H03K 2217/960745
Capacitive differential
Official title: Capacitive differential; e.g. comparison with reference capacitance
H03K2217/960745 (Capacitive differential) appears on 108 US grants and 117 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Low-cost, high measurement speed capacitive sensing circuit for loading mode operation of capacitive sensors25 Nov 2025US 12,480,983 B2Iee International Electronics & Engineering S.A.
- Reading device for capacitive sensing element28 Jan 2025US 12,209,888 B2Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Device and method for touch sensing28 Jan 2025US 12,209,889 B2STMicroelectronics France
- Puff detection circuits and devices therefor14 Jan 2025US 12,193,516 B2Smart Chip Microelectronic Co. Limited
- Rain detection device, garden appliance having the rain detection device, and method for sensing rain drops on a surface by means of a rain detection device3 Dec 2024US 12,158,441 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Device for detecting user operation on electrocapacitive sensor23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213750 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Electrostatic input device with high-accuracy position detection using capacitance threshold ratios25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180575 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for using capacitive sensing to debounce a mechanical button30 Apr 2026US 2026/0120977 A1Bose Corporation
- Capacitance sensor and robot system14 Aug 2025US 2025/0258021 A1Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp.
- A method for ascertaining a manual exertion of a capacitive sensor device, a computer program product and an ascertaining device for ascertaining a manual exertion of a capacitive sensor device10 Jul 2025US 2025/0226827 A1Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Linear capacitance measurement and touchless switch148US 7,498,822 B22009
- Touch keyboard47US 3,971,013 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1976
- Capacitive field sensor with sigma-delta modulator45US 8,570,053 B1Cypress Semiconductor Corporation · 2013
- Charge rate, capacitive switch system35US 4,157,539 AThe Singer Company · 1979
- Capacitive sensor31US 7,116,117 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd. · 2006