Synaptics Corporation

Marshall Bell

Stephen L Morein

Imre Knausz

Thomas A Mackin

Jeffrey S Lillie

John Childs

A source driver including: a current source that provides an approximately constant current; a channel coupled to a source electrode and including a digital to analog converters (DAC), the DAC including: a voltage source that applies an output voltage to the source electrode based on the approximately constant current provided by the current source; and a control unit having circuitry that: inputs a digital value; and terminates, based on the digital value, charging of the voltage source by the approximately constant current; and a calibration unit having circuitry that: generates a comparison between a test voltage applied by the voltage source with a target voltage; and modifies the approximately constant current based on the comparison.

Calibration of ramp digital to analog converter

A source driver for a display, including: a current source that provides an approximately constant current; and multiple channels coupled to multiple source electrodes and including multiple digital to analog converters (DAC), each DAC including: a voltage source that applies a voltage to a source electrode based on the approximately constant current provided by the current source; and a control unit having circuitry that: inputs a digital value; and terminates, based on the digital value, charging of the voltage source by the approximately constant current.

Ramp digital to analog converter

Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a processing system for a display device having an integrated sensing device. The processing system includes a driver module coupled to a plurality of source lines and a plurality of transmitter electrodes. Each transmitter electrode includes one or more common electrodes configured for display updating and input sensing. The driver module is configured for selecting a first display line for display updating and driving the sources lines with first display update signals to update the first display line. The drive module is further configured for driving a first transmitter electrode of the plurality of transmitter electrodes for input sensing during a non-display update period and driving the source lines with restore signals during a restart period. The processing system further includes a receiver module coupled to a plurality of receiver electrodes and configured for receiving resulting signals with the receiver electrodes.

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