发明名称 Capacitance sensor using relaxation oscillators
摘要 An apparatus that may be used to sense capacitance, as well as other functions. The apparatus includes a comparator circuit with hysteresis, a capacitor, and a current driver. The comparator circuit with hysteresis includes a first input and an output. The capacitor is coupled to the first input of the comparator circuit with hysteresis. The current driver is coupled to the output of the comparator circuit with hysteresis and to the capacitor. The current driver reciprocally sources and sinks a drive current through a terminal of the capacitor to oscillate a voltage potential at the terminal of the capacitor between a low reference potential and a high reference potential. The current driver is responsive to the output of the comparator circuit with hysteresis.
申请公布号 US7307485(B1) 申请公布日期 2007.12.11
申请号 US20050273708 申请日期 2005.11.14
申请人 CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 发明人 SNYDER WARREN S.;ESS DAVID VAN
分类号 H03K3/02;G01R27/26 主分类号 H03K3/02
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