METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PAD FOR A TOUCH PANEL, AND PAD FOR A TOUCH PANEL MANUFACTURED BY SAME

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a pad for a touch panel and to a pad for a touch panel manufactured by same, wherein the method comprises the steps of: preparing a pad, which includes a light-transmitting insulator layer made of an organic insulator or an inorganic insulator, a light-transmitting conductor coating layer formed at a top of the light-transmitting insulator layer, and a metal coating layer formed at a top of the light-transmitting conductor coating layer, for manufacturing a touch panel; etching, from the metal coating layer of the pad for manufacturing the touch panel, at least a portion of the metal coating layer corresponding to a window, while leaving a portion of the metal coating layer corresponding to a lead line unetched; and etching the etched pad for manufacturing the touch panel to form the lead line and a touch pattern. Through such operations, residual defects, consisting of metal dots left due to defective etching of the metal coating layer, are removed from a window portion, which is required to be transparent without blemishes when the pad is coupled to a display device such as an LCD, and thus the manufacturing yield of the pad for a touch panel can be improved.