Touch screen sensor having varying sheet resistance

A touch screen sensor, comprising:

• a visible light transparent substrate;
• and
• an electrically conductive micropattern disposed on or in the visible light transparent substrate, the micropattern comprising a first region micropattern comprising a two-dimensional metal mesh having a uniform thickness and composition within a touch sensing area;
• the first region micropattern having an anisotropic first sheet resistance, being visible light transparent, and having at least 90% open area.

A touch screen sensor comprising;

• a visible light transparent substrate;
• an electrically conductive micropattern disposed on or in the visible light transparent substrate, the micropattern comprising:
• a first region micropattern within a touch sensing area and a second region micropattern, wherein each of the first region micropattern and the second region micropattern comprise metal traces having a uniform thickness;
• the electrically conductive micropattern comprising metallic linear electrically conductive features having a thickness of less than 500 nanometers and a width between 0.5 and 5 micrometers;
• the first region micropattern comprising a first mesh having a first sheet resistance value in a first direction between 5 and 500 ohm per square, being visible light transparent, and having between 95% and 99.5% open area;
• the second region micropattern comprising a second mesh different from the first mesh, and having a second sheet resistance value in the first direction;
• wherein, the first sheet resistance value is different from the second sheet resistance value.

A touch screen sensor comprising;

• a visible light transparent substrate;
• an electrically conductive micropattern disposed on or in the visible light transparent substrate, the micropattern comprising:
• a first region micropattern comprising a two-dimensional metal mesh having a uniform thickness and composition within a touch sensing area;
• the electrically conductive micropattern comprising metallic linear electrically conductive features having a thickness of less than 500 nanometers and a width between 0.5 and 5 micrometers;
• the first region micropattern having an anisotropic first sheet resistance with a difference in sheet resistance values for orthogonal directions of a factor of at least 1.5, being visible light transparent, and having between 95% and 99.5% open area.