Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mutual-capacitance sensing with conductive overlay
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Application No.: US17564499Application Date: 2021-12-29
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Publication No.: US12050751B2Publication Date: 2024-07-30
- Inventor: Peter Spevak
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Michael Gabrik; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G06F3/044
- IPC: G06F3/044 ; G06F3/041

Abstract:
A device includes an electrical circuit and a mutual-capacitance sensing circuit coupled to the electrical circuit. The mutual-capacitance sensing circuit includes mutual-capacitance sensing electrodes including a transmitter electrode and receiver electrode. The device also includes a conductive overlay over the mutual-capacitance sensing electrodes. The mutual-capacitance sensing circuit is configured to detect deflection of a portion of the conductive overlay relative to the mutual-capacitance sensing electrodes. The receiver electrode has a shape with an inner edge, and the transmitter electrode has a shape with an outer edge that is at least partially surrounded by the inner edge of the receiver electrode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220121319A1 MUTUAL-CAPACITANCE SENSING WITH CONDUCTIVE OVERLAY Public/Granted day:2022-04-21
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