Post by: Xairbusdriver on June 20, 2008, 11:29:10 AM
QUOTE("Dennis Sellers")
<MacsimumNews>:The invention relates to touch sensor panels, and more particularly, to substantially transparent mutual capacitance touch sensor panels having rows and columns formed on separate plastic substrates. According to Apple a space-efficient substantially transparent mutual capacitance touch sensor panel can be created by forming columns made of a substantially transparent conductive material on one side of a first substantially transparent substrate, forming rows made of the substantially transparent conductive material on one side of a second substantially transparent substrate, adhering the two substrates together with a substantially transparent adhesive, bringing column connections down to the second substrate using vias, and routing both the column and row connections to a single connection area on the second substrate. In addition, in some embodiments some of the row connections can be routed to a second connection area on the second substrate to minimize the size of the sensor panel.
Well, that certainly explains everything in substantially transparent terms! 
I suspect Apple may come up with a slightly more 'catchy' term for "substantially transparent mutual capacitance touch sensor panels." 
Try saying that fast, even once! 
Post by: Gregg on June 24, 2008, 07:21:33 AM
STMCTSP
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Stem Cats Panels?
Post by: gunug on June 24, 2008, 07:56:44 AM
Post by: Xairbusdriver on June 24, 2008, 10:45:49 AM
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I'm not sure that this isn't already "invented"
I think its only been "substantially" invented so far! 
Apparently, they have already found a patent lawyer with a good mutual capacitance substrate! 