Articles


How Apple’s billion dollar sapphire bet will pay off

Changing a rare gemstone into a mass market material for future iPhone, iPad and iWatch offerings

Published – April 2014, Network World
Author – John Cox, Senior Editor, Network World

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What’s the biggest challenge for designs that utilize touch-enabled displays?

PCAP uses an electrical field to sense a touch, which presents design challenges based on the environment and the end application requirements.

Published – February 2014, ECN
Author – Shahna Kothapally, Vice President of Engineering

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Reduce Electrical Noise in Projected Capacitive Touch Panel Designs

Selecting the right touch controller, the right touch panel vendor and following these few basic design rules will assure a projected capacitive touch panel that successfully avoids noise sources in the system.

Published – December 2013, EDN
Author – Tony Gray, Director of Product Technology

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External Impacts on Touch Panel Design and Performance

In addition to internal design challenges, touch panel designers also need to create a touch solution that will overcome the adverse effects of outside sources.

Published – November 2013, Wireless Design & Development
Author – Shahna Kothapally, Vice President of Engineering

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Projected Capacitive Touch Panels for Outdoor and Marine Use

Designing PCAP touch panels to work in rugged, outdoor environments requires special considerations.

Published – October 2013, Electronic Products
Author – Tony Gray, Director of Product Technology & Michael Harris, Product Manager

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Touch Panel Design Considerations and Potential Trade-Offs

To achieve optimum performance, designers must consider a number of factors early in the design phase.

Published – March 2013, Electronic Products
Author – Tony Gray, Director of Product Technology

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Design Requirements for Automotive Displays

The automotive industry has specific requirements when it comes to incorporating displays into a vehicle.

Published – November 2012, ECN
Author – Mike Mallory, Electrical Engineer

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Projected Capacitive Touch Panels: Coming to a Hospital Near You

Projected capacitive touch panels have many advantages that make them ideally suited for medical applications.

Published – October 2012, ECN
Author – Michael Harris, Product Manager

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Designing Touch Sensors in 3D

In order to integrate a touch panel, 3D designs must be created at an early stage to get the project started in the best way.

Published – September 2012, Electronic Products
Author – David Nolte, Sr. Vice President of Engineering

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Lighting Applications for Large-Size Projected Capacitive Touch Panels

Larger-size options allow for more applications to benefit from projected capacitive touch panels.

Published – March 2012, ECN
Author – John Blackburn, Senior Electrical Engineer, Ocular

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The Challenges of Multi-Touch Gesture Interfaces

The key to understanding multi-touch touch panels is to realize that a touch is not the same thing as a mouse click.

Published – December 2011, Embedded
Author – Tony Gray, Principal Engineer, Ocular LCD, Inc.

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The Power of Touch: How Projected Capacitive Touch Panels Enhance Medical Devices

PCAP touch panels add many benefits to medical devices and also create a more interactive and accurate user experience.

Published – November 2011, Medical Design Briefs
Author – David Nolte, Sr. VP of Engineering and Tony Gray, Principal Engineer, Ocular LCD, Inc.

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PCAP Touch Panels and Optical Bonding: A Crystal Clear Solution

Optically bonded displays, touch and otherwise, have increased in demand for a wide range of popular devices.

Published – April 2011, ECN
Author – Larry Mozdzyn, CTO, Ocular LCD, Inc.

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Why You Need to Use Capacitive Touch Panels in your GUI Design

Embedded designers are discovering that the broad range of performance characteristics for PCAP touch panels makes the technology a great fit for many embedded applications.

Published – September 2010, Embedded
Author – Larry Mozdzyn, CTO & John Groezinger, FAE, Ocular LCD, Inc.

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The True Meaning of Multi-Touch

The distinction between true multi-touch, single touch and gesturing is not a mere matter of semantics, but a difference in functionality.

Published – August 2010, ECN
Author – Larry Mozdzyn, CTO, Ocular LCD, Inc.

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A Touch of Glass

Touchscreen technology is evolving from single touch to multitouch and gesturing

Published – June 2010, Advanced Imaging Magazine
Author – Barry Hochfelder, Advanced Imaging Magazine & Larry Mozdzyn, Ocular LCD, Inc.

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