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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuta Kuboyama, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kevin F. Holz, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Wesley W. Zuber, Mountain View, CA (US);
Massoud Badaye, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sudip Mondal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chun-Hao Tung, San Jose, CA (US);
Mengshu Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Der-Song Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jinghong Chen, Milpitas, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed. In some examples, the apparatus comprises a cover substrate having a front surface, a first edge and a first cavity adjacent to the first edge. In some examples, the apparatus comprises a plurality of touch sensor electrodes disposed opposite the front surface of the cover substrate. In some examples, the apparatus comprises at least one touch sensor edge electrode disposed within the first cavity on a surface that is angled relative to the front surface of the cover substrate. In some examples, at least one touch sensor edge electrode is disposed on an outward facing curved surface of the first cavity. In some examples, the plurality of touch sensor electrodes are formed from a first conductive material and the at least one touch sensor edge electrode is formed from a second conductive material. In some examples, the first conductive material is transparent, and the second conductive material is non-transparent. In some examples, the second conductive material is formed on a black mask layer disposed around a perimeter of a bottom surface of the cover substrate.