Abstract: A personal electronic device includes a programmable display and a programmable keypad, wherein at least one of the programmable display and the programmable keypad includes a capacitive touch sensor and an EL panel in a unitary structure. A conductive layer shields the capacitive touch sensor from the EL panel and can be a separate layer or be incorporated into either the capacitive sensor or the EL panel. The conductive layer includes antimony tin oxide (ATO), other conductive oxide, or a conductive polymer, such as Orgacon™ 3010.

Abstract: A silicone grip comprising a cured silicone film layer with a Shore A Durometer of less than or equal to about 60 wherein the silicone film layer is formed from a curable silicone composition comprising a catalyst that promotes cure of the silicone composition, a higher molecular weight organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule, a lower molecular weight organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule, and an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule. The cured silicone layer is used in combination with an adhesive to provide a flexible and malleable grip, and/or in combination with a backing layer that can be solid or foamed.

Abstract: In an array of LEDs coupled between a transparent substrate and an electrode, a light emitting surface of each LED is in electrical contact with a region of acicular ITO. By contacting the light emitting surface of the die, the acicular ITO also provides light scattering. The contact regions are interconnected to form the array. The acicular ITO acts as a ballast resistance for each die and the resistance can be trimmed for more uniform current among the LEDs. Because each LED is individually ballasted, the LEDs in an array can be driven in any pattern or all simultaneously at a consistent brightness.