GRAPHIC TABLET AND METHOD

A writing tablet is disclosed incorporating a plurality of conductors imbedded beneath the surface thereof in orthogonal relationship with respect to each other. The conductors form a grid for receiving radiated electric signals generated remote from the tablet and supplied to a pen acting as a radiating antenna. The radiated signals generate signals of varying amplitude in the respective grid conductors; the grid conductors in each of the X and Y directions are interconnected by resistors; terminals are provided at the outside conductors in the X and Y directions. The terminals are sequentially connected to a detector which in turn provides input signals to a dual slope integrator for ratioing the amplitude of the signal appearing at selected terminals. The output of the integrator is a timed wave form having a time value proportional to the position of the pen on the tablet surface.