IP Library Granted Patent US 9,007,332
Granted Patent B2
US 9,007,332 · App. 13/069,084 · Granted Apr 14, 2015

Position sensing panel

Inventors: Gareth Michael Jones (Hampshire, GB); Esat Yilmaz (Santa Cruz, CA)
Assignee: Atmel Corporation
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Patent No.
US 9,007,332
App. No.
13/069,084
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A position sensing panel may include electrode connecting lines from two different sets of electrodes arranged so that the distance between a side edge of a connecting line from one of the set of electrodes and a center of an adjacent connecting line from the same set of electrodes may be less than the distance between the connecting line and a nearest connecting line from the other set of electrodes.

Claims (18)

1. A touch position sensing panel comprising:

a substrate having a first face and a second face;

a plurality of first electrodes arranged on the first face of the substrate;

a plurality of first electrode connecting lines connected to the plurality of first electrodes, the plurality of first electrode connecting lines formed of a conductive material and arranged spaced apart on the first face of the substrate;

a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the second face of the substrate;

a plurality of second electrode connecting lines connected to the plurality of second electrodes, the plurality of second electrode connecting lines formed of a conductive material and arranged spaced apart on the second face of the substrate;

wherein:

the first face and the second face are on opposite sides of the substrate; and

the first electrode connecting lines and the second electrode connecting lines overlap, and are arranged so that:

along a length of a first electrode connecting line at least in an area where the first electrode connecting lines and the second electrode connecting lines overlap, a distance between a side edge of the first electrode connecting line and a nearest location of a center of an adjacent first electrode connecting line is less than a shortest distance between the first electrode connecting line and a nearest second electrode connecting line; and

along a length of the second electrode connecting line at least in the area where the first electrode connecting lines and the second electrode connecting lines overlap, a distance between a side edge of the second electrode connecting line and a nearest location of a center of an adjacent second electrode connecting line is less than a shortest distance between the second electrode connecting line and the first electrode connecting line.

2. The touch position sensing panel of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode connecting lines are aligned with spaces in between the second electrode connecting lines in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the substrate.

3. The touch position sensing panel of claim 2 , further comprising at least one ground line located on at least one side of the plurality of first electrode connecting lines.

4. The touch position sensing panel of claim 2 , further comprising at least one ground line located on at least one side of the plurality of second electrode connecting lines.

5. The touch position sensing panel of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode connecting lines are aligned with the second electrode connecting lines in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the substrate.

6. The touch position sensing panel of claim 5 , further comprising at least one ground line located on at least one side of the plurality of first electrode connecting lines.

7. The touch position sensing panel of claim 5 , further comprising at least one ground line located on at least one side of the plurality of second electrode connecting lines.

8. The touch position sensing panel of claim 1 , wherein: the first electrode connecting lines are drive electrode connecting lines; and the second electrode connecting lines are sense electrode connecting lines.

Assignments (13)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059358/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: ATMEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059262/0105 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059333/0222 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2019
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY GERMANY GMBH
To: NEODRÓN LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048259/0840 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN CERTAIN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Dec 21, 2018
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; ATMEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047976/0884 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN CERTAIN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Dec 21, 2018
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; ATMEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047976/0937 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2018
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047103/0206 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2018
From: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED; SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ATMEL CORPORATION; MICROSEMI CORPORATION; MICROSEMI STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 046426/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2017
From: ATMEL CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 041715/0747 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL Recorded Apr 7, 2016
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: ATMEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038376/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 3, 2014
From: ATMEL CORPORATION
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 031912/0173 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2011
From: QRG LIMITED
To: ATMEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026185/0384 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2011
From: JONES, GARETH MICHAEL; YILMAZ, ESAT
To: QRG LIMITED
Reel/Frame 025998/0787 →
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