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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Weijun Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Wei Hsin Yao, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yingxuan Li, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hopil Bae, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ahmad Al-Dahle, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
Integrated touch screens are provided including drive lines formed of grouped-together circuit elements of a thin film transistor layer and sense lines formed between a color filter layer and a material layer that modifies or generates light. The common electrodes (Vcom) in the TFT layer can be grouped together during a touch sensing operation to form drive lines. Sense lines can be formed on a separate layer dedicated to only touch hardware.