Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Touch detection circuit with detection of water
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Application No.: US16895421Application Date: 2020-06-08
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Publication No.: US11199932B2Publication Date: 2021-12-14
- Inventor: Yuji Shimada , Naoki Tada
- Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-107232 20190607
- Main IPC: G06F3/044
- IPC: G06F3/044 ; G06F3/041

Abstract:
A touch detection circuit has a first terminal and a second terminal which are respectively coupled to a first electrode and a second electrode located adjacent to each other. The capacitance sensing circuit (i) senses first electrostatic capacitance formed by the first electrode in a space with a periphery including the second electrode, and (ii) senses, by a self-capacitance method, second electrostatic capacitance formed by the first electrode in a space with a periphery in a state where voltage of the second terminal is made to follow voltage of the first terminal. A signal processor detects water over the first electrode and the second electrode on the basis of a difference between the first electrostatic capacitance and the second electrostatic capacitance.
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