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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Jean Mugiraneza, Sakai, JP;
Takenori Maruyama, Sakai, JP;
Yasuhiro Sugita, Sakai, JP;
Kazutoshi Kida, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 3/0448 (2019.05); G06F 3/0445 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract
To enable both touched position detection and pressing force detection without increasing the thickness of a touch panel. A driving electrode () is formed on the top face of a piezoelectric polymer layer (). A touch detection electrode () and a pressing force detection electrode () are formed on the bottom face of the piezoelectric polymer layer ().