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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Elan Microelectronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chao-Chi Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Shih-How Peng, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G01R 17/02 (2006.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 17/02 (2013.01); G01D 5/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit and a method for sensing differential capacitance involve using plural storing capacitors to repeatedly sample charges of the differential capacitance in an over-sampling manner, and storing the charges sampled in different transfer rounds into different storing capacitors instead of repeatedly transferring charges for a single storing capacitor, so as to collect charge averages about both inputs and noises and in turn effectively reduce RF interference and source noises.