US 12,443,319 B2
Sensor panel and electronic equipment
Jun Kadowaki, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to Wacom Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed by Wacom Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/364,367.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-125731 (JP), filed on Aug. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0045550 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0442 (2019.05) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/04164 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor panel which, in operation, overlaps with a display device and is connected to an integrated circuit that detects a position of an active pen at least in an active area of the display device, the sensor panel comprising: a plurality of first electrodes that each extend in a first direction, wherein the first electrodes are spaced apart from each other in a second direction different from the first direction; a plurality of first routing lines respectively corresponding to the plurality of first electrodes; and a plurality of second electrodes that each extend in the second direction, wherein the second electrodes are spaced apart from each other in the first direction, wherein the plurality of second electrodes is connected to the integrated circuit by second routing lines that are different from each other, wherein the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes overlap each other, wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes is connected to the integrated circuit by a corresponding one of the plurality of first routing lines, wherein the plurality of first electrodes includes first and second outside electrodes located at respective ends of the plurality of first electrodes in the second direction, and a plurality of first inside electrodes that are different from the first and second outside electrodes, wherein an entirety of each of the first and second outside electrodes is a solid conductor, and wherein each of the plurality of first inside electrodes is a mesh conductor.