Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical waveguide with photoelectric conversion element and optical touch panel
- Patent Title (中): 带光电转换元件和光触摸面板的光波导
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Application No.: US12724054Application Date: 2010-03-15
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Publication No.: US08111958B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Hajime Nishio , Noriyuki Juni
- Applicant: Hajime Nishio , Noriyuki Juni
- Applicant Address: JP Ibaraki-shi, Osaka
- Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Ibaraki-shi, Osaka
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2009-094499 20090409
- Main IPC: G02B6/12
- IPC: G02B6/12 ; G06F3/046

Abstract:
An optical waveguide with photoelectric conversion element includes an under-cladding layer and an over-cladding layer including a thick portion having a large thickness and a thin portion having a small thickness. The optical waveguide with photoelectric conversion element is bendable in a region including the thin portion in such a direction that the under-cladding layer faces inward. This makes it possible to arrange a photoelectric conversion element of each of the optical waveguides with photoelectric conversion element and its associated circuit on the back side of a display panel of an optical touch panel, thereby reducing the size of a frame surrounding a coordinate input region of the optical touch panel and the difference in level on the surface of the frame and its vicinity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100259508A1 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE WITH PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL Public/Granted day:2010-10-14
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