Patent ID: 9360972
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a sensing area bounded by a plurality of edges; a sensor matrix located in the sensing area; a plurality of conductors located in the sensing area and configured to couple each sensor of the sensor matrix to a sensing module, wherein not one of the plurality of conductors is routed between any two columns of sensors of the sensor matrix; a first sensor, wherein the first sensor is in a first column of sensors and in a first row of sensors of the sensor matrix, wherein the sensors in the first row of sensors are coupled to one another, within the sensing area, through a first row electrode of the sensor matrix; a second sensor, wherein the second sensor is in the first column of sensors and in a second row of sensors of the sensor matrix, wherein the sensors in the second row of sensors are coupled to one another, within the sensing area, through a second row electrode of the sensor matrix; a first conductor, of the plurality of conductors, the first conductor coupled to the first sensor and configured to be coupled to the sensing module; and a second conductor, of the plurality of conductors, the second conductor coupled to the second sensor and configured to be coupled to the sensing module, wherein the first sensor consumes a first area, the second sensor and a length of the first conductor reside within a second area that is smaller than or equal to the first area consumed by the first sensor, and wherein the length of the first conductor is routed between an edge of the sensing area and the second sensor.