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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Min Chin Chai, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Patrick Prendergast, Clinton, WA (US);
Massoud Badaye, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Min Chin Chai, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Patrick Prendergast, Clinton, WA (US);
Massoud Badaye, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Creator Technology B.V., Tilburg, NL;
Abstract
An embodiment of a capacitive sensor array may comprise a first plurality of sensor elements and a second sensor element comprising a main trace that intersects each of the first plurality of sensor elements to form a plurality of intersections. A unit cell may be associated with each of the intersections, and each unit cell may designate a set of locations nearest to a corresponding intersection. A contiguous section of the main trace may cross at least one of the plurality of unit cells. The capacitive sensor array may further comprise a plurality of open zones, where each of the plurality of open zones is staggered relative to an adjacent open zone.