Patents Assigned to TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
  • Patent number: 11353998
    Abstract: A touch panel has a substrate having a display region and a peripheral region, a touch sensing electrode disposed in the display region of the substrate, and a peripheral circuit disposed in the peripheral region of the substrate. The touch sensing electrode is electrically connected to the peripheral circuit, and the touch sensing electrode layer includes a first portion of a patterned metal nanowire layer. The peripheral circuit includes a patterned conductive layer and a second portion of the metal nanowire layer. At least a non-conductive material of the conductive layer is between the peripheral circuit and a second peripheral circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Shan-Yu Wu, Chih-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 11347359
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a peripheral trace, and a touch sensing electrode. The substrate has a visible area, a peripheral area, a bending area, and a non-bending area. The peripheral trace is disposed on the peripheral area. The touch sensing electrode is disposed on the visible area and has a first portion disposed on the bending area and a second portion disposed on the non-bending area. The touch sensing electrode has a mesh pattern interlaced by a plurality of thin lines. The peripheral trace and the touch sensing electrode each includes a plurality of conductive nanostructures and a film layer added onto the conductive nanostructures, and an interface between each of the conductive nanostructures and the film layer that are in the peripheral trace and in the second portion of the touch sensing electrode substantially has a covering structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsien Yu, Zi Jun Ding, Yun Guo Xu, Jian Hua Fang, Mingpei Chen
  • Patent number: 11340747
    Abstract: A touch sensor having a visible area and a peripheral area on at least one side of the visible area includes a substrate and a first touch electrode layer. The substrate has a hole area corresponding to the visible area, and the hole area has a first edge. The first touch electrode layer is disposed on the substrate and corresponding to the visible area. The first touch electrode layer includes a first electrode line extending along a first direction, and the first electrode line has a first portion close to the hole area and a second portion far from the hole area along the first direction. The first portion of the first electrode line is connected to the second portion of the first electrode line, and the first portion of the first electrode line is disposed adjacent to the first edge along a contour of the hole area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Jui Lin, Wei-Chuan Chao, Shao-Jie Liu, Si-Qiang Xu
  • Patent number: 11327620
    Abstract: A touch sensing layer includes a first-axis conductive unit, a second-axis conductive unit, and at least one dummy electrode. The first-axis conductive unit substantially extends along a first axial direction. The second-axis conductive unit substantially extends along a second axial direction and includes two conductive electrodes and a conductive bridge. The two conductive electrodes are respectively located at opposite sides of the first-axis conductive unit. The conductive bridge crosses the first-axis conductive unit and is connected to the two conductive electrodes. The dummy electrode includes at least one part located in a gap formed between the first-axis conductive unit and one of the two conductive electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Caijin Ye, Chun Yan Wu, Tsai-Kuei Wei, Chen-Hsin Chang, Lien-Hsin Lee, Tai-Shih Cheng
  • Patent number: 11320922
    Abstract: A touch-sensing display module is provided, including a display unit and a film sensing structure. The display unit has a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, and a side connecting the front surface and the rear surface. The film sensing structure is attached to the display unit and includes a main body and a bending portion connected to the main body, wherein the bending portion includes a slot. The bending portion extends from the front surface of the display unit to the rear surface along the side. The bending portion covers a portion of the side and a portion of the rear surface. A portion of the display unit is exposed by the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ting Chieh Chien, Xingjie Zhang, Renyuan Yan, Zhijuan Lin
  • Patent number: 11301098
    Abstract: A flexible touch sensor having a visible area and a trace area surrounding the visible area includes a substrate, a touch-sensing layer, and a noise shielding layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface. The touch-sensing layer is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The noise shielding layer is disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The noise shielding layer includes a matrix and a plurality of metal nanowires distributed in the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Yongbin Ke
  • Patent number: 11294518
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of touch technology, and provides a touch display module including a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, a moisture barrier layer, and a display element. The transparent conductive layer is disposed on the substrate. The moisture barrier layer extends laterally on the transparent conductive layer and covers the transparent conductive layer, and the moisture barrier layer includes inorganic materials. The display element is disposed on the moisture barrier layer. The touch display module of the present disclosure can avoid or slow down the water vapor/humidity intrusion from the environment, thereby meeting the specification requirements for improving product reliability test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Qi Bin Liu, Kuolung Fang, You Zhi She, Ya Ting Hsu, Bao Lin Liu, Yong Jin Wu, Pei Qin Xu
  • Patent number: 11269435
    Abstract: A three-dimensional sensing panel includes a cover plate, a two-dimensional touch sensing module, a pressure sensing coating layer, and a light-transmitting electrode layer. The cover plate defines thereon a touch area and a peripheral area surrounding the touch area. The two-dimensional touch sensing module is disposed at the touch area. The pressure sensing coating layer is coated at a side of the two-dimensional touch sensing module away from the cover plate. The light-transmitting electrode layer is coated at a side of the pressure sensing coating layer away from the two-dimensional touch sensing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Lien Hsin Lee, Yan Zhao, Jenchang Liu, Ren Hung Wang, Tai Shih Cheng, Jun Chen Zhong, Yuting Chan, Chu Chiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11262878
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of touch technology, and provides a touch module, which includes a substrate, a first touch sensing layer, a metal wiring layer, and a transparent conductive layer. The substrate has a visible area and a peripheral area located around the visible area. The first touch sensing layer extends from the visible area to the peripheral area of the substrate. The metal wiring layer is located in the peripheral area of the substrate and is laterally separated from the first touch sensing layer. The transparent conductive layer is located in the peripheral area of the substrate and has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is in contact with the first touch sensing layer and the second portion is in contact with the metal wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Qi Bin Liu, Kuo Lung Fang, Ya Mei Chen, Ya Ting Hsu
  • Patent number: 11262879
    Abstract: A touch module includes a substrate, a touch sensing layer, a first transparent adhesive layer, and a second transparent adhesive layer. The substrate has a visible area and a peripheral area surrounding the visible area. The touch sensing layer is disposed on the substrate and located in the visible area. The first transparent adhesive layer is disposed on the touch sensing layer, and a dielectric constant of the first transparent adhesive layer is between 1.5 and 3.0. The second transparent adhesive layer is disposed on the first transparent adhesive layer, and a dielectric constant of the second transparent adhesive layer is between 3.0 and 8.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Huang Chen, Wei-Sheng Chen, Ching-Mao Huang
  • Patent number: 11243633
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure sensing module, a touch panel and a method of detecting a two-point touch pressure of a touch panel. The pressure sensing module includes a substrate and a sensing layer formed over the substrate. The sensing layer includes a plurality of pressure sensing units. The pressure sensing units are axially symmetrically disposed along a symmetry axis of the substrate to form a first pressure sensing region and a second pressure sensing region. The pressure sensing unit includes four resistors having a same resistance. The four resistors are configured as a Wheatstone bridge, in which pattern shapes of two of the resistors have a same extending direction and are not adjacent. The touch panel includes the pressure sensing module described above. The method of detecting the two-point touch pressure of the touch panel is used to detect the two-point touch pressure on the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Ho-Hsun Chi, Tsai-Kuei Wei, Cai-Jin Ye, Feng Chen, Wei Wei
  • Patent number: 11226707
    Abstract: A touch screen panel is provided, which includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of first etched lines, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of second etched lines. The first electrodes are formed along a first direction and separated by the first etched lines. The second electrodes are formed along a second direction and separated by the second etched lines. A largest width of the first and second etched lines is C, and each of a plurality of overlapping regions formed by projecting the first and second etched lines in a third direction have an area less than or equal to C squared. The first, second, and third directions are perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chien Hsien Yu, Chien Min Lai, Chin Hsueh Fang
  • Patent number: 11226708
    Abstract: A touch electrode is provided in the disclosure, including a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes. Each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first electrode wires and a plurality of first axis wires, in which each of the first axis wires is connected to and perpendicular to the first electrode wires. The second electrode layer is electrically insulated and located above or beneath the first electrode layer. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrodes. Each of the second electrodes includes a plurality of second electrode wires, and the second electrodes are spaced apart from each other and connected to each other in parallel. The material of the first and the second electrode layers is metal nanowires. A touch panel and a touch display, including the touch electrode described herein, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Peng Gan, Cheng-Chieh Li, Qin-Xue Fang, Yong-Bin Ke, Si-Dian Chen
  • Patent number: 11169630
    Abstract: A touch panel having a visible area and a peripheral area includes a first substrate, a first metal nanowires layer, a first wiring component, and a first conductive adhesive layer. The first metal nanowires layer is formed on the surface of the first substrate and patterned to include a first sensing part corresponding to the visible area and a first connecting part corresponding to the peripheral area. The first wiring component includes a first carrier plate and a first peripheral trace. The first carrier plate is located corresponding to the peripheral area and has a hollow design corresponding to the visible area. The first peripheral trace is disposed on the surface of the first carrier plate adjacent to the side of the first metal nanowires layer. The first conductive adhesive layer, located corresponding to the peripheral area, is disposed between the first metal nanowires layer and the first wiring component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Ho-Chien Wu, Ho-Hsun Chi, Liang-Zhen Xu
  • Patent number: 11048353
    Abstract: A foldable touch display device is provided, including a display module, a touch sensing film, a plurality of transmission lines, and a first adhesive layer. The display module has an upper surface, a side surface, and a lower surface. The touch sensing film is disposed under the display module and extends and bends along the side surface to the upper surface. The touch sensing film includes a plurality of electrode lines disposed on one side of the touch sensing film. The transmission lines cover the electrode lines located at the upper surface of the display module. The first adhesive layer is disposed on the side of the touch sensing film adjacent to the display module. The foldable touch display device can reduce the radius of curvature in the bending area and reduce the thickness of the foldable touch display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Jianxing Luo, Jianbin Yan, Zhangzheng Yang
  • Patent number: 11016595
    Abstract: A film sensor includes a substrate, a metal nanowire layer, and an optical adhesive layer. The metal nanowire layer is formed on the substrate and includes a plurality of electrode wires spaced apart from one another. The optical adhesive layer is formed on the metal nanowire layer and is matched with the metal nanowire layer, such that a line resistance variation of the electrode wires is less than 10% and an insulation resistance between adjacent two of the electrode wires is greater than 300 M? under a weathering test conducted at a high temperature of 65° C., a high relative humidity of 90%, and a DC voltage of 5V for 240 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Zi Jun Ding, Huang Chen, Yun Guo Xu, Li Huang Tsai, Li De Lv
  • Patent number: 10983645
    Abstract: A touch module includes a touch panel unit, a conductive adhesive layer and a circuit board. The touch panel unit includes a substrate, a touch sensing structure disposed on the substrate, a signal transmitting structure disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the touch sensing structure, and a protection layer covering a part of a surface of the signal transmitting structure. The protection layer and the substrate are disposed at two opposite sides of the signal transmitting structure. The conductive adhesive layer has a main portion which covers a region of the signal transmitting structure on which the protection layer is not disposed, and a cover portion which extends from the main portion and covers the protection layer. The circuit board is disposed on the conductive adhesive layer, and the circuit board and the signal transmitting structure are disposed at two opposite sides of the conductive adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Qi-Bin Liu, You-Zhi She, Kuo-Lung Fang, Jun-Rong Chen, Shih-Hao Chen, Jun-Ping Yang, Xiao-Xia You, Qi-Jun Zheng, Jun-Jie Zheng
  • Patent number: 10963112
    Abstract: A method of forming touch panels includes providing a substrate with a visible area and a periphery area, forming a metal layer, forming a metal nanowire layer with a first portion in the visible area and a second portion in the periphery area, and performing a patterning process. Forming the metal layer includes substrate pre-treatment, adjusting a characteristic of the substrate surface, forming a catalytic center on the substrate surface, adjusting an activity of the catalytic center, and performing electroless plating on the substrate surface to form the metal layer. The patterning process includes forming a plurality of periphery lead wires from the metal layer while forming a plurality of etching layer from the metal nanowire layer using an etchant that etches the metal layer and the metal nanowire layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Wei You Hsu, Wei Chen Huang, Liang Yi Chang, Han Wei Chen, Ho Chien Wu
  • Patent number: 10572712
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification apparatus includes a cover lens, an optically clear adhesive layer, a fingerprint sensitive layer and a stress buffer. A total thickness of the cover lens and the optically clear adhesive layer is less or equal to a value “M”, wherein 0.3 mm?M?0.45 mm. The cover lens and the fingerprint sensitive layer are adhered by the optically clear adhesive layer. The fingerprint sensitive layer is disposed on the stress buffer. The stress buffer has greater hardness than that of the fingerprint sensitive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Liangzhen Xu, Yu Zhang, Hebo Yang, Shuhui Lin