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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Stefan Burger, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Stefan Burger, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G01R 1/04 (2006.01); H05K 1/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/0408 (2013.01); H05K 1/162 (2013.01); H03K 17/962 (2013.01); H03K 2017/9602 (2013.01); H03K 2217/960765 (2013.01); H03K 2217/960775 (2013.01); H05K 2201/0919 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09672 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printed circuit board (P) has an evaluation device (E) and an electrode configuration of a capacitive sensor, wherein the electrode configuration has at least two electrodes, one arranged above the other and spaced apart from each other, which each are formed by portions of at least one electrically conductive layer of the printed circuit board (P), and wherein at least one electrode of the electrode configuration is coupled with the evaluation device (E) via a conductor path of the printed circuit board (P). Furthermore, an electric handheld device may have at least one such printed circuit board (P).