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US 10,474,268 B2Granted
Reducing the border area of a device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorSteven J. Martisauskas
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Abstract
A circuit panel of an electronic device is disclosed. The circuit panel includes a substantially flat surface including an active area of the electronic device; a bent border area contiguous with and extending from the active area of the substantially flat surface; and a plurality of traces coupled to the active area and routed in the bent border area.
Claims20
A keyboard, comprising:
- a flexible substrate having a first portion that defines a plane and a second portion that bends out of the plane;
- touch sensor electrodes on the first portion of the flexible substrate;
- conductive lines on the flexible substrate that extend from the touch sensor electrodes on the first portion of the flexible substrate onto the second portion of the flexible substrate;
- and
- openings in the flexible substrate between first and second portions.
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A keyboard, comprising:
- a flexible substrate having a touch-sensitive region and a non-touch-sensitive region, wherein the non-touch-sensitive region bends away from the touch-sensitive region;
- touch sensor electrodes in the touch-sensitive region;
- signal paths in the non-touch sensitive region;
- and
- an opening in flexible substrate in the non-touch-sensitive region.
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A keyboard, comprising:
- a flexible substrate having a flat portion interposed between first and second bent portions;
- touch sensor electrodes that detect touch input on the flat portion of the flexible substrate;
- a first signal line extending from the flat portion to the first bent portion;
- a second signal line extending from the flat portion to the second bent portion;
- a first set of perforations in the first bent portion of the flexible substrate;
- and
- a second set of perforations in the second bent portion of the flexible substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.