Driven shield control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10025423
APP PUB NO 20170308219A1
SERIAL NO

15138152

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In an embodiment, a circuit comprises: an analog driver operable to drive a sensor voltage on a capacitive sensor; a digital driver; a shield drive control coupled to the analog driver and the digital driver, the shield drive control operable to: during a one or more phases of a capacitive measurement of the capacitive sensor, disable the analog driver and enable the digital driver to drive a driven shield; and during one or more other phases of a capacitive measurement of the capacitive sensor, disable the digital driver and enable the analog driver to drive the driven shield with a driven shield voltage that replicates the sensor voltage.

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ATMEL CORPORATION2355 W CHANDLER BLVD CHANDLER AS 85224

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aas, Arne Trondheim, NO 23 354
Viksand, Torbjorn Trondheim, NO 1 8

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