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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terence J. Murphy, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Intruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/726 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/726 ;
Abstract
A electrostatic sensing device for sensing a voltage from a electrostatic device, includes a first actuator having a first membrane and a first electrode, the first membrane being moveable and a second actuator having a second membrane and a second electrode, the second membrane being moveable. Additionally, a control device controls the first actuator and the second actuator to alternatively charge the first actuator with a first charge and the second actuator with a second charge, and a circuit outputs a first voltage linearly based on the first charge and a second voltage linearly based on the second charge.