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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Jozef Froniewski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jay LI, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cheng-hao Chen, Taipei, TW;
Yinn-jang Wu, Campbell, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jozef Froniewski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jay Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cheng-Hao Chen, Taipei, TW;
Yinn-Jang Wu, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Silego Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/06 (2006.01); H03K 17/975 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/975 (2013.01); H03K 2217/960775 (2013.01);
Abstract
A capacitive coupling based sensor is disclosed. In some embodiments, a sensor comprises a transmitter and a receiver that are configured to be capacitively coupled when a coupling condition is satisfied as well as a circuit configured to determine whether a received signal that is received by the receiver matches a transmitted signal that is transmitted by the transmitter.