How Do Touchscreens Work?

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We use touchscreen displays for hours every day, but do you know about all the intricate layers and components that make them work? This episode goes into the structure and basic function of a touchscreen display. What goes into making toughened glass strong, how do capacitive touchscreens work, and how do OLEDs work? The merging of these technologies is what arguably makes the smartphone what it is! Take a look and learn more. Do you want to support in-depth engineering and technology education? Support us on: https://www.patreon.com/brancheducation Website: https://www.branch.education On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BranchEducation/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeddyTablante On Insta: https://www.instagram.com/brancheducation/ Or Join us on YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdp4_l1vPmpN-gDbUwhaRUQ/join Table of Contents: 00:53 The Layers 01:35 Section 1: Toughened Glass 03:18 Section 2: Capacitive Touchscreen 05:07 Section 3: OLED Display 07:18 Section 4: Summary 07:48 Section 8: Outro Key Branches from this video are: Multitouch, Electric Fields, Capacitors, OLEDs, LCDs, Material Transparency, Interface Aesthetics Made by Teddy Tablante Addendum & Erratum LG Prada Predated the Iphone. LG Prada was released announced December 12th 2006 and sales started in May 2007. 5:43 Most smartphones use a pentile subpixel layout which is 2x Green for 1x Red and 1x Blue. 7:25 1Pixel = 1G+1B or 1G + 1R. Thus the latest phones are c

Published 2018-11-07 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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