Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Common electrode connections in integrated touch screens
- Patent Title (中): 集成触摸屏中的公共电极连接
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Application No.: US13312940Application Date: 2011-12-06
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Publication No.: US09195331B2Publication Date: 2015-11-24
- Inventor: Cheng-Ho Yu , Zhibing Ge , Ming Xu , Shih Chang Chang
- Applicant: Cheng-Ho Yu , Zhibing Ge , Ming Xu , Shih Chang Chang
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044 ; G02F1/1333

Abstract:
Common electrodes (Vcom) of integrated touch screens can be segmented into electrically isolated Vcom portions that can be operated as drive lines and/or sense lines of a touch sensing system. The touch screen can include high-resistivity connections between Vcom portions. The resistivity of the high-resistivity connections can be high enough so that touch sensing and image display can be performed by the touch screen, and the high-resistivity connections can provide an added functionality by allowing a charge build up on one of the Vcom portions to be spread to other Vcom portions and/or discharged from system by allowing charge to leak through the high-resistivity connections. In this way, for example, visual artifacts that result from charge build up on a Vcom portion can be reduced or eliminated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130141343A1 COMMON ELECTRODE CONNECTIONS IN INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREENS Public/Granted day:2013-06-06
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