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Capacitive touch screens

US12386472B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 14, 2024
Grant dateAug 12, 2025
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2044

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0448
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A touch screen is disclosed having a length and a height, and comprising interspaced and galvanically isolated first and second arrays of touch pads; wherein the first array of touch pads comprises a plurality of first strings of series-connected touch pads, each first string forming a drive line and extending in a first general direction; wherein the second array of touch pads comprises a plurality of second strings of series-connected touch pads, each second string forming a read line and extending in a second general direction, different to said first general direction; wherein the first general direction and the second general direction are each different from the length direction; and wherein the touch screen is configured for capacitive-based sensing which may be based on a change in a mutual capacitance between individual ones of the drive lines and individual ones of the read lines.

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