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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Terje Saether, Trondheim, NO;
Carl Olof Fredrik Jonsson, Gavle, SE;
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a driver circuit and a sensing system. The driver circuit includes an operational transconductance amplifier and a current mirror. The current mirror is coupled to the operational transconductance amplifier. The sensing system is coupled to the first current mirror. The sensing system is operable to detect a touch based on a change in capacitance at an electrode of a plurality of electrodes of a touch sensor.