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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Matija Varga, Zurich, CH;
Siyuan Ma, Redmond, WA (US);
James David Holbery, Bellevue, WA (US);
Collin Alexander Ladd, Sammamish, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a sensor including a sensing electrode structure and a motion-responsive structure in capacitive communication with the sensing electrode structure, the sensing electrode structure and the motion-responsive structure being separated by a first dielectric layer, the motion-responsive structure comprising a liquid metal mass within a matrix in which the liquid metal mass is movable based upon movement of the sensor, and the sensing electrode structure comprising a first electrode, and a second electrode spaced from the first electrode to form a capacitor.