# US 10,120,489 B2 · Touch sensor mesh designs > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,120,489 B2 - Document ID: US10120489B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/209,388 - Filed: 2016-07-13 - Published: 2017-11-02 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-28 - Assignees: Atmel Corporation - Applicants: Atmel Corporation - Inventors: David Brent Guard; Steven P. Emm; James Lyle - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120489B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/0445: {using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer} - G06F 2203/04103: Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices - G06F 2203/04112: Electrode mesh in capacitive digitiser: electrode for touch sensing is formed of a mesh of very fine, normally metallic, interconnected lines that are almost invisible to see. This provides a quite large but transparent electrode surface, without need for ITO or similar transparent conductive material - G09G 3/2074: {using sub-pixels} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract In one embodiment, a touch sensor includes a substrate and a mesh of conductive material formed on the substrate and configured to extend across a display. The mesh includes first lines of conductive material that are substantially parallel to each other. The first lines extend across at least a portion of the display at a first angle relative to a first axis. The first lines are separated from each other along the first axis by a sequence of separation distances having corresponding magnitudes, where magnitudes of more than one separation distance from among the sequence of separation distances are based on a phasor step θ and a phasor magnitude of at least one phasor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A touch sensor, comprising: a substrate; and a mesh of conductive material formed on the substrate and configured to extend across a display, wherein: the mesh of conductive material comprises first lines of conductive material that are substantially parallel to each other; the first lines are configured to extend across at least a portion of the display at a first angle relative to a first axis; the first lines are separated from each other along the first axis by a sequence of separation distances having corresponding magnitudes; the corresponding magnitudes of more than one of the separation distances from among the sequence of separation distances are based on a phasor step θ and a phasor magnitude of at least one phasor; the corresponding magnitudes of more than one of the separation distances from among the sequence of separation distances are further based on a phasor having at least one carrier phasor step and at least one side band comprising at least one positive side band component and at least one negative side band component; and the corresponding magnitudes of more than one of the separation distances from among the sequence of separation distances comprise a pattern of translational shifts comprising a first horizontal component of the at least one positive side band component and a second horizontal component of the at least one negative side band component. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The touch sensor of claim 1, wherein: the first lines are adjacent to one another; and the pattern of translational shifts is applied to adjacent first lines. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The touch sensor of claim 1, wherein the pattern of translational shifts is applied to every other conductive line of the first lines. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The touch sensor of claim 1, wherein the phasor includes an odd number of phasor steps and the pattern of translational shifts excludes the translational shift associated with at the at least one carrier phasor step. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The touch sensor of claim 1, wherein: the phasor further comprises a phasor magnitude having a value of less than one sub-pixel pitch, equal to one sub-pixel pitch, or greater than one sub-pixel pitch; and the pattern of translational shifts is: normalized to one; multiplied by the phasor magnitude; and applied to the first lines. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The touch sensor of claim 1, wherein the pattern of translational shifts consists of about −1, about −0.62, about 0.62, and about 1. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The touch sensor of claim 1, wherein: the display comprises a plurality of pixels; each of the pixels has a first pixel pitch (PPx) along the first axis; the first pixel pitch is a distance between corresponding features of two adjacent pixels along the first axis; and the magnitudes of more than one separation distance from among the sequence of separation distances are based on the first pixel pitch, the phasor step θ, and the phasor magnitude of the at least one phasor. ### Claim 8 A system comprising: a display device comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels; and a touch sensor that comprises a substrate and a mesh of conductive material formed on the substrate and configured to extend across the display device, wherein: the mesh of conductive material comprises first lines of conductive material that are substantially parallel to each other; the first lines are configured to extend across at least a portion of the display device at a first angle relative to a first axis; the first lines are separated from each other along the first axis by a sequence of separation distances having different magnitudes; the corresponding magnitudes of more than one of the separation distances from among the sequence of separation distances are based on a phasor step θ and a phasor magnitude of at least one phasor; the corresponding magnitudes of more than one of the separation distances from among the sequence of separation distances are further based on a phasor having at least one carrier phasor step and at least one side band comprising at least one positive side band component and at least one negative side band component; and the corresponding magnitudes of more than one of the separation distances from among the sequence of separation distances comprise a pattern of translational shifts comprising a first horizontal component of the at least one positive side band component and a second horizontal component of the at least one negative side band component. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein: the first lines are adjacent to one another; and the pattern of translational shifts is applied to adjacent first lines. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the pattern of translational shifts is applied to every other conductive line of the first lines. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the phasor includes an odd number of phasor steps and the pattern of translational shifts excludes the translational shift associated with the at the at least one carrier phasor step. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein: the phasor further comprises a phasor magnitude having a value of less than one sub-pixel pitch, equal to one sub-pixel pitch, or greater than one sub-pixel pitch; and the pattern of translational shifts is: normalized to one; multiplied by the phasor magnitude; and applied to the first lines. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the pattern of translational shifts consists of about −1, about −0.62, about 0.62, and about 1. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein: the display device comprises a plurality of pixels; each of the pixels has a first pixel pitch (PPx) along the first axis; the first pixel pitch is a distance between corresponding features of two adjacent pixels along the first axis; and the magnitudes of more than one separation distances from among the sequence of separation distances are based on the first pixel pitch, the phasor step θ, and the phasor magnitude of the at least one phasor. ### Claim 15 A method, comprising: forming a touch sensor that comprises a substrate and a mesh of conductive material formed on the substrate and configured to extend across a display, wherein: the mesh of conductive material comprises first lines of conductive material that are substantially parallel to each other; the first lines are configured to extend across at least a portion of the display at a first angle relative to a first axis; the first lines are separated from each other along the first axis by a sequence of separation distances having corresponding magnitudes; the corresponding magnitudes of more than one of the separation distances from among the sequence of separation distances are based on a phasor step θ and a phasor magnitude of at least one phasor; the corresponding magnitudes of more than one of the separation distances from among the sequence of separation distances are further based on a phasor having at least one carrier phasor step and at least one side band comprising at least one positive side band component and at least one negative side band component; and the corresponding magnitudes of more than one of the separation distances from among the sequence of separation distances comprise a pattern of translational shifts comprising a first horizontal component of the at least one positive side band component and a second horizontal component of the at least one negative side band component. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein: the first lines are adjacent to one another; and the pattern of translational shifts is applied to adjacent first lines. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the pattern of translational shifts is applied to every other conductive line of the first lines.