Oscillator device
AssigneeSamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTae Ho Lim, Joo Yul Ko
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Abstract
An oscillator device includes a touchpad, and an oscillator that includes an oscillation core having a second terminal configured to output an oscillation signal generated by the oscillation core based on an input to a first terminal of the oscillation core, a first capacitor connected between the first terminal and a ground, and a second capacitor connected between the second terminal and the ground, where the first capacitor is connected to the touchpad, and where a total capacitance of the first capacitor is different from a total capacitance of the second capacitor.
Claims20
An oscillator device comprising:
- an oscillation core having a second terminal configured to output an oscillation signal generated by the oscillation core based on an input to a first terminal of the oscillation core;
- a first capacitor connected between the first terminal and a ground;
- and
- a second capacitor connected between the second terminal and the ground,
- wherein a total capacitance of the first capacitor is different from a total capacitance of the second capacitor, and
- wherein the first capacitor is connected to a capacitive touchpad through an input terminal of the oscillator device connected to the first terminal of the oscillator core.
An oscillator device comprising:
- a touchpad;
- and
- an oscillator comprising:
- an oscillation core having a second terminal configured to output an oscillation signal generated by the oscillation core based on an input to a first terminal of the oscillation core;
- a first capacitor connected between the first terminal and a ground;
- and
- a second capacitor connected between the second terminal and the ground,
- wherein the first capacitor is connected to the touchpad,
- wherein a total capacitance of the first capacitor is different from a total capacitance of the second capacitor, and
- wherein the first capacitor is connected to the touchpad through an input terminal of the oscillator connected to the first terminal of the oscillator core.
An oscillator system comprising:
- an oscillator configured to variably generate an oscillation signal dependent on a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and respective changes in capacitance at a touchpad,
- wherein the first capacitor is connected between an input of the oscillator and a ground, the second capacitor is connected between an output of the oscillator and the ground, and a total capacitance of the first capacitor is lower than a total capacitance of the second capacitor, and
- wherein the first capacitor is connected to the touchpad through an input of the oscillator and the input of the oscillator is connected to a terminal of an oscillation core of the oscillator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.