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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Microchip Technology Germany Gmbh, Gilching, DE;
Inventors:
Roland Aubauer, Wessling, DE;
Andreas Dorfner, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Microchip Technology Germany GmbH, Gilching, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); H05K 1/028 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04107 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrode arrangement has a transmitting electrode which during a measurement cycle is configured to receive an alternating transmission signal and a plurality of receiving electrodes configured to detect disturbances in an electric field formed by the transmitting electrode. The transmitting electrode and the receiving electrode are arranged in a single layer such that a single transmitting electrode is formed by an electrode structure that substantially surrounds each receiving electrode of the plurality of receiving electrodes.