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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2017
Applicant:

Raydium Semiconductor Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Yu Kuang, Hsinchu, TW;

Tsung-Yi Su, New Taipei, TW;

Shih-Chin Chang, Hsinchu, TW;

Assignee:

Raydium Semiconductor Corporation, Hsinchu County, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G01C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/2605 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit and method of measuring capacitance are disclosed. The capacitance measuring circuit includes an integrator circuit, a first control circuit, a second control circuit and a processor circuit. The capacitance measuring method includes steps of: using a current source and a charging/discharging time to generate a first charge amount related to a second charge amount of a capacitor to be detected; generating a third charge amount and generating a fourth charge amount according to the first charge amount and the third charge amount; generating a fifth charge amount and generating a remaining charge amount according to the fifth charge amount and fourth charge amount; using an integrator to convert the remaining charge amount into a first voltage and generating a judging result according to whether the first voltage meets a second voltage; and calculating the judging result to obtain a capacitance variation of the capacitor to be detected.


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