English Abstract

Feature and Technology Trends of Various Touch Panels

Yuji MITANI
Kenji NAKATANI
Touch Panel Laboratories Co., Ltd., Sennincho, Hachioji, Tokyo
Nippon Gomu Kyokaishi,(2011),84(8),256-261 General Review in Japanese

The touch panel has accomplished big development as an input device to the information equipments, recently.
Touch panel market growth is mainly caused by the expansion of multi-touch technology.
Moreover, the market expansion has further promoted the growth of new applications and the diversification in touch position detection method.
We explain the recent advances in touch screen in this report.

Keywords: Touch Panel, Resistive Touch Panel, Capacitive Touch Panel