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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2025
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for touch sensing are provided. An input device includes a display and a touch sensor. The touch sensor has a sensing area with a plurality of sensor pixels forming rows and columns. Each sensor pixel includes a first electrode having first capacitive coupling areas and a second electrode having second capacitive coupling areas. The first capacitive coupling areas are configured to capacitively couple with one or more adjacent sensor pixels disposed in a same row and the second capacitive coupling areas are configured to capacitively couple with one or more adjacent sensor pixels in a same column. The first electrode is configured to electrically connect to one or more sensor pixels in the same column and the second electrode is configured to electrically connect to one or more sensor pixels in the same row. The sensor pixels are configured to facilitate parallel touch sensing in multiple orientations.