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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2011
Gerhard Streichert, Postbauer-Heng, DE;
Horst Wolf, Erlangen, DE;
Gerhard Streichert, Postbauer-Heng, DE;
Horst Wolf, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A touch-sensitive sensor arrangement includes a planar-shaped element having a surface provided with a conductive layer, and a plurality of connecting points that are each arranged in an edge area of the element and contacting the conductive layer, wherein a respective decoupling device is arranged for decoupling a current, which is applied to at least two connecting points, from an evaluating signal, between each of the respective connecting points and associated connecting lines for the evaluation of a position of a contact of the element with a contacting object, where the element is heatable by the current.