Capacitive touch panel with a ‘dual layer’ force sensor
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1. A capacitive touch panel, comprising:
- a plurality of drive electrodes arranged in a first direction, each drive electrode including a first drive electrode section and a second drive electrode section; and
a plurality of sense electrodes arranged in a second direction, each sense electrode including a touch sensing electrode and a force sensing electrode,wherein each force sensing electrode of the plurality of sense electrodes is arranged relative to a drive electrode of the plurality of drive electrodes to form a force sensitive coupling capacitance with the second drive electrode section of the respective drive electrode and substantially not with the first drive electrode section of the respective drive electrode,wherein for a sensor location the first drive electrode section of each drive electrode does not positionally overlap with a touch sensing electrode or a force sensing electrode.
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A capacitive touch panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate arranged relative to the first substrate. A plurality of drive electrodes are arranged on the first substrate, wherein each drive electrode comprises a first drive electrode section and a second drive electrode section. In addition, a plurality of sense electrodes are arranged on the second substrate, the plurality of sense electrodes including touch sensing electrodes and force sensing electrodes. At least part of a sense electrode of the plurality of sense electrodes forms a force sensitive coupling capacitance with a second drive electrode section and not with a first drive electrode section.
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1. A capacitive touch panel, comprising:
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a plurality of drive electrodes arranged in a first direction, each drive electrode including a first drive electrode section and a second drive electrode section; and a plurality of sense electrodes arranged in a second direction, each sense electrode including a touch sensing electrode and a force sensing electrode, wherein each force sensing electrode of the plurality of sense electrodes is arranged relative to a drive electrode of the plurality of drive electrodes to form a force sensitive coupling capacitance with the second drive electrode section of the respective drive electrode and substantially not with the first drive electrode section of the respective drive electrode, wherein for a sensor location the first drive electrode section of each drive electrode does not positionally overlap with a touch sensing electrode or a force sensing electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A capacitive touch panel, comprising:
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a plurality of drive electrodes arranged in a first direction, each drive electrode including a first drive electrode section and a second drive electrode section; and a plurality of sense electrodes arranged in a second direction, each sense electrode including a touch sensing electrode and a force sensing electrode, wherein each force sensing electrode of the plurality of sense electrodes is arranged relative to a drive electrode of the plurality of drive electrodes to form a force sensitive coupling capacitance with the second drive electrode section of the respective drive electrode and substantially not with the first drive electrode section of the respective drive electrode, and wherein the plurality of drive electrodes and the plurality of sense electrodes comprise a series of tessellating shapes having interconnecting diamond shapes, and each first drive electrode section of a drive electrode forms at least a partial ring around the second drive electrode section of the respective drive electrode.
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