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Integrated touch screen

  • US 8,502,799 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2012
  • Issued: 08/06/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A touch screen integrated with a display, the touch screen comprising:

  • a plurality of display pixels arranged along first and second directions;

    a plurality of drive lines including some of the plurality of display pixels disposed along the first direction;

    a plurality of sense lines including others of the plurality of display pixels disposed along the second direction, different from the first direction;

    a plurality of touch or near-touch responsive pixels formed by the plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines;

    each of the plurality of drive lines including first groups of circuit elements of the plurality of display pixels;

    each of the plurality of sense lines including a second group of circuit elements of the plurality of display pixels;

    a conductive layer interconnecting at least some of the circuit elements within the first groups along, or substantially parallel to, at least the first and the second directions;

    the conductive layer further interconnecting at least some of the circuit elements of the second group along, or substantially parallel to, at least the second direction;

    a bypass tunnel electrically connecting at least some circuit elements of a first of the second groups with circuit elements of a second of the second groups, the bypass tunnel electrically bypassing circuit elements of the first group of circuit elements.

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