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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Guozhong Shen, San Jose, CA (US);

Ozan Ersan Erdogan, San Jose, CA (US);

Yongqian Tang, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06K 9/0002 (2013.01); G06K 9/00013 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04107 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04111 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensor array for capacitive sensing includes: a plurality of sensor electrodes, the plurality of sensor electrodes comprising: a plurality of transmitter electrodes and a plurality of receiver electrodes, wherein the plurality of receiver electrodes include a plurality of imaging receiver electrodes and a reference receiver electrode, and wherein each of the plurality of receiver electrodes overlaps with the plurality of transmitter electrodes; wherein each of the plurality of transmitter electrodes is configured to be driven by sensing signals and each of the plurality of receiver electrodes is configured to receive detected signals corresponding to the sensing signals driven onto the transmitter electrodes; and conductive shielding disposed proximate to the reference receiver electrode.


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