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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
John B. Morrell, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ron A. Hopkinson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Peter M. Arnold, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mikael M. Silvanto, Cupertino, CA (US);
William F. Leggett, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A configurable, force-sensitive input structure for an electronic device is disclosed. The input structure has a metal contact layer, a sense layer positioned below the metal contact layer, and a drive layer capacitively coupled to the sense layer. The input structure may also have a compliant layer positioned between and coupled to the sense layer and the drive layer, a rigid base layer positioned below the drive layer, and a set of supports positioned between the metal contact layer and the rigid base layer.