IP Library Granted Patent US 12,632,144
Granted Patent B2
US 12,632,144 · App. 19/001,645 · Granted May 19, 2026

Capacitive touch control system with frequency booster

Inventor: Sung-Han Wu (Hsin-Chu County, TW)
Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
G06F3/04166G06F3/044
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Patent No.
US 12,632,144
App. No.
19/001,645
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a capacitive touch control system adapted to detect low frequency signals, including a touch panel and an analog front end. The analog front end includes a frequency booster, which boosts a low frequency signal outputted by the touch panel using a variable reference frequency corresponding to different function symbols of the low frequency signal such that resistance of a resistor of an amplifier in the analog front end needs not to be increased thereby reducing the manufacturing cost and a leakage voltage drop on the resistor.

Claims (55)

1 . A capacitive touch control system, comprising:

an analog front end, configured to receive a touch pen signal, and comprising:

a frequency booster, configured to perform frequency adjustment on the touch pen signal using a reference frequency, wherein the reference frequency is controlled to be variable upon receiving the touch pen signal;

an operational amplifier, having an inverting input end coupled to an output of the frequency booster; and

a gain capacitor, coupled between the frequency booster and the inverting input end of the operational amplifier, wherein

the touch pen signal comprises a beacon symbol and multiple function symbols, and at least one of a length and a frequency of the beacon symbol is different from multiple lengths and multiple frequencies of the multiple function symbols, and

the reference frequency is changed corresponding to the beacon symbol and the multiple function symbols.

2 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a digital backend configured to

control the reference frequency to be equal to the frequency of the beacon symbol upon identifying that no touch pen signal being received.

3 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

there are blank intervals between the multiple function symbols, which do not contain any symbol, and

within the blank intervals, the reference frequency is arranged to be equal to the frequency of the beacon symbol.

4 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

there are blank intervals between the multiple function symbols, which do not contain any symbol, and

within the blank intervals, the reference frequency is arranged to be equal to a frequency of a previous function symbol.

5 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a digital backend configured to

recognize the beacon symbol according to the length and the frequency of the beacon symbol, and

identify that the touch pen signal being received upon recognizing the beacon symbol.

6 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the analog front end further comprises:

a feedback resistor, coupled between the inverting input end and an output end of the operational amplifier; and

a compensation capacitor, coupled between the inverting input end and the output end of the operational amplifier.

7 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein

capacitance of the gain capacitor is smaller than that of the compensation capacitor.

8 . A capacitive touch control system, comprising:

an analog front end, configured to receive a touch pen signal, and comprising:

a frequency booster, configured to perform frequency adjustment on the touch pen signal using a reference frequency;

an operational amplifier, having an inverting input end coupled to an output of the frequency booster;

a gain capacitor, coupled between the frequency booster and the inverting input end of the operational amplifier, and

a digital backend, configured to

identify a touch pen on a touch penal according to a beacon symbol of the touch pen signal sent from the touch pen, and

control the reference frequency as a constant value before recognizing the beacon symbol of the touch pen signal sent from the touch pen, wherein

when the touch pen signal is received by the analog front end in at least one interval, the reference frequency is controlled to be variable by the digital backend, and

when the touch pen signal is not received by the analog front end, the reference frequency is controlled to be constant by the digital backend.

9 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the constant value is equal to a frequency of the beacon symbol.

10 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein

the touch pen signal further comprises multiple function symbols corresponding to multiple functions of the touch pen, and at least one of multiple lengths and multiple frequencies of the multiple function symbols are different from one other.

11 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 10 , wherein

the reference frequency is changed corresponding to the multiple function symbols.

12 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 10 , wherein

there are blank intervals between the multiple function symbols, which do not contain any symbol, and

within the blank intervals, the reference frequency is arranged to be equal to a frequency of the beacon symbol.

13 . A capacitive touch control system, comprising:

an analog front end, configured to receive a touch pen signal, and comprising:

a frequency booster, configured to perform frequency adjustment on the touch pen signal using a reference frequency, wherein the reference frequency is controlled to be variable upon receiving the touch pen signal; and

a bandpass filter, connected downstream of the frequency booster, and comprising:

an operational amplifier, having an inverting input end coupled to an output of the frequency booster; and

a gain capacitor, coupled between the frequency booster and the inverting input end of the operational amplifier.

14 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 13 , wherein

the touch pen signal comprises a beacon symbol and multiple function symbols, and at least one of a length and a frequency of the beacon symbol is different from multiple lengths and multiple frequencies of the multiple function symbols.

15 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein

the reference frequency is changed corresponding to the beacon symbol and the multiple function symbols.

16 . The capacitive touch control system as claimed in claim 15 , wherein

there are blank intervals between the multiple function symbols, which do not contain any symbol, and

within the blank intervals, the reference frequency is arranged to be equal to the frequency of the beacon symbol.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2024
From: WU, SUNG-HAN
To: PIXART IMAGING INC.
Reel/Frame 069678/0683 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18224587 · Jul 21, 2023
Continuation 17739768 · May 9, 2022
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