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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Yuval Stern, Even-Yehuda, IL;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing, a tip configured to move with respect to the housing based on contact pressure applied the tip, and a circuit. The circuit detects pressure applied on the tip based on movement of the tip. The circuit includes a variable current source configured to drive a sensor, a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) configured to receive current from the sensor and an analog to digital converter configured to sample output from the TIA.