GRADUATED ROUTING FOR ROUTING ELECTRODES COUPLED TO TOUCH SENSOR ELECTRODES TO THEREBY BALANCE CAPACITANCE ON THE TOUCH SENSOR ELECTRODES
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1. A method for balancing capacitance on electrodes of a touch sensor, said method comprising:
- 1) providing at least one touch sensor circuit, a plurality of touch sensor electrodes, and a unique routing trace between the at least one touch sensor circuit and each of the plurality of touch sensor electrodes, wherein the routing traces have a shared path along at least a portion of a path between the plurality of electrodes and the at least one touch sensor circuit; and
2) adjusting spacing between the unique routing traces along the shared path to thereby balance capacitance on the plurality of electrodes.
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Abstract
A system and method for balancing the capacitive charge on touch sensor electrodes so that every two adjacent routes have the same capacitance as any other adjacent two routes, wherein routing electrodes are spaced further and further apart, or graduated, as they get longer, to thereby balance the capacitance on the touch sensor electrodes without having to add or subtract an offset from each touch sensor electrode.
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1. A method for balancing capacitance on electrodes of a touch sensor, said method comprising:
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1) providing at least one touch sensor circuit, a plurality of touch sensor electrodes, and a unique routing trace between the at least one touch sensor circuit and each of the plurality of touch sensor electrodes, wherein the routing traces have a shared path along at least a portion of a path between the plurality of electrodes and the at least one touch sensor circuit; and 2) adjusting spacing between the unique routing traces along the shared path to thereby balance capacitance on the plurality of electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for balancing capacitance on electrodes of a touch sensor, said method comprising:
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1) providing at least one touch sensor circuit, a plurality of touch sensor electrodes, and a unique routing trace between the at least one touch sensor circuit and each of the plurality of touch sensor electrodes, wherein the routing traces have a shared path along at least a portion of a path between the plurality of electrodes and the at least one touch sensor circuit; and 2) providing at least one overshoot on one or more of the routing traces to thereby balance capacitance on the plurality of electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A system of wiring paths for balancing capacitance on electrodes of a touch sensor, said system comprising:
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at least one touch sensor circuit; a plurality of touch sensor electrodes; and a unique routing trace between the at least one touch sensor circuit and each of the plurality of touch sensor electrodes, wherein the routing traces have a shared path along at least a portion of a path between the plurality of electrodes and the at least one touch sensor circuit, wherein spacing between the unique routing traces along the shared path is adjusted to thereby balance capacitance on the plurality of electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system of wiring paths for balancing capacitance on electrodes of a touch sensor, said system comprising:
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at least one touch sensor circuit; a plurality of touch sensor electrodes; and a unique routing trace between the at least one touch sensor circuit and each of the plurality of touch sensor electrodes, wherein the routing traces have a shared path along at least a portion of a path between the plurality of electrodes and the at least one touch sensor circuit, wherein at least one overshoot is disposed on one or more of the routing traces to thereby balance capacitance on the plurality of electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method for reducing parasitic capacitance on electrodes of a touch sensor, said method comprising:
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1) providing at least one touch sensor circuit, a plurality of touch sensor electrodes, and a unique routing trace between the at least one touch sensor circuit and each of the plurality of touch sensor electrodes, wherein the plurality of routing traces have a shared path along at least a portion of a path between the plurality of electrodes and the at least one touch sensor circuit; and 2) changing the thickness of at least one of the plurality of routing traces along the shared path to thereby reduce parasitic capacitance on the plurality of routing traces. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method for balancing capacitance on electrodes of a touch sensor, said method comprising:
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1) providing at least one touch sensor circuit, a plurality of touch sensor electrodes, and a unique routing trace between the at least one touch sensor circuit and each of the plurality of touch sensor electrodes, wherein the routing traces have a shared path along at least a portion of a path between the plurality of electrodes and the at least one touch sensor circuit; and 2) disposing a plurality of interleaved branches on at least some of the plurality of routing traces to thereby balance capacitance on the plurality of electrodes.
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