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US 8,330,061 B2Granted
Compact input device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsFletcher Rothkopf, Jan Moolsintong, Joseph Fisher, Wendell Sander, Erturk Kocalar
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Abstract
Compact input devices formed on flexible substrates are disclosed. The input devices may be formed using three or more conducting layers. By including three or more conducting layers, the diameter of the input device may be minimized. In addition, to improve the flexibility of portions of the input device mounted, some portions of the input device may be made to have fewer layers than other portions of the input device.
Claims32
A flexible substrate comprising:
- a first portion comprising a first set of layers;
- and
- a second portion comprising a second set of layers,
- the first set of layers and the second set of layers being different, and
- the first portion comprising a first sensor area of an input device and the
- second portion comprising a second sensor area of the input device.
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A flexible substrate comprising:
- a first portion comprising a first set of layers;
- and
- a second portion comprising a second set of layers,
- the first set of layers and the second set of layers being different, and
- the first portion comprising a controller area of an input device and the second portion comprising an area of the input device between the controller area and a connector area of the input device.
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A flexible substrate comprising:
- a first portion comprising a first flexibility;
- and
- a second portion comprising a second flexibility,
- the first flexibility and the second flexibility being different due to a difference in a number of layers of the first portion and the second portion, and
- the first portion comprises comprising a first sensor area of an input device and the second portion comprises comprising a second sensor area of the input device.
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A flexible substrate comprising:
- a first portion comprising a first flexibility;
- and
- a second portion comprising a second flexibility,
- the first flexibility and the second flexibility being different due to a difference in a number of layers of the first portion and the second portion, and
- the first portion comprising a controller area of an input device and the second portion comprising an area of the input device between the controller area and a connector area of the input device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.