Editing Membrane vs rubber dome (section)

==Switch types==
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[[File:AppleDesign Keyboard (NMB version) domes from above.jpg|150px|right]]

<p style="padding: 0.7em 1em; margin: -1em -1em 0; background-color: #E0EFF5">'''Membrane ''and'' rubber dome'''</p>

These are typically keyboards where two outer membrane sheets, separated by a third, are squeezed together under the pressure of a rubber dome.

Examples:
*Most consumer and office keyboards since the mid 1990s
*All [[scissor switch]] keyboards
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[[File:MY membrane pads.jpg|150px|right]]

<p style="padding: 0.7em 1em; margin: -1em -1em 0; background-color: #DEF">'''Membrane ''but not'' rubber dome'''</p>

These are typically keyboards where pressure is applied to the membrane sheets using a metal spring, sometimes with a plastic hammer on the bottom.

Examples:
*[[Buckling spring|Membrane buckling spring]] (e.g. [[IBM Enhanced Keyboard|IBM Model M]])
*[[Acer switch]]
*[[Cherry MY]]
*[[Alps spring over membrane]]
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[[File:Alps integrated dome -- Alps mount -- slider removed.jpg|150px|right]]

<p style="padding: 0.7em 1em; margin: -1em -1em 0; background-color: #DEF">'''Rubber dome ''but not'' membrane'''</p>

Switches which make use of rubber domes without having membrane sheets; this includes capacitive sensing and conductive domes.

Examples:
*[[Topre switch]]
*[[Alps integrated dome]]
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[[File:Cherry MX Clear -- opened, with jumper wire visible.jpg|150px|right]]

<p style="padding: 0.7em 1em; margin: -1em -1em 0; background-color: #E0EFF5">'''Neither rubber dome ''nor'' membrane'''</p>

Most vintage switches used neither domes nor membrane sheets; a variety of other switching mechanisms have been designed over the decades.

Examples:
*[[:Category:Metal contact switches|Metal contact switches]]
*[[:Category:Hall effect switches|Hall effect switches]]
*Linear [[:Category:Capacitive switches|capacitive switches]]
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