Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capacitive sensing
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Application No.: US15845898Application Date: 2017-12-18
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Publication No.: US10466286B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Krishnasawamy Nagaraj , Paul Kimelman , Abhijit Kumar Das
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Ebby Abraham; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01R27/26
- IPC: G01R27/26

Abstract:
A system includes a controller, a node connected to one side of a capacitance, the controller configured to measure the capacitance by measuring a time for a voltage across the capacitance to reach a predetermined reference voltage, and the controller causing the time period for capacitance measurements to vary even when the capacitance is constant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180106844A1 CAPACITIVE SENSING Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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