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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yi-Yun Chang, Taipei, TW;
Tzeng-Fu Kao, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/02 (2006.01); G01L 1/14 (2006.01); G01L 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/0213 (2013.01); G01L 1/146 (2013.01); G01L 1/20 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01);
Abstract
A force pad sensor includes a face sheet including a force sensing resister, and a printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly includes a proximity sensor layer including a proximity receiver electrode and a proximity transmitter electrode, and a force sensor layer including a force receiver electrode and a force transmitter electrode. The force receiver electrode and the FSR intersect a same vertical plane, the vertical plane being perpendicular to the face sheet.