Patent ID: 8269730

Claim:
A panel capable of detecting an input signal applied on or over the panel, the panel comprising: an array of sensor elements divided into first M 1 groups arranged in rows and columns and second M 1 groups arranged in rows and columns, each group in one of the first and second M 1 groups including a number of M rows by N columns adjacent sensor elements, M 1 , M and N being integers greater than one, wherein each of the sensor elements includes a first port and a second port; M 1 gate lines, wherein each of the M 1 gate lines is coupled to one different group of the first M 1 groups and to one different group of the second M 1 groups, and wherein the each of the M 1 gate lines is coupled to the first port of each of the sensor elements in the one group of the first M 1 groups and the one group of the second M 1 groups; a first set of N fan-out lines, wherein each of the N fan-out lines is coupled to one column of the N columns of sensor elements in each of the groups at each of the columns of the first M 1 groups; and a second set of N fan-out lines, wherein each of the N fan-out lines is coupled to one column of the N columns of sensor elements in each of the groups at each of the columns of the second M 1 groups.