Patent ID: 7180505
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A touch panel for a display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate opposing the first substrate; a first and second transparent electrodes arranged on opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates, respectively; first and second metal electrodes arranged on first and second opposing vertical peripheral portions of the first transparent electrode; a third metal electrode arranged proximate a first horizontal peripheral portion of the first transparent electrode; a first dummy metal electrode arranged proximate a second horizontal peripheral portion of the first transparent electrode, opposite the first horizontal peripheral portion of the first transparent electrode; fourth and fifth metal electrodes arranged on first and second opposing horizontal peripheral portions of the second transparent electrode; a sixth metal electrode arranged proximate a first vertical peripheral portion of the second transparent electrodes; and a second dummy metal electrode arranged proximate a second vertical peripheral portion of the second transparent electrode, opposite the first vertical peripheral portion of the second transparent electrode, wherein the first dummy electrode and the second dummy electrode are each electrically insulated.