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2007-06-12

2007-06-12

Lefkowitz, Sumati (Department: 2629)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Display peripheral interface input device

Touch panel

C178S018040, C310S31300R, C310S31300R, C310S31300R, C310S31300R, C310S31300R

Reexamination Certificate

active

10352857

ABSTRACT:
Surface acoustic waves are propagated in a lower-left oblique direction and a lower-right oblique direction from an excitation element located on the upper side of a non-piezoelectric substrate and then received by receiving elements located on the left side and the right side, while surface acoustic waves are propagated in an upper-left oblique direction and an upper-right oblique direction from an excitation element located on the lower side of the non-piezoelectric substrate and then received by the receiving elements located on the left side and the right side. Based on the received results at the two receiving elements, a position of an object in contact with the non-piezoelectric substrate is detected. The sensitivity in a region near the diagonal, which is influenced largely by propagation loss of the surface acoustic waves, is improved by increasing the widths of the electrode fingers of the excitation elements and/or the receiving elements, the number of pairs of the electrode fingers, or the aperture width of comb-like electrodes, according to an increase in the propagation distances of the surface acoustic waves, i.e., toward the region near the diagonal.

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