Patent ID: 8502799

Claim:
A touch screen integrated with a display, the touch screen comprising: a plurality of display pixels arranged along first and second directions; a plurality of drive lines including some of the plurality of display pixels disposed along the first direction; a plurality of sense lines including others of the plurality of display pixels disposed along the second direction, different from the first direction; a plurality of touch or near-touch responsive pixels formed by the plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines; each of the plurality of drive lines including first groups of circuit elements of the plurality of display pixels; each of the plurality of sense lines including a second group of circuit elements of the plurality of display pixels; a conductive layer interconnecting at least some of the circuit elements within the first groups along, or substantially parallel to, at least the first and the second directions; the conductive layer further interconnecting at least some of the circuit elements of the second group along, or substantially parallel to, at least the second direction; a bypass tunnel electrically connecting at least some circuit elements of a first of the second groups with circuit elements of a second of the second groups, the bypass tunnel electrically bypassing circuit elements of the first group of circuit elements.