Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-domain touch sensing with touch and display circuitry operable in guarded power domain
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Application No.: US16530938Application Date: 2019-08-02
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Publication No.: US11016616B2Publication Date: 2021-05-25
- Inventor: Christian M. Sauer , Christoph H. Krah , Steven P. Hotelling , Martin Paul Grunthaner
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kubota & Basol LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/044
- IPC: G06F3/044 ; G06F3/041

Abstract:
An electronic device can include an integrated touch and display chip that can operate in multiple power domains. For example, the integrated touch and display chip can operate in a guarded power domain during the touch operation and can operate in a system power domain during non-guarded display operations. In some examples, two power domains can include a guarded power domain and a system power domain, whose grounds can be differentiated by a guard buffer signal. In some examples, the guard buffer can be disposed between the integrated touch and display chip and a battery of the device. In some examples, the guard buffer can be disposed between the battery of the device and the chassis of the device.
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