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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Brett William Degner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kenneth Lawrence Staton, San Carlos, CA (US);
Steve Porter Hotelling, San Jose, CA (US);
Shin John Choi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brett William Degner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kenneth Lawrence Staton, San Carlos, CA (US);
Steve Porter Hotelling, San Jose, CA (US);
Shin John Choi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Capacitive multi-touch sensor panels in which both row and column traces may be formed on a single conducting surface are disclosed. These stack-ups may be made thinner and more flexible allowing them to be particularly well-suited for curved or other non-flat touch sensor panels, such as those that might be present on a mouse or other device designed to be grasped by a user's hand. Curved sensor panel arrays that may be formed from flat substrates are also disclosed. These sensor panel configurations may include channels around the periphery of the array. These channels allow the flat array to lie flat when applied to a curved surface, such as the inside of the curved surface. The pattern of the touch sensor elements may be adjusted across the array to avoid the channels.