Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhancing sensitivity and robustness of mechanical rotation and position detection with capacitive sensors
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Application No.: US17190007Application Date: 2021-03-02
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Publication No.: US11473938B2Publication Date: 2022-10-18
- Inventor: Peter Spevak
- 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 Krista Y. Chan; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01R27/26
- IPC: G01R27/26 ; G01D5/24 ; G01N27/22 ; G01N27/24 ; G06F3/038 ; G06F3/0362 ; G01D5/241 ; G01R31/28 ; G01R31/64 ; G06F3/041

Abstract:
Described example user interface control apparatus includes a first structure, with a first side, conductive capacitor plate structures spaced along a first direction on the first side, a movable second structure with an auxiliary conductive structure, and an interface circuit to provide excitation signals to, and receive sense signals from, the conductive capacitor plate structures to perform a mutual capacitance test and a self-capacitance test of individual ones of the conductive capacitor plate structures to determine a position of the second structure or a user's finger relative to the first structure along the first direction.
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