Method for increasing signal to noise ratio of capacitive touch device and capacitive touch device and touch panel using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016018940-A1
Application number	US-201514714040-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 15, 2015
Priority date	Jul 18, 2014
Publication date	Jan 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for increasing a signal to noise ratio of a capacitive touch device and a capacitive touch device and a touch panel using the same are provided. The capacitive touch device includes a first sensing electrode, a second sensing electrode, a touch detector, a resonant inductor and a detection signal output circuit.
An output terminal of the detection signal output circuit outputs a detection signal, such that the resonant inductor and an equivalent capacitor of the first sensing electrode are resonant, and the first sensing electrode receives a resonant sinusoidal wave. When an electric field signal detected by the detecting terminal of the touch detector is smaller than a preset value, it is determined that the capacitive touch device is touched.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A touch panel, comprising:
M first-axis sensing electrodes, wherein M is a natural number; N second-axis sensing electrodes, wherein N is a natural number; a touch detector comprising N detecting terminals, wherein an I th detecting terminal of the touch detector is coupled to an I th second-axis sensing electrode, wherein I is a natural number, and 0<I<=N; M resonant inductors, wherein each of the resonant inductors comprises a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein a first terminal of the J th resonant inductor is coupled to the I th first-axis sensing electrode, wherein J is a natural number, and 0<J<=M; and a detection signal output circuit comprising M output terminals, wherein a K th output terminal of the detection signal output circuit is coupled to a second terminal of the K th resonant inductor, wherein K is a natural number, and 0<K<=M; wherein a detecting period is divided into M scanning periods, wherein in the P th scanning period, the P th output terminal of the detection signal output circuit outputs a detection signal, so that he resonant inductor and an equivalent capacitor of the P th first-axis sensing electrode are resonant, and the P th first-axis sensing electrode receives a resonant sinusoidal wave, wherein in the P th scanning period, when an electric field signal detected by the Q th detecting terminal of the touch detector is smaller than a preset value, it is determined that a (P, Q) coordinate of the touch panel is touched, wherein P and Q are natural numbers, and 0<P<=M, 0<Q<=N.

2 . The touch panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
M resonant capacitors each comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the L th resonant capacitor is coupled to the first terminal of the L th resonant inductor, and the second terminal of the L th resonant capacitor is coupled to a common voltage, wherein L is a natural number, and 0<L<=M.

3 . The touch panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
M quality factor resistors each comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the R th quality factor resistor is coupled to the second terminal of the R th resonant inductor, and the second terminal of the R th quality factor resistor is coupled to the R th output terminal of the detection signal output circuit, wherein each of the quality factor resistors determines a resonant bandwidth and a voltage gain, wherein R is a natural number, and 0<R<=M.

4 . A capacitive touch device, comprising:
a first sensing electrode; a second sensing electrode; a touch detector comprising a detecting terminal, wherein the detecting terminal of the touch detector is coupled to the second sensing electrode; a resonant inductor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the resonant inductor is coupled to the first sensing electrode; and a detection signal output circuit comprising an output terminal, wherein the output terminal of the detection signal output circuit is coupled to the second terminal of the resonant inductor; wherein the output terminal of the detection signal output circuit outputs a detection signal, so that the resonant inductor and an equivalent capacitor of the first sensing electrode are resonant, and the first sensing electrode receives a resonant sinusoidal wave, wherein when an electric field signal detected by the detecting terminal of the touch detector is smaller than a preset value, it is determined that the capacitive touch device is touched.

5 . The capacitive touch device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a resonant capacitor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the resonant capacitor is coupled to the first terminal of the resonant inductor, and the second terminal of the resonant capacitor is coupled to a common voltage.

6 . The capacitive touch device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a quality factor resistor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the quality factor resistor is coupled to the second terminal of the resonant inductor, and the second terminal of the quality factor resistor is coupled to the output terminal of the detection signal output circuit, wherein the quality factor resistor determines a resonant bandwidth and a voltage gain.

7 . A method for increasing a signal to noise ratio of a capacitive touch device, the capacitive touch device comprising a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode, the method comprising:
coupling a resonant inductor between the first sensing electrode and a pulse providing source; providing a resonant square wave of a resonant frequency constituted by the resonant inductor and an equivalent capacitor of a circuit node of the first sensing electrode; making the resonant inductor and the equivalent capacitor of the first sensing electrode become resonant, so that the first sensing electrode receives a resonant sinusoidal wave; and detecting an electric field of the second sensing electrode to judge whether the capacitive touch device is touched.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
coupling a resonant capacitor between a node of the first sensing electrode and the resonant inductor and a common voltage to stabilize the resonant frequency.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
coupling a quality factor adjusting resistor between the pulse providing source and the resonant inductor to control a signal attenuation amount when the capacitive touch device is touched.

Assignees

• Generalplus Technology Inc

Inventors

• Lo Li Sheng
• Yang Chih-Yuan

Classifications

• G06F3/0416 Primary

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• G06F2203/04104

  Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger · CPC title

• G06F3/0418

  for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment · CPC title

• G06F2203/04103

  Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices · CPC title

• G06F3/03547

  Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface · CPC title