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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY GERMANY GMBH, Rosenheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system has a gesture detection device with a plurality of input channels and an output channel which uses an alternating electric near field generated through at least one transmission electrode coupled with the output channel, wherein some of the input channels are coupled with receiving electrodes of the gesture detection device. The system further has a plurality of touch electrodes, wherein the touch electrodes are coupled with one of the input channels by multiplexing.