1. A touch panel, comprising:
a window substrate divided into an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area;
an electrode part having an electrode bezel pattern formed of a bezel ink in the active area of the window substrate and an electrode pattern integrally formed on one surface of the electrode bezel pattern; and
a bezel part formed of the bezel ink in the non-active area of the window substrate, to surround the electrode part.
2. The touch panel as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
an insulating layer burying the electrode part and the bezel part; and
an anti-reflection layer joined to the window substrate by using the insulating layer as an intermediate.
3. The touch panel as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
a transparent substrate having a second electrode pattern corresponding to the electrode part;
an insulating layer provided between the window substrate and the transparent substrate; and
an anti-reflection layer provided on the other surface of the transparent substrate.
4. The touch panel as set forth in claim 1, wherein the electrode part is formed in a mesh pattern.
5. The touch panel as set forth in claim 1, wherein the bezel ink has black color, white color, gold color, red color, green color, yellow color, gray color, purple color, brown color, blue color, or a combination thereof.
6. A method for manufacturing a touch panel, the method comprising:
(A) sequentially stacking a bezel ink layer and a metal layer on one surface of a window substrate;
(B) performing a patterning process including exposing and etching on the metal layer to form an electrode pattern and a bus line connected to the electrode pattern; and
(C) performing a patterning process on the bezel ink layer to form an electrode part and a bezel part surrounding the electrode part, the electrode part including an electrode bezel pattern integrally formed with the electrode pattern.
7. The method as set forth in claim 6, wherein the step (A) comprises:
(A-1) coating a bezel ink on an upper surface of the window substrate to form the bezel ink layer, the bezel ink having black color, white color, gold color, red color, green color, yellow color, gray color, purple color, brown color, blue color, or a combination thereof; and
(A-2) forming the metal layer on the upper surface of the bezel ink layer by plating or PVD.
8. The method as set forth in claim 6, wherein in the step (C), the patterning process is performed on the bezel ink layer by using the electrode pattern and the bus line.
9. The method as set forth in claim 6, wherein in the step (C), the electrode part is formed in a mesh pattern.
10. A method for manufacturing a touch panel, the method comprising:
(I) forming an electrode bezel pattern and a bezel part on one surface of a window substrate by using a bezel ink;
(II) forming a photoresist pattern exposing regions in which an electrode pattern and a bus line are to be formed; and
(III) filling the photoresist pattern with a metal material and then releasing the photoresist pattern to form an electrode part and the bezel part surrounding the electrode part, the electrode part including the electrode pattern integrally formed with the electrode bezel pattern.
11. The method as set forth in claim 10, wherein the step (I) comprises:
(I-1) coating the bezel ink on one surface of the window substrate to form the bezel ink layer, the bezel ink having black color, white color, gold color, red color, green color, yellow color, gray color, purple color, brown color, blue color, or a combination thereof; and
(I-2) performing a patterning process including exposing and etching on the bezel ink layer to form the electrode bezel pattern and the bezel part.
12. The method as set forth in claim 10, wherein the step (III) comprises:
(III-1) filling the photoresist pattern with the metal material by plating or PVD; and
(III-2) releasing the photoresist pattern by a lift-off process.
13. The method as set forth in claim 10, wherein in the step (III), the bus line is formed on the bezel part and connected to the electrode pattern.
14. The method as set forth in claim 10, wherein in the step (III), the electrode part is formed in a mesh pattern.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A cold crucible induction melter, comprising:
a plurality of metal sectors forming a wall of the cold crucible induction melter, each of the metal sectors including
an outer curved portion forming an outer side surface of the wall metal sector, the outer curved portion being convex outward relative to the wall and having a semicircular shape as a whole to prevent an electric arc from being generated,
an inner planar portion forming an inner side surface of the wall metal sector and having a planar shape,
two side planar portions forming side surfaces of the metal sector, connecting the outer curved portion to the inner planar portion and having a planar shape,
a top planar portion forming a top end surface,
a bottom planar portion forming a bottom end surface,
a cooling passage longitudinally formed inside the metal sector such that an inner periphery of the metal sector forms the cooling passage, so that a coolant circulates therethrough to cool the wall, the cooling passage extending from a bottom end surface to a top end surface of the metal sector such that both ends of the cooling passage are open, respectively, at the bottom end surface and the top end surface of the metal sector, and
an insulation layer covering the inner planar portion and the two side planar portions; and
a connection pipe connecting the cooling passage of the metal sector to a cooling passage of an adjacent metal sector, the connecting pipe being coupled to the cooling passage at the top end surface of the metal sector, wherein a coolant flows in one direction from a bottom end to a top end of the metal sector and a top end to a bottom end of the adjacent metal sector.
2. A cold crucible induction melter comprising:
a plurality of metal sectors forming a wall of the cold crucible induction melter, each of the metal sectors including
an outer curved portion forming an outer side surface of the wall metal sector, the outer curved portion being convex outward relative to the wall and having a semicircular shape as a whole to prevent an electric arc from being generated,
an inner planar portion forming an inner side surface of the wall metal sector and having a planar shape,
two side planar portions forming side surfaces of the metal sector, connecting the outer curved portion to the inner planar portion and having a planar shape,
a top planar portion forming a top end surface,
a bottom planar portion forming a bottom end surface,
a cooling passage longitudinally formed inside the metal sector such that an inner periphery of the metal sector forms the cooling passage, so that a coolant circulates therethrough to cool the wall, the cooling passage extending from a bottom end surface to a top end surface of the metal sector such that both ends of the cooling passage are open, respectively, at the bottom end surface and the top end surface of the metal sector, and
an insulation layer covering the inner planar portion and the two side planar portions;
a cooling tube provided outside the wall; and
a connection pipe connecting the cooling passage of the metal sector to a cooling passage of the cooling tube, the connecting pipe being coupled to the cooling passage at the top end surface of the metal sector, wherein a coolant flows in one direction through the cooling tube and the metal sector.
3. The cold crucible induction melter according to claim 2, wherein the number of cooling tubes is equal to the number of metal sectors, and
wherein each of the cooling tubes is connected to the cooling passage of the corresponding single sector.