Single layer touch-sensitive display
First Claim
1. A touch sensor panel, comprising:
- a plurality of separated patterns of conductive material disposed along a first direction and formed on a single layer and supported on one side of a substrate; and
a plurality of distinct patches of the conductive material supported on the same side of the substrate as the plurality of patterns of conductive material, the plurality of distinct patches formed on the same layer as the plurality of patterns of conductive material and arranged in groups of the distinct patches, each group disposed along a second direction, each distinct patch in a particular group connected together;
wherein the plurality of distinct patches of conductive material together with sections of the patterns of conductive material adjacent to the plurality of distinct patches form a substantially co-planar, single layer array of multi-touch mutual capacitance sensors, the array of multi-touch mutual capacitance sensor capable of detecting one or more contact events at distinct locations on the touch sensor panel at about the same time to thereby provide detection of multi-touch events;
andwherein the plurality of patterns of conductive material or the groups of distinct patches of the conductive material serve as drive lines to the exclusion of sense lines, for providing one or more stimulation signals and the other of the plurality of patterns of conductive material or the groups of distinct patches of the conductive material serve as the sense lines to the exclusion of the drive lines for the array of multi-touch mutual capacitance sensors.
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Abstract
A touch sensor panel having co-planar single-layer touch sensors fabricated on a single side of a substrate is disclosed. The drive and sense lines can be fabricated as column-like patterns in a first orientation and patches in a second orientation, where each column-like pattern in the first orientation is connected to a separate metal trace in the border area of the touch sensor panel, and all patches in each of multiple rows in the second orientation are connected together using a separate metal trace in the border area of the touch sensor panel. The metal traces in the border areas can be formed on the same side of the substrate as the patches and columns, but separated from the patches and column-like patterns by a dielectric layer.
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37 Claims
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1. A touch sensor panel, comprising:
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a plurality of separated patterns of conductive material disposed along a first direction and formed on a single layer and supported on one side of a substrate; and a plurality of distinct patches of the conductive material supported on the same side of the substrate as the plurality of patterns of conductive material, the plurality of distinct patches formed on the same layer as the plurality of patterns of conductive material and arranged in groups of the distinct patches, each group disposed along a second direction, each distinct patch in a particular group connected together; wherein the plurality of distinct patches of conductive material together with sections of the patterns of conductive material adjacent to the plurality of distinct patches form a substantially co-planar, single layer array of multi-touch mutual capacitance sensors, the array of multi-touch mutual capacitance sensor capable of detecting one or more contact events at distinct locations on the touch sensor panel at about the same time to thereby provide detection of multi-touch events; and wherein the plurality of patterns of conductive material or the groups of distinct patches of the conductive material serve as drive lines to the exclusion of sense lines, for providing one or more stimulation signals and the other of the plurality of patterns of conductive material or the groups of distinct patches of the conductive material serve as the sense lines to the exclusion of the drive lines for the array of multi-touch mutual capacitance sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 34, 35, 36)
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20. A method for forming a touch sensor panel, comprising:
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forming a plurality of separated column-like patterns of conductive material disposed on a single layer on one side of a substrate; forming a plurality of distinct patches of the conductive material on the same side of the substrate as the plurality of column-like patterns of conductive material and disposed in substantially the same single layer as the plurality of column-like patterns, arranging the plurality of distinct patches in a plurality of rows; connecting together the distinct patches in a particular row; forming a substantially co-planar, single layer array of mutual capacitance sensors from at least sections of the plurality of distinct patches together with sections of the plurality of column-like patterns of conductive material, the at least sections of the plurality of distinct patches being separate from, non-overlapping with, and adjacent to the sections of the plurality of column-like patterns of conductive material, the array of mutual capacitance sensor capable of detecting one or more contact events at distinct locations on the touch sensor panel at about the same time to thereby provide substantially simultaneous detection of multi-touch events; and configuring drive lines, to the exclusion of sense lines, from one of the plurality of column-like patters or the plurality of distinct patches and configuring the sense lines, to the exclusion of the drive lines, from the other of the plurality of column-like patters or the plurality of distinct patches. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A mobile telephone including a touch sensor panel, the touch sensor panel comprising:
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a plurality of separated patterns of conductive material disposed along a first direction, formed on a single layer and supported on one side of a substrate; and a plurality of distinct patches of the conductive material supported on the same side of the substrate as the plurality of patterns of conductive material, the plurality of distinct patches disposed in substantially the same single layer, and plural groups of the plurality of distinct patches disposed along a second direction, different from the first direction, the distinct patches in a particular group connected together; wherein at least sections of the plurality of distinct patches are separate from, non-overlapping with, and adjacent to sections of the patterns of conductive material such as to form a substantially co-planar, single layer array of mutual capacitance sensors, the array of multi-touch mutual capacitance sensor capable of detecting one or more contact events at distinct locations on the touch sensor panel at about the same time to thereby provide detection of multi-touch events; and wherein the plurality of patterns of conductive material or the groups of distinct patches of the conductive material serve as drive lines, to the exclusion of sense lines, for providing one or more stimulation signals and the other of the plurality of patters of conductive material or the groups of distinct patches of the conductive material serve as the sense lines, to the exclusion of the drive lines, for the array of mutual capacitance sensors.
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33. A digital media player including a touch sensor panel, the touch sensor panel comprising:
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a plurality of separated patterns of conductive material disposed along a first direction, formed on a single layer and supported on one side of a substrate; and a plurality of distinct patches of the conductive material supported on the same side of the substrate as the plurality of patterns of conductive material, the plurality of distinct patches disposed in substantially the same single layer, and plural groups of the plurality of distinct patches disposed along a second direction, different from the first direction, the distinct patches in a particular group connected together via at least one of a plurality of conductor traces; wherein at least sections of the plurality of distinct patches are separate from, non-overlapping with, and adjacent to sections of the plurality of patterns of conductive material such as to form a substantially co-planar, single layer array of mutual capacitance sensors, the array of multi-touch mutual capacitance sensor capable of detecting one or more contact events at distinct locations on the touch sensor panel at about the same time to thereby provide detection of multi-touch events; and wherein the plurality of patterns of conductive material or the groups of distinct patches of the conductive material serve as drive lines, to the exclusion of sense lines, for providing one or more stimulation signals and the other of the plurality of patters of conductive material or the groups of distinct patches of the conductive material serve as the sense lines, to the exclusion of the drive lines, for the array of mutual capacitance sensors.
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37. A mutual capacitance touch sensor panel capable of detecting one or more contact events at distinct locations on the touch sensor panel at about the same time to thereby provide detection of multi-touch events, comprising:
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a plurality of separate patterns of conductive material disposed along a first direction and formed on a single layer and supported on one side of a substrate; and a plurality of distinct patches of the conductive material supported on the same side of the substrate as the plurality of patterns of conductive material, the plurality of distinct patches formed on the same layer as the plurality of patterns of conductive material and arranged in plural groups of the distinct patches, each group disposed along a second direction, each distinct patch in a particular group connected together; one of the plurality of patterns of conductive material or the plurality of groups forming drive lines, to the exclusion of and sense lines, and the other of the plurality of patters of conductive material or the plurality of groups forming the sense lines, to the exclusion of the drive lines, the drive lines adapted for mutual capacitive coupling to the sense lines; a control circuit for providing stimulation signals to the drive lines and sense circuitry to receive signals from the sense lines in response to the stimulation signals provided to the drive lines.
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