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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Weijun Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Wei Hsin Yao, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yingxuan Li, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bingrui Yang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marduke Yousefpor, San Jose, CA (US);
Abbas Jamshidi-Roudbari, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ahmad Al-Dahle, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A self-capacitive touch sensor panel configured to have a portion of both the touch and display functionality integrated into a common layer is provided. The touch sensor panel includes a layer with circuit elements that can switchably operate as both touch circuitry and display circuitry such that during a touch mode of the device the circuit elements operate as touch circuitry and during a display mode of the device the circuit elements operate as display circuitry. The touch mode and display mode can be time multiplexed. By integrating the touch hardware and display hardware into common layers, savings in power, weight and thickness of the device can be realized.