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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Bob Lee Mackey, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mykola Golovchenko, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bob Lee Mackey, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mykola Golovchenko, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synaptics Incorporated, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A repeated pattern of sensing elements can be used to indicate an unambiguous position along an axis in a sensing region. For example, different-sized sensing elements can be arranged in a repeating pattern, and the relative measures of their respective output signals can be used to identify a position in the sensing region.