Method of manufacturing touch panel

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a sensing electrode of a touch panel according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention including: forming a non-conductive mesh skeleton on a transparent substrate using an electrospinning solution by an electrospinning method; and forming an electrode layer on the non-conductive mesh skeleton by performing electroless plating processing. The preferred embodiments of the present invention can implement uniform conductivity for all the electrode layers by preventing irregular conductivity between the mesh skeletons by forming a non-conductive mesh skeleton using the electrospinning method and then, forming the electrode layers using the electroless plating.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of manufacturing a touch panel, comprising:
 forming a non-conductive mesh skeleton on a transparent substrate using an electrospinning solution by an electrospinning method; and   forming an electrode layer on the non-conductive mesh skeleton by performing electroless plating processing.   
     
     
         2 . The method as set forth in  claim 1 , further comprising after the performing of the electroless plating processing, patterning the electrode layer. 
     
     
         3 . The method as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein the patterning of the electrode layer includes:
 disposing a patterned mask on the electrode layer; and   forming the sensing electrode by patterning the electrode layer by irradiating a laser thereto so as to correspond to the patterned mask.   
     
     
         4 . The method as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the forming of the non-conductive mesh skeleton by the electrospinning method includes:
 providing the electrospinning solution to a capillary tube;   disposing a current collector on the other surface of the transparent substrate; and   forming the electrode layer by applying the spinning solution to one surface of the transparent substrate from the capillary tube by applying voltage between the spinning solution and the current collector.   
     
     
         5 . The method as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the electrospinning solution is a non-conductive polymer material and includes at least one selected from silicon resin, phenol resin, natural modified phenol resin, epoxy resin, polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, and cellulose-based resin. 
     
     
         6 . The method as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the electrospinning solution includes at least one selected from polyolefin-based resin, styrene-based resin, and acrylic resin. 
     
     
         7 . The method as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the electrospinning solution includes a seed material using at least one selected from tin (Sn), gold (Au), silver (Ag), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), rhodium (Rd), palladium (Pd), and rubidium (Ru) as a plating nucleus. 
     
     
         8 . A method of manufacturing a touch panel, comprising:
 applying a photoresist to one surface of a transparent substrate;   patterning the photoresist through an exposure process and a developing process so that an opening part is formed;   forming a non-conductive mesh skeleton by applying an electrospinning solution to the transparent substrate exposed from the opening part;   forming an electrode layer by performing an electroless plating processing on the non-conductive mesh skeleton; and   removing the photoresist.   
     
     
         9 . The method as set forth in  claim 8 , wherein the forming of the non-conductive mesh skeleton on the transparent substrate exposed from the opening part using the electrospinning solution by the electrospinning method includes:
 providing the electrospinning solution to a capillary tube;   disposing a current collector on the other surface of the transparent substrate; and   forming the mesh skeleton by applying the spinning solution to one surface of the transparent substrate from the capillary tube by applying voltage between the spinning solution and the current collector.   
     
     
         10 . The method as set forth in  claim 8 , wherein the electrospinning solution is a non-conductive polymer material and includes at least one selected from silicon resin, phenol resin, natural modified phenol resin, epoxy resin, polyvinyl alcohol-based resin, and cellulose-based resin. 
     
     
         11 . The method as set forth in  claim 8 , wherein the electrospinning solution includes at least one selected from polyolefin-based resin, styrene-based resin, and acrylic resin. 
     
     
         12 . The method as set forth in  claim 8 , wherein the electrospinning solution includes a seed material using at least one selected from tin (Sn), gold (Au), silver (Ag), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), rhodium (Rd), palladium (Pd), and rubidium (Ru) as a plating nucleus.