Capacitive position sensor
    2.
    发明授权
    Capacitive position sensor 有权
    电容位置传感器

    公开(公告)号:US08830180B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-09

    申请号:US12421713

    申请日:2009-04-10

    IPC分类号: G06F3/041

    摘要: A capacitive position sensor has a two-layer electrode structure. Drive electrodes extending in a first direction on a first plane on one side of a substrate. Sense electrodes extend in a second direction on a second plane on the other side of the substrate so that the sense electrodes cross the drive electrodes at a plurality of intersections which collectively form a position sensing array. The sense electrodes are provided with branches extending in the first direction part of the way towards each adjacent sense electrode so that end portions of the branches of adjacent sense electrodes co-extend with each other in the first direction separated by a distance sufficiently small that capacitive coupling to the drive electrode adjacent to the co-extending portion is reduced. Providing sense electrode branches allow a sensor to be made which has a greater extent in the first direction for a given number of sense channels, since the co-extending portions provide an interpolating effect. The number of sense electrode branches per drive electrode can be increased which allows a sensor to be made which has ever greater extent in the first direction without having to increase the number of sense channels.

    摘要翻译: 电容位置传感器具有双层电极结构。 在基板的一侧的第一平面上沿第一方向延伸的驱动电极。 感测电极在基板的另一侧上的第二平面上沿第二方向延伸,使得感测电极在共同形成位置感测阵列的多个交点处与驱动电极交叉。 感测电极设置有在朝向每个相邻感测电极的第一方向部分上延伸的分支,使得相邻感测电极的分支的端部在第一方向上相互延伸一个足够小的距离,使得电容 耦合到与共延伸部分相邻的驱动电极减小。 提供感测电极分支允许制造对于给定数量的感测通道在第一方向上具有更大程度的传感器,因为共同延伸部分提供内插效果。 可以增加每个驱动电极的感测电极分支的数量,这允许制造在第一方向上具有更大程度的传感器,而不必增加感测通道的数量。

    Capacitive Position Sensor
    4.
    发明申请
    Capacitive Position Sensor 有权
    电容位置传感器

    公开(公告)号:US20100045632A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-25

    申请号:US12421713

    申请日:2009-04-10

    IPC分类号: G06F3/044 G06F3/045

    摘要: A capacitive position sensor has a two-layer electrode structure. Drive electrodes extending in a first direction on a first plane on one side of a substrate. Sense electrodes extend in a second direction on a second plane on the other side of the substrate so that the sense electrodes cross the drive electrodes at a plurality of intersections which collectively form a position sensing array. The sense electrodes are provided with branches extending in the first direction part of the way towards each adjacent sense electrode so that end portions of the branches of adjacent sense electrodes co-extend with each other in the first direction separated by a distance sufficiently small that capacitive coupling to the drive electrode adjacent to the co-extending portion is reduced. Providing sense electrode branches allow a sensor to be made which has a greater extent in the first direction for a given number of sense channels, since the co-extending portions provide an interpolating effect. The number of sense electrode branches per drive electrode can be increased which allows a sensor to be made which has ever greater extent in the first direction without having to increase the number of sense channels.

    摘要翻译: 电容位置传感器具有双层电极结构。 在基板的一侧的第一平面上沿第一方向延伸的驱动电极。 感测电极在基板的另一侧上的第二平面上沿第二方向延伸,使得感测电极在共同形成位置感测阵列的多个交点处与驱动电极交叉。 感测电极设置有在朝向每个相邻感测电极的第一方向部分上延伸的分支,使得相邻感测电极的分支的端部在第一方向上彼此延伸,间隔足够小的距离,使得电容 耦合到与共延伸部分相邻的驱动电极减小。 提供感测电极分支允许制造对于给定数量的感测通道在第一方向上具有更大程度的传感器,因为共同延伸部分提供内插效果。 可以增加每个驱动电极的感测电极分支的数量,这允许制造在第一方向上具有更大程度的传感器,而不必增加感测通道的数量。

    Capacitive Touch Screen with Noise Suppression
    5.
    发明申请
    Capacitive Touch Screen with Noise Suppression 有权
    具有抑制噪声的电容触摸屏

    公开(公告)号:US20100044122A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-25

    申请号:US12421705

    申请日:2009-04-10

    IPC分类号: G06F3/044

    摘要: A capacitive touch sensor wherein the touch sensitive panel has drive electrodes arranged on the lower side of a substrate and sense electrodes arranged on the upper side. The drive electrodes are shaped and dimensioned to substantially entirely cover the touch sensitive area with individual drive electrodes being separated from each other by small gaps, the gaps being so small as to be practically invisible. The near blanket coverage by the drive electrodes also serves to screen out interference from noise sources below the drive electrode layer, such as drive signals for an underlying display, thereby suppressing noise pick-up by the sense electrodes that are positioned above the drive electrodes.

    摘要翻译: 一种电容式触摸传感器,其中触敏面板具有布置在基板的下侧上的驱动电极和布置在上侧的感测电极。 驱动电极的形状和尺寸被设计成基本上完全覆盖触敏区域,其中各个驱动电极通过小的间隙彼此分离,间隙如此之小以致实际上是不可见的。 驱动电极的近毯覆盖也用于屏蔽来自驱动电极层下方的噪声源的干扰,例如用于底层显示器的驱动信号,从而抑制位于驱动电极上方的感测电极的噪声拾取。

    Capacitive position sensor
    6.
    发明授权
    Capacitive position sensor 有权
    电容位置传感器

    公开(公告)号:US07986152B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-26

    申请号:US12898153

    申请日:2010-10-05

    IPC分类号: G01R27/26

    CPC分类号: G06F3/044

    摘要: In one embodiment, a sensor includes a substrate; multiple interconnected sense elements arranged in a first direction on a surface of the substrate; and first interconnected drive elements arranged on a surface of the substrate in the first direction. Each respective one of the first interconnected drive elements are located adjacent to and between respective ones of the sense elements to form first sets of sense and drive elements alternating in the first direction. The sensor also includes second interconnected drive elements arranged on a surface of the substrate in a second direction. Each respective one of the second interconnected drive elements are located between respective ones of the sense elements to form second sets of sense and drive elements alternating in the second direction.

    摘要翻译: 在一个实施例中,传感器包括基板; 在基板的表面上沿第一方向布置的多个互连的感测元件; 以及在所述第一方向上布置在所述基板的表面上的第一互连驱动元件。 第一互连驱动元件中的每个相应的一个位于相邻的感测元件之间并且位于相应的感测元件之间,以形成在第一方向上交替的第一组感测元件和驱动元件。 传感器还包括在第二方向上布置在基板的表面上的第二互连驱动元件。 第二互连驱动元件中的每个相应的一个位于相应的感测元件之间,以形成在第二方向上交替的第二组感测和驱动元件。

    CAPACITIVE POSITION SENSOR
    7.
    发明申请
    CAPACITIVE POSITION SENSOR 有权
    电容位置传感器

    公开(公告)号:US20110022351A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-27

    申请号:US12898153

    申请日:2010-10-05

    IPC分类号: G06F15/00 G01R27/26

    CPC分类号: G06F3/044

    摘要: A sensor for determining a position for an adjacent object in two dimensions is described. The sensor comprises a substrate with a sensitive area defined by a pattern of electrodes, wherein the pattern of electrodes includes a first group of drive elements interconnected to form a plurality of row electrodes extending along a first direction, a second group of drive elements interconnected to form a plurality of column electrodes extending along a second direction, and a group of sense elements interconnected to form a sense electrode extending along both the first and second directions. The sensor further comprises a controller comprising a drive unit for applying drive signals to the row and column electrodes, and a sense unit for measuring sense signals representing a degree of coupling of the drive signals applied to the row and column electrodes to the sense electrode. Thus a 2D position sensor requiring only a single sense channel is provided.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于确定两个相邻物体的位置的传感器。 传感器包括具有由电极图案限定的敏感区域的基底,其中电极图案包括互连以形成沿着第一方向延伸的多个行电极的第一组驱动元件,第二组驱动元件互连到 形成沿着第二方向延伸的多个列电极,以及互连的一组感测元件,以形成沿着第一和第二方向延伸的检测电极。 传感器还包括控制器,该控制器包括用于向行电极和列电极施加驱动信号的驱动单元,以及感测单元,用于测量表示施加到行电极与列电极的感测电极的驱动信号的耦合程度的感测信号。 因此,提供仅需要单个感测通道的2D位置传感器。

    Capacitive position sensor
    8.
    发明授权
    Capacitive position sensor 有权
    电容位置传感器

    公开(公告)号:US07821274B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-26

    申请号:US12114709

    申请日:2008-05-02

    IPC分类号: G01R27/26

    CPC分类号: G06F3/044

    摘要: A sensor includes a substrate with a sensitive area defined by a pattern of electrodes. The pattern of electrodes includes a first group of drive elements interconnected to form a plurality of row electrodes extending along a first direction, a second group of drive elements interconnected to form a plurality of column electrodes extending along a second direction, and a group of sense elements interconnected to form a sense electrode extending along both the first and second directions. The sensor may be coupled to a controller that includes a drive unit for applying drive signals to the row and column electrodes, and a sense unit for measuring sense signals representing a degree of coupling of the drive signals applied to the row and column electrodes to the sense electrode.

    摘要翻译: 传感器包括具有由电极图案限定的敏感区域的基板。 电极的图案包括互连以形成沿着第一方向延伸的多个行电极的第一组驱动元件,互连以形成沿着第二方向延伸的多个列电极的第二组驱动元件,以及一组感 互连的元件形成沿着第一和第二方向延伸的感测电极。 传感器可以耦合到控制器,该控制器包括用于向行和列电极施加驱动信号的驱动单元,以及感测单元,用于测量表示施加到行和列电极的驱动信号的耦合程度的感测信号, 感应电极。

    Capacitive control panel
    9.
    发明授权
    Capacitive control panel 有权
    电容控制面板

    公开(公告)号:US08730199B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-20

    申请号:US12554552

    申请日:2009-09-04

    IPC分类号: G06F3/045

    摘要: A control panel for proximity and force sensing, includes a cover layer, a first electrode layer including a first force sensor electrode, a second force sensor electrode positioned in a second electrode layer or on a support layer, and a dielectric substrate at least a portion of which is compressible and is positioned between the first and second force sensor electrodes. The support layer is positioned to support at the vicinity of the second force sensor electrode support location so that compression of the dielectric substrate and the separation of the first and second force sensor electrodes depends on the magnitude of a force applied to the cover layer. Touch sensor electrodes are positioned on one or more of the electrode layers such that their capacitance depends on proximity of an object such as a finger. Controllers measure the capacitance of the force and touch sensor electrodes respectively and output force and touch proximity signals.

    摘要翻译: 用于接近和力感测的控制面板包括覆盖层,包括第一力传感器电极的第一电极层,位于第二电极层中或支撑层上的第二力传感器电极,以及至少部分 其可压缩并且位于第一和第二力传感器电极之间。 支撑层定位成在第二力传感器电极支撑位置的附近支撑,使得电介质基板的压缩和第一和第二力传感器电极的分离取决于施加到覆盖层的力的大小。 触摸传感器电极位于一个或多个电极层上,使得它们的电容取决于诸如手指的物体的接近度。 控制器分别测量力和触摸传感器电极的电容,并输出力和触摸接近信号。

    Capacitive Control Panel
    10.
    发明申请
    Capacitive Control Panel 有权
    电容控制面板

    公开(公告)号:US20140333579A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-11-13

    申请号:US14278864

    申请日:2014-05-15

    IPC分类号: G06F3/044 G06F3/041

    摘要: A control panel for proximity and force sensing, includes a cover layer, a first electrode layer including a first force sensor electrode, a second force sensor electrode positioned in a second electrode layer or on a support layer, and a dielectric substrate at least a portion of which is compressible and is positioned between the first and second force sensor electrodes. The support layer is positioned to support at the vicinity of the second force sensor electrode support location so that compression of the dielectric substrate and the separation of the first and second force sensor electrodes depends on the magnitude of a force applied to the cover layer. Touch sensor electrodes are positioned on one or more of the electrode layers such that their capacitance depends on proximity of an object such as a finger. Controllers measure the capacitance of the force and touch sensor electrodes respectively and output force and touch proximity signals.

    摘要翻译: 用于接近和力感测的控制面板包括覆盖层,包括第一力传感器电极的第一电极层,位于第二电极层中或支撑层上的第二力传感器电极,以及至少部分 其可压缩并且位于第一和第二力传感器电极之间。 支撑层定位成在第二力传感器电极支撑位置的附近支撑,使得电介质基板的压缩和第一和第二力传感器电极的分离取决于施加到覆盖层的力的大小。 触摸传感器电极位于一个或多个电极层上,使得它们的电容取决于诸如手指的物体的接近度。 控制器分别测量力和触摸传感器电极的电容,并输出力和触摸接近信号。