Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for improving EMC robustness of integrated capacitive sensors
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Application No.: US15698384Application Date: 2017-09-07
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Publication No.: US11320472B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Reinhard Kauert , Martin Schmidt
- Applicant: IDT EUROPE GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Dresden
- Assignee: IDT EUROPE GmbH
- Current Assignee: IDT EUROPE GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Dresden
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Priority: DE102016117009.7 20160909
- Main IPC: G01R27/26
- IPC: G01R27/26 ; G01D3/032 ; G01D5/24 ; G01R31/00 ; H03M1/14 ; H03M1/60

Abstract:
A method is provided for improving the EMC robustness of Integrated Capacitive Sensor systems with a sensor Signal-Conditioner (SSC). The SSC is connected with a capacitive integrating converter to convert a received signal into a bit stream. An oscillator provides a plurality of sampling frequencies. A counter connected with the capacitive integrating converter collects the bit stream and calculates the digital representative of the physical input which is than stored in an output register. The method includes performing some conversions with different sampling frequencies from the oscillator or a frequency divider by the capacitive integrating Signal-Converter; storing the results of the samplings and using the results in the following cycle to calculate for each sampling frequency a difference to the prior sampling of the same frequency; and calculating the digital representative of the input signal from the external sensing capacitor as the reverse weighted average of the samplings of the different frequencies.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180074102A1 METHOD FOR IMPROVING EMC ROBUSTNESS OF INTEGRATED CAPACITIVE SENSORS Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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