Projected-capacitive (pcap) touchscreen

A touchscreen, comprising:

• a first transparent substrate having disposed thereon, using a screen printing process, a first electrode pad and a first floating transparent island;
• and
• a second transparent substrate having disposed thereon, using a screen printing process, a second electrode pad and a second floating transparent island,
• wherein the first floating transparent island is horizontally between the second electrode pad and the second floating transparent island without a horizontal gap with the second electrode pad and the second floating transparent island, and the second floating transparent island is horizontally between the first electrode pad and the first floating transparent island without a horizontal gap with the first electrode pad and the first floating transparent island.

A method comprising

• providing a transparent substrate;
• and
• disposing electrode patterns on the transparent substrate using a fabrication process with an etch resolution, the electrode patterns each including a plurality of electrode pads and a plurality of transparent floating islands, each of the plurality of transparent floating islands being adjacent to a respective electrode pad of the plurality of electrode pads and separated from the respective electrode pad by at least a predetermined distance dependent on the etch resolution of the fabrication process,
• wherein the electrode patterns are configured to reduce optical discontinuities among electrode pads and the plurality of floating islands through boundary alignment achieved in accordance with the etch resolution.