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Providing a baseline capacitance for a capacitance sensing channel

US9746974B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 26, 2015
Grant dateAug 29, 2017
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0446
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A capacitance-sensing circuit may include a channel input associated with measuring a capacitance of a unit cell of a capacitive sense array. The capacitance-sensing circuit may also include a capacitive hardware baseliner that is coupled to the channel input. The capacitive hardware baseliner may generate a baseline current using a baseline capacitor and may provide the baseline current to the channel input.

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