Active one-layer multi-touch sensor panel device

An active one-layer multi-touch sensor device, comprising:

• a one-layer multi-touch sensor panel, having N switch sets and a plurality of conductive lines arranged in a predetermined manner without crossing, so as to form a plurality of touch sensing areas thereon, wherein the plurality of conductive lines are divided into N driving conductive lines and N×M sensing conductive lines, each of the N driving conductive lines corresponding to M sensing conductive lines to form a sensing block, such that the panel is divided into N sensing blocks, and each of the N switch sets has M input terminals respectively connected to the M sensing conductive lines corresponding to one of the N sensing blocks, where N and M are each a positive integer;
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• a flexible printed circuit board which has a touch controller IC, connected to the N driving conductive lines and the N switch sets to drive the N driving conductive lines and receive sensing signals associated with the plurality of conductive lines,
• wherein each of the N switch sets has M output terminals, and i-th output terminals of respective switch sets are connected together for further connection to a corresponding receiving terminal of the touch controller IC, where i is an index.

An active one-layer multi-touch sensor panel device, comprising:

• a one-layer multi-touch sensor panel, having N switch sets and a plurality of conductive lines arranged in a predetermined manner without crossing, so as to form a plurality of touch sensing areas thereon, wherein the plurality of conductive lines are divided into N driving conductive lines and N×M sensing conductive lines, and each of the N driving conductive lines is operated with M sensing conductive lines to form a sensing block, such that the panel is divided into N sensing blocks, and each of the N switch sets has M input terminals and M output terminals and is respectively connected to the M sensing conductive lines corresponding to one of the N sensing blocks, where N and M are each a positive integer;
• a flexible printed circuit board having 2N traces, connected to the N driving conductive lines of the one-layer multi-touch sensor panel and the output terminals of the N switch sets respectively;
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• a printed circuit board having a touch controller IC, electrically connected to the N driving conductive lines and the output terminals of the N switch sets via the 2N traces of the flexible PCB, so as to drive the N driving conductive lines and receive sensing signals associated with the plurality of conductive lines,
• wherein i-th output terminals of respective switch sets are connected for further connection to a corresponding receiving terminal of the touch controller IC, where i is an index.