公开(公告)号：US20170090622A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15228942

申请日：2016-08-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Massoud BADAYE ,  Sudip MONDAL ,  Sagar Rajiv VAZE ,  Albert LIN ,  Qian ZHAO ,  Chun-Hao TUNG ,  Sunggu KANG ,  John Z. ZHONG

IPC: G06F3/044

CPC classification number: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F2203/04111

Abstract: High aspect ratio touch sensor panels are disclosed in which multiple row electrode blocks can be formed in a single row within an active area of the touch sensor panel, each row electrode block including a plurality of vertically adjacent row electrodes, or in some instances only one row electrode. In addition, each column electrode can be separated into multiple column electrode segments, each column electrode segment being vertically oriented and formed in a different column. The column electrode segments associated with any one column electrode can be spread out so that each of these column electrodes segments can be co-located and associated with a different row electrode block.

公开(公告)号：US20170090614A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US14870905

申请日：2015-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuta KUBOYAMA ,  Kevin F. HOLZ ,  Wesley W. ZUBER ,  Massoud BADAYE ,  Sudip MONDAL ,  Chun-Hao TUNG ,  Mengshu HUANG ,  Der-Song LIN ,  Jinghong CHEN

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed. In some examples, the apparatus comprises a cover substrate having a front surface, a first edge and a first cavity adjacent to the first edge. In some examples, the apparatus comprises a plurality of touch sensor electrodes disposed opposite the front surface of the cover substrate. In some examples, the apparatus comprises at least one touch sensor edge electrode disposed within the first cavity on a surface that is angled relative to the front surface of the cover substrate. In some examples, at least one touch sensor edge electrode is disposed on an outward facing curved surface of the first cavity. In some examples, the plurality of touch sensor electrodes are formed from a first conductive material and the at least one touch sensor edge electrode is formed from a second conductive material. In some examples, the first conductive material is transparent, and the second conductive material is non-transparent. In some examples, the second conductive material is formed on a black mask layer disposed around a perimeter of a bottom surface of the cover substrate.