Capacitive sensing using non-integer excitation
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06F-003/044
G06F-003/041
출원번호
US-0087615
(2016-03-31)
등록번호
US-10019122
(2018-07-10)
발명자
/ 주소
Tanemura, Tetsuo
출원인 / 주소
Synaptics Incorporated
대리인 / 주소
FBFK PC
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초록▼
Capacitive sensing includes concurrently driving a first transmitter electrode with a first transmitter signal and a second transmitter electrode with a second transmitter signal. The first transmitter signal is based on a first digital code and the second transmitter signal is based on a second dig
Capacitive sensing includes concurrently driving a first transmitter electrode with a first transmitter signal and a second transmitter electrode with a second transmitter signal. The first transmitter signal is based on a first digital code and the second transmitter signal is based on a second digital code. The first digital code and the second digital code each include at least one non-integer multiple. Capacitive sensing further includes receiving resulting signals using multiple receiver electrodes, the resulting signals include effects of the first transmitter signal and the second transmitter signal. Capacitive sensing further includes determining positional information based on the resulting signals.
대표청구항▼
1. A capacitive sensing device comprising: a first transmitter electrode, a second transmitter electrode, and a plurality of receiver electrodes; anda processing system configured to: concurrently drive the first transmitter electrode with a first transmitter signal and the second transmitter electr
1. A capacitive sensing device comprising: a first transmitter electrode, a second transmitter electrode, and a plurality of receiver electrodes; anda processing system configured to: concurrently drive the first transmitter electrode with a first transmitter signal and the second transmitter electrode with a second transmitter signal, wherein the first transmitter signal is based on a first digital code and the second transmitter signal is based on a second digital code,wherein the first digital code and the second digital code each comprise at least one non-integer multiple, andwherein concurrently driving the first transmitter electrode and the second transmitter electrode comprises performing pre-emphasis based on the at least one non-integer multiple in the first digital code and the second digital code,receive a plurality of resulting signals using a plurality of receiver electrodes, the plurality of resulting signals comprising effects of the first transmitter signal and the second transmitter signal, anddetermine positional information based on the plurality of resulting signals. 2. The capacitive sensing device of claim 1, wherein the first digital code and the second digital code are orthogonal. 3. The capacitive sensing device of claim 1, wherein the first digital code comprises a negative value, the negative value reflected in the polarity of the first transmitter signal. 4. The capacitive sensing device of claim 1, wherein the first digital code is a circular shift of the second digital code. 5. The capacitive sensing device of claim 1, wherein the first digital code comprises a plurality of elements, each element of the plurality of elements defining a voltage that is used to drive the first transmitter electrode. 6. The capacitive sensing device of claim 1, wherein the first digital code comprises a plurality of elements, each element of the plurality of elements defining a number of pulses at each period of time when driving the first transmitter electrode. 7. The capacitive sensing device of claim 1, wherein the first digital code further comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of a negative multiple and an integer multiple. 8. The capacitive sensing device of claim 1, wherein the first digital code comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of: [0.634 0.634 0.634 −1 −1 −1 0.634 −1 −1 0.634 −1],[0.789 0.789 0.789 0.789 0.789 −1 −1 0.789 0.789 −1 0.789 −1 0.789],[−1 0.466 1 0.466 0.936 1 1 −1 −1 0.466 0.936 −1 0.936],[1 −2/3 1 1 −2/3 −2/3 1 −2/3 −2/3 −2/3 1 1 1 1 −2/3], and[0.195 1 1 −0.61 1 −0.61 −0.61 −0.61 1 1 −0.61 −0.61 −0.61 1 −0.61 1 1]. 9. The capacitive sensing device of claim 1, wherein the first transmitter signal is based on the first digital code comprises modulating a carrier signal based on the first digital code and the second transmitter signal is based on the second digital code comprises modulating the carrier signal based on the second digital code. 10. The capacitive sensing device of claim 9, wherein the carrier signal comprises a varying voltage. 11. A method for capacitive sensing comprising: concurrently driving a first transmitter electrode with a first transmitter signal and a second transmitter electrode with a second transmitter signal, wherein the first transmitter signal is based on a first digital code and the second transmitter signal is based on a second digital code,wherein the first digital code and the second digital code each comprise at least one non-integer multiple, andwherein concurrently driving the first transmitter electrode and the second transmitter electrode comprises performing pre-emphasis based on the at least one non-integer multiple in the first digital code and the second digital code;receiving a plurality of resulting signals using a plurality of receiver electrodes, the plurality of resulting signals comprising effects of the first transmitter signal and the second transmitter signal; anddetermining positional information based on the plurality of resulting signals. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first digital code comprises a plurality of elements, each element of the plurality of elements defining a voltage that is used to drive the first transmitter electrode. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein the first digital code comprises a plurality of elements, each element of the plurality of elements defining a number of pulses at each period of time when driving the first transmitter electrode. 14. The method of claim 11, wherein the first digital code further comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of a negative multiple and an integer multiple. 15. The method of claim 11, wherein the first transmitter signal is based on the first digital code comprises modulating a carrier signal based on the first digital code and the second transmitter signal is based on the second digital code comprises modulating the carrier signal based on the second digital code. 16. A processing system for capacitive sensing comprising: sensor circuitry configured to: concurrently drive a first transmitter electrode with a first transmitter signal and a second transmitter electrode with a second transmitter signal, wherein the first transmitter signal is based on a first digital code and the second transmitter signal is based on a second digital code,wherein the first digital code and the second digital code each comprise at least one non-integer multiple, andwherein concurrently driving the first transmitter electrode and the second transmitter electrode comprises performing pre-emphasis based on the at least one non-integer multiple in the first digital code and the second digital code, andreceive a plurality of resulting signals using a plurality of receiver electrodes, the plurality of resulting signals comprising effects of the first transmitter signal and the second transmitter signal; andprocessing circuitry configured to: determine positional information based on the plurality of resulting signals. 17. The processing system of claim 16, wherein the first digital code comprises a plurality of elements, each element of the plurality of elements defining a voltage that is used to drive the first transmitter electrode. 18. The processing system of claim 16, wherein the first digital code comprises a plurality of elements, each element of the plurality of elements defining a number of pulses at each period of time when driving the first transmitter electrode.
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