Hannstar Display Corporation

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Tsinghua University

Nan Ya Technology Corporation

Shih Hua Technology Ltd.

National Taiwan University

Tianjin Funayuanchuang Technology Co., Ltd.

Jia-Shyong Cheng

Jeah-Sheng Wu

Tean-Sen Jen

Shou-Shan Fan

Kai-Li Jiang

Liang Liu

Ga-Lane Chen

Po-Sheng Shih

Shiou-Yu Wang

Chih-Han Chao

Chun-Yi Hu

Po-Shan Huang

Ming-Teng Hsieh

Hung-Yi Hung

Chieh-Wei Chen

Shian-Jyh Lin

Chi-Hui Lin

Po-Yang Chen

Chung-Chih Wu

Wen-Chieh Chang

Tsu-An Lin

Seob Shin

Yu-Fang Wang

Huo-Hsien Chiang

Chia-Yu Wang

Chih-Chieh Chang

Yong-Ho Lee

Ping-Yuan Hsieh

Chieh-Hsiung Yang

Shing-shiang Chang

Shing-Shiang Chang

Hui-Jen Yang

A touch panel includes an insulated substrate including a planar part and a folded part extending from the planar part; a transparent conductive layer located on the planar part and the folded part; a plurality of planar electrodes located on the planar part and electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer; and at least one side electrode located on the folded part and electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer on the folded part. The planar electrodes, the transparent conductive layer and the planar part are formed into a planar touch module configured to detect a planar input signal resulted from the planar part. The at least one side electrode the folded part and the transparent conductive layer on the folded part are formed into a side touch module configured to sense a side input signal resulted from at least one virtual key corresponding the at least one side electrode.

Touch panel

A keyboard includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The first substrate includes a first upper surface and a first lower surface opposite the first upper surface. The second substrate is positioned apart from the first substrate and includes a second upper surface and a second lower surface. The second upper surface faces the first lower surface. The first electrode layer is positioned on the first lower surface and includes a number of first conductive layers disposed apart from each other and including a carbon nanotube layer structure. The second electrode layer is positioned on the second upper surface and includes a second conductive layer. A number of keys is positioned on the first upper surface or the second lower surface.

Carbon nanotube based keyboard

A keyboard includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. The first substrate includes a first upper surface and a first lower surface. The second substrate is located apart from the first substrate and includes a second upper surface and a second lower surface. The second upper surface faces the first lower surface. The first electrode layer is located on the first lower surface and includes a first conductive layer including a carbon nanotube layer structure. The second electrode layer is located on the second upper surface and includes a second conductive layer. A number of keys is located on the first upper surface or the second lower surface.

The present disclosure relates to a method for making a plurality of touch panels one time. The method includes following steps. A substrate is provided. The substrate has a surface defining a number of target areas with each including two areas: a touch-view area and a trace area. An adhesive layer is formed on the surface of the substrate. A carbon nanotube film is formed on the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is solidified. An electrode and a conductive trace are formed on each target area so that part of the carbon nanotube film is exposed from a space between adjacent conductive lines of the conductive trace to form an exposed carbon nanotube film on each trace area. The exposed carbon nanotube film on each trace area is removed to obtain a plurality of transparent conductive layers spaced from each other. A number of touch panels is obtained by cutting the substrate.

Method for making touch panel

The present disclosure relates to a method for making a touch panel. The method includes following steps. A substrate is provided, wherein the substrate has a surface and defines two areas: a touch-view area and a trace area; applying an adhesive layer on the surface of the substrate. A carbon nanotube film is placed on a surface of the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is solidified. An electrode and a conductive trace are formed on a surface of the carbon nanotube film so that part of the carbon nanotube film on the trace area is exposed from space between adjacent conductive lines of the conductive trace to form an exposed carbon nanotube film. The exposed carbon nanotube film is removed.

The present disclosure relates to a method for making touch panel. A substrate having a surface is provided. The substrate defines two areas: a touch-view area and a trace area. An adhesive layer is formed on the surface of the substrate. The adhesive layer on the trace area is solidified. A carbon nanotube layer is formed on the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer on the touch-view area is solidified. The carbon nanotube layer on the trace area is removed. At least one electrode and a conductive trace is formed.

A patterned conductive element includes a substrate having a surface, an adhesive layer located on the surface, and a patterned carbon nanotube layer located on the adhesive layer. Part of the patterned carbon nanotube layer is embedded in the adhesive layer, and the other part of the patterned carbon nanotube layer is exposed from the adhesive layer.

Patterned conductive element

An electronic paper display device includes an electronic paper display panel, and a functional layer. The electronic paper display panel includes a display surface. The functional layer is located on the display surface and includes a carbon nanotube touching functional layer.

Electronic paper display device

The present disclosure relates to a method for making pattern conductive element. The method includes steps. A substrate having a surface is provide. An adhesive layer is formed on the surface of the substrate. Part of the adhesive layer is solidified to form a solidified adhesive layer and a non-solidified adhesive layer. A carbon nanotube layer is applied on the adhesive layer. The non-solidified adhesive layer is solidified so that the carbon nanotube layer on the non-solidified adhesive layer forms a fixed carbon nanotube layer and the carbon nanotube layer on the solidified adhesive layer forms a non-fixed carbon nanotube layer. The non-fixed carbon nanotube layer is removed and the fixed carbon nanotube layer is remained to form a pattern carbon nanotube layer.

Method for making patterned conductive element

An electronic paper display device includes an electronic paper display panel, and a functional layer. The electronic paper display panel includes a common electrode layer and a display surface. The functional layer is located on the display surface and includes a carbon nanotube touching functional layer. A distance between the common electrode layer and the carbon nanotube touching functional layer is above 100 microns and equal to or less than 2 millimeters.

A method for making a patterned conductive element includes following steps. A substrate is provided. A patterned adhesive layer is applied on a surface of the substrate. A carbon nanotube layer is placed on a surface of the patterned adhesive layer. The patterned adhesive layer is solidified to obtain a fixed part of the carbon nanotube layer and a non-fixed part of carbon nanotube layer. The non-fixed part of carbon nanotube layer is removed.

A liquid crystal display screen includes an upper board, a lower board opposite to the upper board, and a liquid crystal layer located between the upper board and the lower board. The upper board includes a touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of transparent electrodes. At least one of the transparent electrodes includes a carbon nanotube structure.

Liquid crystal display screen

A touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate spaced from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate, a plurality of first transparent electrodes, and a plurality of first signal wires. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate, a plurality of second transparent electrodes, and a plurality of second signal wires. Both the second transparent electrode and the first transparent electrode include a transparent carbon nanotube structure, the carbon nanotube structure includes of a plurality of metallic carbon nanotubes.

Touch panel, liquid crystal display screen using the same, and methods for making the touch panel and the liquid crystal display screen

A liquid crystal display screen includes an upper board, a lower board opposite to the upper board, and a liquid crystal layer located between the upper board and the lower board. The upper board includes a touch panel. The touch panel includes an amount of transparent electrodes. At least one of the transparent electrodes includes a transparent carbon nanotube structure. The lower board includes a thin film transistor panel. The thin film transistor panel includes an amount of thin film transistors. Each of the thin film transistors includes a semiconducting layer. The semiconducting layer includes a semiconducting carbon nanotube structure.

A liquid crystal display screen includes an upper component, a bottom component and a liquid crystal layer. The upper component includes a touch panel. The touch panel includes a first conductive layer. The conductive layer includes a transparent carbon nanotube structure, and the transparent carbon nanotube structure includes a plurality of metallic carbon nanotubes. The bottom component includes a thin film transistor panel. The liquid crystal layer is located between the upper component and the lower component.

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