Abstract: In a wireless power charger a receiver (6) is inductively coupled to a transmitter (1) to receive power for charging an accumulator in a device (11). The receiver (6) communicates charging data to the transmitter (1) by imposing current pulses across the direct current output terminals of a rectifier (9) in the receiver. To enhance the performance of the receiver without reducing the signal to noise ratio of the current pulse receiver to transmitter communication the shape of unwanted transient currents in a filter capacitor (10) are sensed and the transient current shape added to an ideal rectangular step function pulse shape to produce a communication pulse shape. As a result the communication pulse shape seen at a secondary inductor (7) of the receiver closely approximates the ideal rectangular step function shape desired whereby the signal to noise ratio is kept high. The receiver is particularly useful in mobile devices such as cell phones, tablet PC's and laptops.

Abstract: A controller for a touch-screen sensor is described. The controller comprises a voltage generator for generating a first voltage signal and at least one output for outputting the first voltage signal such that the first voltage is applied across a resistive layer of the sensor in a first direction (e.g. X direction). The controller further comprises an input for receiving a second voltage signal representing the voltage on the resistive layer measured at a touch position by a measuring electrode of the sensor when the sensor is touched. A processor determines the co-ordinate in the first direction (e.g. X co-ordinate) of the touch position using the second voltage signal received during a first measuring period. Specifically, the co-ordinate is determined by determining the attenuation of the first voltage signal in the second voltage signal.

Abstract: A controller for a touch-screen sensor is described. The controller comprises a voltage generator for generating a first voltage signal and at least one output for outputting the first voltage signal such that the first voltage is applied across a resistive layer of the sensor in a first direction (e.g. X direction). The controller further comprises an input for receiving a second voltage signal representing the voltage on the resistive layer measured at a touch position by a measuring electrode of the sensor when the sensor is touched. A processor determines the co-ordinate in the first direction (e.g. X co-ordinate) of the touch position using the second voltage signal received during a first measuring period. Specifically, the co-ordinate is determined by determining the attenuation of the first voltage signal in the second voltage signal.

Abstract: A method and circuit arrangement for processing analog signals in applications in which low energy consumption is of the essence. An integrator topology where the active charge-transferring element is preferably a source-follower-type transistor in which one input terminal is arranged so as to be substantially independent of the input signal and in which the essential signal path elements of the circuit topology are connected in a fixed manner. Preferably, the circuit arrangement is realized so that it comprises separate transistors for sampling and charge transfer. Thus it is possible to connect an input signal in a fixed manner in an input terminal of the sampling transistor, and an input terminal of the charge-transferring transistor can be connected in a fixed manner to a constant voltage. By using a signal processing circuit according to the invention, it is possible to avoid circuit non-idealities caused by parasitic capacitances.

Abstract: The invention pertains to an improved method and circuit arrangement for signal processing. The invention is advantageously used for processing analog signals in applications in which low energy consumption is of the essence. An idea of the invention is to achieve an integrator topology where the active charge-transferring element is a preferably source-follower-type transistor in which one input terminal is arranged so as to be substantially independent of the input signal and in which the essential signal path elements of the circuit topology are connected in a fixed manner. The circuit arrangement according to the invention is realized preferably in such a manner that it comprises separate transistors for sampling and charge transfer. Thus it is possible to connect an input signal in a fixed manner to an input terminal of the sampling transistor, and an input terminal of the charge-transferring transistor can be connected in a fixed manner to a constant voltage.

Abstract: A method and circuit arrangement for processing analog signals in applications in which low energy consumption is of the essence. An integrator topology where the active charge-transferring element is preferably a source-follower-type transistor in which one input terminal is arranged so as to be substantially independent of the input signal and in which the essential signal path elements of the circuit topology are connected in a fixed manner. Preferably, the circuit arrangement is realized so that it comprises separate transistors for sampling and charge transfer. Thus it is possible to connect an input signal in a fixed manner in an input terminal of the sampling transistor, and an input terminal of the charge-transferring transistor can be connected in a fixed manner to a constant voltage. By using a signal processing circuit according to the invention, it is possible to avoid circuit non-idealities caused by parasitic capacitances.