WO2017202069A1 - 触控面板及其制造方法、触控装置 - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to the field of touch panel manufacturing, and in particular to a touch panel, a method of manufacturing the same, and a touch device.
- a one-piece touch panel is a black matrix (abbreviated as BM) or indium tin oxide (Indium Tin Oxide) on a base substrate (usually a protective glass). ITO) The resulting touch panel.
- BM black matrix
- ITO indium tin oxide
- the BM material contains carbon and has a certain conductivity
- the region in which the BM is formed is more susceptible to Electro-Static discharge (ESD) than the view area of the touch panel.
- ESD Electro-Static discharge
- the touch sensing line, the touch driving line and the other graphic units in the ITO pattern are more likely to be short-circuited, thereby affecting the capacitance between the touch sensing line and the touch driving line.
- the size which in turn affects the touch effect of the touch panel.
- the embodiment of the invention provides a touch panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a touch device.
- an embodiment of the present invention provides a touch panel, where the touch panel includes:
- the utility model comprises a plurality of laterally arranged touch driving lines and a plurality of longitudinally arranged touch sensing lines, and a plurality of empty blocks.
- the touch driving line and the touch sensing line are insulated from each other, and each vacant block forms one of the transparent conductive patterns
- An independent graphics unit and the distribution density of the vacant blocks located in the overlapping area is greater than the distribution density of the vacant blocks located in the visible area.
- the plurality of laterally disposed touch drive lines and the plurality of longitudinally disposed touch sensing lines form a plurality of cross structures, each of the cross structures and a plurality of empty blocks located in the vacant areas of the four corners of the cross structure A touch unit.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks in each of the vacant areas in the overlap area is greater than the distribution density of the vacant blocks located in the view area.
- the gap width of any two adjacent graphics elements in the overlap region is greater than 30 um.
- the gap width of any two adjacent graphics elements in the overlap region is 100 um.
- the corners of any of the graphic elements in the transparent conductive pattern are rounded.
- the area of the plurality of empty blocks in the overlapping area decreases from far to near the main touch line
- the main touch line is one of a touch driving line and a touch sensing line.
- the transparent conductive pattern is an axisymmetric pattern and there are two mutually perpendicular axes of symmetry.
- the transparent conductive pattern further includes a wing line, wherein the wing line is a slave touch line extending from the main touch line and having a direction different from a direction in which the main touch line is disposed.
- the main touch line is one of a touch drive line and a touch sense line. The area of the plurality of empty blocks in the overlap region decreases from far to near the wing line.
- the plurality of vacant blocks include a first vacant block adjacent to the first main touch line in the overlap region, the first main touch line being the plurality of touch drive lines and the a gap of the plurality of touch sensing lines, the gap surrounding the first vacant block includes: a gap between the first vacant block and the first main touch line, the first vacant block and adjacent a first gap between the vacant blocks, and a second gap; the extending direction of the first gap is parallel to a direction in which the first main touch line is disposed, and the first gap extends from a boundary of the transparent conductive pattern a first distance from an inner boundary of the black matrix, an extension direction of the second gap being parallel to an inner boundary of the black matrix, the first distance being equal to a gap width of a graphic unit in the visible region.
- the transparent conductive pattern further includes a wing line extending from the second main touch line, and the setting direction and the second main touch line are disposed. a pair of slave touch lines having different orientations, wherein the second main touch line is one of the plurality of touch drive lines and the plurality of touch sense lines, the plurality of empty blocks including the overlapping area The second main touch line and the second vacant block adjacent to the wing line, and the overlap region is not adjacent to the second main touch line and adjacent to the wing line The third vacant block.
- the gap surrounding the second vacant block includes: a gap between the second vacant block and the second main touch line, the wing line, the second vacant block and an adjacent vacant block a third gap and a fourth gap; a gap surrounding the third vacant block includes: a gap between the third vacant block and the wing line and the third vacant block and an adjacent vacant block a fifth gap; the extending direction of the third gap is parallel to a direction in which the second main touch line is disposed, and the third gap starts from the wing line until the inner boundary of the black matrix extends second The distance is terminated, the extending direction of the fourth gap is parallel to the inner boundary of the black matrix, the extending direction of the fifth gap is parallel to the direction in which the wing line is disposed, and the second distance is in the visible area The gap width of the graphic unit is equal.
- a further embodiment of the present invention provides a touch device comprising the touch panel of any of the embodiments of the present invention as described above.
- a further embodiment of the present invention provides a touch panel including: a substrate; a black matrix, the black matrix being located in an annular region at an edge of the substrate;
- a transparent conductive pattern the transparent conductive pattern and the black matrix in the annular region have overlapping regions, the transparent conductive pattern comprising a plurality of laterally disposed touch driving lines and a plurality of vertically disposed touch sensing lines, and a plurality of vacant Piece.
- a plurality of laterally disposed Tx and a plurality of longitudinally disposed Rx are insulated from each other, each of the vacant blocks forming a separate graphic unit in the transparent conductive pattern; a gap width of any two adjacent graphic units in the overlapping area More than 30um.
- the gap width of any two adjacent graphics elements in the overlap region is 100 um.
- the overlapping area is located in the overlapping area.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks in W is large, that is, in the unit area, the number of vacant blocks in the overlap region is large, and the area of each vacant block in the overlap region is relatively small, in the touch drive line.
- the touch sensing line and the empty block are short-circuited, since the area of the empty block in the black matrix area is small, the influence on the size of the capacitance between the touch driving line and the touch sensing line is weak, thereby effectively reducing the influence.
- the effect on the touch effect of the touch panel since the distribution density of the vacant blocks in the overlapping area in the transparent conductive pattern is larger than the distribution density of the vacant blocks in the visible area, the overlapping area is located in the overlapping area.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks in W is large, that is, in the unit area, the number of vacant blocks in the overlap region is large, and the area of each vacant block in the overlap region is relatively small, in the touch drive line.
- 1-1 is a schematic structural diagram of a touch panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1-1 is a schematic structural diagram of a touch panel in which the BM is not shaded in FIG. 1-1;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the touch unit L1 in which the entire area is located in the visible area in FIG. 1-1;
- FIG. 6 are schematic structural views of the touch units L2, L3, L4, and L5 having the upper, lower, left, and right edges of the overlapping area shown in FIG.
- FIG. 10 are structural diagrams of the touch units L6, L7, L8, and L9 in which the partial regions are located at the upper left corner, the upper right corner, the lower left corner, and the lower right corner of the overlap region illustrated in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 11 is a partial schematic diagram of a touch unit of a transparent touch electrode without a wing line according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a partial schematic diagram of a touch unit with a transparent touch electrode with a wing line according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 13 is a schematic structural view of a conventional touch panel
- FIG. 14 is a partial schematic structural diagram of a touch panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a method for manufacturing a touch panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of a substrate substrate on which a BM is formed according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 17 is a top plan view of a substrate on which a BM is formed according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a touch panel according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1-1 is a touch panel 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the schematic diagram of the touch panel 10 includes a base substrate (not shown in FIG. 1-1), and the base substrate may be transparent glass.
- a black matrix 101 is formed on the base substrate, and the black matrix 101 is located at an annular region (shaded region in FIG. 1-1) at the edge of the substrate substrate.
- a transparent conductive pattern 102 (a pattern in a broken line frame in FIG. 1-1) is formed on the base substrate on which the black matrix 101 is formed, and the transparent conductive pattern 102 and the black matrix in the annular area have an overlapping area W.
- FIG. 1-2 is a schematic structural diagram of a touch panel in FIG.
- the transparent conductive pattern 102 includes: multiple transverse directions.
- the touch driving line 1021 and the plurality of vertically disposed touch sensing lines 1022, and the plurality of empty blocks 1023, the plurality of laterally disposed touch driving lines 1021 and the plurality of vertically disposed touch sensing lines 1022 are insulated from each other, and each of the empty blocks 1023 can form a separate graphic unit in the transparent conductive pattern.
- These multiple empty blocks can be used to adjust the mutual capacitance between the touch sensing line and the touch driving line, and improve the optical effect of the visible area of the touch panel.
- the touch driving line 1021 and the touch sensing line 1022 may be patterns arranged in the same layer formed by one patterning process, and the two are insulated by providing a gap.
- the transparent conductive pattern 102 can further include a plurality of conductive bridges 1024 for electrically connecting the plurality of laterally disposed touch drive lines.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks located in the overlap region is greater than the distribution density of the vacant blocks located in the viewable area of the touch panel.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks refers to the tightness of the distribution of the vacant blocks in a unit area. The more the number of vacant blocks per unit area, the greater the distribution density.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks in the overlapping area in the transparent conductive pattern is greater than the distribution density of the vacant blocks in the visible area, due to the vacant blocks in the overlapping area.
- the distribution density is large, that is, in the unit area, the number of vacant blocks in the overlapping area is large, and the area of each vacant block in the overlapping area is relatively small, in the touch driving line or the touch sensing line and
- the vacant block is short-circuited, since the area of the vacant block in the black matrix area is small, the influence of the mutual capacitance between the touch driving line and the touch sensing line is weak, thereby effectively reducing the touch effect on the touch panel. Impact.
- a plurality of laterally disposed touch driving lines and a plurality of vertically disposed touch sensing lines may form a plurality of cross structures M.
- each of the cross structures M and a plurality of empty blocks 1023 located in the vacant area N of the four corners of the cross structure M constitutes a vacant block 1023.
- the transparent conductive pattern 102 may be made of tin indium oxide (ITO).
- the transparent conductive pattern 102 is an axisymmetric pattern and there are two mutually perpendicular axes of symmetry. As shown in FIG. 1-2, the transparent conductive pattern 102 is approximately rectangular, which ensures the consistency of the optical performance of the touch panel.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks in the vacant area in the overlap area is greater than the distribution density of the vacant blocks located in the visible area.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks in the partial vacant area N1 in the overlapping area W in FIG. 1-2 is greater than the distribution density of the vacant blocks in the vacant area N2 of the visible area.
- the visible area is also That is, an area other than the overlapping area on the transparent conductive pattern.
- Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2 illustrate the example in which a part of the vacant area is located in the overlapping area.
- the number of the touch driving lines and the touch sensing lines in the transparent conductive pattern 102 is adaptively set according to the size of the touch panel, and FIG. 1-1 and FIG. 1-2 only have three touch driving lines and three The touch sensing line is taken as an example for explanation.
- the distribution rule of the vacant block in the overlap region is generally that the area of the vacant block is positively related to the distance between the vacant block and the main touch line, that is, the closer the vacant block is to the main touch line, The smaller the area.
- the main touch line can be a touch drive line or a touch sense line.
- the area of the plurality of empty blocks in the overlap region decreases from far to near the main touch line. Since the area of the vacant block near the main touch line is small, when the main touch line is short-circuited with the vacant block, the influence on the size of the capacitance between the touch drive line and the touch sensing line is weak, thereby effectively reducing the pair. The effect of the touch effect of the touch panel.
- the shapes of the vacant blocks of the transparent conductive pattern are different, generally irregular shapes, it is not necessarily ensured that the area of the plurality of vacant blocks in the overlap region decreases from far to near the touch line. Therefore, at this time, it is ensured that the area of the vacant block adjacent to the touch line in the overlapping area is smaller than the preset area, and the preset area is between the touch driving line and the touch sensing line when the vacant block is short-circuited with the touch line.
- the effect of the size of the capacitor is less than the corresponding area at the preset level.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a touch unit provided by an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a touch unit L1 in which all areas are located in the visible area of FIG. 1-1
- FIG. 3 to FIG. 6 respectively have the partial area located on the overlapping area shown in FIG.
- Touch unit L2 for edge, bottom edge, left edge and right edge
- FIGS. 7-10 are touch units L6, L7, L8, and L9 in which the partial regions are located at the upper left corner, the upper right corner, the lower left corner, and the lower right corner of the overlap region shown in FIG. Schematic diagram of the structure.
- the transparent touch electrodes 102 can generally be divided into two types, a transparent touch electrode with a wing line and a transparent touch electrode without a wing line.
- the transparent touch electrodes 102 in FIGS. 1-1 to 10 are all transparent touch electrodes with wing lines. As can be seen from FIG. 1-1 to FIG. 10, the transparent touch electrodes 102 in the embodiment of the present invention are further
- the wing line may be a wing line extending from a main touch line and having a direction different from a direction in which the main touch line is disposed, the main touch
- the control line is one of the touch drive line and the touch sense line.
- the transparent touch electrode 102 provided with the wing line has a small overall resistance, and the touch unit is more smoothly connected.
- FIG. 11 is a partial schematic diagram of a touch unit of a transparent touch electrode without a wing line according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the transparent conductive pattern of the touch panel includes a first empty block adjacent to the first main touch line in the overlapping area, and the first main touch line is one of a touch driving line and a touch sensing line.
- the gap surrounding the first vacant block includes a gap between the first vacant block and the first main touch line, a first gap between the first vacant block and the adjacent vacant block, and a second gap.
- the adjacent empty blocks may be one or more.
- the first main touch line in FIG. 11 is the touch driving line Tx
- the first empty block is A
- the gap surrounding the first empty block A includes: the first empty block A and the first main touch line Tx.
- the first main touch line in FIG. 11 is the touch sensing line Rx
- the first empty block is B
- the gap surrounding the first empty block B includes: the first empty block B and the first main touch line Rx.
- the extending direction of the first gap is parallel to the direction in which the first main touch line is disposed.
- the first gap extends from the boundary of the transparent conductive pattern to the inner boundary P of the black matrix by a first distance F, and the extending direction of the second gap is parallel to the inside of the black matrix.
- the boundary P, the first distance F is equal to the gap width of the graphic unit in the visible area, and is usually 30 um. This ensures optical uniformity of the visible area and reduces the occurrence of ESD.
- the two boundaries of the second gap respectively have a certain distance from the inner boundary P of the black matrix, wherein the distance from the boundary of the visible region to the inner boundary P of the black matrix is the first distance F, and the other boundary and the black matrix
- the distance of the inner boundary P can be It is 30 um to 90 um, preferably 30 um.
- FIG. 12 is a partial schematic diagram of a touch unit with a transparent touch electrode with a wing line according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the transparent conductive pattern further includes a wing line Tw, the wing line is a touch line extending from the second main touch line, and the setting direction is different from the setting direction of the second main touch line,
- the two main touch lines are one of a touch drive line and a touch sense line.
- the transparent conductive pattern may include a second vacant block adjacent to the second main touch line and the wing line in the overlap region, and a second portion of the overlap region that is not adjacent to the second main touch line and adjacent to the wing line Three empty blocks.
- the gap surrounding the second vacant block includes: a gap between the second vacant block and the second main touch line, the wing line, a third gap between the second vacant block and the adjacent vacant block, and a fourth gap;
- the gap surrounding the third vacant block includes a gap between the third vacant block and the wing line and a fifth gap between the third vacant block and the adjacent vacant block.
- the second main touch line is the touch driving line Tx
- the second empty block is C
- the third empty block is D
- the wing line is Tw
- the gap surrounding the second empty block C includes: a gap c1 between the second vacant block C and the second main touch line Tx, the wing line Tw, a third gap c2 between the second vacant block C and the adjacent vacant block, and a fourth gap c3;
- the gap of the vacant block D includes a gap d1 between the third vacant block D and the wing line Tw and a fifth gap d2 between the third vacant block D and the adjacent vacant block.
- the extending direction of the third gap is parallel to the direction in which the second main touch line Tx is disposed.
- the third gap starts from the wing line until the inner boundary P of the black matrix extends.
- the second distance F terminates.
- the extending direction of the fourth gap is parallel to the black matrix.
- the inner boundary, the extending direction of the fifth gap is parallel to the direction in which the wing lines are disposed, and the second distance F is equal to the gap width of the graphic unit in the visible region, and is usually 30 um. This ensures optical uniformity of the visible area and reduces the occurrence of ESD.
- the two boundaries of the fourth gap c3 respectively have a certain distance from the inner boundary P of the black matrix, wherein the distance between the boundary of the visible region and the inner boundary of the black matrix is the second distance F, and the other boundary and the black matrix
- the distance of the inner boundary may be 30 um to 90 um, preferably 30 um.
- the gap around the gap may not include the wing line.
- the gap in which the direction is parallel is set as long as the area of the third vacant block D is small.
- the third vacant block may also be E, and the third vacant block may be There is a gap e1 between the E and the wing line Tw and a fifth gap e2 between the third vacant block E and the adjacent vacant block, and the fifth gap e2 is not parallel to the direction in which the wing line is disposed.
- the structure of the vacant block can be referred to FIG. 11 .
- the pattern of the vacant block shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 is used to form a transparent conductive pattern, so that the area of the adjacent vacant block adjacent to the main touch line is small, so that the capacitance between the touch drive line and the touch sensing line is made.
- the effect of the size is less than the preset level.
- the transparent conductive pattern can be obtained by adjusting the shape of the transparent region or the opaque region of the mask in the patterning process, and the manufacturing process is relatively simple.
- the distribution rule of the vacant block in the overlap region may include that the area of the vacant block is positively related to the distance between the vacant block and the wing line, that is, the vacant block The closer to the wing line, the smaller the area.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic structural view of a conventional touch panel 20 (for the clarity of FIG. 13 , the black matrix is not shaded), the touch panel 20 includes: a base substrate; A black matrix is formed thereon, the black matrix is located at an annular region at the edge of the substrate substrate; a transparent conductive pattern 201 is formed on the base substrate on which the black matrix is formed, and an outer edge of the transparent conductive pattern 201 and an inner edge of the black matrix overlap
- the transparent conductive pattern 201 includes: a plurality of laterally disposed touch driving line touch driving lines and a plurality of vertically disposed touch sensing line touch sensing lines, and a plurality of empty blocks, a plurality of laterally disposed touch driving lines and a plurality of longitudinal directions
- the set touch sensing lines are insulated from each other and form a plurality of cross structures.
- Each of the cross structures and the plurality of vacant blocks in the vacant area of the four corners of the cross structure form a touch unit; the structure of each touch unit L0 in the transparent conductive pattern 201 is the same; in the related art, the touch unit is generally called The pixel, the transparent conductive pattern 201 of FIG. 13 is actually a pixel array formed of a plurality of identical pixels.
- the touch panel provided in the embodiment of the present invention is apparent.
- the distribution density of the hollow block in the overlapping area of the black matrix and the transparent conductive pattern is significantly larger than the distribution density of the hollow block of the conventional touch panel 20. That is, in the unit area, the number of vacant blocks in the overlap region is large, and the area of each vacant block is relatively small.
- the black matrix area is hollow
- the area of the block is small, and the influence on the size of the capacitance between the touch driving line and the touch sensing line is weak, thereby effectively reducing the influence on the touch effect of the touch panel.
- the structure of the vacant block in the non-display area of the transparent conductive pattern is changed, and the display of the visible area is not affected.
- the gap width of each adjacent graphic unit in the visible area is usually 30 um (micrometer), in order to ensure the uniformity of the overall structure of the touch panel, transparent
- the gap width of all the graphic elements on the conductive pattern is set to a fixed width, that is, 30 um.
- the graphic unit may be a minimum independent graphic constituting a transparent conductive pattern, such as a blank block, a touch driving line, or the like.
- the inventors have confirmed through many experiments that in the overlapping region of the transparent conductive pattern and the black matrix, the larger the gap width of two adjacent pattern units, the lower the probability of occurrence of a short circuit, and therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention
- the gap width of any two adjacent graphic units located in the overlapping area may be greater than 30 um. This will effectively reduce the probability of a short circuit in the overlap region.
- the gap width of the graphic unit in the black matrix region is increased, the mutual capacitance value of the node of the single touch unit is increased.
- the gap width is too large (for example, greater than 100 um), the node capacitance value is excessively increased.
- the node capacitance value of the black matrix area is generally much larger than the node capacitance value of the visible area, resulting in poor uniformity of the transparent conductive pattern and affecting the touch performance of the edge area of the touch panel.
- the upper limit of the gap width that can be supported by the driver integrated circuit (English: Integrated Circuit; IC) chip connected to the touch driving line and the touch sensing line is usually 100 um (that is, when the gap width is within 100 um, the node The capacitance value is within the acceptable range of the driving IC chip, and the touch performance of the touch panel edge region is not greatly affected at this time.
- the gap width D1 of any two adjacent graphic units in the overlapping area is 100 um.
- the gap width D2 of the visible area can still be 30um.
- the charge density is related to the shape of the surface of the conductor, and the charge density is small at a gentle portion and largest at a pointed portion. Therefore, the tip of the conductor tends to accumulate charges. When the charge density reaches a certain magnitude, the electric field generated by the charge is large, and the tip discharge phenomenon is likely to occur.
- the corners of any of the graphic units in the transparent conductive pattern are rounded, and the rounded corners are sharper than the sharp acute angles. Small, to achieve a smooth transition of the pattern, can reduce charge accumulation, avoid the generation of tip discharge phenomenon.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks in the overlapping area in the transparent conductive pattern is greater than the distribution density of the vacant blocks in the visible area, due to being located in the overlapping area W.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks is large, that is, in the unit area, the number of vacant blocks in the overlap region is large, and the area of each vacant block in the overlap region is relatively small, in the touch drive line or touch sensing.
- a further embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a touch panel for manufacturing the touch panel 10 according to the above embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15, the manufacturing method includes:
- Step 301 forming a black matrix on the base substrate, the black matrix being located in an annular region at the edge of the substrate substrate.
- a black matrix layer may be formed on a substrate by a deposition or coating process, and then the black matrix layer is processed by one patterning process to obtain a desired black matrix.
- One patterning process may include photoresist coating, exposure, Processes such as development, etching, and photoresist stripping.
- a cross-sectional view of the base substrate 103 on which the black matrix 101 is formed is shown in Fig. 16, and a plan view is shown in Fig. 17.
- Step 302 forming a transparent conductive pattern on the base substrate formed with the black matrix, and an overlapping area exists between an outer edge of the transparent conductive pattern and an inner edge of the black matrix, and the transparent conductive pattern includes: a plurality of laterally disposed touch driving line touches The driving line and the plurality of vertically arranged touch sensing line touch sensing lines, and the plurality of empty blocks, the plurality of laterally disposed touch driving lines and the plurality of longitudinally arranged touch sensing lines are insulated from each other.
- a transparent conductive layer may be formed on a substrate by a deposition or coating process, and the transparent conductive layer is processed by a patterning process to obtain a transparent conductive pattern.
- the one patterning process may include processes such as photoresist coating, exposure, development, etching, and photoresist stripping.
- the method may further include: forming a plurality of conductive bridges on the base substrate, the plurality of conductive bridges for connecting the plurality of laterally disposed touch drive lines, the plurality of laterally disposed
- the touch drive line can transmit signals through the conductive bridge.
- the touch panel can be formed by 5 patterning processes, also called 5mask (Chinese: mask), or 6 patterning processes, also called 6mask.
- the conductive bridge is formed of a metal material; in a scene in which the touch panel is formed by 6 patterning processes, the conductive bridge is formed of ITO material, and is transparent.
- the conductive patterns are formed in the same material.
- a top view of the substrate substrate on which the conductive bridge and the transparent conductive layer are formed may be as shown in FIG. 1-1 or FIG. 1-2.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks located in the overlap region is greater than the distribution density of the vacant blocks located in the viewable region.
- a plurality of laterally disposed touch driving lines and a plurality of vertically disposed touch sensing lines form a plurality of cross structures, and each of the cross structures and the plurality of empty blocks located in the vacant areas at the four corners of the cross structure constitute one touch unit.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks in each of the first vacant areas in the overlapping area is greater than the distribution density of the hollow blocks in the second vacant area of the visible area, and the first vacant area and the second vacant area are in different touch units. The relative positions in the same are the same.
- the gap width of any two adjacent graphics elements located in the overlap region is greater than 30 um.
- the gap width of any two adjacent graphics elements in the overlap region is 100 um.
- the corners of any of the graphic elements in the transparent conductive pattern are rounded.
- the transparent conductive pattern is an axisymmetric pattern and there are two mutually perpendicular axes of symmetry.
- the overlapping area is located in the overlapping area.
- the distribution density of the vacant blocks in W is large, that is, in the unit area, the number of vacant blocks in the overlap region is large, and the area of each vacant block in the overlap region is relatively small, in the touch drive line.
- a further embodiment of the present invention provides a touch device comprising the touch panel 10 provided in any of the above embodiments of the present invention.
- the touch device provided by the embodiment of the invention may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a television, a display, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, Any product or part that has a touch display function, such as a navigator.
- touch panel 40 As shown in FIG. 18, the touch panel includes:
- the base substrate (not shown in Fig. 18).
- a transparent conductive pattern 402 is formed on the base substrate on which the black matrix is formed, and the transparent conductive pattern and the black matrix in the annular region have overlapping regions.
- the transparent conductive pattern includes: a plurality of laterally disposed touch driving line touch driving lines and a plurality of longitudinal directions. a touch sensing line touch sensing line, and a plurality of empty blocks, a plurality of laterally disposed touch driving lines and a plurality of longitudinally disposed touch sensing lines are insulated from each other, each of the empty blocks forming a separate graphic in the transparent conductive pattern Unit; the gap width of any two adjacent graphics elements in the overlap region is greater than 30um.
- the gap width of any two adjacent graphics elements in the overlap region is 100 um.
- Figure 18 shows the example of 100um.
- the gap width of each adjacent graphic unit in the visible area is usually 30 um (micrometer), in order to ensure the overall structure of the touch panel. Uniformity, the gap width of all the graphic elements on the transparent conductive pattern is set to a fixed width, that is, 30 um.
- the inventors have confirmed through many experiments that in the overlapping region of the transparent conductive pattern and the black matrix, the larger the gap width of two adjacent pattern units, the lower the probability of occurrence of a short circuit, and therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention
- the gap width of any two adjacent graphic units located in the overlapping area may be greater than 30 um. This will effectively reduce the probability of a short circuit in the overlap region.
- the gap width of the graphic unit in the black matrix region is increased, the mutual capacitance value of the node of the single touch unit is increased, and when the gap width is too large (for example, greater than 100 um), the node capacitance value is excessively increased. Therefore, the node capacitance value of the black matrix area is generally much larger than the node capacitance value of the visible area, resulting in poor uniformity of the transparent conductive pattern and affecting the touch performance of the edge area of the touch panel.
- the upper limit of the gap width that can be supported by the driver integrated circuit (English: Integrated Circuit; IC) chip connected to the touch driving line and the touch sensing line is usually 100 um (that is, when the gap width is within 100 um, the node
- the capacitance value is within the acceptable range of the driving IC chip, and the touch property on the edge region of the touch panel at this time
- any two adjacent ones in the overlapping area is 100 um.
- the gap width D2 of the visible area can still be 30um.
- the gap width of any two adjacent graphic units in the overlapping area is greater than 30 um, the probability of short-circuiting in the overlapping area can be effectively reduced, and in any two phases When the gap width of the adjacent graphics unit is 100 um, it is possible to minimize the probability of short-circuiting in the overlap region while ensuring effective driving of the driving IC chip.
- adjacent in the embodiment of the present invention means that the two patterns are insulated by the gap, but are close together.
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- 一种触控面板,包括:衬底基板;黑矩阵,所述黑矩阵位于所述衬底基板边缘的环形区域;透明导电图形,所述透明导电图形和所述环形区域中的黑矩阵存在重叠区域,所述透明导电图形包括:多条横向设置的触摸驱动线和多条纵向设置的触摸感应线,以及多个空置块,其中所述触摸驱动线和所述触摸感应线相互绝缘,每个空置块形成所述透明导电图形中的一个独立图形单元;其中,位于所述重叠区域中的空置块的分布密度大于位于可视区域中的空置块的分布密度。
- 根据权利要求1所述的触控面板,其中所述多条横向设置的触摸驱动线和多条纵向设置的触摸感应线形成多个十字结构,每个十字结构以及位于所述十字结构四角的空置区内的多个空置块组成一个触控单元;其中所述重叠区域中的每个空置区中的空置块的分布密度大于位于所述可视区域的空置块的分布密度。
- 根据权利要求1所述的触控面板,其特征在于,所述重叠区域中的任意两个相邻的图形单元的间隙宽度大于30um。
- 根据权利要求3所述的触控面板,其中所述重叠区域中的任意两个相邻的图形单元的间隙宽度为100um。
- 根据权利要求1所述的触控面板,其中所述透明导电图形中任一图形单元的边角为圆角。
- 根据权利要求1至5任一所述的触控面板,其中所述重叠区域中的多个空置块的面积从远离到靠近主触控线依次减小,所述主触控线为触摸驱动线和触摸感应线中的一个。
- 根据权利要求1至5中任一所述的触控面板,其中所述透明导电图形为轴对称图形,且存在两个互相垂直的对称轴。
- 根据权利要求1-5中任一项所述的触控面板,其中所述透明导电图形还包括翅膀线,所述翅膀线为从主触控线上延伸出的、且设置方向与所述主触控线的设置方向不同的从触控线,所述主触控线为触 摸驱动线和触摸感应线中的一个,其中所述重叠区域中的多个空置块的面积从远离到靠近所述翅膀线依次减小。
- 根据权利要求1所述的触控面板,其中所述多个空置块包括所述重叠区域中与第一主触控线相邻的第一空置块,所述第一主触控线为所述多条触摸驱动线和所述多条触摸感应线中的一个,其中围绕所述第一空置块的间隙包括:所述第一空置块与所述的第一主触控线之间的间隙、所述第一空置块与相邻的空置块之间的第一间隙和第二间隙;其中,所述第一间隙的延伸方向平行所述第一主触控线的设置方向,所述第一间隙从所述透明导电图形的边界延伸出所述黑矩阵的内边界第一距离,所述第二间隙的延伸方向平行所述黑矩阵的内边界,所述第一距离与所述可视区域中的图形单元的间隙宽度相等。
- 根据权利要求1或9所述的触控面板,其中所述透明导电图形还包括翅膀线,所述翅膀线为从第二主触控线上延伸出的,且设置方向与所述第二主触控线的设置方向不同的从触控线,所述第二主触控线为所述多条触摸驱动线和所述多条触摸感应线中的一个,所述多个空置块包括所述重叠区域中与所述第二主触控线、所述翅膀线均相邻的第二空置块,以及所述重叠区域中与所述第二主触控线不相邻且与所述翅膀线均相邻的第三空置块,其中围绕所述第二空置块的间隙包括:所述第二空置块分别与所述第二主触控线、所述翅膀线之间的间隙、所述第二空置块与相邻的空置块之间的第三间隙和第四间隙;围绕所述第三空置块的间隙包括:所述第三空置块与所述翅膀线之间的间隙和所述第三空置块与相邻的空置块之间的第五间隙;其中,所述第三间隙的延伸方向平行所述第二主触控线的设置方向,所述第三间隙从所述翅膀线开始直至延伸出所述黑矩阵的内边界第二距离终止,所述第四间隙的延伸方向平行所述黑矩阵的内边界,所述第五间隙的延伸方向平行所述翅膀线的设置方向,所述第二距离与所述可视区域中的图形单元的间隙宽度相等。
- 一种触控装置,包括:权利要求1至10中任一项所述的触控面板。
- 一种触控面板,包括:衬底基板;黑矩阵,所述黑矩阵位于所述衬底基板边缘的环形区域;透明导电图形,所述透明导电图形和所述环形区域中的黑矩阵存在重叠区域,所述透明导电图形包括:多条横向设置的触摸驱动线和多条纵向设置的触摸感应线,以及多个空置块,其中多条横向设置的Tx和多条纵向设置的Rx相互绝缘,每个空置块形成所述透明导电图形中的一个独立图形单元;其中,所述重叠区域中的任意两个相邻的图形单元的间隙宽度大于30um。
- 根据权利要求12所述的触控面板,其中所述重叠区域中的任意两个相邻的图形单元的间隙宽度为100um。
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