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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1988
Waldo L Landmeier, Phoenix, AZ (US);
CalComp, Inc., Anaheim, CA (US);
Abstract
In a digitizer system, a primary set of conductors is formed by looping spaced conductors in pairs through four quarter sections of a grid active area in such a way that the unexcited or directional polarities of each pair are different in each quarter section. A secondary set of conductors is formed by looping at least one additional conductor back and forth through the active area in the spaces between the conductor pairs of the primary set. A coil in a pen tip is movable relative to the grid, and used to inductively couple signals in the conductors of the grid. This intertwined conductor loopback arrangement permits coverage of relatively large grid active areas with a minimal number of multiplexers for switching the conductors to signal processing circuitry.