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US 12,632,150 · App. 18/937,187 · Granted May 19, 2026

Touch panel controller and sensing device including the same

Inventors: Chadong Kim (Seoul, KR); Bumsoo Kim (Seoul, KR); Jongmin Baek (Hwaseong-si, KR); Gyeonggon Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jinchul Lee (Seoul, KR); Choonghoon Lee (Seoul, KR); Yunrae Jo (Yongin-si, KR); Yoonkyung Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F3/044G06F2203/04112
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Patent No.
US 12,632,150
App. No.
18/937,187
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensing device includes a touch panel including first and second sensor electrodes, and a touch panel controller acquiring a sensing signal from the touch panel and detecting a user input based on the sensing signal. The touch panel controller acquires the sensing signal from at least one of the first sensor electrodes and the second sensor electrodes in a first mode operating at a first power. The touch panel controller selects a first transmitting electrode, a second transmitting electrode, and receiving electrodes from one of the first sensor electrodes and the second sensor electrodes, inputs a first driving signal to the first transmitting electrode, and inputs a second driving signal having a phase difference of 180 degrees with respect to the first driving signal to the second transmitting electrode in a second mode operating at a second power and a third mode in which a sensing operation is performed.

Claims (12)

1 . A sensing device, comprising:

a first electrode configured to receive a first driving signal, and a second electrode different from the first electrode and configured to receive a second driving signal different from the first driving signal;

a plurality of third electrodes disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and extending in a direction that is the same as directions of the first electrode and the second electrode;

an electric charge amplifier configured to output a first voltage signal corresponding to a change in capacitance between a portion of the plurality of third electrodes and the first electrode, and outputs a second voltage signal corresponding to a change in capacitance between the other portion of the plurality of third electrodes and the second electrode; and

a processor configured to detect a user input using the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal,

wherein the first driving signal and the second driving signal have a phase difference of 180 degrees therebetween.

2 . The sensing device of claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one fourth electrode disposed between the plurality of third electrodes and shielding the first electrode and the second electrode.

3 . The sensing device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an analog-digital converter configured to convert the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal to digital signals,

wherein the processor detects the user input using a differential signal of the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal converted to the digital signals.

4 . The sensing device of claim 1 , wherein the electric charge amplifier includes an operational amplifier, a feedback resister and a feedback capacitor, wherein the feedback resister and the feedback capacitor are connected in parallel and between an inverting input and an output of the operational amplifier.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0066785 · Jun 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (4)
Division 18135376 · Apr 17, 2023
Division 17507395 · Oct 21, 2021
Continuation 16813943 · Mar 10, 2020
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