Keypad with illumination structure

An illuminated keypad includes a substantially transparent keypad having a plurality of actuator buttons, a plurality of switches residing substantially and correspondingly below the plurality of actuator buttons, a display laminate layer residing between the plurality of actuator buttons and the plurality of switches, and a light source reflectively illuminating a pattern of a symbol on the laminate layer by radiating light through the substantially transparent keypad. The display laminate can include a driver layer having a conductor pattern configured in the pattern of the symbol to be displayed on the substantially transparent keypad, a transparent conductor layer, and an electrically active ink layer disposed between the transparent conductor layer and the driver layer.