Method for compensating for differences in capacitance...

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2009-02-06

2011-12-06

Natalini, Jeff (Department: 2831)

Electricity: measuring and testing

Impedance, admittance or other quantities representative of...

Lumped type parameters

C324S669000, C324S663000, C382S124000

Reexamination Certificate

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08072230

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is method for compensating for variation in the capacitance between multiple capacitive sensors. Prior to sensing operations, baseline capacitance values can be acquired for all sensors. A correction factor can be calculated based on such baseline values. During sensing operations (run-time), variations in capacitance from baseline values can be modified by appropriate correction factors. Sensitivity between sensors can thus be made more uniform.

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