Self-capacitance and mutual capacitance touch-sensor panel architecture

    公开(公告)号:US10739904B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US15998425

    申请日:2018-08-15

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel includes a first set of touch electrodes configured to operate as drive lines and that are disposed in a first layer of the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel also includes a second set of touch electrodes configured to operate as sense lines and that are disposed in a second layer of the touch sensor panel, different than the first layer of the touch sensor panel, such that one or more mutual capacitance touch nodes are formed by the first set of touch electrodes and the second set of touch electrodes. The touch sensor panel also includes a third set of touch electrodes configured to operate as self-capacitance electrodes and that are disposed in the first layer or the second layer of the touch sensor panel.

    Differential drive and sense for touch sensor panel

    公开(公告)号:US11531438B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-20

    申请号:US17326249

    申请日:2021-05-20

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06F3/044 G06F3/041

    摘要: Touch sensor panels (or touch screens) can improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) using touch electrode patterns for differential drive and/or differential sense techniques. In some examples, a touch sensor panel can include a two-dimensional array of touch nodes formed from a plurality of touch electrodes. Each column (or row) of touch nodes can be driven with a plurality of drive signals. For example, a first column (or row) of touch nodes can be driven by a first drive signal applied to one or more first touch nodes in the first column (or row) and a second drive signal applied to a one or more second touch nodes of the first column (or row). In some examples, the first drive signal and the second drive signal can be complimentary drive signals. In some examples, each row (or column) of touch electrodes can be sensed by differential sense circuitry.

    Self-capacitance and mutual capacitance touch-sensor panel architecture

    公开(公告)号:US20190056834A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-21

    申请号:US15998425

    申请日:2018-08-15

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06F3/041 G06F3/044 G06F3/047

    摘要: A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel includes a first set of touch electrodes configured to operate as drive lines and that are disposed in a first layer of the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel also includes a second set of touch electrodes configured to operate as sense lines and that are disposed in a second layer of the touch sensor panel, different than the first layer of the touch sensor panel, such that one or more mutual capacitance touch nodes are formed by the first set of touch electrodes and the second set of touch electrodes. The touch sensor panel also includes a third set of touch electrodes configured to operate as self-capacitance electrodes and that are disposed in the first layer or the second layer of the touch sensor panel.

    Diamond based touch sensor panel architectures

    公开(公告)号:US11079882B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-03

    申请号:US16551698

    申请日:2019-08-26

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    发明人: Sagar Rajiv Vaze

    IPC分类号: G06F3/044 G06F1/16 G06F3/045

    摘要: A touch sensor panel including a first set of touch electrodes configured to operate as drive electrodes and a second set of touch electrodes configured to operate as sense electrodes. The first set of touch electrodes being disposed within gaps between the second set of touch electrodes, and a given row or column of touch electrodes of the second set of touch electrodes includes a plurality of subsets of touch electrodes that are separately addressable by touch sensing circuitry.

    High aspect ratio capacitive sensor panel

    公开(公告)号:US10534481B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-14

    申请号:US15228942

    申请日:2016-08-04

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06F3/044 G06F3/041

    摘要: High aspect ratio touch sensor panels are disclosed in which multiple row electrode blocks can be formed in a single row within an active area of the touch sensor panel, each row electrode block including a plurality of vertically adjacent row electrodes, or in some instances only one row electrode. In addition, each column electrode can be separated into multiple column electrode segments, each column electrode segment being vertically oriented and formed in a different column. The column electrode segments associated with any one column electrode can be spread out so that each of these column electrodes segments can be co-located and associated with a different row electrode block.

    Self-capacitance and mutual capacitance touch-sensor panel architecture

    公开(公告)号:US11347366B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US16989645

    申请日:2020-08-10

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06F3/044 G06F3/041 G06F3/047

    摘要: A touch sensor panel includes a first set of touch electrodes configured to operate as drive lines and that are disposed in a first layer of the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel also includes a second set of touch electrodes configured to operate as sense lines and that are disposed in a second layer of the touch sensor panel, different than the first layer of the touch sensor panel, such that one or more mutual capacitance touch nodes are formed by the first set of touch electrodes and the second set of touch electrodes. The touch sensor panel also includes a third set of touch electrodes configured to operate as self-capacitance electrodes and that are disposed in the first layer or the second layer of the touch sensor panel.

    System and method for biphase touch sensor panel

    公开(公告)号:US11320934B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US17033533

    申请日:2020-09-25

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    发明人: Sagar Rajiv Vaze

    IPC分类号: G06F3/041 G06F3/044

    摘要: Bi-phase touch scanning of a touch sensor panel can reduce interference between touch and display operations for a touch screen including a display and a touch sensor panel. The bi-phase touch scan can include concurrently driving a first plurality of touch electrodes with a first drive signal having a first phase and a second plurality of touch electrodes with a second drive signal having a second phase, different from the first phase (e.g., 180° out of phase for improved charge balancing). In some examples, the bi-phase touch scan can be locally guarded such that adjacent touch electrodes to a sensed touch electrode can be driven with the same drive signal as the sensed touch electrode. In some examples, the bi-phase pattern of driving and sensing can balance charge along an axis and/or in a localized region.