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Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christian M. Sauer, Cupertino, CA (US);

Christoph H. Krah, Cupertino, CA (US);

Steven P. Hotelling, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Martin Paul Grunthaner, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device can include an integrated touch and display chip that can operate in multiple power domains. For example, the integrated touch and display chip can operate in a guarded power domain during the touch operation and can operate in a system power domain during non-guarded display operations. In some examples, two power domains can include a guarded power domain and a system power domain, whose grounds can be differentiated by a guard buffer signal. In some examples, the guard buffer can be disposed between the integrated touch and display chip and a battery of the device. In some examples, the guard buffer can be disposed between the battery of the device and the chassis of the device.


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