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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2023
Applicant:

Semtech Corporation, Camarillo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chaouki Rouaissia, Neuchâtel, CH;

Sébastien Grisot, Bourdry, CH;

Jerald G. Ott, Iii, Escondido, CA (US);

Assignee:

Semtech Corporation, Camarillo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/24 (2006.01); G01R 27/26 (2006.01); H03K 17/955 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/24 (2013.01); G01R 27/2605 (2013.01); H03K 17/955 (2013.01);
Abstract

A capacitive sensor device with a capacitance-measuring circuit, a main sense input and a reference sense input, wherein the capacitive sensor device is configured to measure, using the capacitance-measuring circuit, a current main value of capacitance seen by the main sense input and a current reference value of capacitance seen by the reference sense input, wherein the capacitive sensor device is configured to store one previously measured reference value, and wherein the capacitive sensor device is configured to use 1) the current main value, 2) the current reference value and the previously measured reference value, and 3) a current correction coefficient, the capacitive sensor device being configured to adaptively determine the current correction coefficient based on the current reference value and the previously measured reference value, for determining a corrected current main value of capacitance; the capacitive sensor device can be used in a portable electronic device.


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