Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for blocking accumulation of electrical fast transient (EFT) noise
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Application No.: US14753129Application Date: 2015-06-29
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Publication No.: US09990091B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Chee Weng Cheong , EngJye Ng , Dianbo Guo , Chaochao Zhang , Kusuma Adi Ningrat
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Main IPC: G06F3/045
- IPC: G06F3/045 ; G06F3/044

Abstract:
A charge sensing circuit generates a voltage in a sensing period that is indicative of sensed charge. The generated voltages are accumulated by an accumulator circuit over a number of sensing periods. A noise detection circuit senses when the voltage generated by the charge sensing circuit is outside of a boundary and generates a detection signal in response thereto. A control circuit, in response to the detection signal, controls the accumulator circuit to block accumulation of the voltages generated by the charge sensing circuit during at least the sensing period in which the detection signal is generated. An analog-to-digital converter circuit then converts an accumulated output voltage from the accumulator circuit to a digital value at the end of an accumulation time period that includes the sensing periods. The end of the accumulation time period is delayed by at least one sensing period in response to the detection signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160378222A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOCKING ACCUMULATION OF ELECTRICAL FAST TRANSIENT (EFT) NOISE Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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