Patent 7671847 was granted and assigned to AU Optronics on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A touch panel for an electronic apparatus is provided. The touch panel comprises a thin film transistor substrate, a plurality of conductive islets, a supporting pattern layer and an elastic conductive film. The plurality of conductive islets is formed on the thin film transistor substrate. The supporting pattern layer is formed above the thin film transistor substrate. The supporting pattern layer has a plurality of apertures. Each of the plurality of apertures for exposing at least part of each of the plurality of conductive islets. The elastic conductive film is formed on the supporting pattern layer.