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公开(公告)号:US20150022497A1
公开(公告)日:2015-01-22
申请号:US14456831
申请日:2014-08-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Shih Chang CHANG , John Z. ZHONG
IPC: G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , G02F1/1333
CPC classification number: G06F3/044 , G02F1/13306 , G02F1/133305 , G02F1/13338 , G02F1/133512 , G02F1/133514 , G02F1/134336 , G02F1/1368 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/0412 , G06F2203/04104 , G06F2203/04108
Abstract: Integrated touch screens are provided including drive lines formed of grouped-together circuit elements of a thin film transistor layer and sense lines formed between a color filter layer and a material layer that modifies or generates light. The common electrodes (Vcom) in the TFT layer can be grouped together during a touch sensing operation to form drive lines. Sense lines can be formed on an underside of a color filter glass, and a liquid crystal region can be disposed between the color filter glass and the TFT layer. Placing the sense lines on the underside of the color filter glass, i.e., within the display pixel cell, can provide a benefit of allowing the color filter glass to be thinned after the pixel cells have been assembled, for example.
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公开(公告)号:US20140175049A1
公开(公告)日:2014-06-26
申请号:US13724948
申请日:2012-12-21
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Siddharth MOHAPATRA , Sunggu KANG , John Z. ZHONG
IPC: H01H11/00
CPC classification number: H01H11/00 , G06F3/044 , G06F2203/04103 , Y10T156/10 , Y10T156/1062
Abstract: Roll-to-roll processes for manufacturing touch sensors using a sheet of patterned photoresist film are disclosed. The photoresist film can include a sheet of photoresist material, such as DFR, that has been patterned by removing portions of the photoresist film using a die or laser cutting technique. In some examples, the photoresist film can be patterned such that the patterned photoresist film can be laminated to a base film and used as an etching mask or a photoresist layer in a roll-to-roll manufacturing process. In this way, the patterned photoresist film can be used in place of conventional photoresist films in roll-to-roll processes, thereby obviating the need for subsequent exposure and development operations that would otherwise be performed when using conventional photoresist films. As a result, the chance that a defect is introduced into the touch sensors is reduced by reducing the number of operations performed in the roll-to-roll process.
Abstract translation: 公开了使用一张图案化的光致抗蚀剂膜制造触摸传感器的卷对卷工艺。 光致抗蚀剂膜可以包括通过使用模具或激光切割技术去除光致抗蚀剂膜的部分而被图案化的光致抗蚀剂材料片,例如DFR。 在一些实例中,可以对光致抗蚀剂膜进行图案化,使得图案化的光致抗蚀剂膜可以层压到基膜上并且在卷对卷制造工艺中用作蚀刻掩模或光致抗蚀剂层。 以这种方式,图案化的光致抗蚀剂膜可以用于代替常规光致抗蚀剂膜的卷对卷工艺,从而避免了在使用常规光致抗蚀剂膜时否则将进行的后续曝光和显影操作的需要。 结果,通过减少在卷对卷过程中执行的操作次数来减少引入到触摸传感器中的缺陷的机会。
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公开(公告)号:US20140069785A1
公开(公告)日:2014-03-13
申请号:US13710417
申请日:2012-12-10
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Siddharth MOHAPATRA , Sunggu KANG , John Z. ZHONG
CPC classification number: G06F3/044 , G06F3/0416 , G06F2203/04103 , G06F2203/04107 , H01H1/58 , H01H11/04 , Y10T29/49105
Abstract: Processes for manufacturing touch sensors with one or more guard traces to reduce the effect of moisture damage are provided. One example process can include forming one or more guard traces between an edge of the touch sensor and the metal traces that route the drive and sense lines to bond pads. The one or more guard traces can be uncoupled from the drive lines and sense lines to protect the inner metal traces from moisture damage. In some examples, ends of the one or more guard traces can be coupled to ground by copper. In other examples, ends of the one or more guard traces can be coupled to ground by indium tin oxide or the one or more guard traces can be coupled to ground by a strip of indium tin oxide. In yet other examples, the guard trace can be floating (e.g., not coupled to ground).
Abstract translation: 提供了具有一个或多个保护迹线的触摸传感器的制造工艺,以减少水分损伤的影响。 一个示例性过程可以包括在触摸传感器的边缘和路由驱动器并将线感测到接合焊盘的金属迹线之间形成一个或多个保护迹线。 一个或多个保护迹线可以从驱动线和感测线分离,以保护内部金属痕迹免受水分损伤。 在一些示例中,一个或多个保护迹线的端部可以通过铜耦合到地面。 在其他示例中,一个或多个保护迹线的端部可以通过氧化铟锡耦合到地,或者一个或多个保护迹线可以通过氧化铟锡条被耦合到地面。 在其他示例中,保护迹线可以是浮置的(例如,不耦合到地)。
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公开(公告)号:US20130106755A1
公开(公告)日:2013-05-02
申请号:US13717593
申请日:2012-12-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Steven Porter HOTELLING , Marduke YOUSEFPOR , Shih Chang CHANG , John Z. ZHONG
IPC: G06F3/041
CPC classification number: G06F3/0412 , G02F1/13338 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , G06F2203/04103
Abstract: Displays with touch sensing circuitry integrated into the display pixel stackup are provided. An integrated touch screen can include multi-function circuit elements that can operate as circuitry of the display system to generate an image on the display, and can also form part of a touch sensing system that senses one or more touches on or near the display. The multi-function circuit elements can be, for example, capacitors in display pixels that can be configured to operate as storage capacitors/electrodes, common electrodes, conductive wires/pathways, etc., of the display circuitry in the display system, and that may also be configured to operate as circuit elements of the touch sensing circuitry.
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公开(公告)号:US20200174593A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-04
申请号:US16785277
申请日:2020-02-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Seung Jae HONG , Sunggu KANG , Martin Paul GRUNTHANER , John Z. ZHONG
Abstract: A touch sensitive device that includes a touch sensor having an opaque passivation layer is disclosed. The opaque passivation layer can be made from an organic or inorganic material, such as acrylic. The opaque passivation layer can be positioned in the touch sensitive device between the cover material of the device and conductive traces located on the touch sensor to hide the conductive traces from the user's view and protect the conductive traces from corrosion. Processes for making the touch sensitive devices that include a touch sensor having an opaque passivation layer are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20190138135A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-09
申请号:US16241662
申请日:2019-01-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Shih Chang CHANG , John Z. ZHONG
IPC: G06F3/044 , G06F1/16 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1368 , G02F1/1335 , G06F3/041 , G02F1/133
CPC classification number: G06F3/044 , G02F1/13306 , G02F1/133305 , G02F1/13338 , G02F1/133512 , G02F1/133514 , G02F1/134336 , G02F1/1368 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/0412 , G06F2203/04104 , G06F2203/04108
Abstract: Integrated touch screens are provided including drive lines formed of grouped-together circuit elements of a thin film transistor layer and sense lines formed between a color filter layer and a material layer that modifies or generates light. The common electrodes (Vcom) in the TFT layer can be grouped together during a touch sensing operation to form drive lines. Sense lines can be formed on an underside of a color filter glass, and a liquid crystal region can be disposed between the color filter glass and the TFT layer. Placing the sense lines on the underside of the color filter glass, i.e., within the display pixel cell, can provide a benefit of allowing the color filter glass to be thinned after the pixel cells have been assembled, for example.
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公开(公告)号:US20170269738A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-21
申请号:US15593182
申请日:2017-05-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Shih Chang CHANG , John Z. ZHONG
IPC: G06F3/044 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/133 , G06F1/16 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/1368 , G06F3/041 , G02F1/1335
CPC classification number: G06F3/044 , G02F1/13306 , G02F1/133305 , G02F1/13338 , G02F1/133512 , G02F1/133514 , G02F1/134336 , G02F1/1368 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/0412 , G06F2203/04104 , G06F2203/04108
Abstract: Integrated touch screens are provided including drive lines formed of grouped-together circuit elements of a thin film transistor layer and sense lines formed between a color filter layer and a material layer that modifies or generates light. The common electrodes (Vcom) in the TFT layer can be grouped together during a touch sensing operation to form drive lines. Sense lines can be formed on an underside of a color filter glass, and a liquid crystal region can be disposed between the color filter glass and the TFT layer. Placing the sense lines on the underside of the color filter glass, i.e., within the display pixel cell, can provide a benefit of allowing the color filter glass to be thinned after the pixel cells have been assembled, for example.
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公开(公告)号:US20170090622A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-30
申请号:US15228942
申请日:2016-08-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Massoud BADAYE , Sudip MONDAL , Sagar Rajiv VAZE , Albert LIN , Qian ZHAO , Chun-Hao TUNG , Sunggu KANG , John Z. ZHONG
IPC: G06F3/044
CPC classification number: G06F3/044 , G06F3/0416 , G06F2203/04111
Abstract: High aspect ratio touch sensor panels are disclosed in which multiple row electrode blocks can be formed in a single row within an active area of the touch sensor panel, each row electrode block including a plurality of vertically adjacent row electrodes, or in some instances only one row electrode. In addition, each column electrode can be separated into multiple column electrode segments, each column electrode segment being vertically oriented and formed in a different column. The column electrode segments associated with any one column electrode can be spread out so that each of these column electrodes segments can be co-located and associated with a different row electrode block.
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公开(公告)号:US20160299372A1
公开(公告)日:2016-10-13
申请号:US15186620
申请日:2016-06-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Kyung-Wook KIM , Shih-Chang CHANG , Cheng CHEN , Young-Bae PARK , John Z. ZHONG
IPC: G02F1/1339 , G02F1/1335 , G06F3/041 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/1362 , G06F3/044 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1368
CPC classification number: G02F1/13394 , G02F1/13338 , G02F1/133514 , G02F1/134309 , G02F1/134363 , G02F1/13439 , G02F1/136286 , G02F1/1368 , G02F2001/133302 , G02F2001/13396 , G02F2001/134372 , G02F2201/121 , G02F2201/123 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/044
Abstract: A display that contains a column spacer arrangement which takes advantage of a protrusion on a TFT substrate is provided. One set of column spacers is disposed on top of the protrusion, while a second set of column spacers of substantially the same height as the first set of column spacers are disposed throughout the display. In this way, the display is adequately protected against deformation from external forces while at the same maintaining enough room to allow for a liquid crystal to spread out during the manufacturing process.
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公开(公告)号:US20160117023A1
公开(公告)日:2016-04-28
申请号:US14985283
申请日:2015-12-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Steve Porte HOTELLING , Wei CHEN , Christoph Horst KRAH , John Greer ELIAS , Wei Hsin YAO , John Z. ZHONG , Andrew Bert HODGE , Brian Richards LAND , Willem DEN BOER
IPC: G06F3/044 , G09G3/36 , G02F1/1362 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1333 , G06F3/041 , G02F1/1343
CPC classification number: G06F3/0412 , G02F1/13338 , G02F1/133514 , G02F1/133528 , G02F1/134309 , G02F1/134363 , G02F1/1362 , G02F2201/124 , G06F3/0416 , G06F3/044 , G06F2203/04103 , G06F2203/04104 , G06F2203/04111 , G06F2203/04112 , G09G3/3648 , G09G2300/0426 , G09G2300/0439 , G09G2300/0456 , G09G2300/0478
Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.
Abstract translation: 这里公开了将触摸感测元件与显示电路集成的液晶显示(LCD)触摸屏。 整合可能采取各种形式。 触摸感应元件可以在LCD叠层中完全实现,但不在滤色器板和阵列板之间。 或者,一些触摸感测元件可以在滤色器和阵列板之间,而其它触摸感测元件不在印版之间。 在另一替代方案中,所有触摸感测元件可以在滤色器和阵列板之间。 后一种替代方案可以包括常规和平面内切换(IPS)LCD。 在一些形式中,一个或多个显示结构也可以具有触摸感测功能。 还公开了用于制造和操作这种显示器的技术以及体现这种显示器的各种装置。
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