Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Keyboard device
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Application No.: US15361025Application Date: 2016-11-24
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Publication No.: US09921664B2Publication Date: 2018-03-20
- Inventor: Chien-Hsin Lee , Wei-Chan Sung
- Applicant: Darfon Electronics Corp.
- Applicant Address: TW Taoyuan
- Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
- Current Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taoyuan
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Priority: TW105136441A 20161109
- Main IPC: G06F3/02
- IPC: G06F3/02 ; G09G5/00 ; G06F3/023

Abstract:
A keyboard device includes M driving circuits DC(1)˜DC(M), N transition circuits TC(1)˜TC(N), a control module, M column signal lines C(1)˜C(M), N row signal lines R(1)˜R(N) and M*N key units KU(1,1)˜KU(M,N). The control module performs a scanning process to sequentially scan the M column signal lines C(1)˜C(M) in M scan cycles scan(1)˜scan(M). If the key unit KU(k,x) connected with the k-th column signal line C(k) and the x-th row signal line R(x) is depressed, a scan voltage is transmitted from the k-th column signal line C(k) to the x-th row signal line R(x) through a switch sw(k,x) of the key unit KU(k,x). The transition circuit TC(x) connected with the x-th row signal line R(x) is turned on according to the scan voltage. Consequently, an output voltage Rout(x) from the transition circuit TC(x) has a first voltage level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170147086A1 KEYBOARD DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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