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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Andreas Dorfner, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display with an inner visible display area and an outer support area which does not provide a display function is enhanced with an electrode arrangement. The electrode arrangement provides for a substrate layer on which a transmitting electrode is arranged which is surrounded by a plurality of receiving electrodes, wherein at least the transmit electrodes is transparent and at least partially covers the inner visible display area and the receiving electrodes are arranged on portions of the substrate layer covering the outer support area.