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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Po-Jui Chen, Taipei, TW;
Soyoung Kim, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kuo-Hua Sung, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hui Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rui Qiao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04111 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor includes a patterned compliant layer positioned between two substrates. Each substrate can include one or more conductive electrodes, with each electrode of one substrate paired with a respective electrode of the other substrate. Each pair of conductive electrodes forms a capacitor. Several methods are disclosed that can be used to produce the patterned compliant layer.