Abstract: A method of controlling a wireless power receiver can include transmitting, during a first determination phase, a foreign object detection status packet; before entering a first power transfer mode for receiving first power and before entering a second power transfer mode for receiving second power, receiving a determination result as to whether a foreign object is present determined based on the foreign object detection status packet; in response to determining that the foreign object is present based on the determination result, receiving the first power according to the first power transfer mode; and in response to determining that the foreign object is not present based on the determination result, receiving the second power according to the second power transfer mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a foreign material, and a device and system therefor.

Abstract: A charge pump system may include a charge pump including a plurality of boosting units boosting an input voltage input to an input terminal multiple times depending on clock signals and outputting the boosted voltage to an output terminal; and a charge pump protection circuit including a series resistor unit disposed between the output terminal and a ground and including a plurality of resistors connected to each other in series. A portion of the plurality of resistors are disposed in parallel to a portion of the plurality of boosting units.

Abstract: A high voltage driver may include: a low side switching unit including first to n-th N-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistors; a high side switching unit including first and second to n-th P-channel MOS (PMOS) transistors; a voltage dividing unit dividing a voltage between the output terminal and the ground; a first constant voltage unit providing a constant voltage and a unidirectional signal path between a source and a gate of each of the first to n-th NMOS transistors; a second constant voltage unit providing a constant voltage and a unidirectional signal path between a source and a gate of each of the first to n-th PMOS transistors; a first charging unit providing a charged voltage to each of the gates of the second to n-th NMOS transistors; and a second charging unit providing a charged voltage to each of the gates of the second to n-th PMOS transistors.

Abstract: There is provided a touch sensing apparatus including: a panel unit including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes; a driving circuit unit applying one of a driving signal and a scanning signal having a frequency different from that of the driving signal, to each of the plurality of driving electrodes; a sensing circuit unit measuring a change in capacitance of a plurality of node capacitors generated in intersections of the plurality of driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes; and a calculation unit determining a touch based on a change in the capacitance, wherein when the scanning signal is applied to the plurality of driving electrodes, the calculation unit calculates capacitance deviations in the plurality of node capacitors from the deviations of changes in the capacitance generated by the plurality of node capacitors.

Abstract: A touchscreen device may include: a panel unit, a driving circuit unit, a sensing circuit unit and a control unit. The control unit may apply a driving signal to a first node capacitor formed at an intersection between a first and a first one of the plurality of sensing electrodes and calibrate gains of the plurality of converter circuit units. Each of the plurality of panel deviation calibration units may calibrate an output signal from the respective one of the plurality of converter circuit units by using a capacitance value of a first capacitor included in the respective one of the plurality of panel deviation calibration units when a driving signal is applied to the first one of the driving electrodes.

Abstract: There are provided a touch sensing apparatus and a touch sensing method. The touch sensing apparatus includes a driving circuit unit applying a driving signal to at least one of a plurality of first electrodes; a sensing circuit unit generating an analog signal by detecting variations in capacitance in second electrodes intersecting the at least one of first electrodes to which the driving signal is applied; and a signal converting unit converting the analog signal into a digital signal, wherein the driving circuit unit controls a frequency of the driving signal according to electric noise and determines a level of the driving signal according to a dynamic range of the signal converting unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same. The printed circuit board includes a light-blocking glass substrate; a negative photosensitive insulating layer formed on the glass substrate; and a circuit pattern formed on the glass substrate and embedded in the negative photosensitive insulating layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the printed circuit board includes: a glass substrate through which light is not transmitted; a positive photosensitive insulating layer formed on the glass substrate; and a circuit pattern formed on the glass substrate and buried in the positive photosensitive insulating layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch panel including an active stylus pen, including: a touch panel including a plurality of first electrode patterns and second electrode patterns formed on a substrate in directions in which they intersect with each other; a controller controlling a first driving signal applied to the second electrode patterns and detecting a change in mutual capacitance between the first and second electrode patterns; and the active stylus pen configured separately from the touch panel, and receiving a synchronizing signal from the touch panel when it hovers over or touches the touch panel, generates a second driving signal synchronized with the first driving signal, and outputs the generated second driving signal to the hovering or touching point.

Abstract: There are provided a stylus pen and a touchscreen module. The stylus pen includes a receiving unit receiving a predetermined driving signal; a synchronizing unit generating a signal synchronized with the received driving signal; a frequency adjusting unit changing a frequency of the synchronized signal; and a transmitting unit transmitting a signal output from the frequency adjusting unit.

Abstract: There are provided a touch sensing apparatus and a touch sensing method. The touch sensing apparatus includes: a panel unit including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes; a driving circuit unit applying driving signals to the plurality of driving electrodes, respectively; a sensing circuit unit measuring a change in capacitance of node capacitors generated in intersections of the plurality of the driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes; a signal conversion unit generating a first digital signal based on the change in capacitance; and a calculation unit determining a touch according to the first digital signal, wherein the driving circuit unit and the sensing circuit unit are operated by an input voltage, and the signal conversion unit and the calculation unit are operated by a low voltage drop out (LDO) voltage generated by decreasing the input voltage.

Abstract: There is provided a touch sensing apparatus including: a panel unit including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes; a driving circuit unit applying one of a driving signal and a scanning signal having a frequency different from that of the driving signal, to each of the plurality of driving electrodes; a sensing circuit unit measuring a change in capacitance of a plurality of node capacitors generated in intersections of the plurality of driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes; and a calculation unit determining a touch based on a change in the capacitance, wherein when the scanning signal is applied to the plurality of driving electrodes, the calculation unit calculates capacitance deviations in the plurality of node capacitors from the deviations of changes in the capacitance generated by the plurality of node capacitors.

Abstract: There is provided a touch sensing method including: classifying sensed pieces of data obtained from a panel unit as a plurality of groups according to a predetermined reference; selecting a portion of groups in which variations of the sensed pieces of data included in each of the plurality of groups are lower than a first threshold value; calculating representative values with respect to each of portion of the groups; and determining a noise canceling method by comparing the variations of representative values with a second threshold value.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic board including a composite film including a rigidity film and a ductility film, and a magnetic sheet attached to one surface of the composite film and having fracture lines formed on portions joined with the ductility film.

Abstract: There is provided a capacitance sensing apparatus including a driving circuit unit applying a driving signal to a first capacitor at a predetermined interval; and a sensing circuit unit sensing a change in capacitance generated by the first capacitor based on the driving signal, in which a portion of a plurality of switches included in the sensing circuit unit operate at a first interval, the same as the interval of the driving signal, and remaining switches among the plurality of switches operate at a second interval, different from the first interval.

Abstract: There are provided a capacitance sensing device and a touchscreen, the capacitance sensing device including a driving circuit unit allowing a capacitor to be charged and discharged; and an integrating circuit unit integrating charges stored in the capacitor, wherein the integrating circuit unit integrates the charges stored in the capacitor to thereby output a first voltage having a positive polarity and a second voltage having a negative polarity.

Abstract: Provided is a low-power radio frequency (RF) direct current (DC) rectifier. The low-power RF DC rectifier includes a rectification circuit with first and second to n-th rectification units sequentially rectifying an RF signal input through a first input terminal and a second input terminal. The first rectification unit is disposed between the first and second input terminals and a first output terminal of the first rectification unit. The second rectification unit is disposed between the first rectification unit and a second output terminal of the second rectification unit, is biased by the first rectification unit. The n-th rectification unit is disposed between an immediately previous rectification unit and a rectification output terminal of the rectification circuit, is biased by a rectified voltage output from an immediately preceding rectification unit, and outputs the rectified RF signal through the rectification output terminal.