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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Cole D. Wilson, Everett, WA (US);
Patrick N Prendergast, Clinton, WA (US);
Jonathan R Peterson, Everett, WA (US);
Assignee:
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04111 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic system includes a processing device and a trellis pattern of conductors coupled to the processing device. The trellis pattern of conductors forms a multiple capacitors and the processing device is configured to sense a capacitance of each of the capacitors. A host is coupled to the processing device. The host includes decision logic to determine a state of the trellis pattern of conductors responsive to a signal that indicates a capacitance of one or more capacitors sensed by the processing device.