Active pen
Active pen includes first and second electrodes provided at different positions, a transmission circuit that uses a booster circuit to cause a change in the first electrode to thereby transmit a downlink signal, a reception circuit that uses the second electrode to detect an uplink signal, and a stop filter that prevents a change in a potential of the first electrode from affecting a potential of the uplink signal detected by the reception circuit.
1. An active pen comprising:
first and second electrodes provided at different positions;
a transmission circuit that uses a booster circuit to cause a change in the first electrode to thereby transmit a downlink signal;
a reception circuit that uses the second electrode to detect an uplink signal; and
a stop filter that prevents a change in a potential of the first electrode from affecting a potential of the uplink signal detected by the reception circuit.
2. The active pen according to claim 1 , wherein
the downlink signal is a signal based on a sine wave at a predetermined frequency, and
the stop filter is a band-stop filter that blocks a specific frequency band including the predetermined frequency.
3. The active pen according to claim 2 , wherein
the uplink signal includes a pulse wave.
4. The active pen according to claim 2 , wherein
the uplink signal is a signal based on a sine wave at a frequency not included in the specific frequency band.
5. The active pen according to claim 1 , wherein
the uplink signal is a first pulse wave,
the downlink signal is a second pulse wave in which a time length of an edge period is different from the first pulse wave, and
the stop filter is a high-pass filter configured to pass the first pulse wave and block the second pulse wave.
6. The active pen according to claim 1 , wherein
the uplink signal and the downlink signal are pulse waves, and
the stop filter includes
a high-pass filter configured to pass the pulse wave included in the uplink signal and block the pulse wave included in the downlink signal, and
a mute circuit that mutes an input to the reception circuit in an edge period of the downlink signal.
7. The active pen according to claim 6 , wherein
the mute circuit is provided between the high-pass filter and the reception circuit.
8. The active pen according to claim 6 , wherein
the reception circuit is configured to receive the uplink signal based on correlation calculation.
9. The active pen according to claim 1 , wherein
the stop filter includes
a gain circuit that outputs the downlink signal after controlling an amplitude of the downlink signal, and
a differential circuit that outputs a signal after subtracting the output signal of the gain circuit from the uplink signal reaching the second electrode.
10. The active pen according to claim 9 , wherein
the stop filter further includes a feedback circuit that controls a control amount of the amplitude of the downlink signal by the gain circuit to reduce an amplitude of the output signal of the differential circuit.
11. The active pen according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an integrated circuit including the transmission circuit and the reception circuit, wherein
the integrated circuit controls the reception circuit to detect the uplink signal reaching the second electrode while the transmission circuit transmits the downlink signal from the first electrode.
12. An active pen comprising:
a first operation mode for executing a process of detecting an uplink signal reaching a second electrode while a downlink signal is transmitted from a first electrode; and
a second operation mode for performing, in a time-division manner, the transmission of the downlink signal from the first electrode and the detection of the uplink signal reaching the second electrode, wherein
the active pen shifts to the second operation mode when the uplink signal is detected during an operation in the first operation mode.
13. The active pen according to claim 12 , wherein
the first electrode is an electrode arranged at a pen tip of the active pen, and
the second electrode is a ring electrode arranged to surround a pen axis of the active pen.
14. The active pen according to claim 12 , wherein
the active pen shifts to the first operation mode when the uplink signal is not detected for a predetermined number of times in the second operation mode.
15. The active pen according to claim 12 , further comprising:
a transmission circuit that uses a booster circuit to cause a change in the first electrode to thereby transmit the downlink signal;
a reception circuit that uses the second electrode to detect the uplink signal; and
a stop filter that prevents a change in a potential of the first electrode from affecting a potential of the uplink signal detected by the reception circuit.
16. The active pen according to claim 15 , wherein
the downlink signal is a signal based on a sine wave at a predetermined frequency, and
the stop filter is a band-stop filter that blocks a specific frequency band including the predetermined frequency.
17. The active pen according to claim 15 , wherein
the uplink signal is a first pulse wave,
the downlink signal is a second pulse wave in which a time length of an edge period is different from the first pulse wave, and
the stop filter is a high-pass filter configured to pass the first pulse wave and block the second pulse wave.
18. The active pen according to claim 15 , wherein
the stop filter includes
a gain circuit that outputs the downlink signal after controlling an amplitude of the downlink signal, and
a differential circuit that outputs a signal after subtracting the output signal of the gain circuit from the uplink signal reaching the second electrode.