TRACE BORDER ROUTING
First Claim
1. A display comprising:
- an active area configured to display data; and
multiple conductive traces electrically coupled to the active area at a border area of the display, the traces having segments of varying width.
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Abstract
The border routing of conductive traces in devices, such as displays, touch sensor panels, and touch screens, to improve border area space usage, thereby reducing device size, and to reduce trace resistance, thereby improving device operation, is disclosed. The conductive traces can form a staggered stair-step configuration in the device border area, in which the average widths of the traces can be different from each other and each trace can have segments with different widths. The conductive traces can be coupled to an active area of the device to transmit signals to and from the active area in accordance with a device operation. The varying widths can help improve the border area space usage, reduce trace resistance, and reduce the differences in resistance between traces.
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25 Claims
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1. A display comprising:
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an active area configured to display data; and multiple conductive traces electrically coupled to the active area at a border area of the display, the traces having segments of varying width. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A touch sensor panel comprising:
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multiple rows of touch pixels configured to sense a touch or hover; and multiple conductive traces configured to drive the rows with stimulation signals, the traces being disposed at a border area of the panel, each trace having segments with multiple widths that are different from the multiple widths of the segments of the other traces. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A touch screen comprising:
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a display configured to display data; a touch sensor panel configured to sense a touch or hover; and multiple conductive traces routed at a border area of the touch screen to drive signals to at least one of the display or the panel, the traces having different average widths from each other, each trace having segments of varying widths. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of forming conductive traces on a device, comprising:
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forming multiple conductive traces in a border area of the device, the traces varying in length, each trace having at least two segments of different widths; and forming an active area to couple to the conductive traces, each conductive trace coupling to a corresponding location in the active area to transmit signals to and from that location. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of routing conductive traces around a border of a device, comprising:
routing multiple conductive traces formed in a border area of the device from corresponding active areas of the device, the traces having segments with varying widths, the widths satisfying at least one electrical requirement of the device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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