公开(公告)号：US10085112B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-25

申请号：US14997410

申请日：2016-01-15

Applicant: Atmel Corporation

Inventor： Tilo Ferchland ,  Michael Schmidt ,  Eric Sachse

IPC: H04J1/16 ,  H04W4/02 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S13/76 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L1/20 ,  H04W56/00

Abstract: A circuit of a node in a radio network and method for transit time measurement between a first node and a second node of a radio network is provided. A frame is transmitted by the first node, wherein the frame requires an acknowledgment of reception by the second node. A first point in time of the transmission of the frame is established by the first node by a time counter. The frame is received by the second node at a second point in time. The acknowledgment is transmitted by the second node to the first node at a third point in time, wherein the third point in time depends on the second point in time by a predetermined time interval between the second point in time and the third point in time. A fourth point in time is established by the first node by the time counter when the acknowledgment is received. The transit time or the change in transit time is determined from the first point in time established by the time counter and from the established fourth point in time and from the predetermined time interval.

公开(公告)号：US10082889B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-25

申请号：US13332919

申请日：2011-12-21

Applicant: Kishore Sundara-Rajan ,  Shahrooz Shahparnia

Inventor： Kishore Sundara-Rajan ,  Shahrooz Shahparnia

IPC: G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/0354

CPC classification number: G06F3/03545

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device includes a stylus tip capable of communicating wirelessly with another device through a touch sensor of the other device. The stylus tip includes one or more surface areas, one or more substrates disposed along one or more of the surface areas of the stylus tip, and a plurality of electrodes disposed on or in the one or more substrates.

公开(公告)号：US10045290B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-07

申请号：US14688556

申请日：2015-04-16

Applicant: Atmel Corporation

Inventor： Katelijn Vleugels ,  Roel Peeters

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W28/26 ,  H04W92/02 ,  H04W74/06 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W84/10 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W84/20 ,  H04W84/22 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W88/10 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A computing device is interfaced with other devices in a wireless personal area network (PAN) to enhance co-existence with a wireless local area network (WLAN). The computing device coordinates activity of the wireless PAN as a coordinator for the wireless PAN, including communicating with the wireless PAN devices using an overlay protocol that is only partially compliant with the protocol used over the WLAN but enables co-existence. WLAN devices can, upon hearing an overlay protocol frame, understand at least enough of the overlay protocol frame to defer use of a common wireless networking medium. If the PAN coordinator is capable of associating with the WLAN, it can be a dual-network device capable of associating with the WLAN and PAN simultaneously. The dual-network device can use a common network module to handle both WLAN and PAN traffic, communicate with a WLAN device in ad hoc mode and enable power saving.

公开(公告)号：US10042501B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-07

申请号：US15868706

申请日：2018-01-11

Applicant: Atmel Corporation

Inventor： Samuel Brunet ,  Richard Paul Collins ,  Luben Hristov ,  Steinar Myren ,  Trond Jarle Pedersen ,  Paul Stavely

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a sensor and a controller having a processor and a memory. The memory includes logic operable, when executed by the processor, to connect each electrode of a first subset of electrodes of the sensor and determine a first value associated with the first subset of electrodes. Based at least on the first value, the logic is further operable to alter the first subset of electrodes to a second subset of electrodes and connect, in response to determining to alter the first subset of electrodes to the second subset of electrodes, each electrode of the second subset of electrodes of the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US10025423B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-17

申请号：US15138152

申请日：2016-04-25

Applicant: Atmel Corporation

Inventor： Arne Aas ,  Torbjorn Viksand

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: In an embodiment, a circuit comprises: an analog driver operable to drive a sensor voltage on a capacitive sensor; a digital driver; a shield drive control coupled to the analog driver and the digital driver, the shield drive control operable to: during a one or more phases of a capacitive measurement of the capacitive sensor, disable the analog driver and enable the digital driver to drive a driven shield; and during one or more other phases of a capacitive measurement of the capacitive sensor, disable the digital driver and enable the analog driver to drive the driven shield with a driven shield voltage that replicates the sensor voltage.

公开(公告)号：US09983748B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US15045834

申请日：2016-02-17

Applicant: Atmel Corporation

Inventor： Trond Jarle Pedersen ,  Torgeir Fenheim ,  Jan Rune Herheim ,  Stefan Markus Schabel

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F1/32

CPC classification number: G06F3/044 ,  G06F1/3262 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F2203/04107

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first electrode, one or more processors, and one or more memory units coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more memory units collectively store logic that is configured to cause the one or more processors to control connections of the first electrode by connecting the first electrode to a first reference voltage, then connecting the first electrode to a second reference voltage lower than the first reference voltage, and then connecting the first electrode to a third reference voltage lower than the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage. The second reference voltage is coupled to a capacitor.

公开(公告)号：US09958966B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US13653300

申请日：2012-10-16

Applicant: Vemund Kval Bakken ,  Izhar Bentov ,  Vivek Pant

Inventor： Vemund Kval Bakken ,  Izhar Bentov ,  Vivek Pant

IPC: G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/044

CPC classification number: G06F3/03545 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/0381

Abstract: A method of one embodiment includes generating, by a touch-sensing device, a first signal comprising information identifying a first electrode line of an electrode array of the touch-sensing device, the first signal having a first strength. The first electrode sends the first signal to a stylus, which receives the first signal, the first signal having a received strength. The stylus sends a second signal comprising information based on the received first signal, and the touch-sensing device receives the second signal. A position of the stylus is determined based at least in part on the information identifying the first electrode line and the received strength of the first signal.

公开(公告)号：US09953000B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-24

申请号：US14826443

申请日：2015-08-14

Applicant: Atmel Corporation

Inventor： Francois Fosse ,  Laurent Le Goffic

IPC: G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F13/364

CPC classification number: G06F13/4068 ,  G06F13/364 ,  G06F13/4282 ,  G06F13/4291 ,  G06F2213/0016

Abstract: A device comprising: a bus master, including a bi-directional data and clock lines, configured to produce a select signal output for enabling data transmission on the bi-directional data line to first/second different data busses supporting multiple slave devices configured to receive/transmit data over a respective data bus and to receive a clock signal from the bus master from the clock line; and a de-multiplexer including an input, first and second outputs and a control input, the input coupled to the bi-directional data line of the bus master, first/second outputs of the de-multiplexer coupled to first/second data busses, respectively, and the control input configured to receive the select signal from the bus master that is configured to communicate to a first slave device when the select signal is in a first state, and a second different slave device when the select signal is in a second different state.

公开(公告)号：US09927476B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-27

申请号：US14144174

申请日：2013-12-30

Applicant: Atmel Corporation

Inventor： Harald Philipp ,  Luben Hristov

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G01R27/26

CPC classification number: G01R27/2605 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: A position sensor comprises first and second electrodes that generally extend in a first direction and are arranged in a pattern that defines a sensitive area, the second electrodes interleaved with the first electrodes in a second direction. The first electrodes comprise first, second, and third groups of elements, elements in the first, second, and third groups being connected to each other but not to elements in another group. The elements have shapes configured for adjacent elements in the first and second groups to co-extend in the first direction over a first portion of the sensitive area and to provide ratiometric capacitive signals with respect to each other in the first direction, and adjacent elements in the second and third groups to co-extend in the first direction over a second portion of the sensitive area and to provide ratiometric capacitive signals with respect to each other in the first direction.

公开(公告)号：US09921778B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US15093064

申请日：2016-04-07

Applicant: Atmel Corporation

Inventor： Frédéric Schumacher ,  Guillaume Pean ,  Renaud Tiennot

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/16

CPC classification number: G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0679 ,  G06F12/0246 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/1694 ,  G06F2206/1014

Abstract: A microcontroller includes a microprocessor, a serial flash memory interface, and input/output (I/O) terminals for coupling the serial flash memory interface to external serial flash memory. The microprocessor is operable to generate instruction frames that trigger respective commands to read data from specified addresses in the external serial flash memory. The serial flash memory interface receives and processes the instruction frames, obtains the data contained in the specified addresses in the external serial flash memory regardless of whether the specified addresses are sequential or non-sequential, and provides the data for use by the microprocessor.