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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
David G. Wright, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H04M 1/724 (2021.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/0012 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0443 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 3/04162 (2019.05); G06F 3/041661 (2019.05); G06Q 20/3674 (2013.01); H04B 5/0043 (2013.01); H04M 1/724 (2021.01);
Abstract
A system made up of a first device which includes a communication interface and a processing device and a second device which includes a touch sensor assembly and a controller, where the controller uses the touch sensor assembly to communicate with the processing device through a capacitor that is jointly formed by the touch sensor assembly and a conductive portion of the communications interface.