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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Ruslan Omelchuk, Lviv, UA;
Mykhaylo Krekhovelskyy, Lviv, UA;
Inventors:
Ruslan Omelchuk, Lviv, UA;
Mykhaylo Krekhovelskyy, Lviv, UA;
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to increase a transmit (TX) signal generated by an active stylus without increasing the power consumption of the active stylus. In one aspect, the active stylus increases the amplitude of the TX signal. In another aspect, the active stylus increases the TX signal by providing the capacitance of a body of a user to the stylus.