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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Shruti Hanumanthaiah, Bangalore, IN;
Kannan Srinivasagam, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Shruti Hanumanthaiah, Bangalore, IN;
Kannan Srinivasagam, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); H03K 17/975 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01); H03K 17/98 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/975 (2013.01); H03K 17/962 (2013.01); H03K 17/9622 (2013.01); H03K 17/98 (2013.01);
Abstract
A capacitance sense device can include a plurality of sense electrodes; a nonconductive structure comprising first regions formed over the sense electrodes and second regions formed between first regions that are less compressible than the first regions; a conductive touch surface formed over the nonconductive structure; and a capacitance sense circuit coupled to at least the sense electrodes.