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Dynamic Mutual Capacitive Sensor For Human Interactions., Jonathan William Huber
Dynamic Mutual Capacitive Sensor For Human Interactions., Jonathan William Huber
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation introduces the novel concept of removing the ground conductive plate by utilizing body capacitance as the ground in the capacitive sensor, whereby circuit pressure sensing can occur with only one plate and one dielectric. Additionally, body capacitance sensing was limited to a binary touch-no-touch output, whereas the method presented here can sense various applied pressures. The resulting circuit acts as an antenna that receives local capacitance signals from a human interaction.
The advantage of this design is that it allows for both proximity sensing and pressure sensing (once the body part is touching the dielectric material). This setup …