Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capacitance measuring circuit and method
- Patent Title (中): 电容测量电路及方法
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Application No.: US11612790Application Date: 2006-12-19
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Publication No.: US08207944B2Publication Date: 2012-06-26
- Inventor: Bernard O. Geaghan
- Applicant: Bernard O. Geaghan
- Applicant Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Agent Steven A. Bern
- Main IPC: G06F3/044
- IPC: G06F3/044 ; G01R27/26

Abstract:
Disclosed are systems and methods of measuring a plate capacitance, which include accumulating a first signal representative of charge over a plurality of switch-controlled plate charging cycles and accumulating a second signal representative of charge over another plurality of switch-controlled plate discharging cycles. The accumulated first and second signals can then be used to determine the capacitance on the plate. Such systems and methods can be useful in capacitive touch sensing devices such as capacitive buttons and capacitive touch panels.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080142281A1 CAPACITANCE MEASURING CIRCUIT AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2008-06-19
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