WO1996018179A1 - Capacitance-based proximity sensors with interference rejection apparatus and methods - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to apparatus and methods for touch sensitive input devices, and more particularly, to apparatus and methods for capacitance- based touch detection wherein electrical interference is effectively rejected from the detection system.
- a touch surface is covered with a layer of invariant resistivity.
- Panel scanning signals are applied to excite selected touch surface edges so as to establish an alternating current voltage gradient across the panel surface.
- a touch current flows from each excited edge through the resistive surface and is then coupled to a user's finger (by capacitance or conduction) , through a user's body, and finally coupled by the user's body capacitance to earth ground potential.
- Different scanning sequences and modes of voltage are applied to the edges, and in each case the currents are measured. It is possible to determine the location of touch by measuring these currents.
- the physical parameter which indicates touch location is the resistance from the edges to the point of touch on the surface. This resistance varies as the touch point is closer or farther from each edge.
- the term "capacitive touch pad” may be a misnomer because capacitance is involved as a means of coupling current from the surface touch point through the user's finger but is not the parameter indicative of finger position.
- a disadvantage of this invention is that accurate touch location measurement depends on uniform resistivity of the surface. Fabricating such a uniformly resistive surface layer can be difficult and expensive, and require special fabrication methods and equipment.
- the panel of the Meadows '4C1 patent also includes circuitry for "nulling", or offsetting to zero, the touch currents which are present when the panel is not touched.
- the Meadows '461 panel also includes circuitry for automatically shifting the frequency of panel scanning signals away from spectra of spurious signals, such as those developed by cathode-ray tube transformers, which may be present in the environment .
- the panel seeks to avoid interference from the spurious signals, which could happen if the frequency of scanning was nearly equal to that of the spurious signals.
- a microcontroller determines whether the scanning frequency should be shifted by monitoring the rate at which adjustments are required in nulling of the touch currents, as described above. The only means described for generating frequency control signals is based on this nulling adjustment.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,922,061 Meadows et al .
- the touch panel determines touch location based on variations in resistance, not capacitance. This is particularly evident from FIG. 2 where the resistances from edge to touch point are shown as Kx times Rx, where Kx is corresponds to the distance indicated by 76A.
- the apparatus uses a measurement signal of a frequency that varies in a substantially random manner, thus reducing susceptibility to interference from spurious electromagnetic spectra.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,700,022, Salvador describes an array of detecting conductive strips, each laid between resistive emitting strips. The finger actually makes electrical contact from an emitting strip to detecting strip. Touch location is determined from resistance variation (as with Meadows '461 and ⁇ 061 above) in the strip contacted by the finger. Averages are taken of a certain number of synchronous samples. A design formula is presented to choose a sampling frequency so that it is not a multiple of the most undesired predetermined interfering signal. No suggestion is made that sampling frequency is adjusted or adapts automatically.
- the touch location is determined without the need of resistance variation so as to avoid the high cost of requiring uniform resistance during fabrication
- the present invention employs a touch location device having true capacitance variation by using insulated electrode arrays to form virtual electrodes.
- the capacitance variation is measured by means independent of the resistance of the electrodes, so as to eliminate that parameter as a fabrication consideration.
- the electrical interference is eliminated regardless of frequency to provide a clear detection signal.
- An illustrative embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode array for developing capacitances which vary with movement of an object (such as finger, other body part, conductive stylus, etc.) near the array, a synchronous capacitance measurement element which measures variation in the capacitances, such measurements being synchronized with a reference frequency signal, and a reference frequency signal generator for generating a reference frequency signal which is not coherent with electrical interference which could otherwise interfere with capacitance measurements and thus position location.
- Interference rejection is carried out by generating a reference frequency signal whose frequency is different from the interference frequency.
- the reference signal is generated with random frequencies so as not to be coherent with the interference frequencies and thus the electrical interference is effectively rejected.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a capacitance variation position measuring device made in accordance with the principles of the present invention
- FIG. 2A is a plan view of one illustrative embodiment of the electrode array shown in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 2B is a side, cross-sectional view of one illustrative embodiment of the electrode array of FIG. 2A;
- FIG. 3A is a side, cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the electrode array of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3B is a plan view of the electrode array of FIG. 3A;
- FIG. 4 is a schematic of one embodiment of the synchronous electrode capacitance measurement device of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 5 is a schematic of another embodiment of the synchronous electrode capacitance measurement device of FIG. 1;
- FIGS. 6A-6D are circuit diagrams of alternative embodiments of the capacitance measurement elements shown in FIGS. 4 and 5;
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the reference frequency generator shown in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an alternative embodiment of the reference frequency generator shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 1 shows the essential elements of a capacitance variation finger (or other conductive body or non-body part) position sensing system 10, made in accordance with the invention.
- An electrode array 12 includes a plurality of layers of conductive electrode strips. The electrodes and the wiring connecting them to the device may have substantial resistance, which permits a variety of materials and processes to be used for fabricating them.
- the electrodes are electrically insulated from one another. Mutual capacitance exists between each two of the electrodes, and stray capacitance exists between each of the electrodes and ground. A finger positioned in proximity to the array alters these mutual and stray capacitance values. The degree of alteration depends on the position of the finger with respect to electrodes.
- a synchronous electrode capacitance measurement unit 14 is connected to the electrode array 12 and determines selected mutual and/or stray capacitance values associated with the electrodes. To minimize interference, a number of measurements are performed by unit 14 with timing synchronized to a reference frequency signal provided by reference frequency generator 16. The desired capacitance value is determined by integrating, averaging, or in more general terms, by filtering the individual measurements made by unit 14. In this way, interference in the measurement is substantially rejected except for spurious signals having strong frequency spectra near the reference frequency.
- the reference frequency generator 16 attempts to automatically select and generate a reference frequency which is not coherent with the most undesirable frequency of spurious signals. This approach substantially eliminates interference even though its frequency is likely to be initially unknown and may even change during operation.
- a position locator 18 processes the capacitance measurement signal from the synchronous electrode capacitance measurement unit 14 and provides position signals for use by a host computer, for example, and to the reference frequency generator 16. The position locator unit 18 determines finger position signals based on the capacitance measurements. Several different systems are commonly known in the art for determining finger position based on measurements of capacitance associated with electrodes in an array.
- Position locators may provide one-dimensional sensing (such as for a volume slider control) , two-dimensional sensing with contact determination (such as for computer cursor control) , or full three-dimensional sensing (such as for games and three-dimensional computer graphics.)
- One-dimensional sensing such as for a volume slider control
- two-dimensional sensing with contact determination such as for computer cursor control
- full three-dimensional sensing such as for games and three-dimensional computer graphics.
- FIG. 2A illustrates the electrodes in a preferred electrode array 12, together with a coordinate axes defining X and Y directions.
- One embodiment includes sixteen X electrodes and twelve Y electrodes, but for clarity of illustration, only six X electrodes 20 and four Y electrodes 22 are shown. It is apparent to one skilled in the art how to extend the number of electrodes.
- the array is preferably fabricated as a multilayer printed circuit board 24.
- the electrodes are etched electrically conductive strips, connected to vias 26 which in turn connect them to other layers in the array.
- the array 12 is approximately 65 millimeters in the X direction and 49 millimeters in the Y direction.
- the X electrodes are approximately 0.7 millimeters wide on 3.3 millimeter centers.
- the Y electrodes are approximately three millimeters wide on 3.3 millimeter centers.
- FIG. 2b illustrates the electrode array 12 from a side, cross-sectional view.
- An insulating overlay 21 is an approximately 0.2 millimeters thick clear polycarbonate sheet with a texture on the top side which is comfortable to touch. Wear resistance may be enhanced by adding a textured clear hard coating over the top surface.
- the overlay bottom surface may be silk-screened with ink to provide graphics designs and colors .
- the X electrodes 20, Y electrodes 22, ground plane 25 and component traces 27 are etched copper traces within a multilayer printed circuit board.
- the ground plane 25 covers the entire array area and shields the electrodes from electrical interference which may be generated by the parts of the circuitry.
- the component traces 27 connect the vias 26 and hence the electrodes 20, 22, to other circuit components of FIG. 1.
- Insulator 31, insulator 32 and insulator 33 are fiberglass-epoxy layers within the printed circuit board 24. They have respective thicknesses of approximately 1.0 millimeter, 0.2 millimeters and 0.1 millimeters. Dimensions may be varied considerably as long as consistency is maintained. However, all X electrodes 20 must be the same size, as must all Y electrodes 22.
- FIG. 3A illustrates an alternative embodiment in which the electrode array includes an insulating overlay 40 as described above. Alternate layers of conductive ink 42 and insulating ink 43 are applied to the reverse surface by a silk screen process.
- the X electrodes 45 are positioned between the insulating overlay 40 and X electrode conductive ink layer 42. Another insulating ink layer 43 is applied below layer 42.
- the Y electrodes 46 are positioned between insulating ink layer 43 and conductive ink layer 44.
- Another insulating ink layer 47 is applied below conductive ink layer 44, and ground plane 48 is affixed to Y electrode conductive ink layer 47. Each layer is approximately 0.01 millimeters thick.
- the resulting array is thin and flexible, which allows it to be formed into curved surfaces. In use it would be laid over a strong, solid support.
- the electrode array may utilize a flexible printed circuit board, such as a flex circuit, or stampings of sheet metal or metal foil.
- FIG. 3b This is an array of parallel electrode strips 50 for one-dimensional position sensing which could be useful as a "slider volume control" or "toaster darkness control". Other examples include a grid of diamonds, or sectors of a disk. It is desired that the electrode array of the present invention be easily fabricated by economical and widely available printed circuit board processes. It is also desired to allow use of various overlay materials selected for texture and low friction, upon which logo art work and coloration can be economically printed. A further preference is that the overlay may be custom printed separately from fabrication of the electrode- containing part of the array. This allows an economical standardized mass production of that part of the array, and later affixing of the custom printed overlay.
- FIG. 4 shows one embodiment of the synchronous electrode capacitance measurement unit 14 in more detail .
- the key elements of the synchronous electrode capacitance measurement unit 14 are (a) an element for producing a voltage change in the electrode array synchronously with a reference signal, (b) an element producing a signal indicative of the displacement charge thereby coupled between electrodes of the electrode array, (c) an element for demodulating this signal synchronously with the reference signal, and (d) an element for low pass filtering the demodulated signal.
- Unit 14 is coupled to the electrode array, preferably through a multiplexor or switches.
- the capacitances to be measured in this embodiment are mutual capacitances between electrodes but could be stray capacitances of electrodes to ground or algebraic sums (that is sums and differences) of such mutual or stray capacitances.
- FIG. 4 shows one specific embodiment of a synchronous electrode capacitance measurement unit 14 connected to the electrode array 12, in which algebraic sums of mutual capacitances between electrodes are measured.
- the components are grouped into four main functional blocks.
- a virtual electrode synthesis block 70 connects each of the X electrodes to one of the wires CP or CN, and each of the Y electrodes to one of the wires RP or RN.
- the electrodes are selectively connected to the wires by switches , preferably CMOS switches under control of the position locator apparatus 18 (FIG. 1) to select appropriate electrodes for capacitance measurement. (See Gerpheide '017 which describes such electrode selection by signal S of FIG.
- the reference frequency signal is preferably a digital logic signal from the reference frequency generator 16 (FIG. 1) .
- the reference frequency signal is supplied to unit 14 via an AND gate 72 also having a "drive enable" input, supplied by the reference frequency generator 16 (FIG. 1) .
- the AND gate output feeds through inverter 74 and noninverting buffer 76 to wires RP and RN respectively which are part of a capacitive measurement element 78.
- the drive enable signal is always TRUE, to pass the reference frequency signal. In further preferred embodiments, it is asserted FALSE by the reference frequency generator when interference evaluation is to be performed as described later.
- the drive enable signal is FALSE, the drive signal stays at a constant voltage level.
- the drive signal is TRUE, it is a copy of the reference frequency signal.
- the capacitance measurement element 78 contains a differential charge transfer circuit 80 as illustrated in FIG. 4 of Gerpheide, U.S. Patent 5,349,303, incorporated herein by reference.
- Capacitors Csl and Cs2 of FIG. 4 of that patent correspond to the stray capacitances of the positive and negative virtual electrodes to ground.
- the CHOP signal of that FIG. 4 is conveniently supplied in the present invention as a square wave signal having half the frequency of the reference frequency signal, as generated by the divide- by-2 circuit 81 shown herein.
- the circuit maintains CP and CN (lines 68 and 72 therein) at a constant virtual ground voltage.
- the capacitance measurement element 78 also contains a non-inverting drive buffer 76 which drives RN and negative virtual Y electrodes to change voltage levels copying the drive enable signal transitions.
- the inverting buffer 74 drives RP and the positive virtual Y electrodes to change voltage levels opposite the drive enable signal transitions. Since CP and CN are maintained at virtual ground, these voltage changes are the net voltage changes across the mutual capacitances which exist between virtual Y and virtual X electrodes. Charges proportional to these voltage changes multiplied by the appropriate capacitance values are thereby coupled onto nodes CP and CN (the "coupled charges") .
- the charge transfer circuit therefore supplies a proportional differential charges at outputs Qol and Qo2, which are proportional to the coupled charges and thus to the capacitances.
- the synchronous electrode capacitance measurement element 78 is connected via lines carrying charges Qol and Qo2 to a synchronous demodulator 82 which may be a double-pole double-throw CMOS switch 84 controlled by the reference frequency signal.
- the synchronous demodulator 82 which among other things functions to rectify the charges Qol and Qo2, is connected to a low-pass filter 86 which may be a pair of capacitors Cl, C2 configured as an integrator for differential charges.
- FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the synchronous electrode capacitance measurement unit 14.
- each electrode in an electrode array 90 is connected to a dedicated capacitance measurement element 92, each of which is connected to a synchronous demodulator 94 and then to a low pass filter 96.
- This configuration has the advantage of continuously providing capacitance measurements for each electrode, whereas the prior preferred embodiment measures a single configuration of electrodes at any one time.
- the disadvantage of the embodiment of FIG. 5 is the greater expense which may be associated with the duplicated elements. This is a common tradeoff between providing multiple elements to process measurements at the same time versus multiplexing a single element to process measurements sequentially. There is obviously a wide spectrum of variations applying this trade off.
- FIG. 6 provides a number of preferred alternatives for the capacitance measurement element 78 (FIG. 4) or 92 (FIG. 5) .
- FIGS. 6A and 6B show circuits adapted for measuring mutual capacitances between electrodes (which may be physical or virtual electrodes) , represented by Cmp, Cmn, and Cm.
- FIGS. 6C and 6D show circuits adapted for measuring electrode capacitance to ground represented by Cg. Each of these provides an output voltage change indicative of the capacitance being measured. These voltage changes are given by the following formulas:
- ⁇ Vout ⁇ Vdrive x (Cmp-Cmn) /Cr
- FIG. 7 illustrates a preferred embodiment of reference frequency generator 16 (FIG. 1) .
- the generator observes position signals to evaluate the extent of interference at some reference frequency. In the event that substantial interference is detected, the generator 16 selects a different frequency for further measurements. The generator 16 seeks to always select a reference frequency away from frequencies which have been found to result in measurement interference, as described below.
- the generator 16 includes an oscillator 100 which is, for example, set at four MHz, driving a microcontroller 102 and a divide-by- (M+N) circuit 104.
- Value N is a fixed constant, approximately 50.
- Value M is specified by the microcontroller 102 to be, for example, one of four values in the range 61 KHz to 80 KHz as specified by the microcontroller 102.
- the microcontroller 102 performs the functions of interference evaluation 106 and frequency selection 108. It may perform other functions associated with the system such as position location.
- the preferred interference evaluation function 106 produces a measure of the interference in the position signals generated by the position location unit 18 (FIG. 1) .
- ABS ( ) means the absolute value function
- IM IM + ABS(XDD) + ABS (YDD) + ABS(Z) ; sum IF EVERY 32ND SAMPLE ⁇ EXECUTE FREQUENCY SELECT FUNCTION 108
- the interference evaluation function 106 is not based on position signals. Instead the function asserts the drive enable signal described above to a FALSE state and reads a resulting synchronous capacitance measurement . This measures charge coupled to the electrodes when no voltage is being driven across the electrodes by the apparatus. Such charge must be the result of interference, and so this interference (from spurious signals) is directly measured. This is another way to generate the interference measure, IM.
- the preferred frequency select function 108 generates a table of historical interference measurements for each frequency which may be selected. On system initialization, each entry is set to zero. Thereafter, the frequency select function is activated approximately every 32 data points by the interference evaluation function 106. The current interference measure, IM, is entered as the entry for the currently selected frequency in the table. Then all table entries are scanned. The frequency having the lowest interference measure entry is selected as the new current frequency, and the corresponding M value is sent to the divide-by- (M+N) element 104. Approximately every 80 seconds, every entry in the table is decremented by an amount corresponding to approximately 0.05 mm of position change.
- FIG. 8 shows an alternate preferred embodiment of the reference frequency generator 16 (FIG. 1) . It generates a reference frequency signal that varies randomly. Each cycle of the signal has a different and substantially random period. It is extremely unlikely that a spurious signal would coherently follow the same sequence of random variation. Hence the spurious signal is substantially rejected by capacitance measurements synchronous to the reference frequency. The degree of rejection is not as great as in the former embodiment, but the generator is simpler because interference evaluation and frequency selection functions are not needed.
- the generator of FIG. 8 includes an oscillator 110 and a divide-by- (N+M) circuit 112. The value M supplied to the divider comes from a pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) 114 which generates numbers in the range 0 to 15. Each cycle of the reference frequency clocks the PRNG 114 to produce a new number. PRNGs are well known in the art.
- the range of values for M in relation to the value of N can be increased or decreased to give a greater or lesser range of possible frequencies.
- the value of N or the oscillator frequency can be adjusted to change the maximum possible frequency.
- a phase-locked frequency synthesizer such as the Motorola MC145151-2, or a voltage controlled oscillator driven by a D/A converter, could also preferably be employed instead of the divide- by- (M+N) circuit.
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