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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2014
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Petr Shepelev, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher A. Ludden, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jeffrey Lukanc, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen L. Morein, San Jose, CA (US);
Greg P. Semeraro, Fairport, NY (US);
Joseph Kurth Reynolds, Alviso, CA (US);
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein include a display device having a capacitive sensing device, a processing system and a method for detecting presence of an input object using a capacitive sensing device, all of which include a grid electrode for improved absolute sensing. Other embodiments include a display device having a capacitive sensing device, a processing system and a method for detecting presence of an input object using a capacitive sensing device, wherein the capacitive sensing device includes a matrix of discrete sensor electrodes.