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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2020
Applicant:

Sensirion Ag, Stäfa, CH;

Inventor:

Marcel Plüss, Stäfa, CH;

Assignee:

Sensirion AG, Stäfa, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G01N 27/22 (2006.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/223 (2013.01); G01D 5/24 (2013.01); G01N 27/221 (2013.01); G01N 27/226 (2013.01); G01N 27/228 (2013.01);
Abstract

A capacitive sensor includes a substrate and an electrode structure including at least a first electrode, a second electrode and a sensing layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The sensor further includes a measurement circuit configured to measure the capacitance of the electrode structure by applying, at a first measurement phase, a first pair of electrical potentials including a first electrical potential of the first electrode and a first electrical potential of the second electrode to the first electrode and the second electrode by applying, at a second measurement phase, a second pair of electrical potentials including a second electrical potential of the first electrode and a second electrical potential of the second electrode to the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrical potential of the second electrode and the second electrical potential of the second electrode are different from each other.


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