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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2015
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Petr Shepelev, Campbell, 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 INCORPORTED, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein include an input device, 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. In one embodiment, an input device includes a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in a planar matrix array. Each sensor electrode is coupled to unique routing trace and has an identical geometric plan form that is symmetrical about a center of area of the sensor electrode. The geometric plan form of each sensor electrode includes core and a plurality of protrusions extending outward from the core. The protrusions are configured to overlap with protrusions extending outward from each adjacent sensor electrode of the matrix array.