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US 8,804,347 B2Granted
Reducing the border area of a device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorSteven J. Martisauskas
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Abstract
A circuit panel of an electronic device is disclosed. The circuit panel includes a substantially flat surface including an active area of the electronic device; a bent border area contiguous with and extending from the active area of the substantially flat surface; and a plurality of traces coupled to the active area and routed in the bent border area.
Claims18
A circuit panel of an electronic device comprising:
- a substrate having:
- a substantially flat surface in an active area of the electronic device;
- and
- a bent border area contiguous with and extending from the substantially flat surface;
- a plurality of traces on the substrate that are coupled to the active area and routed in the bent border area;
- and
- patterned perforations in a portion of the substrate that extends between the substantially flat surface and the bent border area that decrease stress in the portion of the substrate, wherein at least one of the traces extends between a respective one of the perforations and an outermost edge of the substrate and wherein the circuit panel comprises a display panel and the active area comprises a visible area of the display panel.
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A circuit panel of an electronic device comprising:
- a substrate having:
- a planar portion including a matrix of touch pixels;
- a bent edge portion contiguous with and extending from the planar portion;
- and
- one or more thinned regions along the bent edge portion;
- and
- a plurality of traces on the substrate that are coupled to the matrix of touch pixels and that extend from the planar portion into the bent edge portion, wherein each of the touch pixels in the matrix of touch pixels comprises a capacitive sensing node.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.