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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Disruptive Technologies Research As, Rådal, NO;
Inventor:
Bjørnar Hernes, Trondheim, NO;
Assignee:
Disuptive Technologies Research AS, Radal, NO;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A capacitive sensor device is provided. The capacitive sensor device may include a clock module configured to generate a clock signal, a sensor module configured to generate a reference signal and a sense signal, and sample a difference between the reference signal and the sense signal according to the clock signal, and a current supply module configured to selectively generate a bias current according to the clock signal, and charge each of the clock module and the sensor module based on the bias current and according to the clock signal.