Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driven shield control
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Application No.: US15138152Application Date: 2016-04-25
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Publication No.: US10025423B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Arne Aas , Torbjorn Viksand
- Applicant: Atmel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Atmel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Atmel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044

Abstract:
In an embodiment, a circuit comprises: an analog driver operable to drive a sensor voltage on a capacitive sensor; a digital driver; a shield drive control coupled to the analog driver and the digital driver, the shield drive control operable to: during a one or more phases of a capacitive measurement of the capacitive sensor, disable the analog driver and enable the digital driver to drive a driven shield; and during one or more other phases of a capacitive measurement of the capacitive sensor, disable the digital driver and enable the analog driver to drive the driven shield with a driven shield voltage that replicates the sensor voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170308219A1 DRIVEN SHIELD CONTROL Public/Granted day:2017-10-26
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