H03K17/962

Capacitance detection circuit, sensor, chip and electronic device
11609664 · 2023-03-21 · ·

A capacitance detection circuit is provided, which includes a capacitance control module, a charge conversion module and a filter module connected with each other. The capacitance control module controls a capacitor to be charged/discharged for multiple times and generates a digital voltage signal according to an amount of received charges. The capacitor releases all stored charges after being charged to a preset voltage during each charge/discharge. In response to the digital voltage signal being at a high level, the charge conversion module outputs negative charges with a preset charge amount to the capacitance control module. The preset charge amount is greater than or equal to an amount of the stored charges when the capacitor is charged to the preset voltage. The filter module obtains a value representing a capacitance of the capacitor according to the digital voltage signal.

Touch detection circuit with different charging and discharging currents and operating method thereof
11611344 · 2023-03-21 · ·

There is provided a touch detection circuit including a charging circuit, a discharging circuit, a counter and a processor. The charging circuit charges a detection capacitor within a charging interval using different currents. The discharging circuit discharges the detection capacitor within a discharging interval using different currents. The counter counts the charging interval and the discharging interval. The processor subtracts a baseline time from a counted charging time and a counted discharging time to cancel the noise interference.

Driving circuit and a related electronic device

The present disclosure discloses a driving circuit and a related chip and electronic device. The driving circuit is configured to drive a load and includes: a control unit, configured to generate a first control signal and a second control signal; a first output terminal, coupled to the capacitive touch screen; a mutual capacitive driving circuit, including: a first pull-up unit, configured to selectively pull up the first output terminal coupled to a high voltage level according to the first control signal; a first pull-down unit, configured to selectively couple the first output terminal to a low voltage level according to the second control signal; a first low-pass filter circuit, coupled between the control unit and the first pull-up unit; and a second low-pass filter circuit, coupled between the control unit and the first pull-down unit.

Switch assembly with integrated haptic exciter

A switch assembly that provides haptic feedback includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first planar surface that faces in a first direction and a second planar surface that faces in a second direction, the second direction being opposite from the first direction, a touch plate having a first surface that faces in the first direction and a second surface that faces in the second direction, wherein the first surface of the touch plate is proximate the second planar surface of the PCB, and a haptic exciter that has a conductive coil of wire having a hollow inner core and a magnet that is at least partially disposed within the hollow inner core of the coil of wire such that the magnet alternatively moves in the first and second directions as an alternating current passes through the conductive coil of wire.

TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED TOUCH SENSING
20230080125 · 2023-03-16 ·

Embodiments included herein are directed towards a method for determining a temperature-compensated touch state of a device, and related systems. The method may include receiving, by a processor of the device and from a first sensor of the device, a first measured value corresponding to a first sensor measurement captured by the first sensor. The method may further include receiving, by the processor and from a temperature sensor of the device, a temperature value corresponding to a first temperature measurement associated with the device and captured by the temperature sensor. The method may also include adjusting a signal corresponding to the first sensor measurement based upon, at least in part, the temperature value, to create a temperature-compensated touch signal. The method may additionally include determining, by the processor, the temperature-compensated touch state of the device based upon, at least in part, the temperature-compensated touch signal.

Capacitive sensor and method of manufacturing the same

A capacitive sensor includes: a substrate that is in the form of a sheet; and a sensor electrode that is capacitive and disposed on a frontside of the substrate. The sensor electrode is a conductive fabric made by applying a metal plating on a mesh fabric that is woven of a plurality of warps and a plurality of wefts and that has openings each formed by two adjacent warps among the plurality of warps and two adjacent wefts among the plurality of wefts. An area defined by a maximum outside diameter of a warp or weft is smaller than an area of an opening space of each of the openings.

Capacitance detection circuit, touch detection apparatus and electronic device
11481072 · 2022-10-25 · ·

Provided is a capacitance detection circuit, which has better detection performance. The capacitance detection circuit includes: a first charging and discharging circuit configured to perform charging or discharging on a capacitor to be detected; a second charging and discharging circuit configured to perform charging or discharging on a calibration capacitor; an analog-to-digital conversion circuit configured to continuously sample a voltage difference between the capacitor to be detected and the calibration capacitor in a charging or discharging process to obtain sampled data; and a digital processing circuit configured to detect a capacitance of the capacitor to be detected according to the sampled data.

Solid-state touch-enabled switch and related method

A solid-state switch for an external system includes a cover member, a first solid-state transducer, a microcontroller, a user feedback device, and a switching circuit. The first transducer is mechanically coupled to the cover member and configured to generate first signals in response to a perturbation at the cover member. The microcontroller is configured to obtain first data from the first signals and determine user inputs in accordance with at least the first data and an operational state of the solid-state switch. The user feedback device is configured to provide feedback to a user of the solid-state switch in accordance with a switching behavior of the switching circuit. The microcontroller is couplable to a master controller of the external system. The switching behavior of the switching circuit is determined in accordance with: (a) the commands from the master controller to the microcontroller, and/or (b) user inputs as determined by the microcontroller.

In-ear detection of wearable devices
11483658 · 2022-10-25 · ·

A system and method for determining an in-ear status of wearable audio devices includes determining that the devices are each proximate a portion of a body of a user. Each device determines its orientation; if both orientations correspond to ears of the user, the devices output corresponding audio.

Device and method for touch sensing

An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method of detection of a touch contact by a sensor including a first step of comparison of a voltage with a first voltage threshold; and a second step of comparison of the voltage with a second voltage threshold, the second step being implemented if the first voltage threshold has been reached within a duration shorter than a first duration threshold, the second voltage threshold being higher than the first voltage threshold.