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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2024
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Guozhong Shen, Fremont, CA (US);
Tom Vandermeijden, San Jose, CA (US);
Ching-Hsung Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for capacitive sensing using an input device are provided. The input device includes a display, a touch sensor and a processing system. The touch sensor has a plurality of transmitter electrodes with a first subset of positive transmitter electrodes driven by a positive sensing signal and a second subset of negative transmitter electrodes driven by a negative sensing signal. Each positive transmitter electrode spatially alternates with a negative transmitter electrode of the second subset of negative transmitter electrodes. The touch sensor includes a plurality of receiver electrodes arranged in differential pairs. Each differential pair includes a positive receiver electrode coupled to at least one of the first subset of positive transmitter electrodes and a negative receiver electrode coupled to at least one of the second subset of negative transmitter electrodes. The processing system transmits the positive sensing signal and the negative sensing signal, and receives a first resulting signal from the positive receiver electrode and a second resulting signal from the negative receiver electrode. The first resulting signal and the second resulting signal are combined to mitigate noise.