Patent ID: 8736574

Claim:
A pressure-sensitive multi-touch device configured to detect one or more touch inputs, the multi-touch device comprising: a first layer comprising a plurality of columns; a second layer comprising a plurality of rows, the second layer opposing the first layer; a pressure-sensitive cell at each intersection of a column and a row, each pressure-sensitive cell configured to change a resistance of the cell inversely proportional to an amount of force applied to that cell; and a spacer assembly between pressure-sensitive cells, the spacer assembly comprising an island having approximately a same height as each of the plurality of columns, a land having approximately a same height as each of the plurality of rows, and a spacer between the island and the land, the spacer sized to span a distance between the island and the land in the absence of an external applied force and to separate the column from the row at adjacent pressure-sensitive cells in the absence of an external applied force.