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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christophe Blondin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jean-Marie Bussat, San Jose, CA (US);

Robert Leo Sheridan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sagar Rajiv Vaze, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/047 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04107 (2013.01);
Abstract

A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel includes a first set of touch electrodes configured to operate as drive lines and that are disposed in a first layer of the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel also includes a second set of touch electrodes configured to operate as sense lines and that are disposed in a second layer of the touch sensor panel, different than the first layer of the touch sensor panel, such that one or more mutual capacitance touch nodes are formed by the first set of touch electrodes and the second set of touch electrodes. The touch sensor panel also includes a third set of touch electrodes configured to operate as self-capacitance electrodes and that are disposed in the first layer or the second layer of the touch sensor panel.


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