IP Library Granted Patent US 9,178,267
Granted Patent B2
US 9,178,267 · App. 14/068,034 · Granted Nov 3, 2015

Portable electronic apparatus and complex touch module thereof

Inventors: Neng-Wen Yeh (New Taipei, TW); Yung-Sen Lin (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Acer Inc.
H01Q1/22G06F3/044G06F3/0418H01Q1/243H01Q7/00H04M2250/04H04M2250/22
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Patent No.
US 9,178,267
App. No.
14/068,034
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touchpad device includes a capacitive touch pad and a near field communication antenna. The capacitive touch pad includes a plurality of input circuits and a plurality of output circuits. Each input circuit and each output circuit intersect and are arranged substantially perpendicular to each other, thereby forming a chessboard-like circuit. The near field communication antenna includes an antenna structure crosses at least part of the plurality of input circuits and at least part of the plurality of output circuits. The antenna structure is substantially not parallel to any one of the input circuits crossed by the antenna structure, and the near field communication antenna being substantially not parallel to any one of the output circuits crossed by the antenna structure.

Claims (18)

1. A complex touch module, including:

a capacitive touch pad, including a plurality of input circuits and a plurality of output circuits, each input circuit and each output circuit intersecting and being arranged substantially perpendicular to each other, thereby forming a chessboard-like circuit; and

a near field communication antenna, stacked on the capacitive touch pad, the near field communication antenna crossing at least part of the plurality of input circuits and at least part of the plurality of output circuits, and the near field communication antenna being substantially not parallel to any one of the input circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna, and the near field communication antenna being substantially not parallel to any one of the output circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna.

2. The complex touch module as claim 1 , wherein the near field communication antenna forms a rhombus loop antenna, a spherical loop antenna or a polygonal loop antenna.

3. The complex touch module as claim 1 , wherein an area surrounded by the near field communication antenna is less than an area of the capacitive touch pad.

4. The complex touch module as claim 1 , wherein the near field communication antenna is located at a corner position or a near-side position of the capacitive touch pad.

5. The complex touch module as claim 1 , wherein a plurality of intersection sensing points are formed by the at least part of the plurality of input circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna and the at least part of the plurality of output circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna, and any one of the plurality of intersection sensing points is not crossed by the near field communication antenna.

6. The complex touch module as claim 1 , wherein a number of intersection points formed by the near field communication antenna and any one of the input circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna or any one of the output circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna is equal to or less than two.

7. A portable electronic apparatus, including:

a main body, and

a complex touch module, combined with the main body, the complex touch module including:

a capacitive touch pad, including a plurality of input circuits and a plurality of output circuits, each input circuit and each output circuit intersecting and being arranged substantially perpendicular to each other, thereby forming a chessboard-like circuit; and

a near field communication antenna, stacked on the capacitive touch pad, the near field communication antenna crossing at least part of the plurality of input circuits and at least part of the plurality of output circuits, and the near field communication antenna being substantially not parallel to any one of the input circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna, and the near field communication antenna being substantially not parallel to any one of the output circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna.

8. The portable electronic apparatus as claim 7 , wherein the near field communication antenna forms a rhombus loop antenna, a spherical loop antenna or a polygonal loop antenna.

9. The portable electronic apparatus as claim 7 , wherein an area surrounded by the near field communication antenna is less than an area of the capacitive touch pad.

10. The portable electronic apparatus as claim 7 , wherein the near field communication antenna is located at a corner position or a near-side position of the capacitive touch pad.

11. The portable electronic apparatus as claim 7 , wherein a plurality of intersection sensing points are formed by the at least part of the plurality of input circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna and the at least part of the plurality of output circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna, and any one of the plurality of intersection sensing points is not crossed by the near field communication antenna.

12. The portable electronic apparatus as claim 7 , wherein a number of intersection points formed by the near field communication antenna and any one of the input circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna or any one of the output circuits crossed by the near field communication antenna is equal to or less than two.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2025
From: ACER INC.
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070798/0474 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2013
From: YEH, NENG-WEN; LIN, YUNG-SEN
To: ACER INC.
Reel/Frame 031517/0877 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 101146169 A · Dec 7, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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