Patent ID: 8648819

Claim:
A device comprising: a plurality of first electrodes, each extending in a first direction; a resistive voltage divider coupled to each of the plurality of electrodes to provide a stepwise progression in voltage reduction between a first one of the first electrodes and each succeeding electrode along a second direction to provide second direction touch position information, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction; a plurality of co-extending pairs of second and third electrodes having complimentary varying area over their distance of co-extension, each pair being disposed between adjacent first electrodes, the second electrodes being electrically coupled to each other and the third electrodes being electrically coupled to each other to provide first direction touch position information; a connector coupled to the first one of the first electrodes; a connector coupled to a last one of the first electrodes; and at least one additional connector coupled to a first electrode between the first and last of the first electrodes, wherein the connector coupled to the first one of the first electrodes, the connector coupled to the last one of the first electrodes, and the at least one additional connector coupled to the first electrode between the first and last of the first electrodes are each connected to sensing circuitry of the device as an individual sensing channel.