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US 8,711,113 B2Granted
Modular connector for touch sensitive device
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsGordon F. Taylor, Thomas J. Rebeschi
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Abstract
Apparatus for providing modular connection means to electrodes in a touch-sensitive device. The modular connections may include electronics allowing controlling electronics to individually address electrodes associated with driving electrodes and sensing signals occurring on electrodes.
Claims25
A modular connector for use with a touch sensor comprising at least one array of electrodes disposed proximate a touch sensitive area, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a modular connector electronics disposed on the substrate;
- an electrode interface disposed on the substrate and communicatively coupled to the connector electronics, the electrode interface including a plurality of terminal areas for making electrical connections with a subset of the array of electrodes;
- one or more inter-module interfaces disposed on the substrate and communicatively coupled to the connector electronics, the inter-module interfaces including a plurality of terminal areas for making electrical connections to another modular connector;
- and wherein the terminal areas of the electrode interface are individually addressable by communication signals provided to the modular connector electronics via the inter-module interfaces.
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A touch sensor comprising:
- an array of electrodes, the array comprising a plurality of electrodes proximate a touch sensitive area of the touch sensor;
- a plurality modular connectors interconnected together, each modular connector electrically coupled to a subset of the array of electrodes, wherein the modular connectors comprise:
- a substrate;
- a modular connector electronics disposed on the substrate;
- an electrode interface disposed on the substrate and communicatively coupled to the connector electronics, the electrode interface including a plurality of terminal areas for making electrical connections with a subset of the array of electrodes;
- one or more inter-module interfaces disposed on the substrate and communicatively coupled to the connector electronics, the inter-module interfaces including a plurality of terminal areas for making electrical connections to other modular connectors;
- and wherein the terminal areas of the electrode interface are individually addressable by communication signals provided to the modular connector electronics via the inter-module interfaces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.