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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Richard Schediwy, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/173 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device may include an input surface. The input device may further include a first display layer coupled to the input surface. The input device may further include a sensing element disposed on a second display layer and a spacer element disposed between the first display layer and the second display layer. The sensing element may be disposed below the spacer element. The sensing element may be further configured to detect an input force applied by an input object to the input surface.