Abstract:
A bridge embedded interposer and a package substrate and a semiconductor package including the same includes: a connection structure including one or more redistribution layers, a first bridge disposed on the connection structure and including one or more first circuit layers electrically connected to the one or more redistribution layers, a frame disposed around the first bridge on the connection structure and including one or more wiring layers electrically connected to the one or more redistribution layers, and an encapsulant disposed on the connection structure and covering at least a portion of each of the first bridge and the frame.
Abstract:
An actuator for a camera module includes two or more detectable elements, the detectable elements are respectively disposed on a first and second surface of a lens barrel, an oscillating element including a first oscillation circuit unit that includes two or more oscillation circuits facing the first surface of the lens barrel, and a second oscillation circuit unit that includes two or more oscillation circuits facing the second surface of the lens barrel, and a determining device that calculates a position of the lens barrel in response to oscillation signals output from the oscillating element. The determining device is configured to calculate the position of the lens barrel based on determined frequencies of oscillation signals of the first oscillation circuit unit and the second oscillation circuit unit.
Abstract:
A piezoelectric driving apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a waveform synthesizer outputting a digital value; a digital-to-analog converter outputting an analog value corresponding to the digital value; and an output unit applying an offset voltage to the analog value to generate and output an asymmetrical driving signal.
Abstract:
A touch sensing method includes: generating respective oscillation signals having a resonant frequency, the respective oscillation signals being changeable according to a plurality of touch inputs applied to a first touch switch unit and a second touch switch unit, formed in a housing of an electronic device; analyzing the applied plurality of touch inputs, based on a change in the resonant frequency of the generated oscillation signals; and discerning and sensing a type of a touch operation according to a pattern of the plurality of touch inputs, based on results of the analyzing of the applied plurality of touch inputs.
Abstract:
A sensing device with a fingerprint sensor is provided. The sensing device includes a touch input pattern included in the fingerprint sensor, an oscillation circuit connected to the touch input pattern and configured to change a capacitance of the oscillation circuit when a touch occurrence is sensed by the touch input pattern and generate an oscillation signal based on the change in the capacitance, and an operation detection circuit configured to detect a touch occurrence based on a frequency included in the oscillation signal input from the oscillation circuit and generate a detection signal.
Abstract:
A touch input sensing device configured to be added to an electronic device, the electronic device including a touch input unit, the touch input unit including a first touch member integrated with a housing. The touch input sensing device includes a resonant circuit configured to generate a resonance signal having a resonant frequency that varies based on a touch of the touch input unit, a digital frequency counter configured to count a reference frequency signal based on the resonance signal, or count the resonance signal based on the reference frequency signal, to generate a count value, and a touch detector configured to detect whether the touch of the touch input unit has occurred based on the count value generated by the digital frequency counter, and output a touch detection signal indicating whether the touch has occurred.
Abstract:
An actuator of a camera module includes a driving coil disposed to face a detection target; a driving circuit including a plurality of transistors connected to the driving coil; and a processor configured to provide a respective gate control signal to a gate of each of the plurality of transistors, and detect a displacement of the detection target based on a component of an oscillation signal generated in a driving signal applied to the driving coil in response to an operation of any one of the plurality of transistors being switched by the respective gate control signal.
Abstract:
An apparatus for sensing a rotating body includes a plurality of units to be detected provided on the rotating body; at least two sensing coils disposed to face the units to be detected; an oscillating unit including at least two capacitors respectively connected to the at least two sensing coils to form at least two oscillation circuits; and a rotation information calculator configured to count frequencies of at least two oscillation signals respectively output from the at least two oscillation circuits to generate a first count value and a second count value, and calculate a rotation direction of the rotating body based on a change in the first count value and a change in the second count value.
Abstract:
A controller IC of a touch sensing apparatus includes an oscillation circuit including a capacitor connected to a sensing coil, a digital converter configured to count an oscillation signal output from the oscillation circuit and to output a count value, and a contact detector configured to calculate variations in the count value during delay times, and to detect a contact strength of an object according to the variations.
Abstract:
A bridge circuit includes: a first leg including a first switching device and a second switching device connected between a first node and a ground; a second leg including a third switching device and a fourth switching device connected between the first node and the ground; and a first charge recycler connected between a gate of the first switching device and a gate of the third switching device, and configured to transfer charges accumulated in the first switching device to the gate of the third switching device prior to turning on the third switching device.