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Patent No.:

US 9261545 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2012
Applicants:

Yukihiro Iwamoto, Kyoto, JP;

Yuji Shimada, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yukihiro Iwamoto, Kyoto, JP;

Yuji Shimada, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/2605 (2013.01); H03K 17/962 (2013.01);
Abstract

A capacitance voltage conversion circuit, which converts respective capacitances of a plurality of sensor capacitors into voltages, includes: a plurality of capacitance current conversion circuits disposed in respective correspondence with the sensor capacitors, each capacitance current conversion circuit configured to generate a detection current corresponding to a capacitance of a corresponding sensor capacitor; a current average circuit configured to average a plurality of detection currents, which are respectively generated by the capacitance current conversion circuits, to generate an average current; and a plurality of current voltage conversion circuits disposed in respective correspondence with the sensor capacitors, each current voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a difference current between a corresponding detection current and the average current into a voltage.


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