Patents by Inventor Jeremy Roberson

Jeremy Roberson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11644862
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing multiple integrated circuit (IC) chips for an input device having a display device integrated with a capacitive sensing device. A first one of the IC chips is a master IC chip and a second one of the IC chips is a slave IC chip. The master IC chip is configured to transmit synchronization signals to and from the slave IC chip, such that capacitive frames are acquired by each of the IC chips at substantially the same time, the initiation of the sensing signals is synchronized for each of the IC chips and the clock signals of the slave IC chips are synchronized with the clock signal of the master IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeremy Roberson, David Sobel
  • Patent number: 11159150
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to electronic devices, and more specifically, to a waveform generation circuit for input devices. One or more embodiments provide a new waveform generator for an integrated touch and display driver (TDDI) and methods for generating a waveform for capacitive sensing with a finely tunable sensing frequency. A waveform generator includes accumulator circuitry, truncation circuitry, and saturation circuitry. The accumulator circuitry is configured to accumulate the phase increment value based on a clock signal, and output the accumulated phase increment value. The truncation circuitry configured to drop one or more bits of the accumulated phase increment value to output a truncated value. The saturation circuitry is configured to compare the truncated value to a saturation limit and output a signal corresponding to accessed data samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeremy Roberson, David Sobel, Damien Berget
  • Publication number: 20210200259
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing multiple integrated circuit (IC) chips for an input device having a display device integrated with a capacitive sensing device. A first one of the IC chips is a master IC chip and a second one of the IC chips is a slave IC chip. The master IC chip is configured to transmit synchronization signals to and from the slave IC chip, such that capacitive frames are acquired by each of the IC chips at substantially the same time, the initiation of the sensing signals is synchronized for each of the IC chips and the clock signals of the slave IC chips are synchronized with the clock signal of the master IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jeremy Roberson, David Sobel
  • Patent number: 10983553
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing multiple integrated circuit (IC) chips for an input device having a display device integrated with a capacitive sensing device. A first one of the IC chips is a master IC chip and a second one of the IC chips is a slave IC chip. The master IC chip is configured to transmit synchronization signals to and from the slave IC chip, such that capacitive frames are acquired by each of the IC chips at substantially the same time, the initiation of the sensing signals is synchronized for each of the IC chips and the clock signals of the slave IC chips are synchronized with the clock signal of the master IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeremy Roberson, David Sobel
  • Publication number: 20200266805
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to electronic devices, and more specifically, to a waveform generation circuit for input devices. One or more embodiments provide a new waveform generator for an integrated touch and display driver (TDDI) and methods for generating a waveform for capacitive sensing with a finely tunable sensing frequency. A waveform generator includes accumulator circuitry, truncation circuitry, and saturation circuitry. The accumulator circuitry is configured to accumulate the phase increment value based on a clock signal, and output the accumulated phase increment value. The truncation circuitry configured to drop one or more bits of the accumulated phase increment value to output a truncated value. The saturation circuitry is configured to compare the truncated value to a saturation limit and output a signal corresponding to accessed data samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Jeremy ROBERSON, David SOBEL, Damien BERGET
  • Patent number: 10686432
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to electronic devices, and more specifically, to a waveform generation circuit for input devices. One or more embodiments provide a new waveform generator for an integrated touch and display driver (TDDI) and methods for generating a waveform for capacitive sensing with a finely tunable sensing frequency. A waveform generator includes accumulator circuitry, truncation circuitry, and saturation circuitry. The accumulator circuitry is configured to accumulate the phase increment value based on a clock signal, and output the accumulated phase increment value. The truncation circuitry configured to drop one or more bits of the accumulated phase increment value to output a truncated value. The saturation circuitry is configured to compare the truncated value to a saturation limit and output a signal corresponding to accessed data samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jeremy Roberson, David Sobel, Damien Berget
  • Publication number: 20200064880
    Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing multiple integrated circuit (IC) chips for an input device having a display device integrated with a capacitive sensing device. A first one of the IC chips is a master IC chip and a second one of the IC chips is a slave IC chip. The master IC chip is configured to transmit synchronization signals to and from the slave IC chip, such that capacitive frames are acquired by each of the IC chips at substantially the same time, the initiation of the sensing signals is synchronized for each of the IC chips and the clock signals of the slave IC chips are synchronized with the clock signal of the master IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jeremy ROBERSON, David SOBEL
  • Publication number: 20200067495
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to electronic devices, and more specifically, to a waveform generation circuit for input devices. One or more embodiments provide a new waveform generator for an integrated touch and display driver (TDDI) and methods for generating a waveform for capacitive sensing with a finely tunable sensing frequency. A waveform generator includes accumulator circuitry, truncation circuitry, and saturation circuitry. The accumulator circuitry is configured to accumulate the phase increment value based on a clock signal, and output the accumulated phase increment value. The truncation circuitry configured to drop one or more bits of the accumulated phase increment value to output a truncated value. The saturation circuitry is configured to compare the truncated value to a saturation limit and output a signal corresponding to accessed data samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jeremy ROBERSON, David SOBEL, Damien BERGET
  • Patent number: 10228797
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an input device with a plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes configured to receive a signal. The input device also includes a processing system coupled to the plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes. The processing system includes an analog front end (AFE). The AFE includes an anti-aliasing filter comprising a continuous time analog infinite impulse response (IIR) filter configured to filter out interference from the received signal at frequencies higher than a signal frequency of the processing system to produce an anti-aliased signal. The AFE also includes a charge integrator configured to integrate the anti-aliased signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jeremy Roberson, David Sobel, Farzaneh Shahrokhi, Adam Schwartz, Eric Scott Bohannon
  • Publication number: 20170075495
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include an input device with a plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes configured to receive a signal. The input device also includes a processing system coupled to the plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes. The processing system includes an analog front end (AFE). The AFE includes an anti-aliasing filter comprising a continuous time analog infinite impulse response (IIR) filter configured to filter out interference from the received signal at frequencies higher than a signal frequency of the processing system to produce an anti-aliased signal. The AFE also includes a charge integrator configured to integrate the anti-aliased signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jeremy ROBERSON, David SOBEL, Farzaneh SHAHROKHI, Adam SCHWARTZ, Don SPECK, Eric Scott BOHANNON
  • Patent number: 9176633
    Abstract: A processing system configured to sense an input object in a sensing region of a sensing device including a transmitter module coupled to a first transmitter electrode and a second transmitter electrode and configured to simultaneously apply a first transmitter signal to the first transmitter electrode and a second transmitter signal to the second transmitter electrode, wherein the first transmitter signal is based on a first one of a plurality of distinct codes and the second transmitter signal is based on a second one of the plurality of distinct codes. The processing system also includes a receiver module including receiver circuitry coupled to a first receiver electrode and configured to receive a first resulting signal with the first receiver electrode, the first resulting signal comprising effects corresponding to the first and second transmitter signals and a noise component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeremy Roberson, Adam Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20150277621
    Abstract: A processing system configured to sense an input object in a sensing region of a sensing device including a transmitter module coupled to a first transmitter electrode and a second transmitter electrode and configured to simultaneously apply a first transmitter signal to the first transmitter electrode and a second transmitter signal to the second transmitter electrode, wherein the first transmitter signal is based on a first one of a plurality of distinct codes and the second transmitter signal is based on a second one of the plurality of distinct codes. The processing system also includes a receiver module including receiver circuitry coupled to a first receiver electrode and configured to receive a first resulting signal with the first receiver electrode, the first resulting signal comprising effects corresponding to the first and second transmitter signals and a noise component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Jeremy Roberson, Adam Schwartz
  • Patent number: 9063608
    Abstract: A processing system for an input device includes a transmitter modules coupled to a plurality of transmitter electrodes including a first set and a second set of transmitter electrodes, the first set and second set being disjoint and having different sizes. The transmitter module is configured to simultaneously transmit a first plurality of transmitter signals with the first set of transmitter electrodes during a first period, and to simultaneously transmit a second plurality of transmitter signals with the second set of transmitter electrodes during a second period, wherein the first period and the second period are non-overlapping. Each of the first plurality of transmitter signals is based on a different sequence of a code, which includes a set of mathematically independent sequences and has a size equal to the size of the first set of transmitter electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeremy Roberson, Adam Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20130335252
    Abstract: A processing system for an input device includes a transmitter modules coupled to a plurality of transmitter electrodes including a first set and a second set of transmitter electrodes, the first set and second set being disjoint and having different sizes. The transmitter module is configured to simultaneously transmit a first plurality of transmitter signals with the first set of transmitter electrodes during a first period, and to simultaneously transmit a second plurality of transmitter signals with the second set of transmitter electrodes during a second period, wherein the first period and the second period are non-overlapping. Each of the first plurality of transmitter signals is based on a different sequence of a code, which includes a set of mathematically independent sequences and has a size equal to the size of the first set of transmitter electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jeremy Roberson, Adam Schwartz