Abstract
This paper presents a readout IC that uses an asynchronous charge-redistribution-based capacitance-to-digital-converter (CDC) to digitize the capacitance of a touch sensor. Thanks to the power efficient tracking algorithm, the CDC consumes negligible power consumption in the absence of touch events. To facilitate stand-alone or wake-on-touch applications, the CDC can be periodically triggered by a co-integrated ultra-low power relaxation oscillator. At a 38 Hz scan-rate, the readout IC consumes 15 nW per touch sensor, which is the lowest reported to date.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ESSCIRC 2018 - IEEE 44th European Solid State Circuits Conference |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 78-81 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-153865404-0 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Event | ESSCIRC 2018: 44th IEEE European Solid State Circuits Conference - Dresden, Germany Duration: 3 Sept 2018 → 6 Sept 2018 Conference number: 44 |
Conference
Conference | ESSCIRC 2018 |
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Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Dresden |
Period | 3/09/18 → 6/09/18 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Asynchronous tracking logic
- CDC
- Stand-alone touch sensor
- Ultra-low power oscillator