TOUCH AND DISPLAY PANEL ANTENNAS
First Claim
1. A touch screen display comprising:
- a planar dielectric member;
touch sensors mounted to the planar dielectric member;
light-controlling structures that control light that passes through the planar dielectric member to form an image for the touch screen display; and
at least one antenna trace formed on the planar dielectric member.
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Abstract
Electronic devices such as computers and handheld devices are provided. The electronic devices may have electrical components such as touch pads and displays. The displays may be touch screen displays. The touch pads and touch screen displays may be formed from touch panels having touch sensors mounted to a planar dielectric member. The displays may be formed from light-emitting structures mounted to a planar dielectric member. The planar dielectric members in the touch panels and displays may have one or more antenna traces that form antennas for the electronic devices. Electrical connectors such as spring-loaded pins, springs, and flexible transmission line structures may be used to form radio-frequency signal paths between the antenna traces on a planar dielectric member and radio-frequency transceiver integrated circuits mounted on a circuit board in an electronic device. The electronic device may have conductive housing walls to which the planar dielectric member is mounted.
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29 Claims
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1. A touch screen display comprising:
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a planar dielectric member; touch sensors mounted to the planar dielectric member; light-controlling structures that control light that passes through the planar dielectric member to form an image for the touch screen display; and at least one antenna trace formed on the planar dielectric member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A touch panel, comprising:
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a planar dielectric member; touch sensor electrodes formed on the planar dielectric member; and at least one antenna trace formed on the planar dielectric member. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic device comprising:
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a circuit board having at least one radio-frequency transceiver integrated circuit; a display having a planar dielectric member with an active central portion through which the display emits light and having an inactive peripheral region; at least one antenna trace formed on the planar dielectric member in the inactive peripheral region; and a radio-frequency signal path that electrically couples the radio-frequency transceiver integrated circuit on the circuit board to the antenna trace. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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