Invention Publication
- Patent Title: CAPACITIVE MICROMACHINED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER (CMUT) MULTI-TOUCH AND SLIDER DETECTION WITH IMPROVED PIXEL AREA COVERAGE AND ULTRASONIC FEEDBACK BY A SAME PIXEL ARRAY
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Application No.: US18469010Application Date: 2023-09-18
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Publication No.: US20240192809A1Publication Date: 2024-06-13
- Inventor: Emanuel STOICESCU , Matthias EBERL , Mohanraj SOUNDARA PANDIAN , Klaus ELIAN , Costin BATRINU
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Main IPC: G06F3/043
- IPC: G06F3/043 ; G06F3/041

Abstract:
An ultrasonic touch sensor includes a touch structure having a touch surface with a plurality of sensitive areas, a pixel array of capacitive ultrasonic transducers, and a sensor circuit. Each pixel includes a respective ultrasonic transmitter and a respective ultrasonic receiver and is configured to monitor for a touch at a respective first sensitive area and at a respective second sensitive area. Moreover, each pixel is configured to generate a measurement signal that is representative of a first respective ultrasonic reflected wave reflected by the touch interface at the respective first sensitive area or that is representative of a second respective ultrasonic reflected wave reflected by the touch interface at the respective second sensitive area. The sensor circuit is configured to determine whether the measurement signal of a respective pixel corresponds to the respective first sensitive area or to the respective second sensitive area associated with the respective pixel.
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