Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capacitance sensor with noise rejection
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Application No.: US14946784Application Date: 2015-11-20
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Publication No.: US09612686B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Liang Qiu , Bin Feng , Xiaolei Wu
- Applicant: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- Current Assignee: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agent Charles E. Bergere
- Priority: CN201510472054 20150615
- Main IPC: G06F3/045
- IPC: G06F3/045 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044 ; H03K17/96 ; G05F3/26

Abstract:
In a touch interface, a sensor provides an output signal that is a function of a sensed capacitance. The sensor includes a charger for repetitively applying first and second voltages to charge the sensed capacitance to first and second charge values in first and second phases respectively. A sampler includes a first current mirror for providing first and second sample current signals that are a function of the first and second charge values respectively. An accumulator uses an accumulator signal to provide the output signal. The accumulator repetitively uses the first and second sample current signals differentially to modify a charge on an accumulator capacitor and provide the accumulator signal. The accumulator signal is a progressive function of the sensed capacitance but cancels noise in the first and second sample signals at frequencies less than a repetition rate of operation of the accumulator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160364079A1 CAPACITANCE SENSOR WITH NOISE REJECTION Public/Granted day:2016-12-15
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