Active pen and sensor integrated circuit

Abstract

An active pen is provided, which facilitates avoiding complex computation for phase acquisition on the side of a sensor integrated circuit configured to receive downlink signals from active pens, and allows for generating carrier waves for the downlink signals using a simple configuration, namely, a frequency dividing circuit, while reducing a difference in unused time in one time slot between the active pens. An active pen 2 is configured to transmit one or more symbol values in one time slot, and includes a frequency dividing circuit 43 configured to frequency-divide a reference clock with a frequency division ratio based on each of a plurality of frequencies different from each other, to thereby generate a plurality of carrier waves having frequencies different from each other. The active pen 2 includes a modulation (transmission) circuit 44 configured to transmit a first downlink signal in a symbol duration that is common among the plurality of frequencies, the first downlink signal obtained by modulating a first carrier wave, which is among the plurality of carrier waves generated by the frequency dividing circuit 43, with a value of a first symbol that is a transmission target.

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