Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capacitance to code converter with sigma-delta modulator
- Patent Title (中): 具有Σ-Δ调制器的电容到码转换器
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Application No.: US13917528Application Date: 2013-06-13
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Publication No.: US09166621B2Publication Date: 2015-10-20
- Inventor: Viktor Kremin
- Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Main IPC: G01R27/26
- IPC: G01R27/26 ; G01R27/28 ; H03M11/02 ; G06F3/044

Abstract:
An apparatus and method of converting a capacitance measured on a sensor element to a digital value. The apparatus may include a matrix-scanning device including drive lines and sense lines. A sense element is located at an intersection of one of the drive lines and one of the sense lines. The apparatus also includes a modulation circuit coupled to the drive lines and the sense lines, and a switching circuit having first switches controlled by a clock. The modulation circuit is configured to measure a mutual capacitance on the sense element and to convert the measured mutual capacitance to a first digital value. The modulation circuit is configured to measure a self-capacitance on at least one of the drive lines and to convert the measured self-capacitance to a second digital value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130278447A1 CAPACITANCE TO CODE CONVERTER WITH SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR Public/Granted day:2013-10-24
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