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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Carl Liepold, San Jose, CA (US);
Hans Klein, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Hans Van Antwerpen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Adrian Woolley, Livermore, CA (US);
David Wright, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G01R 27/26 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01); G06F 1/3215 (2019.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2013.01); G01R 27/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/3215 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2013.01); H03K 17/962 (2013.01); Y02D 10/173 (2018.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a sensing system includes receiving, from a processing device, control information for configuring a capacitance sensing circuit, configuring the capacitance sensing circuit with the control information in response to receiving the control information, and controlling power consumption of the processing device based on the control information and based on a capacitance measured by the capacitance sensing circuit.