Abstract:
Disclosed are a proximity sensor and a proximity detection method for the proximity sensor. The proximity sensor includes: a reception circuit configured to receive a first electrical signal which is generated based on proximity of the conductor; a first signal processing circuit configured to determine whether or not the conductor is in close proximity to the electronic device by using the first electrical signal, a first baseline value, and a threshold value; a temperature detection circuit configured to detect the temperature of the proximity sensor independently of the first electrical signal; and a second signal processing circuit configured to, when the conductor is in close proximity to the electronic device and also a temperature variation equal to or larger than a reference value is detected by the temperature detection circuit, generate a second baseline value by adding a temporary compensation value to the first baseline value.
Abstract:
Bluetooth apparatus includes a control unit and a Bluetooth communication unit. The control unit divides Bluetooth channels into divided groups including a first group, a second group, and a third group and selects one from among the divided groups. The Bluetooth communication unit uses channels included in the selected divided group, in which the selected divided group does not include a frequency band of a Wi-Fi channel in use.
Abstract:
A method of updating firmware using single optical port communication and a microcontroller (MCU) capable of updating firmware using single optical port communication are disclosed herein. The method includes detecting the voltage of a battery when a firmware update start code is received by a single optical port, transmitting firmware-related information to the transmitter if the detected voltage of the battery is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference voltage, receiving update data corresponding to an update mode, and storing rollback information related to previous version of firmware and also performing an update to new version of firmware in a first mode, and updating the predetermined data of the previous version of firmware using the update data in a second mode.
Abstract:
A pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generation circuit and method are disclosed herein. The PWM signal generation circuit includes an integer part pulse generation circuit, and a fractional part pulse generation circuit. The integer part pulse generation circuit generates an integer part pulse using the integer part of the digitized value of a duty cycle, i.e., the ratio of the time during which any one of high and low levels is maintained to the period of a PWM signal. The fractional part pulse generation circuit generates the PWM signal using the integer part pulse and the fractional part of the digitized value of the duty cycle.
Abstract:
A proximity sensor having improved environmental compensation performance and an environmental compensation method in the proximity sensor are disclosed. The environmental compensation method and the proximity sensor advantageously reduce processing time, algorithm operation time, and power consumption by previously setting sensing values before sensing of sensors unlike a typical method in which compensation is carried out by multiplying factors obtained through software. Further, the environmental compensation method and the proximity sensor have an advantage of accurate compensation not only for linearly varying environmental factors but also non-linearly varying environmental factors.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for automatically calibrating capacitance per channel, for measuring parasite capacitance values of respective channels due to a difference in a length of a wiring of each capacitance sensing channel when a circuit is designed and adding a unique calibration capacitance value of each channel such that all channels have the same reference capacitance value that is preset, and in detail, the apparatus for automatically calibrating a capacitance per channel includes a touch sensing device including a plurality of touch sensing regions, and a capacitance measurement and calibration device configured to measure parasite capacitances of channels connected to the plurality of touch sensing regions, respectively, and to add a unique calibration capacitance of each channel to a corresponding channel to acquire a preset reference capacitance when each channel is connected to the parasite capacitance.
Abstract:
A multi-channel current control circuit and method are disclosed herein. The multi-channel current control includes an operational amplifier provided for a channel; a low pass filter provided for the channel connected to an input terminal of the operational amplifier; a mode control circuit configured to control the low pass filter to have one of predetermined time constants in accordance with predetermined current control mode; and a pulse width modulation circuit configured to generate a pulse width modulation signal provided for the channel; and transfer the pulse width modulation signal to the input terminal of the operational amplifier via the low pass filter. The operational amplifier controls a load current of the channel using an output voltage of the operational amplifier.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a Bluetooth signal receiving device and a Bluetooth Smart receiving method. The Bluetooth signal receiving device includes a frequency shift demodulator circuit, a sampler circuit, a training bit pattern discriminator circuit, and a symbol timing offset compensation circuit. The frequency shift demodulator circuit generates a baseband signal by performing frequency shift modulation on a received signal. The sampler circuit samples the baseband signal based on a symbol timing, and generates a plurality of series of bit streams based on sampled values. The training bit pattern discriminator circuit determines whether the plurality of series of bit streams generated by the sampler circuit satisfies a training bit pattern condition. The symbol timing offset compensation circuit compensates the symbol timing of the baseband signal based on a measured error metric as an effective error metric if the plurality of series of bit streams satisfies the training bit pattern condition.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a Bluetooth signal receiving device and method for receiving a Bluetooth signal. The Bluetooth signal receiving device includes a discriminator circuit and a correlator circuit. The discriminator circuit generates a baseband signal by performing frequency shift demodulation on a received signal, and generates a frequency proportion signal having a value proportional to the frequency of the baseband signal. The correlator circuit detects a packet assigned to the Bluetooth signal receiving device by comparing the frequency proportion signal with an access address received from a link layer. The Bluetooth signal receiving device may detect a packet, assigned to the Bluetooth signal receiving device itself, by using access address information of a link layer.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a Bluetooth signal receiving device and a Bluetooth Smart receiving method. The Bluetooth signal receiving device includes a frequency shift demodulator circuit, a sampler circuit, a training bit pattern discriminator circuit, and a symbol timing offset compensation circuit. The frequency shift demodulator circuit generates a baseband signal by performing frequency shift modulation on a received signal. The sampler circuit samples the baseband signal based on a symbol timing, and generates a plurality of series of bit streams based on sampled values. The training bit pattern discriminator circuit determines whether the plurality of series of bit streams generated by the sampler circuit satisfies a training bit pattern condition. The symbol timing offset compensation circuit compensates the symbol timing of the baseband signal based on a measured error metric as an effective error metric if the plurality of series of bit streams satisfies the training bit pattern condition.