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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
Edward L. Grivna, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Hans Van Antwerpen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Patrick Prendergast, Clinton, WA (US);
Edward L. Grivna, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Hans Van Antwerpen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Patrick Prendergast, Clinton, WA (US);
PARADE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A touch sensing system and methods of operating the same for pipelined conversions are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: (i) configuring a capacitive sensing system including a plurality of capacitive sensing elements for a first conversion; (ii) sensing capacitance in the capacitive sensing elements, and converting the capacitance sensed in the capacitive sensing elements to a digital, first conversion result; and (iii) while converting the capacitance sensed to the first conversion result, configuring the capacitive sensing system. In another embodiment, the capacitive sensing system includes a plurality of channels, and sensing capacitance and converting the capacitance sensed to the first conversion result includes integrating analog signals from the capacitive sensing elements for one of the plurality of channels while converting the integrated signal for another of the plurality of channels to a digital subconversion result.