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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Yunrae Jo, Yongin-si, KR;
Jinchul Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sungyong Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Bumsoo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yoonkyung Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for sensing a touch includes: a sensor array including a plurality of sensor groups, each of the plurality of sensor groups including sensors adjacent to each other; a first switch circuit configured to connect each of the plurality of sensor groups to a first channel or a second channel according to a first control signal; and a second switch circuit configured to select one of the first channel and the second channel according to a second control signal, wherein the first channel includes first signal lines connected to respective sensors included in a first sensor group of the plurality of sensor groups by the first switch circuit, and the second channel includes a second signal line commonly connected to the sensors included in the first sensor group by the first switch circuit.