Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radiofrequency-wave-transparent capacitive sensor pad
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Application No.: US15793666Application Date: 2017-10-25
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Publication No.: US10168848B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: William Hadlock Standing , Marc Harper , Sean Russell Mercer , David Voth
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Holzer Patel Drennan
- Main IPC: G06F3/044
- IPC: G06F3/044 ; H01Q1/44 ; H03K17/955 ; H01Q1/24 ; H03K17/945

Abstract:
A capacitive sensor pad is co-located with (e.g., overlapping) an RF transmitter without causing significant degradation to the performance of the antenna. In one implementation, tuning the resistance per square in the capacitive sensor pad can provide effective sensor pad range and performance while providing making the capacitive sensor pad sufficiently transparent to radiofrequency waves to provide excellent antenna efficiency, despite the co-location of the capacitive sensor pad and the antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180046282A1 RADIOFREQUENCY-WAVE-TRANSPARENT CAPACITIVE SENSOR PAD Public/Granted day:2018-02-15
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