Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Measuring circuit and measuring method for a capacitive touch-sensitive panel
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Application No.: US14755343Application Date: 2015-06-30
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Publication No.: US09727118B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Olivier Nys , Pascal Monney , Mathieu Hoffmann
- Applicant: Semtech Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Camarillo
- Assignee: Semtech Corporation
- Current Assignee: Semtech Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Camarillo
- Agency: Blank Rome LLP
- Main IPC: G01R27/26
- IPC: G01R27/26 ; G06F1/32 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044

Abstract:
A measuring circuit connectable to a capacitive touch-sensitive panel, the panel including a plurality of sense electrodes and optionally a common guard electrode, adapted to measure variations in the instantaneous electric capacity of the sense electrodes in response to proximity to conductive bodies, wherein the sense electrodes are biased at a fixed voltage relative to the common guard electrode, the measuring circuit comprising: a power management integrated circuit comprising a voltage source generating a modulation voltage that is available at a guard terminal of the power management integrated circuit that is in electric connection with the guard electrode; one or more slave integrated circuits, each connected to a plurality of sense electrodes and comprising a Capacity-to-Digital converter or a plurality of Capacity-to-Digital converters that are operatively arranged for generating digital measure codes representing the instantaneous electric capacity of sense electrodes; a means for varying the frequency of the modulation voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160018867A1 MEASURING CIRCUIT AND MEASURING METHOD FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCH-SENSITIVE PANEL Public/Granted day:2016-01-21
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