Capacitive & Resistive Touchscreen

Submitted By:
Vijay Kumar Varinder Singh Kulwinder Kaur Jaspreet Kaur

Content
Introduction
History How Does a Touch screen Work? Use of Touch screen Touch screen technologies Working of various touch screen Advantages & Disadvantages Comparing Touch Technologies Conclusion.

Introduction
A touch screen is an electronic

visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touch screens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus. In other words, a touch screen is any monitor, based either on LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) technology that accepts direct onscreen input.

History
Touch screen technology first

entered the public eye in 1971, with the invention of the Elograph, by Elographics, Inc. This company was created to produce Graphical Data Digitizers for use in research and industrial applications. . One of the next devices to be invented was the HP-150, the first touch screen computer. Hewlett Packard invented this device in 1983.

How does a touch screen work?

Touch sensor
Controller Software driver

Use of touch screen

Public Information Displays Retail and Restaurant Systems Customer Self-Service Control and Automation Systems

Computer Based Training

Assistive Technology And many more uses.

Touch screen Technology

Capacitive
Surface Projected Resistive 4 Wire 5 Wire

Working of various touch screen

Resistive
4 -Wire Resistive Touch screen

Technology

Cont.
5-Wire Resistive Touch screen

Technology

Advantages of Resistive touch screen

Low production cost
High resistance to dust and water Best used with a finger, gloved hand

or stylus Best suited for handwriting recognition

Disadvantages of Resistive touch screen

Not too sensitive, you have to press

down harder Poor contrast because of having additional reflections from extra layer of material placed over the screen Does not support multi-touch

Capacitive touch screen

Surface capacitive technology Projected capacitive technology

Advantages of Capacitive touch screen

Because capacitive touch screen

has glass layer instead of plastic, it looks brighter and sharper Highly touch sensititive and doesnt need a stylus Supports multi-touch

Disadvantages of Capacitive touch-screen

Because the technology is

dependent on the conductive nature of human body, it doesnt work if the user is wearing gloves Because of having a complex structure, these are quite expensive Glass is more prone to breaking

Comparing Touch Technologies

Technology Transparency Input Method Response time

Multiple Events Support

Monitor Options Stability Cost

Cont.
Durability
Drag and Drop Size Constraints Sensor Substrate Sensitivity

Conclusion
There are many choices in todays

market for one to select the right touch screen technology and each technology has its own advantage and disadvantages. The choice of technology depends on the intended application or design; whether it is a small size portable application or a large size home entertainment device to high end medical/industrial applications. The correct choice of Touch screen technology will help enhance the human machine interface experience.