Method of determining very small capacitances

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PATENT NO 6583632
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09767392

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A grid of capacitor surfaces is connected to read lines and control lines. The read lines are connected alternately to the output of a feedback operational amplifier and to a collecting capacitor. The capacitances to be measured are charged repeatedly and the charges are collected on the collecting capacitors. Between the charging operations, the potential on the read lines is kept constant through the use of the low-resistance output of the operational amplifier. The use of this method in the case of a fingerprint sensor makes it possible to evaluate all the read lines together.

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MICRONAS GMBH (FORMERLY MICRONAS MUNICH GMBH AS EVIDENCED BY THE ATTACHED TRANSLATION OF THE COMMERCIAL REGISTER)HANS-BUNTE-STASSE 19 D-79108 FREIBURG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Von, Basse Paul-Werner Wolfratshausen, DE 20 385
Willer, Josef Riemerling, DE 132 3111

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