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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Wei-Lung Lee, Taipei, TW;
Shridhar R. Dessai, San Jose, CA (US);
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A keyboard input device including a plurality of key assemblies, at least one of the key assemblies comprising: a key cap having a top surface configured to be pressed by a user; a rigid conductive substrate (e.g., metal) coupled to a bottom surface of the key cap; a translation mechanism configured to allow translation of the key responsive to user input; and a capacitive sensor substrate disposed between the key cap and the rigid conductive substrate, the capacitive sensor substrate comprising a plurality of sensor electrodes configured to detect input objects in a sensing region of the key assembly.