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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Karan S. Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Sung Yul Chu, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhou Lu, Fremont, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Weisse, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a touch sensor panel that includes a substrate that includes a bending portion, and a plurality of electrodes formed in a first layer on a first surface of the substrate, the plurality of electrodes forming first electrodes and second electrodes and the plurality of electrodes defining an active area for touch sensing. The touch sensor panel further includes a plurality of routing traces formed in the first layer on the first surface of the substrate in a border area outside the active area and formed from the first material (copper), a plurality of bridges formed in a second layer, the plurality of bridges connecting groups of the plurality of electrodes to form the first electrodes and formed from a second material (silver), and sensing circuitry connected to the substrate and to the plurality of routing traces at a location after the bending portion.