The invention relates to a circuit arrangement (1) for multi-zone heating operation, comprising: a plurality of heating wires (2, 2 '), which can be supplied in parallel by a heating
voltage, for heating a touch surface (19) comprising a plurality of zones (20, 20'); wherein a respective heating wire (2, 2 ') is associated with a zone (20, 20'); at least one first switching element (3a, 3a ') for each heating wire (2, 2'), which is coupled between the heating wire (2, 2 ') and one of the two different heating potentials (VH +, VH-) of the heating
voltage in such a way that, in a heating mode, a heating current is applied to the respective heating wire (2, 2') in the conducting state of the first switching element (3a, 3a '), and interrupting the heating current in the OFF state of the first switching element (3a, 3a '); a
control circuit (12, 6a, 6a ', 6b, 6b') configured to generate, for each heating wire (2, 2 '), individual
pulse width modulated first control signals (ST1, ST1') to switch the first switching elements (3a, 3a ') between an on state and an off state, respectively, the individual
pulse width modulated first control signals being applied to first control terminals (Ga, G'a) of the first switching elements (3a, 3a'), respectively; wherein the control circuits (12, 6a, 6a ', 6b, 6b') are further designed to apply a respective associated heating current to a plurality of heating wires (2, 2 ') in a common heating stage in parallel, in an overlapping manner and / or in an alternating manner, and wherein at least two of the first control signals (ST1, ST1') differ in terms of their duty cycles.