Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Touch sensing circuit and semiconductor device
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Application No.: US15467332Application Date: 2017-03-23
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Publication No.: US10352731B2Publication Date: 2019-07-16
- Inventor: Nobukazu Tanaka , Takayuki Noto , Tetsuo Tanemura
- Applicant: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Priority: JP2016-107263 20160530
- Main IPC: G01D5/24
- IPC: G01D5/24 ; G01R27/26 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044 ; H03K17/955

Abstract:
A touch sensing circuit operable to sense a conductor approaching a sensor capacitance by measuring a response signal obtained from the sensor capacitance according to an applied detection signal includes an A/D converter and a Fourier transform device. The A/D converter samples the response signal with a predetermined cycle, followed by conversion to a digital value and outputs as time-series response data. The Fourier transform device calculates, from the time-series response data, a result of transformation at a detection frequency representing the reciprocal of a cycle of the detection signal and outputs it. The touch sensing circuit converts the response signal to the frequency domain, calculates only components (harmonics or others as needed) of a frequency equal to that of the detection signal required for touch sensing, and supplies them for a touch coordinate calculation process in a subsequent stage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170343386A1 TOUCH SENSING CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-11-30
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