Electrostatic tablet writing stylus

摘要

An improved device for capacitively detecting signals generated in a writing table by a grid of conductive wires that produce a varying electrostatic field near its surface to be picked up through a stack of paper with the table functioning as one plate of a capacitor, and a conductive stylus as the other plate. The improvement consists of grounding the stylus, which has an extended body portion surrounded by a tubular member, extending the tubular member to a point very near the stylus tip where it functions as the second plate of a capacitor, and connecting the tubular member to a preamplifier mounted in the device.