Touch Window (TW)

In order to meet the demand for frameless touch screen designs on many new products, AMT developed a bezel-less touch screen structure called Touch Window. AMT’s Touch Window has the following characteristics:

  • Décor Film with customer logo is mounted to the surface.
  • Edges are customizable with rounded corners and other shapes.
  • Touch Windows can also be customized with holes, cutouts, or indentations.
  • Various tail types

TW

In order to compliment Touch Window structure, various tailing options were developed by AMT for customer selection. Two tailing methods popular among customers are, either cutting out a slot in the glass backer or forming an indentation on the backer on the tail side, both of which prevent the FPC tail from being compressed.

Construction

  • Film-Film-Glass Construction (Generally the width and length of the upper film are larger than the corresponding dimensions of the bottom glass by 0.75mm to account for the size tolerance of the glass backer.)

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  • Film-Film-Film- PC Construction (5 layers)

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Design Points

  • Customizable 4-, 5- and 8-wire design and Multi-Finger touch
  • Customizable backer materials of glass, Polycarbonate, and PMMA
  • Various thickness selections
  • Customizable tailing methods (indentation or cutout)
  • Customizable plating service, including drilling, rounded-corner grinding, etc.

Specifications

Optical
  • Light transmission: > 78%
Mechanical
  • Sizes: 3″ to 22″ diagonal size
  • ITO glass thickness: 0.7mm ~ 2.8mm
  • Tail design: FPC type, Integral tail or others
  • Tail terminator: ZIF, Berg, AMP, AMP compatible or others
  • Input method: finger, gloved, stylus
  • Activation force: < 2.0N depending on design
  • Surface hardness: 3H or higher
Environmental
  • Operating temperature: -20℃ to +70℃
  • Storage temperature: -40℃ to +80℃
  • Operating humidity:
    • if temp. ≧ 40°C, humidity less than 80% RH
    • if temp. < 40°C, humidity less than 90% RH
    • No dew condensation
  • Storage humidity: ambient humidity
Electrical
  • Insulation resistance: 10M [email protected] DC
  • Linearity:
    • < 1.5% for 4-, 8-wire touch
    • < 1.0% for 5-wire touch inner area
    • < 1.5% for 5-wire touch perimeter area
  • Contact bounce:
    • < 10ms for 4-, 8-wire touch
    • < 15ms for 5-wire touch
  • Operating voltage: 5.5 V
  • Contact current: 70mA (maximum)

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