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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajagopal Narayanasamy, Bangalore, IN;
Mahadevan Krishnamurthy Narayana Swamy, Mysore, IN;
David G. Wright, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steve Kolokowsky, San Diego, CA (US);
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus include a plurality of sensor elements arranged within an integrated circuit package and a controller arranged within the integrated circuit package and coupled to the plurality of sensor elements. The controller is configured to apply a transmit signal to a first sensor element of the plurality of sensor elements and receive a receive signal from a second sensor element of the plurality of sensor elements. The receive signal represents a mutual capacitance of the first sensor element and the second sensor element.