The structure of camber-shaped capacitance type touch-control plate
The application is application number is 200810172344.5, and the applying date is on October 31st, 2008, and denomination of invention is the divisional application of " method for making of camber-shaped capacitance type touch-control plate and structure thereof ".
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of structure of camber-shaped capacitance type touch-control plate, particularly a kind of system of being moulded by capacitive touch control plate forms curved touch pad structure.
Background technology
Existing comparatively common plane Trackpad (Touch Panel), includes resistance-type and capacitive touch control plate; Wherein, there is in capacitive touch control plate a touch-control circuit, the gold-tinted processing procedures such as exposure, development, etching can be utilized, by transparent conductive material (tin indium oxide Indium Tin Oxide, ITO) be stacked on the surface of a transparency carrier one by one, and become a transparent capacitive touch control plate; Or described touch-control circuit also can be a flexible circuit board (FLEXBILPRINTED CIRCIT, FPC), described flexible circuit board directly fits with described substrate, and become a nontransparent capacitive touch control plate; So, the capacity effect produced between described touch-control circuit and human body can be utilized, to calculate the coordinate of its position of touch.
And know, current photovoltaic by advanced be main flow with curved design; Therefore, when product design, its surface set up some physical buttons and art designing seam, the curvature of product surface can be caused inharmonious, and increase described in the curved design on surface and the degree of difficulty of manufacture; In addition, relate to the correlation technique of above-mentioned curved product at present, as seen in the convex surface liquid crystal display that No. 1110377th, BrP, No. 2002341323rd, Jap.P., Chinese patent No. 1612185 (publication number) and Youda Photoelectric Co., Ltd (AUO PTRONIC SCORP.) publish in June, 2008 and show; But described technology is the curved surface application about safety glass or LCD, and all not mentioned curved surface about Trackpad is applied.
In view of this, in comparatively advanced technology, disclose the correlation technique of the curved design about above-mentioned Trackpad, visible No. 6654071st, United States Patent (USP), be to provide a kind of can free bending becomes curved soft capacitive touch control plate according to the arc curvature of display surface, be used for being attached to the surface of described display, cause described displaying appliance for touch controllable function; In addition, No. 1479891st, Chinese patent (publication number), also provides a kind of bending capacitance touch pad, is establish a functional membrane between two bending rigid transparent fenders, and possesses touch-control ability; But, the touch pads of the Trackpad that No. 6654071st, United States Patent (USP) and No. 1479891st, Chinese patent all only can along an axis (as described in the longitudinal axis of Trackpad or transverse axis) bend to curved, and cannot be formed have multiaxis to bending curve, and do not disclose described Trackpad and the method for making of touch pads; Therefore, for above-mentioned Trackpad is made into curved, still also existing manyly technically has problem to be overcome.
In order to overcome the problems referred to above, United States Patent (USP) No. 20080042997 announcement has a kind of curved resistor type touch control plate, mainly first plano-polarized light plate and Trackpad is completed laminating, then Polarizer and Trackpad is added simultaneously and be pressed into curved; Its shortcoming is, if described Polarizer and Trackpad pressurize unsuccessfully, then the two all becomes waste material, and described Polarizer and Trackpad belong to plural base material state bonded to each other, become in curved process at press bent, the situation of the base material generation local fracture easily causing stress intensity more weak, easily produce interference stripes simultaneously, and become the failed waste material of pressurization, therefore urgently improved.
In addition, existing plane Trackpad is mostly using glass material as substrate, because of its comparatively plastic material (as PET) there is good, scratch resistant, the wear-resisting and on-deformable characteristic of light transmissibility, to glass substrate is made curved, glass substrate need carry out high temperature hot pressing to be bent to form curved glass substrate; But make and need high working temperature (650 to 750 degree about Celsius) in curved glass substrate, and described flexible circuit board namely can cracking under the working temperature of 300 degree about Celsius, therefore flexible circuit board obviously cannot together be made into curved Trackpad with described planar glass substrate.
Summary of the invention
For overcoming the problem of taking off in background technology, the present invention aims to provide a kind of structure of camber-shaped capacitance type touch-control plate, especially utilizes the characteristic being suitable for heating extension of plastic material, and described in being formed with the system of moulding is curved capacitive touch control plate.
The structure of camber-shaped capacitance type touch-control plate of the present invention, comprises:
The one three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board with capacitance touching control function, tool is along one first curved side of the bent compression moldings of at least two axial arcs and one first curved end face;
One can be for touch three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate, tool corresponds to one second curved side and one second curved end face of the arc-curved shape type body of described three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board, according to this mutual to coupling laminating integral; And
One glue-line, is arranged between described three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate and described three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board, with the three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board of adhering described on described three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate.
Wherein, the second curved side of the three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate that the first curved side of described three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board and the first curved end face are fitted described respectively and the second curved end face.The mode of described compression molding can be hot-forming or vacuum aided cold briquetting.
In addition, the present invention comprises more:
One curved inner surface of described three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate is printed with one can cover the figure of described three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board, some words or some symbols, and the curved inner surface of described three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate is laminating one pressure-sensing glue, optics pressure-sensing glue or sensible heat glue, with the excurvation curved surface to the three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board described in coupling laminating.
Wherein, the curved inner surface of described three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate can be an inner sunken face, and the excurvation curved surface of described three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board can be a convex outward, the inner sunken face of described three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate and the convex outward of described three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board are fitted integral to coupling; Or, the curved inner surface of described three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate also can be convex surface in, and the excurvation curved surface of described three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board also can be an outer concave curved surface, the interior convex surface of described three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate and the outer concave curved surface of described three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board are fitted integral to coupling.
In addition, in above-mentioned method for making and structure, described three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate can be made up of transparent or non-transparent material.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effect that the present invention has is: the shape of capacitive touch control plate easily controls, and difficulty of processing reduces, and production efficiency is improved, and product quality also can obtain guarantee.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the camber-shaped capacitance type touch-control plate of one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 A sends flexible circuit board to the cut-away view in die cavity in one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 B relies on male model and master mold clamps and hot pressing flexible circuit board forms curved cut-away view in one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 A sends the cut-away view of flexible circuit board to cold briquetting device inside in one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 B relies on pull of vacuum and well heater heating flexible circuit board to form curved cut-away view in one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the cut-away view using cutting mould to cut the excess margins of curved flexible circuit board in one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 utilizes the concave curved surface of printing pair of rollers glass substrate to carry out the cut-away view printed in one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 utilizes coating roller to the cut-away view of the concave curved surface coated glue layer of glass substrate in one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 7 is by cut-away view that flexible circuit board and glass substrate are fitted to coupling in one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 8 is the cut-away view of the camber-shaped capacitance type touch-control plate of one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 9 sends flexible circuit board to the cut-away view in die cavity in another embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 10 relies on male model and master mold clamps and hot pressing flexible circuit board forms curved cut-away view in another embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 11 is the cut-away view using cutting mould to cut the excess margins of curved flexible circuit board in another embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 12 is by cut-away view that flexible circuit board and glass substrate are fitted to coupling in another embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 13 is the cut-away view of the camber-shaped capacitance type touch-control plate of another embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 14 sends flexible circuit board to the stereographic map in die cavity in yet another embodiment of the invention;
Figure 15 sends flexible circuit board to the cut-away view in die cavity in yet another embodiment of the invention;
Figure 16 relies on male model and master mold clamps and hot pressing flexible circuit board forms curved stereographic map in yet another embodiment of the invention;
Figure 17 relies on male model and master mold clamps and hot pressing flexible circuit board forms curved cut-away view in yet another embodiment of the invention;
Figure 18 is the cut-away view using cutting mould to cut the excess margins of curved flexible circuit board in yet another embodiment of the invention;
Figure 19 is the cut-away view of the camber-shaped capacitance type touch-control plate of yet another embodiment of the invention;
Figure 20 is the stereographic map of the camber-shaped capacitance type touch-control plate of yet another embodiment of the invention;
Figure 21 A is the front view of Figure 20 embodiment;
Figure 21 B is the left side view of Figure 21 A;
Figure 21 C is the right side view of Figure 21 A;
Figure 21 D is the vertical view of Figure 21 A;
Figure 21 E is the upward view of Figure 21 A;
Figure 22 is the cut-away view of the concave curved surface shape capacitive touch control plate of further embodiment of this invention.
Embodiment
Refer to Fig. 1, disclose the three-dimensional exploded view of one embodiment of the invention, and coordinate Fig. 2 A to Fig. 8 that the method for making of camber-shaped capacitance type touch-control plate of the present invention is described, comprise the following step:
(1) the flat flexible circuit board 10 (as shown in Figure 2 A) that has a capacitance touching control function is provided.
(2) the flat flexible circuit board 10 described in press moulding mode curved surface forming is utilized, described press moulding mode can be hot-forming in this enforcement, mainly described flat flexible circuit board 10 is delivered in the die cavity 40 between a male model 41 of a heat pressing forming device 4 and a master mold 42 (as shown in Figure 2 A), described male model 41 is heated to a preset temperature (about Celsius 200 to 250 spend) in advance with master mold 42, and described preset temperature is can by the temperature of described flat flexible circuit board 10 thermoplastic shaping; So, described male model 41 and master mold 42 can be relied on to clamp and flat flexible circuit board 10 described in hot pressing, form along an axial bending flexible circuit board 1 (as shown in Figure 2 B) that is Two-dimensional Surfaces shape with the flat flexible circuit board 10 described in the system of moulding, and make described curved flexible circuit board 1 have excurvation curved surface 11 and a curved inner surface 12, wherein said axis can be the y direction of described flat flexible circuit board 10 in this enforcement, and described curved flexible circuit board 1 bilateral forms an excess margins 14 respectively.
(3) cutting mould 5 (such as cutter) is used to cut the excess margins 14 (as shown in Figure 4) of described curved flexible circuit board 1 respectively.
(4) with the molding mode such as mould molding or high temperature hot pressing, there is provided one in the glass substrate 2 (as shown in Figure 5) of Two-dimensional Surfaces shape, and make described curved glass substrate 2 have one can be for touch excurvation curved surface 21 and a curved inner surface 22, wherein said glass substrate 2 can be transparent or nontransparent material kenel.
(5) utilize a printing roller 61, print one at the curved inner surface 22 of described glass substrate 2 and can cover the figure (such as virtual key) of described curved flexible circuit board 1, some words or some symbols (as shown in Figure 5); So, above-mentioned tradition can be omitted and set up at the physical button of touch-control product surface and art designing's seam, be beneficial to the curved design on described surface.
(6) coating roller 62 is utilized subsequently, at the figure of the curved inner surface 22 of described glass substrate 2, word or symbol surface coating one glue-line 3 (as shown in Figure 6), described glue-line 3 can be pressure-sensing glue, optics pressure-sensing glue or sensible heat glue in this enforcement.
(7) the excurvation curved surface 11 of described curved flexible circuit board 1 is fitted (as shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 7) with curved inner surface 22 pairs of couplings of described glass substrate 2, with the excurvation curved surface 11 of curved flexible circuit board 1 of adhering on the curved inner surface 22 of glass substrate 2 (as shown in Figure 8), assembly according to this forms Two-dimensional Surfaces shape capacitive touch control plate 20.
According to above-mentioned known, the present invention is the heating extension characteristics of the flat flexible circuit board 10 described in utilization, first carry out hot pressing for described flat flexible circuit board 10 along an axis to bend, and shaping described Two-dimensional Surfaces shape flexible circuit board 1, and be fitted on described Two-dimensional Surfaces shape glass substrate 2, to form the described capacitive touch control plate 20 in Two-dimensional Surfaces shape.
In addition, above-mentioned press moulding mode also can be vacuum aided cold briquetting, as shown in Figure 3A, described flat flexible circuit board 10 is delivered to vacuum aided cold briquetting device 7 inside, and be placed in male model 71 end face of described cold briquetting device 7 inside, described male model 71 end face has plural pore 72, and is provided with a well heater 73 above male model 71, so, can vacuumize described cold briquetting device 7 inside via each pore 72, and make described cold briquetting device 7 inside form vacuum state, described flexible circuit board 10 is impelled to be fitted in male model 71 end face by the pull of vacuum attraction of described pore 72, period via described well heater 73 to flexible circuit board 10 homogeneous heating being fitted in male model 71 end face, form the flexible circuit board 1 (as shown in Figure 3 B) of Two-dimensional Surfaces shape along an axial bending with the flat flexible circuit board 10 described in the system of moulding, all the other configuration and making step are the embodiments being similar to above-mentioned Fig. 1 to Fig. 8, outline at this with simplified illustration.
In the above-described embodiments, described Trackpad 20 can be incorporated into display panel (Display Panel), the surface of electronic product or equipment, the curved inner surface 12 of described curved flexible circuit board 1 is caused to contact at display panel, the surface (coordinating shown in Fig. 8) of electronic product or equipment, or the display panel described in hiding, the internal electron component of electronic product or equipment, user can touch the excurvation curved surface 21 of the glass substrate 2 of described Trackpad 20, impel between described curved flexible circuit board 1 and human body and produce capacity effect, to calculate the coordinate that described glass substrate 2 accepts touch position.
Refer to Fig. 9 to Figure 13, disclose the configuration schematic diagram of the making step of another embodiment of the present invention, the method for making of another Two-dimensional Surfaces shape capacitive touch control plate of the present invention is described, wherein, described flat flexible circuit board 10a is delivered in the die cavity 40a between a male model 41a of an a heat pressing forming device 4a and master mold 42a (as shown in Figure 9), clamp by means of described male model 41a and master mold 42a and flat flexible circuit board 10a described in hot pressing, form along an axial bending flexible circuit board 1a (as shown in Figure 10) that is Two-dimensional Surfaces shape with the flat flexible circuit board 10a described in the system of moulding, wherein, described axis also can be the y direction of described flat flexible circuit board 10a in this enforcement, a described curved flexible circuit board 1a tool one excurvation curved surface 11a and curved inner surface 12a, and described curved flexible circuit board 1a bilateral respectively bending form a curved side 13a, described curved side 13a each self-forming one excess margins 14a, each edge 14a can accept described cutting mould 5a respectively to carry out cutting (as shown in figure 11).
Subsequently, there is provided one in the glass substrate 2a (as shown in figure 12) of Two-dimensional Surfaces shape, described glass substrate 2a tool one can be for touch excurvation curved surface 21a and a curved inner surface 22a, and described glass substrate 2a bilateral also corresponding bending respectively form a curved side 23a, so, the excurvation curved surface 11a of described curved flexible circuit board 1a and the curved inner surface 22a of described glass substrate 2a is fitted to coupling, with the excurvation curved surface 11a of the curved flexible circuit board 1a that adheres on the curved inner surface 22a of glass substrate 2a (as shown in figure 13), and the curved side 13a of described curved flexible circuit board 1a and the curved side 23a of described glass substrate 2a fits, assembly according to this forms Two-dimensional Surfaces shape capacitive touch control plate 20a, all the other configuration and making step are the embodiments being similar to above-mentioned Fig. 1 to Fig. 8, outline at this with simplified illustration.
Accordingly, first described flat flexible circuit board 10a hot pressing is bent to form the flexible circuit board 1a of Two-dimensional Surfaces shape, be fitted on described Two-dimensional Surfaces shape glass substrate 2a again, the capacitive touch control plate 20a in Two-dimensional Surfaces shape described in being formed with the system of moulding, described Trackpad 20a is made to increase compared with conventional planar Trackpad the curved side 23a that two can accept touch-control, so significantly promote the comprehensive of touch-control, and significantly promote the advantage of touch-control product in curved design.
Refer to Figure 19 and Figure 20, disclose the cut-away view of yet another embodiment of the invention, the structure of three-dimension curved surface shape capacitive touch control plate 20b of the present invention is described, comprise the three-dimension curved surface shape glass substrate 2b that a three-dimension curved surface shape flexible circuit board 1b and can be for touch.Wherein, described curved flexible circuit board 1b has capacitance touching control function, and one first curved side 13b of the bent compression moldings of the axial arc at least two, curved flexible circuit board 1b tool edge and one first curved end face 15b, the first described curved side 13b and the first curved end face 15b all can be plural number in this enforcement, and described axis can be the longitudinal axis and the X direction of described flexible circuit board 1b in this enforcement; Described glass substrate 2b tool is same as one second curved side 23b and the one second curved end face 25b of the arc-curved shape type body of described curved flexible circuit board 1b.
In addition, described curved flexible circuit board 1b still has an excurvation curved surface 11b, and described glass substrate 2b is also corresponding has a curved inner surface 22b, so, two curved surface 11b, 22b are integral to coupling laminating, cause described the second curved side 23b described in the first curved side 13b laminating, and described the first curved end face 25b described in the first curved end face 15b laminating, the configuration of all the other printed patterns, glue-line is similar to above-described embodiment, outlines at this with simplified illustration.
Refer to Figure 14 to Figure 19, disclose the configuration schematic diagram of the making step of above-mentioned Trackpad 20b structure, the method for making of three-dimension curved surface shape capacitive touch control plate of the present invention is described, wherein, described flat flexible circuit board 10b is delivered in the die cavity 40b between a male model 41b of an a heat pressing forming device 4b and master mold 42b (as shown in Figure 14 and Figure 15), clamp by means of described male model 41b and master mold 42b and flat flexible circuit board 10b described in hot pressing, form the flexible circuit board 1b (as shown in Figure 16 and Figure 17) of three-dimension curved surface shape along described two axial bendings with the flat flexible circuit board 10b described in the system of moulding, described curved flexible circuit board 1b is caused to form a described excurvation curved surface 11b and curved inner surface 12b, and described curved flexible circuit board 1b bilateral respectively bending form the first described curved side 13b, curved flexible circuit board 1b both-end simultaneously also respectively bending form the first described curved end face 15b, described side 13b and end face 15b each self-forming one excess margins 141b, 142b, each edge 141b, 142b can accept described cutting mould 5b respectively to carry out cutting (as shown in figure 18).
Subsequently, the described glass substrate 2b (as shown in figure 19) in three-dimension curved surface shape is provided, have one can be for touch excurvation curved surface 21b and described curved inner surface 22b, and described glass substrate 2b bilateral respectively bending form the second described curved side 23b, described glass substrate 2b both-end also respectively bending form described the second curved end face 25b (coordinating shown in Figure 20).
So, the curved inner surface 22b of the excurvation curved surface 11b of described curved flexible circuit board 1b and described glass substrate 2b can be fitted to coupling, with the excurvation curved surface 11b of the flexible circuit board 1b that adheres on the curved inner surface 22b of glass substrate 2b, the first described curved side 13b is caused to fit with the second described curved side 23b in the lump, the first described curved end face 15b and the second described curved end face 25b also fits in the lump, and assembly according to this forms three-dimension curved surface shape capacitive touch control plate 20b.All the other making steps are similar to above-described embodiment, outlines at this with simplified illustration.
Please remerge with reference to Figure 19 ~ Figure 21, wherein excurvation curved surface 21b, the second curved side 23b of above-mentioned glass substrate 2b and the second curved end face 25b can Touch Zone 161b, 162b and the 163b (as shown in Figure 21 A to Figure 21 E) of curved flexible circuit board 1b described in each self-forming, described a little Touch Zones are the virtual key providing user to operate, and so replace traditional physical button.
Accordingly, the capacitive touch control plate 20b in three-dimension curved surface shape described in being formed with the system of moulding, and described Trackpad 20b increases two compared with conventional planar Trackpad can accept the curved end face 25b that curved side 23b and two of touch-control can accept touch-control, to form the capacitive touch control plate 20b that five faces all have Touch Zone, not only significantly promote the convenience of touch-control, and also significantly promote the advantage of touch-control product in curved design, such as reduce the design of art designing's seam.
Wherein, in above-mentioned all embodiments, the present invention discloses described glass substrate 2, 2a, the curved inner surface 22 of 2b, 22a, 22b is that an inner sunken face is (as Fig. 8, shown in Figure 13 and Figure 19), and described curved flexible circuit board 1, 1a, the excurvation curved surface 11 of 1b, 11a, 11b is a convex outward, described glass substrate 2, 2a, the inner sunken face of 2b and described curved flexible circuit board 1, 1a, the convex outward of 1b is fitted to coupling, with the curved flexible circuit board 1 of adhering described, 1a, the convex outward of 1b is at described glass substrate 2, 2a, on the inner sunken face of 2b, to form the two-dimentional formula capacitive touch control plate of a convex surface shape.
In another preferred embodiment of the present invention (as shown in figure 22), the curved inner surface 22c then disclosing described glass substrate 2c is convex surface in, and the excurvation curved surface 11c of described curved flexible circuit board 1c is an outer concave curved surface, the interior convex surface of described glass substrate 2c and the outer concave curved surface of described curved flexible circuit board 1c are fitted to coupling, with the outer concave curved surface of the curved flexible circuit board 1c adhering described in described glass substrate 2c on convex surface, to form the two-dimentional formula capacitive touch control plate 20c of a concave curved surface shape.
More than illustrate just illustrative for the purpose of the present invention; and nonrestrictive, those of ordinary skill in the art understand, when not departing from the spirit and scope that claim limits; many amendments, change or equivalence can be made, but all will fall within protection scope of the present invention.