に塗布し、硫酸にて不要部のITO膜を除去することにより、矩形状の透明抵抗膜5Aと2つの抵抗体5Hとを形成する。透明抵抗膜5AのY軸方向の寸法は表面側基板6の透明抵抗膜6Aの4/5程度と短く、透明抵抗膜5Aの下端は透明抵抗膜6Aよりその分だけ内側に位置する。また、2つの抵抗体5Hは、ポリカーボネート板の下縁部と透明抵抗膜5Aとの間において、左右方向に所定間隔を隔てて並ぶように配置設定されている。
つぎに、透明抵抗膜5Aの表面全体に、エポキシアクリレート系の熱硬化型樹脂を用いたスクリーン印刷により、複数の微細なドット状のスペーサ8を形成する。また、透明抵抗膜5AのX軸方向の対辺および周囲に、銀ペーストを用いたスクリーン印刷により、平行な一対のバスバー5B、引き回し回路5C、一対の端子5D、および3つの接点5Gを形成する。3つの接点5Gは、左右方向に所定間隔を隔てて並ぶとともに、隣接する接点5Gの間に抵抗体5Hが位置するように、また、表面側基板6の拡大領域6Abと対向するように配置設定されている。各引き回し回路5Cの経路は、各バスバー5Bからの引き回し回路5Cがそれぞれ最短の経路を通るように、加えてこの各経路間を結ぶように回路部分5Caを有するように、即ちこの回路部分5Caにより2つの抵抗体5Hと3つの接点5Gとを左右方向の配置順に繋いで透明抵抗膜5Aと並列となるように設定されている。一対の端子5Dは、ポリカーボネート板の左下縁部において左右方向に所定間隔を隔てて並ぶように、また、表面側基板6の端子6Dから所定間隔を隔てた右方の位置に対応するように配置設定されている。
その後、ポリカーボネート板の周縁部に、各接点5Gを覆わないように、アクリル酸エステルを主成分とした粘着剤インキをスクリーン印刷にて塗布して、枠状の接着層5Eを形成する。また、その周縁部のうちの下縁中央部に、4つの貫通孔5a,5bを、ポリカーボネート板の下縁に沿って一直線状に並ぶようにドリルで形成する。4つの貫通孔5a,5bの形成位置は、そのうちの2つの貫通孔5aが対応する端子5Dを貫通する位置に、また、残りの2つの貫通孔5bが対応する表面側基板6の端子6Dと対向する位置に設定されている。
これにより、透明抵抗膜5A、一対のバスバー5B、3つの接点5G、2つの抵抗体5H、並列な引き回し回路5C、一対の端子5Dおよび接着層5Eを表面側に備えた裏面側基板5が得られる〔図5の(a)参照〕。
このとき、加飾部7bにおける裏面側基板5の各接点5Gとの対応箇所に、スイッチ12を示す絵柄7cを形成する。
これにより、加飾層7Bと接着層7Cとを裏面側に形成したデザインシート7が得られる。
これにより、周縁部6Eにスイッチ用の絵柄7cを有する加飾を施した表面側基板6が得られる。
その注入後、超音波圧入装置の超音波溶融により、頭付きの導電ピン11を、その一端部11Aが導電性接着剤10に達するように、各貫通孔5a,5bに圧入することにより、裏面側基板5および表面側基板6の各端子5D,6Dと、裏側筐体部2Bに備えたスプリングコネクターピン9との通電接続を可能にする平面端子5F,6Fを形成し、各透明抵抗膜5A,6Aおよび接点5Gからのタッチ入力信号の取り出しを可能にする。
以下、本発明に係るタッチ入力機能を備えた保護パネルAを、電子機器Bの一例である携帯電話機1に適用した第2実施形態を図面に基づいて説明する。
図1に示すように、デザインシート7は、その加飾層7Bの加飾部7bにおける接着層5Eの開口5Eaとの対応箇所に、スイッチ12を示す絵柄7cが形成されている。
エッチング後、レジストはアルカリ洗浄により除去し、透明抵抗膜6AのY軸方向の対辺および周囲に、銀ペーストを用いたスクリーン印刷により、平行な一対のバスバー6B、一対の引き回し回路6C、および一対の電極6Dを形成する。各引き回し回路6Cの経路は、いずれも引き回し回路6Cが最短の経路を通るように設定されている。一対の電極6Dは、PETフィルムの下縁部において、左右方向に所定間隔を隔てて並ぶように配置設定されている。
これにより、矩形状の透明抵抗膜6A、一対のバスバー6B、一対の引き回し回路6Cおよび一対の電極6Dを裏面側に備えた表面側基板6が得られる〔図6の(b)参照〕。
その後、ITO膜上にスクリーン印刷にてエッチングレジストをパターン状に塗布し、硫酸にて不要部のITO膜を除去することにより、矩形状の透明抵抗膜5Aと、短冊状の透明抵抗膜5Jとを形成する。矩形状の透明抵抗膜5AのY軸方向の寸法は表面側基板6の透明抵抗膜6Aの4/5程度と短く、透明抵抗膜5Aの下端は透明抵抗膜6Aよりその分だけ内側に位置する。また、短冊状の透明抵抗膜5Jは、ポリカーボネート板の下縁部と透明抵抗膜5Aとの間において、X軸方向に沿うように配置され、その長さは矩形状の透明抵抗膜5AのY軸方向の寸法と同じに設定されている。
つぎに、透明抵抗膜5Aの表面全体に、エポキシアクリレート系の熱硬化型樹脂を用いたスクリーン印刷により、複数の微細なドット状のスペーサ8を形成する。また、透明抵抗膜5A,5JのY軸方向の対辺および周囲に、銀ペーストを用いたスクリーン印刷により、平行な一対のバスバー5B、引き回し回路5C、および一対の電極5Dを形成する。平行な一対のバスバー5Bは、矩形状の透明抵抗膜5AのX軸方向の対辺のみならず、短冊状の透明抵抗膜5JのX軸方向の対辺までそれぞれ一直線に延びて形成され、すなわち透明抵抗膜5Aと透明抵抗膜5Jとが並列となるように配置設定されている。また、短冊状の透明抵抗膜5Jは、表面側基板6の拡大領域6Abと対向するように配置設定されている。各引き回し回路5Cの経路は、各バスバー5Bからの引き回し回路5Cがそれぞれ最短の経路を通るように設定されている。一対の端子5Dは、ポリカーボネート板の左下縁部において左右方向に所定間隔を隔てて並ぶように、また、表面側基板6の端子6Dから所定間隔を隔てた右方の位置に対応するように配置設定されている。
その後、ポリカーボネート板の周縁部に、短冊状の透明抵抗膜5J上に左右方向に所定間隔を隔てて並ぶ3つの円形領域を覆わないように、アクリル酸エステルを主成分とした粘着剤インキをスクリーン印刷にて塗布して、枠状の接着層5Eを形成する。また、その周縁部のうちの下縁中央部に、4つの貫通孔5a,5bを、ポリカーボネート板の下縁に沿って一直線状に並ぶようにドリルで形成する。4つの貫通孔5a,5bの形成位置は、そのうちの2つの貫通孔5aが対応する端子5Dを貫通する位置に、また、残りの2つの貫通孔5bが対応する表面側基板6の端子6Dと対向する位置に設定されている。
これにより、透明抵抗膜5A,5J、一対のバスバー5B、一対の引き回し回路5C、一対の電極5Dおよび接着層5Eを表面側に備えた裏面側基板5が得られる〔図6の(a)参照〕。
このとき、加飾部7bにおける裏面側基板5の接着層5Eの開口5Eaとの対応箇所に、スイッチ12を示す絵柄7dを形成する。
これにより、加飾層7Bと接着層7Cとを裏面側に形成したデザインシート7が得られる。
これにより、周縁部6Eにスイッチ用の絵柄7cを有する加飾を施した表面側基板6が得られる。
つぎに、各貫通孔5a,5bの電極5D,6D側に導電性接着剤10としての銀ペーストをディスペンサーにより注入する。
その注入後、超音波圧入装置の超音波溶融により、頭付きの導電ピン11を、その一端部11Aが導電性接着剤10に達するように、各貫通孔5a,5bに圧入することにより、裏面側基板5および表面側基板6の各電極5D,6Dと、裏側筐体部2Bに備えたスプリングコネクターピン9との通電接続を可能にする平面端子5F,6Fを形成し、各矩形状の透明抵抗膜5A,6Aおよび短冊状の透明抵抗膜5Jからのタッチ入力信号の取り出しを可能にする。
(1)保護パネルAに備えるスイッチ12の数量は種々の変更が可能である。例えば、保護パネルAに、単一のスイッチ12からなる列を備えるようにしてもよく〔図7参照〕、また、2つあるいは4つ以上のスイッチ12からなる列を備えるようにしてもよい。そして、複数のスイッチ12が複数の前記接点5Gにて構成される場合は、当該接点5G間にはそれぞれ抵抗体5Hを備えるようにする。
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- 第1の透明抵抗膜、この第1の透明抵抗膜の対辺に位置する一対のバスバー、前記バスバーから引き回し回路を介して接続される一対の第1の端子、が表面側に形成された裏面側基板と、
第2の透明抵抗膜、この第2の透明抵抗膜の対辺に位置する一対のバスバー、前記バスバーから引き回し回路を介して接続される一対の第2の端子、が裏面側に形成され、かつ、表面側の周縁部に加飾が施された表面側基板とを備え、
前記裏面側基板と前記表面側基板とを、前記第1及び第2の透明抵抗膜が所定間隔を隔てて対向するように、かつ、いずれか一方の一対の前記バスバーが前記透明抵抗膜のX軸方向の対辺に位置し、他方の一対の前記バスバーが前記透明抵抗膜のY軸方向の対辺に位置するように接続することにより、前記表面側基板に対するタッチ操作に基づいて、操作位置となるX-Y座標を電位勾配により検知するアナログ座標入力部を構成してあるタッチ入力機能を備えた保護パネルであって、
前記表面側基板において、一対の前記バスバーの間隔を広げることにより、前記第2の透明抵抗膜が前記第1の透明抵抗膜との対向領域に隣接する拡大領域を有し、
前記裏面側基板において、前記第1の透明抵抗膜と並列になるように引き回し回路を介して前記一対の第1の端子に接続される接点を備え、
前記裏面側基板と前記表面側基板とを接続した際に、前記接点が前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域と所定間隔を隔てて対向するように配置し、
前記接点と前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域とにより、前記裏面側基板および前記表面側基板の一方について前記端子間に電圧を印可した際に、他方の前記端子により検出される電圧に基づいて、前記接点と前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域の接触の有無を検出するスイッチを構成してある、
ことを特徴とするタッチ入力機能を備えた保護パネル。 - 第1の透明抵抗膜、この第1の透明抵抗膜の対辺に位置する一対のバスバー、前記バスバーから引き回し回路を介して接続される一対の第1の端子、が表面側に形成された裏面側基板と、
第2の透明抵抗膜、この第2の透明抵抗膜の対辺に位置する一対のバスバー、前記バスバーから引き回し回路を介して接続される一対の第2の端子、が裏面側に形成され、かつ、表面側の周縁部に加飾が施された表面側基板とを備え、
前記裏面側基板と前記表面側基板とを、前記第1及び第2の透明抵抗膜が所定間隔を隔てて対向するように、かつ、いずれか一方の一対の前記バスバーが前記透明抵抗膜のX軸方向の対辺に位置し、他方の一対の前記バスバーが前記透明抵抗膜のY軸方向の対辺に位置するように接続することにより、前記表面側基板に対するタッチ操作に基づいて、操作位置となるX-Y座標を電位勾配により検知するアナログ座標入力部を構成してあるタッチ入力機能を備えた保護パネルであって、
前記表面側基板において、一対の前記バスバーの間隔を広げることにより、前記第2の透明抵抗膜が前記第1の透明抵抗膜との対向領域に隣接する拡大領域を有し、
前記裏面側基板において、前記第1の透明抵抗膜と並列になるように前記一対の第1の端子に接続される第3の透明抵抗膜、この第3の透明抵抗膜の対辺に位置しかつ前記バスバーに平行な一対のバスバーを備え、
前記裏面側基板と前記表面側基板とを接続した際に、前記第3の透明抵抗膜が前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域と所定間隔を隔てて対向するように配置し、
前記第3の透明抵抗膜と前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域とにより、前記裏面側基板および前記表面側基板の一方について前記端子間に電圧を印可した際に、他方の前記端子により検出される電圧に基づいて、前記第3の透明抵抗膜と前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域の接触の有無を検出するスイッチを構成してある、
ことを特徴とするタッチ入力機能を備えた保護パネル。 - 前記第2の透明抵抗膜の前記拡大領域が、少なくとも前記スイッチを構成してある部分を除き、前記バスバーと同材料にて被覆されていることを特徴とする請求項2記載のタッチ入力機能を備えた保護パネル。
- 前記アナログ座標入力部と前記スイッチとの間で、かつ前記バスバーと同材料にて被覆されている部分において開口していることを特徴とする請求項3記載のタッチ入力機能を備えた保護パネル。
- 前記裏面側基板の表面の回路構成と前記表面側基板の裏面の回路構成とを入れ替えたことを特徴とする請求項1~4のいずれかに記載のタッチ入力機能を備えた保護パネル。
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