Capacitance detection circuit
    267.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09664719B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-30

    申请号:US14350808

    申请日:2012-11-19

    Inventor: Masami Kishiro

    Abstract: A capacitance detection circuit has at least a carrier signal generating circuit that supplies a carrier signal to one of a movable or a fixed electrode of a sensor, an operational amplifier with one of the movable or fixed electrode as an input and ground as another input, and a printed circuit board on which the physical quantity sensor, the carrier signal generating circuit, and the operational amplifier are mounted. An insulation-secured area on the printed circuit board is configured as a moisture absorption reduction area, including at least an electrode connection part of the physical quantity sensor, an input-side connection part of the operational amplifier, and a connection part connected to the input side of the operational amplifier out of connection parts of input-side circuit components connected between the electrode connection part and the input-side connection part.

    Intrinsically Safe Mobile Device
    268.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170142840A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-18

    申请号:US15353722

    申请日:2016-11-16

    Inventor: Endre Surinya

    Abstract: An intrinsically safe mobile device having a form factor, speed, and functionality comparable to a conventional non-intrinsically safe mobile device, includes non-intrinsically safe electronic components mounted on an unprotected part of a printed circuit board (PCB) contained within the mobile device, the non-intrinsically safe electronic components are encapsulated to reduce risk of sparking and to minimize surface heating to enable the encapsulated electronic components to be certified as intrinsically safe, wherein the encapsulated electronic components are connected using a trace with intrinsically safe electronic components mounted on a protected part of the PCB and are connected with user interface components using FPC cabling, wherein the trace and the FPC cabling are certified as intrinsically safe using one or more protection techniques chosen from a resistor, a double MOSFET clamping circuit, a capacitor, a fuse, and maintaining a minimum clearance space.

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