![Cypress CapSense AN64846 Скачать руководство пользователя страница 31](http://html1.mh-extra.com/html/cypress/capsense-an64846/capsense-an64846_getting-started_2705927031.webp)
CapSense Technology
AN64846 - Getting Started with CapSense
®
Doc. No. 001-64846 Rev. *X
31
Figure 2-37. Effect of Liquid Droplet when the Hatch Fill Around the Sensor Is Connected to the Driven Shield
2.8.2 Driven-Shield Signal and Shield Electrode
The driven-shield signal is a buffered version of the sensor-switching signal, as
signal has the sample amplitude, frequency, and phase as that of the sensor-switching signal. The buffer provides
sufficient current for the driven-shield signal to drive the high parasitic capacitance of the hatch fill on the PCB. When
the hatch fill surrounding the sensor is connected to the driven-shield signal, it is referred as Shield Electrode. As
explained in the
Effect of Liquid Droplets and Liquid Stream on CapSense
section, because the shield electrode is
driven with a voltage which is the same as the sensor-switching signal, the capacitance added by a liquid droplet when
it falls on the touch surface will be nullified. To achieve the best liquid-tolerance performance, it is required that the
driven shield signal has the same voltage and phase as that of the sensor-switching signal.
Figure 2-38. Driven-Shield Signal
Buffer
Sensor Switching
Signal
Driven Shield
Signal
In-Phase Sensor and
Shield Signal
2.8.3 Guard Sensor
When a continuous liquid stream is applied to the touch interface, the liquid stream adds a large capacitance (C
ST
) to
the CapSense circuitry. This capacitance might be several times larger than C
LD
. Because of this, the effect of the
shield electrode is completely masked, resulting in the increase in sensor raw count potentially higher than that due to
a finger touch. In such situations, the guard sensor is useful to prevent a false touch-sensing.
A guard sensor is a copper trace that surrounds all the sensors on the PCB, as
similar to a button sensor and is used to detect the presence of liquid stream. When a guard sensor is triggered, the
firmware can disable the scanning of all other sensors in the system to prevent a false touch-sensing. Because the
sensors are not scanned when the guard sensor is triggered, the touch cannot be detected when there is a liquid
stream.