Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capaticance-to-digital converter
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Application No.: US16527607Application Date: 2019-07-31
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Publication No.: US10732577B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Hao Fan , Michiel Pertijs , Berry Anthony Johannus Buter
- Applicant: NXP B.V.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee: NXP B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4e3c9121
- Main IPC: G04F10/00
- IPC: G04F10/00 ; H03K5/24 ; H03K5/00

Abstract:
A capacitance-to-digital-converter includes a first delay block configured to output a first signal after a first delay based on a voltage at a capacitive sensor, the capacitive sensor configured to be iteratively discharged; a second delay block configured to output a second signal after a second delay; and a capacitance determination unit configured to determine a value indicative of a capacitance sensed by the capacitive sensor. This determination is based on: a number of clock periods during which the first delay is less than a third delay; a first time difference between receipt of the first signal and the second signal during a last clock period during which the first delay is less than the third delay; and a second time difference between receipt of the first signal and receipt of the second signal during a first clock period during which the first delay is greater than the third delay.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200073334A1 CAPATICANCE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2020-03-05
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