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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2012
Peter C. Salmon, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter C. Salmon, Mountain View, CA (US);
iBlaidZ, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic display may be provided in a cartridge that can be conveniently mated with a host device. The cartridge may comprise a touch display screen, driver and receiver circuits, an area contact array, and a molding encasing the cartridge except for a display viewing area and exposed contact points of the contact array. The contact array may provide an efficient interconnection interface to a host device, and this interface may be releasable for the case of a replaceable cartridge or module. By accepting less than optimal lifetime performance of the display screen but providing it inexpensively and in a module form that is easy to replace, lowered overall consumer costs may be achieved. Inexpensive manufacturing methods may comprise a roll-to-roll fabrication method for fabricating the touch display screen on a flexible substrate as well as transfer or injection molding of the cartridge.