Patent ID: 8237677

Claim:
An apparatus, the apparatus comprising: an upper component comprising a touch panel; the touch panel comprises: a first conductive layer; wherein the first conductive layer comprises a stand-alone, self-adhesive first carbon nanotube film the first carbon nanotube film comprises a plurality of first carbon nanotube segments joined end-to-end by van der Waals attractive force therebetween; each of the plurality of first carbon nanotube segments comprises a plurality of first carbon nanotubes parallel to each other and joined by van der Waals attractive force therebetween; the plurality of first carbon nanotube segments are successively oriented and integrated together by van der Waals attractive force therebetween to form the first carbon nanotube film; a bottom component comprising a thin film transistor panel; and a liquid crystal layer located between the upper component and the lower component.