KR101935433B1 - Touch sensor and image displaying device including the same - Google Patents
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a touch sensor and an image display device including the touch sensor. More particularly, the present invention relates to a touch sensor, And a pad portion located at a non-display region on the substrate and connected to one end of the touch sensing portion, the pad portion including an FPCB bonding region and an inspection region, wherein the inspection region includes an inspection pattern, By including the pattern, it is possible to reduce the possibility of occurrence of cracks in the inspection region of the pad portion at the time of peeling of the protective film, and to prevent the problems such as lowering of the FPCB bonding force due to cracking and lowering of inspection accuracy of the pad portion, And an image display apparatus including the same.
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The present invention relates to a touch sensor and an image display device including the touch sensor.
With the development of computers using digital technology, auxiliary devices of computers are being developed together. Personal computers, portable transmission devices, and other personal information processing devices use various input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse And performs text and graphics processing.
However, as the use of computers is gradually increasing due to the rapid progress of the information society, there is a problem that it is difficult to efficiently operate a product by using only a keyboard and a mouse which are currently playing an input device. Therefore, there is an increasing need for a device that is simple and less error-prone, and that allows anyone to easily input information.
In addition, the technology related to the input device is shifting beyond the level that satisfies the general functions, such as high reliability, durability, innovation, design and processing related technology, etc. In order to achieve this purpose, As a possible input device, a touch sensor has been developed.
Such a touch sensor is installed on the display surface of a display such as an electronic notebook, a flat panel display device such as a liquid crystal display device (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), and an el (electroluminescence) and a cathode ray tube And is a tool used to allow the user to select desired information while viewing the display.
In addition, the types of touch sensors include Resistive Type, Capacitive Type, Electro-Magnetic Type, SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave Type) and Infrared Type). These various types of touch sensors are employed in electronic products in consideration of problems of signal amplification, difference in resolution, difficulty in design and processing technology, optical characteristics, electrical characteristics, mechanical characteristics, environmental characteristics, input characteristics, durability and economical efficiency Currently, the most widely used methods are resistive touch sensors and capacitive touch sensors.
When a human hand or an object touches the touch sensor, the touch sensor transmits a change in capacitance according to the contact position to the driving circuit side via the sensing pattern and the sensing line. The driving circuit is usually provided outside the sensing pattern, and the touch signal is transmitted to the driving circuit through an FPCB (flexible printed circuit board) coupled to the touch sensor pad.
Therefore, the pad portion usually has an FPCB bonding region coupled to the FPCB. In addition, the pad portion is connected to the FPCB in addition to the FPCB bonding region to provide information on the bonding degree of the FPCB to the pad portion, resistance of the bonding pad, operation of the ACF conductive ball, Respectively.
These touch sensors are protected by a protective film after manufacture, and when the protective film is used for a display device or the like, the protective film is peeled off and attached to the structure of the display. In the case of the inspection area, There is a problem that a crack easily occurs.
Korean Patent Publication No. 2012-0075989 discloses a capacitive touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a touch sensor in which the probability of occurrence of a crack in a pad portion inspection region is remarkably reduced.
An object of the present invention is to provide an image display device including the touch sensor.
1. A touch sensing unit positioned in a display area on a substrate; And
And a pad portion located at a non-display region on the substrate and connected to one end of the touch sensing portion, the pad portion including an FPCB bonding region and an inspection region,
Wherein the inspection region includes an inspection pattern and an alignment pattern spaced apart from the inspection pattern by a predetermined distance.
2. The touch sensor according to 1 above, wherein the pad attachment portion of the FPCB is bonded to the bonding pad of the FPCB bonding region and the inspection pattern of the inspection region.
3. The touch sensor of 1 above, wherein the inspection pattern includes a pattern parallel to the bonding pads of the FPCB bonding area.
4. The touch sensor of claim 1, wherein the predetermined distance is 1/3 or less of the alignment pattern length.
5. The touch sensor of claim 1, wherein the alignment pattern comprises two or more parallel patterns, the extension of which is orthogonal to the test pattern.
6. The touch sensor of claim 1, wherein a portion of the pad attachment portion of the FPCB that is coupled to the inspection pattern includes a first pattern parallel to the inspection pattern and a second pattern orthogonal thereto.
7. A touch sensing unit positioned in a display area on a substrate; And
And a pad portion located at a non-display region on the substrate and connected to one end of the touch sensing portion, the pad portion including an FPCB bonding region and an inspection region,
Wherein the inspection region includes an alignment pattern spaced apart from the inspection pattern and the search pattern by a predetermined distance,
Wherein the alignment pattern includes two or more parallel patterns, the extension line of the alignment pattern is orthogonal to the inspection pattern,
A portion of the pad attaching portion of the FPCB which is coupled to the inspection pattern includes a first pattern parallel to the inspection pattern and a second pattern orthogonal to the inspection pattern so that the first pattern overlaps with the inspection pattern, Wherein the FPCB is coupled so as to lie between parallel patterns of the alignment pattern.
8. The touch sensor according to any one of items 1 to 7, further comprising a protective film attached on a surface of the substrate on which the touch sensing portion is formed.
9. An image display device comprising a touch sensor according to any one of items 1 to 7 above.
The touch sensor of the present invention is less likely to crack in the inspection region of the pad portion when the protective film is peeled off. Thus, it is possible to prevent problems such as a decrease in the FPCB bonding force due to the occurrence of cracks and a decrease in inspection accuracy of the pad portion.
1 is a plan view showing a part of a sensing pattern layer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic plan view showing a pad portion of a conventional touch sensor.
3 is a schematic plan view showing an inspection area (a) of a conventional touch sensor and an inspection area (b) of a touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a schematic plan view showing a pad attaching portion of the FPCB.
5 schematically shows a case where the pad attaching portion of the FPCB is coupled with the inspection region of the touch sensor pad portion.
The present invention relates to a touch sensing device, And a pad portion located at a non-display region on the substrate and connected to one end of the touch sensing portion, the pad portion including an FPCB bonding region and an inspection region, wherein the inspection region includes an inspection pattern, By including the pattern, it is possible to reduce the possibility of occurrence of cracks in the inspection region of the pad portion at the time of peeling of the protective film, and to prevent the problems such as lowering of the FPCB bonding force due to cracking and lowering of inspection accuracy of the pad portion, And an image display apparatus including the same.
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that such variations and modifications are within the scope of the appended claims.
The touch sensor of the present invention includes a touch sensing unit and a pad unit.
The touch sensing portion is located in the display area on the substrate.
The touch sensor is usually applied to a display device. The display area means an area where a screen is displayed on a display device. The non-display area means an area (usually an outer edge, an edge area) where no screen is displayed.
The substrate can be of any material conventionally used in the art without limitation, and examples thereof include glass, polyethersulphone (PES), polyacrylate (PAR), polyetherimide (PEI) (PET), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyallylate, polyimide, polycarbonate (PC), polycarbonate (PC) ), Cellulose triacetate (TAC), and cellulose acetate propionate (CAP).
The touch sensing portion includes a sensing pattern layer.
1 is a plan view showing a part of a sensing pattern layer, and a touch sensing unit will be described with reference to FIG.
The sensing pattern layer may be of a construction commonly used in the art. For example, it may include a
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As the material used for the first and
In addition, a transparent electrode material known in the art can be further used. For example, indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), zinc oxide (ZnO), indium zinc tin oxide (IZTO), cadmium tin oxide (CTO), copper oxide (CO), PEDOT 4-ethylenedioxythiophene), carbon nanotubes (CNT), and graphene.
The sensing pattern layer further includes a
The metal and transparent electrode materials described above can be used without any limitation in the
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2 is a schematic plan view of a conventional touch sensor pad unit 200 (whether the
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The FPCB includes a
The connection of the FPCB to the
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Usually, the touch sensor is attached to the surface on which the touch sensing unit is formed until the touch sensor is applied to a display device or the like after manufacture, and the protective film is peeled and attached when applied to a display device or the like.
3 (a) shows the
However, in the touch sensor of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the
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The touch sensor of the present invention may further include a protective film attached on a surface of the substrate on which the touch sensing portion is formed.
The protective film may be adhered using a water-based, photocurable adhesive or the like known in the art. The attached protective film can be peeled off when the touch sensor is applied to an image display device or the like.
Examples of the protective film include cycloolefin-based derivatives having units of monomers including cycloolefins such as norbornene and polycyclic norbornene monomers, diacetylcellulose, triacetylcellulose, acetylcellulosebutylate, isobutylestercellulose, Propylene cellulose, butyryl cellulose or acetyl propionyl cellulose, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, polyester, polystyrene, polyamide, polyetherimide, polyacryl, polyimide, polyether sulfone, polysulfone, polyethylene , Polypropylene, polymethylpentene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetal, polyether ketone, polyether ether ketone, polyethersulfone, polymethyl methacrylate, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutyl Lente Lev Terephthalate, terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polycarbonate, polyurethane, epoxy, but is not limited thereto.
The present invention also provides an image display device including the touch sensor.
The touch sensor of the present invention is applicable not only to a general liquid crystal display device but also to various image display devices such as an electroluminescence display device, a plasma display device, and a field emission display device.
10: first detection pattern 20: second detection pattern
30: insulating layer 40: contact hole
50: bridge electrode 60: sensing line
100: touch sensing unit 200: pad unit
210: FPCB bonding area 211: bonding pad
220: inspection area 221: inspection pattern
222: alignment pattern 300: pad attaching portion
310: a portion to be combined with a test pattern 311: a first pattern
312: second pattern
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And a pad portion located at a non-display region on the substrate and connected to one end of the touch sensing portion, the pad portion including an FPCB bonding region and an inspection region,
Wherein the inspection region includes an alignment pattern spaced apart from the inspection pattern and the search pattern by a predetermined distance,
Wherein the alignment pattern includes two or more parallel patterns, the extension line of the alignment pattern is orthogonal to the inspection pattern,
A portion of the pad attaching portion of the FPCB which is coupled to the inspection pattern includes a first pattern parallel to the inspection pattern and a second pattern orthogonal to the inspection pattern so that the first pattern overlaps with the inspection pattern, Wherein the FPCB is coupled so as to lie between parallel patterns of the alignment pattern.
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