Himax Technologies, Inc.

Yu-Chun Lin

Yaw-Guang Chang

Jia-Ming He

Yi-Yang Tsai

Chang-Hui Lin

Yi-Long Yang

A touch sensing circuit for use in a touch sensitive device includes: an integrator, a first switching unit and a control signal generator. The integrator, coupled to at least one sensing electrode of a touch panel in the touch sensitive device, and arranged to collect charges on the at least one sensing electrode and accordingly generate an output sensed signal. The first switching unit is arranged to selectively couple a first end of the at least one sensing electrode to a reference voltage level according to a first mask signal. The control signal generator is arranged to generate the first mask signal according to a synchronization signal of a display panel in the touch sensitive device, wherein the first switching unit couples the first end of the at least one sensing electrode to the reference voltage level when the synchronization signal is asserted.

Touch sensing circuit that selectively couples a sensing electrode to a reference voltage in response to an assertion of a synchronization signal and touch sensitive device

A position input system includes a touch screen, an active stylus and a driver. The driver transmits an uplink signal to the active stylus via the touch screen in a current touch period, the uplink signal containing timing information that informs the active stylus of timing of a next touch period in which the active stylus transmits a downlink signal to the driver via the touch screen. In another embodiment, the driver transmits an uplink signal to the active stylus via the touch screen in a current touch period of a current frame at a time different from a corresponding touch period of a previous frame.

Position input system and method

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a first integrated circuit (IC) and a second IC. The direction pin of the first IC outputs a direction control signal to the direction pin of the second IC. The first IC takes a control right when the direction control signal is in a first logic state. The clock pin of the first IC outputs a first clock signal to the clock pin of the second IC when the first IC takes the control right. The second IC takes the control right when the direction control signal is in a second logic state. The clock pin of the second IC outputs a second clock signal to the clock pin of the first IC when the second IC takes the control right.

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Tainan, Taiwan

Yu-Chun Lin