US 12,405,695 B2
Active area routing for touch electrodes
Ashray Vinayak Gogte, Campbell, CA (US); and Christophe Blondin, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,701.
Application 18/615,701 is a continuation of application No. 17/818,695, filed on Aug. 9, 2022, granted, now 11,941,214.
Application 17/818,695 is a continuation of application No. 17/067,579, filed on Oct. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,449,182, issued on Sep. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/933,894, filed on Nov. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0231552 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0446 (2019.05) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0448 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04111 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A touch screen, comprising:
a display having an active area;
a plurality of row electrodes disposed in the active area and formed from a metal mesh, the plurality of row electrodes including a first row electrode and a second row electrode; and
a plurality of routing traces disposed in the active area and formed from the metal mesh, the plurality of routing traces including a first routing trace coupled to the first row electrode and a second routing trace coupled to the second row electrode;
wherein:
the first routing trace has a first width and a first length; and
the second routing trace has a second width greater than the first width and a second length greater than the first length.
 
11. A touch-sensitive device comprising:
an energy storage device;
communication circuitry;
a touch controller; and
a touch screen comprising:
a display having an active area;
a plurality of row electrodes disposed in the active area and formed from a metal mesh, the plurality of row electrodes including a first row electrode and a second row electrode; and
a plurality of routing traces disposed in the active area and formed from the metal mesh, the plurality of routing traces including a first routing trace coupled to the first row electrode and a second routing trace coupled to the second row electrode;
wherein:
the first routing trace has a first width and a first length in the active area; and
the second routing trace has a second width greater than the first width and a second length greater than the first length.