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Touch structure and touch panel having an antenna function

US8665235B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 27, 2011
Grant dateMar 4, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q9/42
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A touch structure having an antenna function includes a substrate unit and an antenna unit. The substrate unit has a touch surface on the top surface thereof for an external object to touch in order to operate a touch-controlled module. The substrate unit includes at least one transparent substrate having at least one transparent portion and at least one nontransparent portion disposed around the transparent portion and combined with the transparent portion, the transparent portion has an image-viewing area on the top surface thereof, and the nontransparent portion has a non-image-viewing area on the top surface thereof. The antenna unit includes at least one antenna radiation structure disposed on the transparent substrate or embedded in the transparent substrate, and the layout of the antenna radiation structure shows an antenna radiation pattern having a predetermined operation band.

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