KR20110132875A - Method of manufacturing touch panel sensor - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a touch panel sensor, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing a touch panel sensor excellent in optical characteristics.
Touch panel sensors are widely used to detect the position of the body contact. As a method of detecting the contact of the body, a decompression method in which the upper and lower electrodes are selectively contacted by a predetermined pressure, or an electrostatic method or a resistive film method that detects a change in capacitance at the touched part and detects the location thereof. It is widely used.
The above-described touch panel sensor is provided on a display such as an organic light emitting diode (LCD), a liquid crystal display device, etc. capable of displaying an image, and is in contact with an image provided by the display. The body coordinates can be measured.
In general, the touch panel sensor is provided in the form of an integrated panel through a process of bonding a plurality of films to each other.
Specifically, the touch panel sensor usually includes a lower transparent film positioned on the display and an upper transparent film provided on an upper portion of the lower transparent film, and transparent electrodes may be disposed on the bottom and the top of each film, respectively, between the two films. The insulating member is interposed to electrically separate the transparent electrodes.
In addition, since the transparent films are very thin, about tens of micrometers, there is a separate reinforcement on top of the upper transparent film to prevent breakage due to refraction by touch or to prevent scratches on the surface due to user's touch. The glass may be further provided, or the upper transparent film itself may be provided as tempered glass.
Meanwhile, a bonding material for bonding the two films may be disposed between the upper and lower transparent films or between the upper transparent film and the tempered glass, and optically excellent using an OCA (Optically Clear Adhesive) film as the bonding material. I can attach it.
However, such a bonding material may be provided in the form of a film, and may cause bubbles or uneven thickness between the upper and lower transparent films or the upper transparent film and the tempered glass attached to the bonding material. These are pointed out as a major factor that causes a considerable amount of touch panel sensor failure.
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a touch panel sensor that can reduce the defects generated during bonding between substrates used in the touch panel sensor.
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object of the present invention, the upper glass substrate, the lower transparent substrate disposed on the bottom of the upper glass substrate, and the optical adhesive layer formed between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate Including, the manufacturing method of the touch panel sensor for detecting the contact of the body, in order to maintain a constant distance between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate, two-dimensional on one surface of either the upper glass substrate or the lower transparent substrate Providing a plurality of inner transparent spacers disposed in the spaced apart state, spaced at predetermined intervals by the inner transparent spacers, contacting the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate to each other, and forming an optical adhesive layer to form the upper glass substrate. And bonding the lower transparent substrate.
The upper glass substrate may be exposed to the outside and directly touched by a user's body part (for example, a finger) or a tip of a touch pen (or a stylus pen).
Therefore, the upper glass substrate may be manufactured using a material having a strength such that scratching or bending does not occur toward the display disposed at the bottom of the touch panel sensor due to external pressure. As the material, for example, tempered glass can be used. However, the material of the upper glass substrate is not necessarily limited to the glass material alone, and the light transmits, the strength is excellent, and the polycarbonate has a strength that is not easily bent and the insulation is not easily broken during use. Reinforced plastics such as may be selected.
The lower transparent substrate may be manufactured using plastic such as polyethylene, polypropylene, acrylic, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and the like.
On the other hand, in the process of closely contacting the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate described above, the strength is lower compared to the upper glass substrate, and in the case of the lower transparent substrate whose thickness (generally tens to hundreds of micrometers) is very thin, the lower It is virtually difficult to keep the transparent substrate in close contact with the upper glass substrate as a whole, and in order to enlarge the size of the touch panel sensor, it may be more difficult to maintain a constant distance from the upper glass substrate.
If the distance between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate is not uniform as a whole, the thickness of the optical adhesive layer disposed therein may not be constant, and the optical adhesive layer having an irregular thickness may display an image of the display that is visible from the outside through the touch panel sensor. Optical problems may occur such as bending or irregularizing the contrast.
Therefore, maintaining a constant gap between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate is an important factor directly connected to producing an optically good product in the touch panel sensor.
In the manufacturing method of the touch panel sensor according to the present invention proposes a solution that can solve the above problems.
First, by providing a plurality of inner transparent spacers disposed two-dimensionally on one surface of any one of the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate, it is possible to maintain both substrates in close contact with each other at regular intervals using the inner transparent spacers.
In addition, as described above, in the state of providing the inner transparent spacer, along the edge of the upper glass substrate or the lower transparent substrate to provide an airtight finish for the airtight between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate, and to adhere the two substrates It may be. In this case, the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate may be closely contacted with each other by the airtight finish material and the inner transparent spacers at a predetermined interval.
On the other hand, the airtight finishing material is formed with an injection gap and a vacuum gap communicating between the space formed between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate and the outer space of the airtight finishing material, so that the space is formed by using the vacuum gap while the two substrates are in close contact with each other. Maintaining in vacuum, pressurizing the liquid bonding material for the optical adhesive layer using the injection gap to fill the space with the bonding material, and then curing the filled bonding material to mediate the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate through the bonding material. Can be bonded.
In this case, the liquid bonding material may be provided with the same or similar material as the internal transparent spacer and the optical refractive index, so that the bonding material may be hardened and be integrated with the internal transparent spacer.
In particular, the bonding material has the same or similar optical refractive index as that of the inner transparent spacer, so that the light irradiated from the display disposed on the bottom of the touch panel sensor passes through the hardened optical adhesive layer or passes through the inner transparent spacer. Since both cases have the same or almost similar refraction and light transmittance, there is no optical problem that an image of an externally visible display is bent or irregular in contrast.
In addition, as described above, in a state in which a transparent spacer is provided on one surface of either the upper glass substrate or the lower transparent substrate, a liquid bonding member for the optical adhesive layer is applied to any one of the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate. In the state in which the lower transparent substrate is bent in a direction opposite to the upper glass substrate, the substrate is gradually stretched and bonded to the upper glass substrate, so that the liquid bonding member is evenly applied between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate. By the spacer, the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate may be in close contact with each other while being spaced apart at predetermined intervals.
Thereafter, the bonding material applied between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate may be cured to bond the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate through the bonding material.
In this case, as described above, the distance between the two substrates may be uniformly applied by the internal transparent spacers, and the thickness of the optical adhesive layer formed by curing the bonding material may be uniformly uniform between the two substrates.
As described above, by using a liquid bonding material and curing the adhesive material in a state where the bonding material is disposed between both substrates to form an optical adhesive layer, the two substrates to be bonded to each other can be filled without empty space. Since the two substrates are bonded by modifying the bonding material in the liquid state in the state, an empty space is not generated unlike in the case where the two substrates are bonded with the film-like bonding material as in the prior art. Therefore, the optical defect etc. which generate | occur | produce due to the uneven thickness of the bubble or film which arise between board | substrates can be prevented beforehand.
An ultraviolet curing agent may be used as the liquid bonding material, and the ultraviolet curing agent may be exposed to ultraviolet rays to cure the bonding material in a liquid state to form an optical adhesive layer between both substrates.
Meanwhile, the touch panel sensor according to the present invention may include an electrode pattern provided on at least one side of the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate so as to sense the approach of the body, and prevent the electrode pattern from being visible from the outside. To this end, it may include a window decoration provided on the bottom surface of the upper glass substrate.
In this case, ultraviolet rays for curing the ultraviolet curing agent may be covered by the electrode pattern or window decoration, and a part of the ultraviolet curing agent may not be cured.
In this case, in the method of manufacturing a touch panel sensor according to the present invention, ultraviolet rays are irradiated from both sides of the laminate in which both substrates are in close contact with the ultraviolet curing agent, so that the curing of the ultraviolet curing agent can be made uniform.
The manufacturing method of the touch panel sensor of the present invention provides an internal transparent spacer between both substrates to be bonded to each other, so that the distance between both substrates may be uniformly adhered as a whole.
By curing the liquid bonding material disposed between the two substrates to form an optical adhesive layer, there is no gap between the substrates, it is possible to reduce the defects of the touch panel sensor due to bubbles and poor thickness of the adhesive layer.
In the process of curing the liquid bonding material, the liquid bonding material disposed with the liquid bonding material therebetween can be cured by using ultraviolet light on both sides of the substrate to uniformly cure the liquid bonding material as a whole. .
1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a touch panel sensor according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a cross-sectional view of the touch panel sensor according to the first embodiment.
3 to 5 are diagrams for describing a method of manufacturing the touch panel sensor illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.
6 to 8 are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of manufacturing a touch panel sensor according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. For reference, in the present description, the same numbers refer to substantially the same elements, and may be described by quoting contents described in other drawings under such a rule, and the contents repeated or deemed apparent to those skilled in the art may be omitted.
Example 1
1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a touch panel sensor according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the touch panel sensor according to the first embodiment.
1 and 2, the
The lower
The lower
The
The
The
On the other hand, portions corresponding to the outer side of the upper and
In addition, an
In addition, an inner transparent spacer disposed evenly in two dimensions may be disposed on an upper surface of the lower
Hereinafter, the method of manufacturing the above-described touch panel sensor will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.
First, the lower
Meanwhile, in the process of forming the
In the present embodiment, the
In addition, by placing a myriad of liquid ultraviolet
For reference, the present invention is not limited by the order in which the
The
The lower
In the process of filling the bonding material in a liquid state, the bonding material may be pressurized and introduced into the injection gap, and at the same time, the vacuum is maintained using the
In this case, when the space is maintained in a vacuum, the lower
As such a liquid bonding material introduced into the space by using an ultraviolet curing agent, as shown in Figure 5, by curing the liquid bonding material by exposure to ultraviolet rays, the lower
On the other hand, when irradiating ultraviolet light to the bonding material in a liquid state, both
At this time, the liquid bonding material is provided with the same or similar optical refractive index and the internal
In particular, the bonding material has the same or similar optical refractive index as the internal
Example 2
6 to 8 are cross-sectional views illustrating a method of manufacturing a touch panel sensor according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
First, the components of the
The lower
For reference, in order to explain the manufacturing process of the
The lower electrode pattern 232 and the
Here, an optical
In addition, an internal
Hereinafter, the method of manufacturing the above-described touch panel sensor will be described in detail.
First, as shown in FIG. 6, a lower
Thereafter, the
In addition, in the present exemplary embodiment, the
Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 8, in order to cure the
At this time, by irradiating ultraviolet rays from the upper and lower portions of both
At this time, since the internal
Therefore, when the light emitted from the display disposed on the bottom of the
As described above, although described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below I can understand that you can.
100: touch panel sensor 110: upper glass substrate
120: lower transparent substrate 130: airtight finish
140: optical adhesive layer 150: internal transparent spacer
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Providing a plurality of internal transparent spacers disposed two-dimensionally on one surface of either the upper glass substrate or the lower transparent substrate in order to maintain a constant distance between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate;
Contacting the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate to each other while being spaced at a predetermined interval by the inner transparent spacers; And
Bonding the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate to form the optical adhesive layer;
Method of manufacturing a touch panel sensor comprising a.
The step of closely contacting the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate,
Providing an airtight finish for airtightness between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate along an edge of the upper glass substrate or the lower transparent substrate,
And the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate are in close contact with each other by the hermetic finishing material and the inner transparent spacer, spaced apart at predetermined intervals.
Bonding the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate,
An injection gap and a vacuum gap are formed to communicate the space formed between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate with the airtight finish material and the outer space of the airtight finish material.
The vacuum gap is used to maintain the space in vacuum, and the injection gap is used to press the liquid bonding material for the optical adhesive layer to fill the space with the bonding material,
And curing the filled bonding material to bond the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate through the bonding material.
The step of closely contacting the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate,
Applying a liquid bonding member for the optical adhesive layer on any one of the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate,
The lower transparent substrate is gradually bent in a state opposite to the upper glass substrate and gradually bonded to the upper glass substrate so that the liquid bonding member is evenly applied between the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate. As far as possible
And the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate are in close contact with each other by the internal transparent spacers at predetermined intervals.
Bonding the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate,
And curing the coated bonding material to bond the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate to each other via the bonding material.
The bonding material is provided of a material having the same or similar optical refractive index as the inner transparent spacer,
And the bonding material is cured to form an integrated body with the inner transparent spacer.
The internal transparent spacer and the bonding material is a manufacturing method of the touch panel sensor, characterized in that using the ultraviolet curable resin.
In the case of curing the bonding material,
By irradiating ultraviolet rays from both the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate,
An electrode pattern provided on at least one of the upper glass substrate and the lower transparent substrate to generate a signal corresponding to the contact of the body, and to prevent the electrode pattern from being visible from the outside, A method of manufacturing a touch panel sensor, characterized in that a portion of the bonding material is prevented from being uncured by window decoration provided on a bottom surface.
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