The advantages and comparison of resistive touch screens and capacitive touch screens

Abstract

ATouch screens are an indispensable component in electronic products nowadays, and resistive and capacitive touch screens are the most common and widely used touch screens in touch screens. However, there is still a lack of intuitive literature to explain the differences and advantages between capacitive and resistive touch screens. This article provides a partial overview of the principles and structures of resistive and capacitive touch screen technologies and finally analyzes their respective advantages and disadvantages. The resistive touch screen is mainly divided into four-wire resistive touch screens and five-wire resistive touch screens. Its advantage over capacitive touch screens is that the process is more mature, and the product cost is lower. However, capacitive touch screens, due to their different working principles from resistive touch screens, can achieve multi-point touch, which is a significant feature. In capacitive touch screens, mutual capacitive projection capacitive touch screens have become the main favored technology in the touch screen industry due to their low power consumption, stable signal, and fast data collection speed. They are also an essential direction for the future development of touch screens.