1. A tape comprising:
an unbalanced woven fabric having an warp dominant face and a filling dominant face, wherein the woven fabric comprises a plurality of warp yarns in a warp direction and a plurality of filling yarns in a filling direction perpendicular to the warp direction crossing with the warp yarns at a plurality of intersections,
wherein at least 55% by number of the intersections have the warp yarn crossing with the filling yarn such that the warp yarn is on the warp dominant face of the fabric and at least 55% by number of the intersections have the warp yarn crossing with the filling yarn such that the filling yarn is on the filling dominant face of the fabric, wherein the warp yarns have a linear mass density of between about 30 and 100 denier and the filling yarns have a linear mass density of between about 70 and 600 denier; and,
an adhesive adjacent to the warp dominant face of the woven fabric.
2. The tape of claim 1, wherein the warp yarns have a linear mass density of between about 40 and 70 denier.
3. The tape of claim 1, wherein the filling yarns have a linear mass density of between about 150 and 450 denier.
4. The tape of claim 1, wherein the woven fabric is a twill weave fabric.
5. The tape of claim 4, wherein the twill weave fabric is a broken twill weave fabric.
6. The tape of claim 1, wherein the woven fabric is a satin weave fabric.
7. The tape of claim 1, wherein at least 75% by number of the intersections have the warp yarn crossing with the filling yarn such that the warp yarn is on the warp dominant face of the fabric.
8. The tape of claim 1, wherein at least 75% by number of the intersections have the warp yarn crossing with the filling yarn such that the filling yarn is on the filling dominant face of the fabric.
9. The tape of claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the woven has an abrasion resistance of at least 200 cycles with transfer adhesive backing as measured by ISO 6722(E)\u2014Scrape Abrasion Test.
10. The tape of claim 1, wherein the woven fabric comprises between about 50 and 200 warp ends per inch
11. The tape of claim 1, wherein the woven fabric contains about 40 and 130 filling picks per inch.
12. The tape of claim 1, wherein the adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.
13. The tape of claim 1, further comprising a release agent on the adhesive on the side of the adhesive opposite the woven fabric reinforcement.
14. The tape of claim 13, where the release agent is a release liner.
15. The tape of claim 1, wherein the woven fabric is hand-tearable.
16. The tape of claim 1, wherein the tape is hand-tearable.
17. The tape of claim 1, wherein the filling yarns are solution-dyed and the warp yarns are not solution-dyed.
18. The tape of claim 1, wherein the warp yarns and filling yarns are continuous polyester yarns.
19. A process for forming a calendered tape comprising:
weaving an unbalanced woven fabric having an warp dominant face and a filling dominant face, wherein the woven fabric comprises a plurality of warp yarns in a warp direction and a plurality of filling yarns in a filling direction perpendicular to the warp direction crossing with the warp yarns at a plurality of intersections, wherein at least 60% by number of the intersections have the warp yarn crossing with the filling yarn such that the warp yarn is on the warp dominant face of the fabric and at least 60% by number of the intersections have the warp yarn crossing with the filling yarn such that the filling yarn is on the filling dominant face of the fabric, wherein the warp yarns have a linear mass density of between about 30 and 100 denier and the filling yarns have a linear mass density of between about 70 and 600 denier;
calendering the unbalanced woven fabric; and,
applying an adhesive to the warp dominant face of the unbalanced woven fabric.
20. The process of claim 19, wherein the twill weave fabric is a broken twill weave fabric.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1.-21. (canceled)
22. An input device comprising:
a first plurality of sensor electrodes disposed in a first layer and configured to detect input objects in a sensing region of the input device, the first plurality of sensor electrodes including a plurality of transmitter electrodes and a plurality of receiver electrodes;
a plurality of force receiver sensor electrodes disposed in a second layer configured to detect a force imparted to an input surface and configured for capacitive coupling with a first subset of transmitter electrodes;
a compressible dielectric disposed between the first layer and the second layer configured to compress in response to force applied to the input surface; and
a processing system communicatively coupled to the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the plurality of force receiver sensor electrodes configured to:
determine positional and force information for input objects in the sensing region based on resulting signals from the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the plurality of force receiver sensor electrodes.
23. The input device of claim 22, further comprising a display and wherein the processing system is further configured to update the display.
24. The input device of claim 23, wherein at least a subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes is configured for display updating.
25. The input device of claim 22, wherein the processing system is configured to determine positional and force information for input objects in the sensing region by:
driving a sensing signal onto the transmitter electrodes;
receiving a first type of resulting signal from the plurality of force receiver sensor electrodes; and
receiving a second type of resulting signal from the receiver electrodes.
26. The input device of claim 25, wherein the second type of resulting signal comprises effects of a change in capacitive coupling between the plurality of transmitter electrodes and the plurality of receiver electrodes due to input objects in the sensing region.
27. The input device of claim 25, wherein the processing system determines the first type of resulting signal from the plurality of force receiver sensor electrodes while the receiver electrodes are held at a predetermined constant voltage.
28. The input device of claim 25, wherein the first type of resulting signal and the second type of resulting signal both correspond to a single sensing signal driven on the transmitter electrodes.
29. The input device of claim 25, wherein the first type of resulting signal comprises effects of a change in capacitive coupling between the transmitter electrodes and the plurality of force receiver sensor electrodes due to the force applied to an input surface.
30. An input device comprising:
a first plurality of sensor electrodes disposed in a first layer and configured to detect input objects in a sensing region of the input device, the first plurality of sensor electrodes including a first subset of transmitter electrodes and a second subset of receiver electrodes;
a second plurality of sensor electrodes disposed in a second layer such that the first layer is disposed between an input surface and the second layer, the second plurality of sensor electrodes being configured to detect a force imparted to the input surface and configured for capacitive coupling with the first subset of transmitter electrodes;
a compressible dielectric configured to compress in response to force applied to the input surface such that the capacitive coupling between the first subset of transmitter electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes varies in response to the applied force; and
a processing system communicatively coupled to the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes and configured to:
drive a sensing signal onto the first subset of transmitter electrodes;
receive a first type of resulting signal, including effects of the force imparted on the input surface, from the second plurality of sensor electrodes;
receive a second type of resulting signal, including effects of an input object in proximity to the input surface, from the second subset of receiver electrodes; and
determine positional and force information for the input object based on the first type of resulting signal and the second type of resulting signals.
31. The input device of claim 30, wherein the compressible dielectric is disposed between the first layer and the second layer.
32. The input device of claim 30, wherein the compressible dielectric is disposed between the second layer and a rigid substrate.
33. An input device comprising:
a first plurality of sensor electrodes and a second plurality of sensor electrodes disposed in a single layer;
a display comprising a third plurality of sensor electrodes;
a compressible dielectric disposed between the display and a rigid conductive substrate; and
a processing system communicatively coupled to the first plurality of sensor electrodes, the second plurality of sensor electrodes, and the third plurality of sensor electrodes and configured to:
update the display using the third plurality of sensor electrodes;
drive a sensing signal onto the first plurality of sensor electrodes;
receive a first type of resulting signal from the second plurality of sensor electrodes, the first type of resulting signal comprising effects of a change in capacitive coupling between the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes due to input objects in a sensing region of the input device; and
receive a second type of resulting signal from the third plurality of sensor electrodes, the second type of resulting signal comprising effects of a change in capacitive coupling between the third plurality of sensor electrodes and the rigid conductive substrate due to deflection of the display in response to input object force in the sensing region;
wherein the processing system is configured to
determine positional and force information from the first and second type of resulting signals; and
update the display.
34. The input device of claim 33, wherein:
the processing system is configured to update the display using the third plurality of sensor electrodes.
35. The input device of claim 33, wherein the processing system is further configured to determine positional information by performing absolute capacitive sensing using the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes.
36. A processing system for an input device, the input device comprising a display, a first plurality of sensor electrodes configured to detect input objects in a sensing region, a second plurality of sensor electrodes configured to detect a force imparted to an input surface, and a compressible dielectric configured to compress in response to force applied to the input surface, wherein a capacitive coupling of the second plurality of sensor electrodes and a conductor varies in response to the applied force, the processing system communicatively coupled to the first plurality of sensor electrodes and the second plurality of sensor electrodes and configured to:
drive a sensing signal onto a first subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes;
receive a first type of resulting signal from the second subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes; and
receive a second type of resulting signal from a second plurality of sensor electrodes;
wherein the processing system is configured to determine positional and force information for an input object based on the first type of resulting signal and second type of resulting signals.
37. The processing system of claim 36, wherein the processing system is further configured to update the display using at least one of the first subset and the second subset of the first plurality of sensor electrodes.
38. The processing system of claim 36, wherein the processing system is further configured to determine positional information for input objects in the sensing region using absolute capacitive sensing.
39. The processing system of claim 36, wherein the second type of resulting signal comprises effects of a change in capacitive coupling between the second plurality of sensor electrodes and the conductor.
40. The processing system of claim 39, wherein the conductor is part of the display.
41. The processing system of claim 40, wherein the processing system is configured to drive a sensing signal onto the conductor and the second type of resulting signal comprises effects of the driven signal.