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Self Capacitance Mismatch Calibration Technique for Fully-Differential Touch Screen Panel Self Capacitance Sensing
Siheon Seong1, Sewon Lee1, Sunghyun Bae1
1School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea.
This study introduces a touch screen panel (TSP) self-capacitance sensing (SCS) system with a novel calibration technique. It effectively resolves signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) loss caused by self-capacitance mismatch, improving performance.
Area of Science:
- Electrical Engineering
- Sensor Technology
- Integrated Circuit Design
Background:
- Touch screen panels (TSPs) commonly use self-capacitance sensing (SCS).
- Self-capacitance mismatch in TSPs degrades analog front-end (AFE) performance, limiting dynamic range and gain.
- This degradation leads to significant signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) loss in TSP SCS systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a fully-differential TSP SCS system incorporating a self-capacitance mismatch calibration technique.
- To address the dynamic range degradation and SNR loss issues caused by TSP self-capacitance mismatch.
- To develop an efficient calibration method that minimizes area and power consumption.
Main Methods:
- Implementation of a fully-differential touch screen panel (TSP) self-capacitance sensing (SCS) system.
- Introduction of a self-capacitance mismatch calibration technique.
- The calibration method adjusts input resistance and driving amplifier strength in the fully-differential input to counteract mismatch effects.
Main Results:
- The proposed calibration technique efficiently relieves the effects of self-capacitance mismatch.
- The method achieves significant improvements in terms of area and power consumption.
- A notable restoration of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) by 19.54 dB was achieved, even under the most severe mismatch conditions.
Conclusions:
- The developed fully-differential TSP SCS system with mismatch calibration effectively overcomes performance limitations.
- The proposed calibration technique offers a power- and area-efficient solution for enhancing TSP SCS performance.
- This approach significantly improves the signal integrity and reliability of touch screen sensing systems.

