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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Takayasu Otagaki, Ota, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ishikawa, Kumagaya, JP;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/047 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04164 (2019.05); G06F 3/047 (2013.01); G06F 3/0443 (2019.05);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for a touch sensor. The touch sensor may include a plurality of horizontally-positioned electrode chains and a plurality of vertically-positioned electrode chains overlapping the plurality of horizontally-positioned electrode chains. Each electrode chain from the plurality of horizontally-positioned electrode chains and the plurality of vertically-positioned electrode chains may operate as a drive electrode and a reception electrode.