Touch Panel Polygonal Mesh Structure for Uniform Resistance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Touch panels using metal mesh electrodes with rhombus-shaped grids exhibit resistance differences between electrodes extending along different directions, affecting sensitivity and computational burden.

Innovation Solution

A touch panel design featuring first and second metal layers with mesh electrodes of irregular polygonal grids, where the length in one direction is greater than the width, ensuring uniform resistance and reducing computational burden.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If rhombus-shaped grid electrodes are used, then manufacturing is simplified, but resistance difference between electrodes in different directions occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of manufactureVSAvoidresistance uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the symmetric rhombus-shaped grid into an asymmetric irregular polygonal grid where the length in one direction is deliberately made greater than the width in the perpendicular direction. This asymmetric design compensates for the directional resistance differences inherent in rhombus grids, achieving uniform resistance across different electrode orientations while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through standardized polygonal cell structures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #4Asymmetry

2Device complexity

If regular rhombus grids are used, then device complexity is reduced, but resistance difference affects touch sensitivity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice complexityVSAvoidtouch sensitivity
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by making each polygonal grid cell have different dimensional characteristics along different directions. Specifically, the grid cells are designed with longer dimensions along the electrode extension direction and shorter dimensions perpendicular to it, creating local geometric variations that compensate for resistance differences and ensure uniform touch sensitivity across the entire electrode surface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Ease of manufacture

If rhombus-shaped grids are used, then production cost is reduced, but resistance difference causes computational burden

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproduction costVSAvoidcomputational burden
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The asymmetric irregular polygonal grid design with controlled length-width ratios eliminates the need for complex computational corrections. By embedding the resistance compensation directly into the geometric design of the grid cells, the system achieves uniform resistance characteristics that simplify the touch calculation algorithms, reducing computational burden while maintaining cost-effective manufacturing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #4Asymmetry

Data Source

PatentUS12436654B1Touch panel
Publication Date: 2025.10.07 HENGHAO TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

A touch panel is provided and includes a substrate, a first metal layer, and a second metal layer. The first metal layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of first polygonal grids. In each of the first polygonal grids, a length in a first direction is greater than a width in a second direction. The second metal layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of second polygonal grids. In each of the second polygonal grids, a length in the second direction is greater than a width in the first direction.