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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Lionel Portmann, Lausanne, CH;
Axel Heim, Munich, DE;
Andreas Dorfner, Munich, DE;
Claus Kaltner, Bergkirchen, DE;
Assignee:
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/047 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/047 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); H03K 17/962 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); H03K 2217/94094 (2013.01); H03K 2217/96023 (2013.01); H03K 2217/960765 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device has one or more electrodes configured for capacitive sensing, an electronic circuit, one or more conductive feed line(s) connecting the one or more electrode(s) with the electronic circuit, wherein the device is configured to increase or decrease a signal received from at least one of the electrodes through an associated feed line in function of at least one other signal from another electrode.