ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,856, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to PIXART IMAGING INC. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Circuit carrier" was invented by Che-Chia Hsu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Chun-Lin Tseng (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Yu-Han Chen (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit carrier includes a substrate, a capacitive electrode layer, a plurality of metal pads and a plurality of bridges, and a plurality of conductive pillars. The capacitive electrode layer formed on a surface of the substrate and includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. At least two of the first electrodes are connected to each other and be arranged ...