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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2015
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Sugita, Osaka, JP;
Kenshi Tada, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ogawa, Osaka, JP;
Shinji Yamagishi, Osaka, JP;
Jean Mugiraneza, Osaka, JP;
Koichi Miyachi, Osaka, JP;
Hidefumi Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuhiro Murata, Osaka, JP;
Kohhei Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A touch panel includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed on a viewer side of the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes and a common electrode for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer; and a plurality of detection electrodes and a plurality of driving electrodes for a touch sensor. The first substrate includes: a first transparent substrate; and the plurality of pixel electrodes, which are formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the first transparent substrate. The second substrate includes: a second transparent substrate; and the plurality of driving electrodes and the plurality of detection electrodes formed on the liquid crystal layer side of the second transparent substrate. The touch panel does not include a conductive layer on the viewer side of the second transparent substrate.