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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sagar R. Vaze, San Jose, CA (US);
Marduke Yousefpor, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Electrodes configurable for capacitive touch sensing or inductive sensing are disclosed. The electrodes are formed from a plurality of tiled (connected) sense pixels, each sense pixel including two or four conductive elements. The conductive elements within the plurality of sense pixels of an electrode are connected to form conductive pathways within the electrode. These conductive pathways enable each electrode to be configured as a touch electrode for single-ended or differential capacitive touch sensing, or into one or two loops for inductive sensing. In pixels with four conductive elements, two conductive elements are formed with a comb shape for maximizing current conduction during inductive sensing and maximizing capacitive coupling during touch sensing, and two conductive elements are formed as bypasses. In electrodes formed from sense pixels with four conductive elements, each conductive pathway within the electrode is formed as an alternating series of comb-shaped conductive elements and bypasses.