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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Silego Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jozef Froniewski, Gilroy, CA (US);
Assignee:
Silego Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/241 (2006.01); H01H 19/14 (2006.01); G01D 5/249 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/2417 (2013.01); G01D 5/2415 (2013.01); G01D 5/2497 (2013.01); H01H 19/14 (2013.01); G01D 5/241 (2013.01);
Abstract
A contactless encoder is disclosed. The encoder comprises a selector configured to select one of a plurality of states associated with the encoder. The encoder furthermore comprises an integrated circuit comprising a finite state machine configured to detect a currently selected state by the selector and generate an output signal corresponding to the detected currently selected state, wherein the currently selected state is detected based on a capacitive coupling between the selector and a portion of the encoder associated with the currently selected state.