Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wide dynamic range capacitive sensing
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Application No.: US13460620Application Date: 2012-04-30
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Publication No.: US09086767B2Publication Date: 2015-07-21
- Inventor: John Greer Elias , Steven Porter Hotelling
- Applicant: John Greer Elias , Steven Porter Hotelling
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044

Abstract:
A touch sensor panel configured to detect objects touching the panel as well as objects that are at a varying proximity to the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can configure the panel in a mutual capacitance (near field) architecture or a self-capacitance (far field and super far field) architecture. The touch sensor panel can also include circuitry that works to minimize an effect that a parasitic capacitance can have on the ability of the touch sensor panel to reliably detect touch and proximity events.
Public/Granted literature
- US09201547B2 Wide dynamic range capacitive sensing Public/Granted day:2015-12-01
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