Capacitive Touch Sensor Control Unit With Automatic Gain Control
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In one embodiment, a touch sensor having automatically adjustable gain control includes an amplifier coupled to a first sense line of a touch sensor. The amplifier receives a signal from the first sense line and scales the signal by an amount of gain. An analog-to-digital (ADC) converter receives the signal from the amplifier and converts the signal from an analog signal to a first digital signal. A processor receives the first digital signal from the ADC and, without user input, automatically calculates the amount of gain for scaling the signal based on the received first digital signal. A feedback loop transmits the amount of gain to the amplifier for applying the amount of gain to the signal.
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ATMEL CORPORATION | 2325 ORCHARD PKWY SAN JOSE CA 95131 |
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- 2013 Application Filing Year
- G06F Class
- 48303 Applications Filed
- 43929 Patents Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Singh, Tajeshwar | Klaebu, NO | 7 | 47 |
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 47 |
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