List of touch input manufacturers explained

This is a list of notable companies that manufacture touch input devices or components.

Touchscreens

Capacitive

• 3M
• Alps Electric Corporation
• Atmel
• Cirque
• Cypress
• SCHURTER Input Systems
• Synaptics

Projected capacitive (PCAP)

• 3M
• Planar
• SCHURTER Input Systems
• Visual Planet
• Zytronic

Surface acoustic wave (SAW)

• Planar

Bending wave

• 3M

Resistive

4-wire

• Planar
• SCHURTER Input Systems

5-wire

• SCHURTER Input Systems

Touchpads

These manufacturers provide components to touchpads or trackpads.

Capacitive

• Alps Electric Corporation
• Cirque
• Synaptics
• Sensel

Resistive

• Interlink