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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Arash Akhavan Fomani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Patrick Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein include an input device including an array of sensing pixels configured to sense an input object in a sensing region, each of the sensing pixels including a sense element. Each of the sensing pixels also includes a first transistor, wherein the first transistor includes a gate terminal connected to a row select line and a second terminal connected to the sense element. Each of the sensing pixels also includes a non-linear circuit element, wherein the non-linear circuit element includes a first terminal connected to the sense element and the second terminal of the first transistor, and wherein the non-linear circuit element further includes a second terminal connected to a column output line.