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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2012
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan R. Peterson, Everett, WA (US);
Robert Michael Birch, Seattle, WA (US);
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus varying, by interval, a frequency of a drive signal applied to one electrode of each of a plurality of electrode pairs, select a frequency corresponding to the frequency of the drive signal, monitor changes in capacitance of each of the electrode pairs through receive signals at the selected frequency, from the other electrode of each of the plurality of electrode pairs; and determine a position of at least two objects, which are simultaneously on a touch device, according to the monitored capacitance changes.
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