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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Holger Erkens, Düsseldorf, DE;
Holger Erkens, Düsseldorf, DE;
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY GERMANY GMBH, Gilching, DE;
Abstract
An electrode configuration for a capacitive sensor device has a transmitting electrode and a receiving electrode, wherein the transmitting electrode can be brought into a capacitive coupling with the receiving electrode, wherein the electrode configuration has at least one first and second sensor area, wherein both of the electrode surfaces of the transmitting electrode and of the receiving electrode in the first sensor area are small compared to the electrode surfaces of the transmitting electrode and of the receiving electrode in the second sensor area. A capacitive sensor device for the detection of an approximation may have such an electrode configuration. An electrical device, particularly an electrical hand-held device, may have at least one such capacitive sensor device.