公开(公告)号：US20130118879A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-16

申请号：US13710207

申请日：2012-12-10

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Fletcher R. ROTHKOPF ,  Pinida J. MOOLSINTONG ,  Joseph R. FISHER ,  Wendell SANDER ,  Erturk KOCALAR

IPC: H01H13/02

CPC classification number: H01H13/02 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  H01H13/7006 ,  H01H13/81 ,  H01H2003/0293 ,  H01H2207/004 ,  H01H2225/004 ,  H01H2225/03 ,  H01H2231/022 ,  H01H2231/032 ,  H01H2231/042 ,  H01H2239/006 ,  H01H2239/018 ,  H03K2217/96066

Abstract: Compact input devices formed on flexible substrates are disclosed. The input devices may be formed using three or more conducting layers. By including three or more conducting layers, the diameter of the input device may be minimized. In addition, to improve the flexibility of portions of the input device mounted, some portions of the input device may be made to have fewer layers than other portions of the input device.