Integrated touch screen
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsSteven Porter Hotelling, Marduke Yousefpor, Shih Chang Chang, John Z. Zhong
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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsSteven Porter Hotelling, Marduke Yousefpor, Shih Chang Chang, John Z. Zhong
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Displays with touch sensing circuitry integrated into the display pixel stackup are provided. Circuit elements, such as touch signal lines, such as drive lines and sense lines, grounding regions, in the display pixel stackups can be grouped together to form touch sensing circuitry that senses a touch on or near the display. An integrated touch screen can include multi-function circuit elements that can operate as circuitry of the display system to generate an image on the display, and can also form part of a touch sensing system that senses one or more touches on or near the display. The multi-function circuit elements can be, for example, capacitors in display pixels that can be configured to operate as storage capacitors/electrodes, common electrodes, conductive wires/pathways, etc., of the display circuitry in the display system, and that may also be configured to operate as circuit elements of the touch sensing circuitry.
A stackup of a plurality of display pixels, the stackup comprising:
A touch screen comprising:
A computer system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.