Patents by Inventor William Matthew Pender PAUL

William Matthew Pender PAUL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240105089
    Abstract: Electronic displays and electronic devices including such electronic displays and antennas are provided for improved transmission of signals through circuitry of the electronic display. The electronic display may include multiple power supply tiles that are separated with non-conductive gaps to reduce circulation of eddy currents induced by the transmission signals. Moreover, voltage supply routing paths within the power supply tiles may be grouped to provide non-conductive gaps within the power supply tiles. Accordingly, the antenna may provide the transmission signals through the electronic display with improved efficiency based on reducing surface currents (e.g., eddy currents) on the electronic display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: William Matthew Pender Paul, Mario Martinis, Jiayi Jin, Yongjie Jiang, Baris Posat, Mojtaba Fallahpour, Haitao Li, James G. Horiuchi, Giovanni Azzellino, Weijun Yao, Stanley B. Wang, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi
  • Patent number: 11941211
    Abstract: In some examples, a touch screen can include touch electrodes that can function as drive (Tx) electrodes and sense (Rx) electrodes during a touch sensing operation of the electronic device. The drive electrodes can include +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes that can receive drive signals that can have the same amplitude and frequency and opposite phases, for example. In some examples, the surface areas of the +Tx electrodes and the ?Tx electrodes can be the same and the distances of the +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes from the Rx electrodes can be different. In some examples, the total charge coupled to a proximate or touching object can be zero, which can mitigate problems associated with ungrounded or poorly grounded objects in contact with the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William Matthew Pender Paul, Christoph H. Krah, Bin Huang, Stanley Bo-Ting Wang
  • Publication number: 20230229275
    Abstract: In some examples, a touch screen can include touch electrodes that can function as drive (Tx) electrodes and sense (Rx) electrodes during a touch sensing operation of the electronic device. The drive electrodes can include +Tx electrodes and -Tx electrodes that can receive drive signals that can have the same amplitude and frequency and opposite phases, for example. In some examples, the surface areas of the +Tx electrodes and the -Tx electrodes can be the same and the distances of the +Tx electrodes and -Tx electrodes from the Rx electrodes can be different. In some examples, the total charge coupled to a proximate or touching object can be zero, which can mitigate problems associated with ungrounded or poorly grounded objects in contact with the touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: William Matthew Pender PAUL, Christoph H. KRAH, Bin HUANG, Stanley Bo-Ting WANG
  • Patent number: 11614839
    Abstract: In some examples, a touch screen can include touch electrodes that can function as drive (Tx) electrodes and sense (Rx) electrodes during a touch sensing operation of the electronic device. The drive electrodes can include +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes that can receive drive signals that can have the same amplitude and frequency and opposite phases, for example. In some examples, the surface areas of the +Tx electrodes and the ?Tx electrodes can be the same and the distances of the +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes from the Rx electrodes can be different. In some examples, the total charge coupled to a proximate or touching object can be zero, which can mitigate problems associated with ungrounded or poorly grounded objects in contact with the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William Matthew Pender Paul, Christoph H. Krah, Bin Huang, Stanley Bo-Ting Wang
  • Publication number: 20220057897
    Abstract: In some examples, a touch screen can include touch electrodes that can function as drive (Tx) electrodes and sense (Rx) electrodes during a touch sensing operation of the electronic device. The drive electrodes can include +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes that can receive drive signals that can have the same amplitude and frequency and opposite phases, for example. In some examples, the surface areas of the +Tx electrodes and the ?Tx electrodes can be the same and the distances of the +Tx electrodes and ?Tx electrodes from the Rx electrodes can be different. In some examples, the total charge coupled to a proximate or touching object can be zero, which can mitigate problems associated with ungrounded or poorly grounded objects in contact with the touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: William Matthew Pender PAUL, Christoph H. KRAH, Bin HUANG, Stanley Bo-Ting WANG