Patent ID: 7227537

Claim:
A touch panel comprising: a movable plate having an input manipulation surface on a main surface thereof; a supporting substrate, disposed with a slight insulation gap from said movable plate, for supporting said movable plate from a back surface thereof; conductive layers formed on said movable plate and said supporting substrate on their respective opposing surfaces; a piezoelectric substrate fixed to said supporting substrate and provided with a pair of driving electrodes fixed to respective opposing surfaces thereof; and a connector tail comprising: a first portion connected to a conductive layer electrode of the movable plate and a conductive layer electrode adjacent to a main surface of the supporting substrate; and a second portion connected to the pair of driving electrodes adjacent to a back surface of the supporting substrate, the first and second portions of the connector tail being displaced relative to each other to span a height of the supporting substrate, wherein the conductive layer electrode of said movable plate, the conductive layer electrode of said supporting substrate, and said pair of driving electrodes of said piezoelectric substrate are withdrawn integrally using the single connector tail.