TOUCH-SENSING PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME
The present invention provides a touch-sensing panel including a polarization plate and a patterned sensing electrode layer. The polarization plate has a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface and the second surface are disposed opposite to each other. The first patterned sensing electrode layer is disposed on the first surface, and the first patterned sensing electrode layer is directly attached on the first surface of the polarization plate.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a touch-sensing panel and a touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel using the same, and more particularly, to a touch-sensing panel having a patterned sensing electrode layer directly formed on a polarization plate and a touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel using the same.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The touch-sensing panel has been widely used in the input interfaces of the instruments for its properties such as the great interaction between machines and humans. In recent years, more consumer electronics, such as mobile phones, GPS navigator systems, tablet computers, personal digital assistances (PDA), and laptop computers are employed with touch display panels. In general, the touch-sensing panel is combined with the liquid crystal display panel to form a touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel. However, the liquid crystal display panel and the touch-sensing panel are finished individually, and then, are stacked sequentially and assembled to become one. Thus, the thickness and the weight of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel are limited by the thicknesses and the weights of the liquid crystal display panel and the touch-sensing panel themselves. For this reason, to reduce the thickness and the weight of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel to decrease the manufacturing cost of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel is an objective in this field.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIt is therefore an objective of the present invention to provide a touch-sensing panel and a touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel using the same to reduce the thickness and the weight of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel and decrease the manufacturing cost of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel.
According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a touch-sensing panel including a polarization plate and a first patterned sensing electrode layer. The polarization plate has a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface and the second surface are disposed opposite to each other. The first patterned sensing electrode layer is disposed on the first surface of the polarization plate, and the first patterned sensing electrode layer is directly attached on the first surface of the polarization plate.
According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal panel, a first polarization plate, and a touch-sensing panel. The liquid crystal panel has a display surface and a back surface, the display surface and the back surface are disposed opposite to each other. The first polarization plate is disposed on the back surface of the liquid crystal panel. The touch-sensing panel is disposed on the display surface of the liquid crystal panel, and the touch-sensing panel includes a second polarization plate and a first patterned sensing electrode layer. The second polarization plate has a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface and the second surface are disposed opposite to each other. The first patterned sensing electrode layer is disposed on the first surface of the second polarization plate, and the first patterned sensing electrode layer is directly attached on the first surface of the second polarization plate.
The present invention directly forms at least one of the patterned sensing electrode layers on a surface of the second polarization plate to directly attach the patterned sensing electrode layer on the surface of the second polarization plate. Thus, the transparent substrate that is used to dispose the patterned sensing electrode layer in the prior art can be eliminated in the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel of the present invention, and the thickness of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel can accordingly be reduced. For this reason, the weight of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel can be reduced, and thereby, the manufacturing cost of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel can be decreased.
These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
To provide a better understanding of the present invention, exemplary embodiments will be detailed as follows. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings with numbered elements to elaborate the contents and effects to be achieved.
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In this embodiment, the first patterned sensing electrode layer 110 and the second patterned sensing electrode layer 112 are respectively disposed on the first surface 108a and the second surface 108b of the second polarization plate 108. Furthermore, the first patterned sensing electrode layer 110 is directly formed on the first surface 108a of the second polarization plate 108, and therefore, can be directly attached on the first surface 108a of the second polarization plate 108. The second patterned sensing electrode layer 112 is directly formed on the second surface 108b of the second polarization plate 108, and therefore, can be directly attached on the second surface 108b of the second polarization plate 108. In other words, the second polarization plate 108 is directly used as a substrate to form the first patterned sensing electrode layer 110 and the second patterned sensing electrode layer 112 in the touch-sensing panel 106. Thus, the second polarization plate 108 can be configured to insulate the first patterned sensing electrode layer 110 from the second patterned sensing electrode layer 112, and the touch sensing error can be accordingly avoided due to the first patterned sensing electrode layer 110 being insulated from the second patterned sensing electrode layer 112. Moreover, a cost of transparent substrates that are used to dispose patterned sensing electrodes in the prior art can be saved in the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel 100, and a thickness of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel 100 can therefore be reduced, thereby decreasing a weight of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel 100. Since a thickness and a weight of the polarization plate 108 is less than that of a glass substrate used in the prior art, so that a thickness and a weight of the touch-sensing panel 106 also can be reduced. A method of forming the first patterned sensing electrode layer 110 and a method of forming the second patterned sensing electrode layer 112 can respectively include performing a deposition process, such as an evaporation process or an electroplating process, to deposit transparent conductive materials, such as indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), antimony tin oxide (ATO) or antimony zinc oxide (AZO), respectively on the first surface 108a and the second surface 108b of the second polarization plate 108, and then, performing a patterning process, such as a photolithographic and etching process, to pattern the transparent conductive materials to form the first patterned sensing electrode layer 110 and the second patterned sensing electrode layer 112.
In addition, the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel 100 further includes a first adhesive layer 114 disposed between the touch-sensing panel 106 and the liquid crystal panel 102 and covering the whole first patterned sensing electrode layer 110 to attach the second polarization plate 108 of the touch-sensing panel 106 to the display surface 102a of the liquid crystal panel 102. In other embodiment of the present invention, the first adhesive layer also cannot overlap the first patterned sensing electrode layer and the second patterned sensing electrode layer, and the first adhesive layer is disposed at a peripheral region of the touch-sensing panel.
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As the above description, the first patterned sensing electrode layer 110 and the second patterned sensing electrode layer 112 of touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel 100 in this embodiment are directly formed on first surface 108a and the second surface 108b of the second polarization plate 108 respectively, so that the cost of two transparent substrates , such as two transparent glass substrates, that are respectively used to dispose the first patterned sensing electrode layer and the second patterned sensing electrode layer in the prior art can be saved in the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel 100. A thickness and a weight of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel 100 can therefore be reduced, and thereby, the cost of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel 100 can be decreased.
The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment. The following description continues to detail the other embodiments or modifications, and in order to simplify and show the difference between the other embodiments or modifications and the above-mentioned embodiment, the same numerals denote the same components in the following description, and the same parts are not detailed redundantly.
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In summary, at least one of the patterned sensing electrode layers is directly formed on a surface of the second polarization plate, and is directly attached on the surface of the second polarization plate in the present invention. Thus, the cost of the transparent substrate that is used to dispose the patterned sensing electrode layer in the prior art can be saved in the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel of the present invention, and the thickness of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel can accordingly be reduced. For this reason, the weight of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel can be reduced, and thereby, the cost of the touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel can be decreased.
Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims.
Claims
1. A touch-sensing panel, comprising:
- a polarization plate, having a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface and the second surface being disposed opposite to each other; and
- a first patterned sensing electrode layer, disposed on the first surface of the polarization plate, and the first patterned sensing electrode layer being directly attached on the first surface of the polarization plate.
2. The touch-sensing panel according to claim 1, further comprising a second patterned sensing electrode layer, directly attached on the second surface of the polarization plate.
3. The touch-sensing panel according to claim 1, further comprising:
- a second patterned sensing electrode layer, disposed on the second surface;
- a transparent substrate, disposed between the second surface of the polarization plate and the second patterned sensing electrode layer; and
- an adhesive layer, disposed between the transparent substrate and the polarization plate and configured to attach the transparent substrate to the polarization plate.
4. The touch-sensing panel according to claim 3, wherein the second patterned sensing electrode layer is directly attached on the transparent substrate.
5. The touch-sensing panel according to claim 1, further comprising:
- a second patterned sensing electrode layer, disposed on the second surface;
- a transparent substrate, disposed on the second surface of the polarization plate, and the second patterned sensing electrode layer being disposed between the transparent substrate and the polarization plate; and
- an adhesive layer, disposed between the transparent substrate and the polarization plate and configured to attach the transparent substrate to the polarization plate.
6. The touch-sensing panel according to claim 5, wherein the second patterned sensing electrode layer is directly attached on the transparent substrate.
7. The touch-sensing panel according to claim 1, further comprising:
- a second patterned sensing electrode layer, disposed on the first surface;
- a transparent substrate, disposed between the first patterned sensing electrode layer and the second patterned sensing electrode layer, and the second patterned sensing electrode layer being directly attached on the transparent substrate; and
- an adhesive layer, disposed between the transparent substrate and the polarization plate and configured to attach the transparent substrate to the polarization plate.
8. A touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
- a liquid crystal panel, having a display surface and a back surface, the display surface and the back surface being disposed opposite to each other;
- a first polarization plate, disposed on the back surface of the liquid crystal panel; and
- a touch-sensing panel, disposed on the display surface of the liquid crystal panel, and the touch-sensing panel comprising: a second polarization plate, having a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface and the second surface being disposed opposite to each other; and a first patterned sensing electrode layer, disposed on the first surface of the second polarization plate, and the first patterned sensing electrode layer being directly attached on the first surface of the second polarization plate.
9. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 8, wherein the first surface facing the liquid crystal panel.
10. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 9, further comprising a second patterned sensing electrode layer is directly attached on the second surface of the second polarization plate.
11. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 9, further comprising:
- a second patterned sensing electrode layer, disposed on the second surface;
- a transparent substrate, disposed between the second surface of the second polarization plate and the second patterned sensing electrode layer; and
- an adhesive layer, disposed between the transparent substrate and the second polarization plate and configured to attach the transparent substrate to the second polarization plate.
12. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 11, wherein the second patterned sensing electrode layer is directly attached on the transparent substrate.
13. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 11, further comprising:
- a second patterned sensing electrode layer, disposed on the second surface;
- a transparent substrate, disposed on the second surface of the second polarization plate, and the second patterned sensing electrode layer being disposed between the transparent substrate and the second polarization plate; and
- an adhesive layer, disposed between the transparent substrate and the second polarization plate and configured to attach the transparent substrate to the second polarization plate.
14. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 13, wherein the second patterned sensing electrode layer is directly attached on the transparent substrate.
15. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 9, further comprising:
- a second patterned sensing electrode layer, disposed on the first surface;
- a transparent substrate, disposed between the first patterned sensing electrode layer and the second patterned sensing electrode layer, and the second patterned sensing electrode layer being directly attached on the transparent substrate; and
- an adhesive layer, disposed between the transparent substrate and the second polarization plate and configured to attach the transparent substrate to the second polarization plate.
16. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 8, wherein the second surface facing the liquid crystal panel.
17. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 16, further comprising:
- a second patterned sensing electrode layer, disposed on the second surface;
- a transparent substrate, disposed between the second surface of the second polarization plate and the second patterned sensing electrode layer; and
- an adhesive layer, disposed between the transparent substrate and the second polarization plate and configured to attach the transparent substrate to the second polarization plate.
18. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 17, wherein the second patterned sensing electrode layer is directly attached on the transparent substrate.
19. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 16, further comprising:
- a second patterned sensing electrode layer, disposed on the second surface;
- a transparent substrate, disposed on the second surface of the second polarization plate, and the second patterned sensing electrode layer being disposed between the transparent substrate and the second polarization plate; and
- an adhesive layer, disposed between the transparent substrate and the second polarization plate and configured to attach the transparent substrate to the second polarization plate.
20. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 19, wherein the second patterned sensing electrode layer is directly attached on the transparent substrate.
21. The touch-sensing liquid crystal display panel according to claim 16, further comprising:
- a second patterned sensing electrode layer, disposed on the first surface;
- a transparent substrate, disposed between the first patterned sensing electrode layer and the second patterned sensing electrode layer, and the second patterned sensing electrode layer being directly attached on the transparent substrate; and
- an adhesive layer, disposed between the transparent substrate and the second polarization plate and configured to attach the transparent substrate to the second polarization plate.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 26, 2012
Publication Date: Jan 16, 2014
Applicant: HANNSTOUCH SOLUTION INCORPORATED (Tainan City)
Inventors: Kuo-Hsiung Tung (Taoyuan County), Pin-Yu Hsu (Tainan City), Chuan-Hui Su (Kaohsiung City)
Application Number: 13/727,573
International Classification: G06F 3/041 (20060101); G02F 1/1333 (20060101);