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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Thomas Suwald, Hamburg, DE;
Arne Burghardt, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); H03K 17/9622 (2013.01); H03K 2017/9606 (2013.01); H03K 2217/9605 (2013.01); H03K 2217/96074 (2013.01); H03K 2217/960725 (2013.01);
Abstract
It is disclosed a touch sensor () for sensing a user touch, comprising an electrically conductive structure () having an electrically conductive touch area () exposed to the environment; a first capacitor () having a first electrode () electrically connected with the conductive structure (); a second capacitor () having a first electrode () connected to a second electrode () of the first capacitor (); and a driver arrangement () connected to the first capacitor and the second capacitor and adapted to perform particular operation steps.